Pax et bonum Stephen! (peace & goodness)

 

I would say the "-ing" form of a verb is the present participle, which
is a noun. When used in other ways, it can be part of a verb phrase or
an adjective.

 

Just my two-cents worth!

 

Martin E. Senger

Adult ESL / Civics Teacher,

G.E.C.A.C. / The R. Benjamin Wiley Learning Center

Erie, Pa.

Co-Director,

ESL Special Interest Group

Pa. Assoc. for Adult Continuing Education (PAACE)

 

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Thanks for all the replies. I am training a parser with a large corpus
and theprogram flags that particular stucture ("Nelly and Francois
chatted as I gazed lazily out the window, daydreaming and ignoring their
conversation.") regularly.
 
Several different explainations seemed equally convincing, but for the
machine interpretation I think designating "daydreaming and gazing" as
present participle adjectives will work best.

Stephen J Churchville
www.LessonWriter.com <http://www.lessonwriter.com/> 




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