□ Being written in pencil, the letter was difficult to read.

Having written the letter, he went to the post-office.

Having been written long ago, the manuscript was impossible to read.

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3.2 THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTICIPLE IN A SENTENCE

SENTENCE WORD ORDER


Adverbial Modifier

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+

Predicate

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Adverbial Modifier

♦ - attribute

The Participle has two syntactic functions:

 

  An Attribute An Adverbial Modifier
building □ The young men building our □ Не made his living building
  house with me are my brothers. summer houses or garages
  Молодые люди, которые стро- for people.
  ят наш дом вместе со мной, - Он зарабатывал на жизнь,
  мои братья. строя людям беседки и гаражи.
being built □ The white stone house being П Being built with great skill
  built near the park is a new and care, the mansion has
  building of our Art museum. been used by the family for
  Белокаменное сооружение, centuries.
  строящееся у парка, - новое Так как особняк был постро-
  здание нашего музея изобра- ен ( будучи построенным )
  зительных искусств. очень искусно, он служит семье уже несколько веков.
built □ They are reconstructing the О If built of the local stone, the
  house built in the 18th century. road will serve for years.
  Они реставрируют здание, Если построить дорогу из
  построенное в XVIII веке. этого местного камня, она будет служить долгие годы.
having built   □ Having built the house, he began building a greenhouse. Построив дом , он принялся за оранжерею.
having been - О Having been built of concrete,
built   the house was always cold in winter. Так как дом был построен из бетона, в нем всегда было холодно зимой.

NOTES:

1. In some cases Participle I Active in the function of an attribute is rendered in Russuan by a clause.

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□ He came back and stood on the steps leading down to the street.

Он вернулся и стоял на лестнице, которая вела на улицу .