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and simultaneity is suggested by the aspectual character of the verb and is realized in the given context.
In many cases, however, the ideas of priority and simultaneity become fused, since the action is prior to, and
the resulting state is simultaneous with, the action of the finite verb or the moment of speech. Thus in the
sentence First of all she went to the bombed building the action of “bombing” is prior to the action of the finite
verb “went”, but the resulting state of the action is simultaneous with it.
Syntactical functions of participle II
§ 145. As part of the sentence participle II may stand alone or be the headword of a participial phrase. It may
function as an attribute (close or detached), predicative, or as an adverbial modifier.
Participle II as attribute
§ 146. Participle II usually functions either as premodifier when it stands alone or forms a very short
participial phrase containing an adverb. The verbal character of the participle in the first case is made clear only
by its lexical meaning:
First of all she went to the bombed building.
Our minds should meet in a serious, mutually needed search for common understandings.
It was a neatly written letter.
Sometimes the preposition is kept:
The room even had a faint perfume about it which gave it a lived-in air.
As a postmodifier participle II manifests its verbal character more explicitly, even when it stands alone. It
may be accompanied by a preposition, by an agentive by-object, an adverb and prepositional phrases as
adverbial modifiers.
Things seen are mightier than things heard.
The dictionary referred to is to be found in our library.
These are cities inhabited by their creators.
Two women dimly seen in the shadow are talking softly.
When participle II or a participial phrase is detached, its position is not fixed. It may occupy the initial
position, the mid-position or the final position in the sentence. Detached attributes are separated from the noun
by a comma (or commas) in writing and by a pause in speech. They are confined to literary style only.
Greatly excited, the children followed her into the garden.
Johnson, left in charge of both officers, marched about for a little while.
And people hurried by, hidden under their dreadful umbrellas.
Participle II as predicative
§ 147. In this function participle II denotes a state, as in:
The Fada road is finished, the great idea is realized.
You seem surprized.
He looks perplexed and troubled.
He felt thoroughly disappointed.
The door remained locked.
Occasionally we come across a participle II with an active meaning used predicatively:
The sun is not risen.