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31.3.3.Appositive use
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The examples in (155) show that participles are like regular adjectives in that they can be used appositively when they form a larger phrase. Unlike the supplementives discussed in Section 31.3.2, they can be construed as reduced parenthetic clauses; cf. Section 28.4, sub III, for further discussion.

155
a. Emil, bestraft voor zijn ondeugendheid, verveelde zich dood in de schuur.
  Emil punished for his naughtiness bored refl dead in the barn
  'Emil, punished for his naughtiness, was bored stiff in the barn.'
b. Jan, bevend van de kou, trok een warme trui aan.
  Jan, trembling of the cold, put a warm sweater on
  'Jan, trembling with cold, put on a warm sweater.'

Like supplementive present participles, the present participle in (155b) expresses durative aspect and should therefore be considered verbal. Accordingly, appositively used present participles can be intransitive, transitive, or unaccusative, as shown in (156).

156
a. Jan, schreeuwend van de pijn, werd onmiddellijk geopereerd.
intransitive
  Jan crying of pain was immediately operated
  'Jan, crying in pain, was operated on immediately.'
b. Jan, een liedje zingend van vreugde, stond al te wachten.
transitive
  Jan a song singing of joy stood already to wait
  'Jan, who was singing a song of joy, was already waiting.'
c. Jan, struikelend over zijn voeten, maakte een nerveuze indruk.
unacc.
  Jan stumbling over his feet made a nervous impression
  'Jan, who was stumbling over his own feet, made a nervous impression.'

Modal infinitives cannot easily be used in an appositive function and can probably only perform this function in written language. Example (157a), taken in a slightly adapted form from the novel Haas by Paul Biegel (Vol. I, p.56), has a verbal/obligation reading. The constructed example (157b) has an ability reading.

157
a. Ze moesten een drijfjacht op luizen, levend en onbeschadigd te vangen, organiseren.
  they had.to a drive on louses alive and unharmed to capture organize
  'They [the ants] had to organize a raid on lice, which had to be captured alive and undamaged.'
b. Zijn praatje, niet te volgen voor mij, ging over modale infinitieven.
  his talk not to follow for me went about modal infinitives
  'His talk, which I could not follow, was about modal infinitives.'
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