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The adverbial modifier
§ 94. The adverbial modifier (or the adverbial) is a secondary part of the sentence which modifies another part of the sentence expressed either by a verb (in a finite or non-finite form), or an adjective, or a stative, or an adverb. In case it modifies a verb the adverbial characterizes the action or process expressed by tlie verb and denotes its quality, quantity, or the whole situation.
The adverbial modifier may refer to:
a) The predicate-verb or to a verbal phrase.
If an adverbial modifies a non-finite form, it becomes partof a gerundial, participial, or infinitive phrase or construction.
Felicity fell to the ground and after lying still for a moment began to crawl forward. Scobie watched the bearers go slowly up the hill, their bare feet very gently flapping the ground.
Adverbials modifying adjectives, statives and adverbs usually denote degree or quantity. These adverbials modify:
a) Adjectives in their attributiveor predicative function.
b) Stativesin their predicativefunction.
c) Adverbs in their main function as an adverbial.
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