Phrases?
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Could someone name the phrases in bold in the sentence?
Bess later recalled him returning from day-long rambles, pen and notebook in hand, ‘with his hat wreathed with briony, or wild convolvulus; his hand filled with bunches of wild-flowers plucked from the hedges as he passed.
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silak12 his hand filled with bunches of wild-flowers plucked from the hedges as he passed absolute construction (participle clause with subject) subject and participle underlined silak12 with his hat wreathed with briony, or wild convolvulus preposition phrase The complement of the preposition is also an absolute construction . , without participle) subject underlined These are all variants of the absolute construction, which is a type of non-finite clause. These constructions stand apart from the main structure of a sentence, so they aren't subjects or objects or modifiers or complements within the sentence.
- silak12 his hand filled with bunches of wild-flowers plucked from the hedges as he passed absolute construction (participle clause with subject) subject and participle underlined silak12 with his hat wreathed with briony, or wild convolvulus preposition phrase The complement of the preposition is also an absolute construction .
- , without participle) subject underlined These are all variants of the absolute construction, which is a type of non-finite clause.
- These constructions stand apart from the main structure of a sentence, so they aren't subjects or objects or modifiers or complements within the sentence.
- CJ
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silak12his hand filled with bunches of wild-flowers plucked from the hedges as he passed
absolute construction (participle clause with subject)
subject and participle underlined
silak12with his hat wreathed with briony, or wild convolvulus
preposition phrase
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