Past participle modifiers / Ved Modifiers

Question

The cat slept in the sun, fatigued by play and dreaming of the mouse that got away.

This is an example of present and past participle parallel modifiers given in MGMAT book. However, I am confused how fatigued can be placed next to sun (Since a Past participle modifier has to be kept close to the noun it modifies. I highly doubt if fatigued modifies the action of the Independent clause. Can anyone please explain?

EducationAisle · Answer

Interesting observation. I have also not yet come across any official question of this nature.

Let's see if a MGMAT instructor responds to this.

DivyanshuPant · Answer

Fatigued..... here is modifying The cat. The idea is not all the times does -ed modifier modifies closest noun. In this example a necessary distance is created by the predicate between the modifier and the noun that it modifies.

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EducationAisle · Answer

Hi Divyanshu, if you could cite an official example, wherein the past participle phrase is modifying the subject of the preceding clause, it will be interesting to see.

DivyanshuPant · Answer

Below is a good example of this:

Q- Due to the slow-moving nature of tectonic plate movement, the oldest ocean crust is thought to date from the Jurassic period, formed from huge fragments of the Earth's lithosphere and lasted 200 million years.

A. formed from huge fragments of the Earth's lithosphere and lasted 200 million years.
B. forming from huge fragments of the Earth’s lithosphere and lasting 200 million years.
C. forming from huge fragments of the Earth’s lithosphere and lasted 200 million years.
D. formed from huge fragments of the Earth’s lithosphere and lasting 200 million years.
E. formed from huge fragments of the Earth’s lithosphere and has been lasting 200 million years.

Here "Formed is modifying ocean crust" even after some distance between them.

EducationAisle · Answer

Hi Divyanshu, this seems to be an  unofficial  question.

I would be interested in an  official  example, if you could dig it out.

Past participle modifiers / Ved Modifiers

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