Verb forms and their function in syntactic condensation Flashcards
How do verbs change in condensation?
F -> NF
What are transgressives?
Přechodníky
What is dangling participle?
Subject is not expressed, often in scientific texts (but also in fiction, or journalistic texts), no subordination, disjuncts
Having done that, she decided to continue to the next step.
What are absolute clauses?
Adverbial clauses that has its own subject, and has a participle as its verb or no verb at all:
THE DINNER HAVING BEEN PREPARED, I had time to take a nap.
If a different subject standing before the -ing participle is personal it must be in its COMMON CAUSE:
He being asked to give a report, we prolonged the session.
What is adverbial, attributive, and appositive infinitive?
Adverbial infinitive -most often used in purpose clauses:
She arrived in time to watch the parade.
Attributive infinitive: post-modification of head nouns of complex NPs
The actor to play Romeo
Appositive:
Our decision to climb the mountain…
Their wish to go there…
What is the difference between gerund and -ing participle?
Gerund: S, Obj, Complements, can be modified as a noun, can be preceded by prepositions
-ng participle: can be a part of complex VP, can function as a condenser of finite subordinate clauses:
The boy sitting there <- condensed relative clause
Condensation of various adverbial and nominal clauses
both can show the grammatical categories but have different syntactic functions.
