GERUND AS A SECONDARY PREDICATE

Abstract

We consider gerunds and adverbial participles
which have a function of secondary predicate and denote an
action accompanying an action of a verbal predicate. From
the point of view of expression of different time nuances, a
gerund action may be represented as simultaneous with verbal
action, or preceding or consequent with respect to a verbal
action. We pick out the following kinds of constructions,
where the main and secondary actions are represented as
simultaneous: 1) the main and secondary actions are parallel
and almost independent from each other; 2) the main and
secondary actions constitute one complicated action or an action
is a part of another one.