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This plant, hidden from the light, has kept its flowers till the autumn. (‘hidden
from the light’ is a participial phrase; it is used in the function of an attribute)
(c) in predicative constructions, i.e. constructions consisting of two ele-
ments/components: a nominal element (noun or pronoun) and a verbal element (parti-
ciple I - participle II); the verbal element stands in predicate relation to the nominal
element, i.e. in a relation similar to that between the subject and the predicate of the
sentence. In most cases predicative constructions form syntactic units, serving as one
