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The Subjective Participial Construction
(Субъектный причастный оборот)
Function: Complex Subject
or according to another point of view
– the nominal component is ‘the subject’, the
verbal component is ‘part of a compound verbal predicate’.
The Subjective Participial Construction is a construction in which the participle is in
predicate relation to a noun in the common case or a pronoun in the nominative case.
In the sentence the Subjective Participial Construction has the function of a complex
subject (
or another point of view:
one component of the construction has the function of
the subject, the other component is part of a compound verbal predicate.) In Rus-
sian it usually corresponds to a complex sentence.
•
He was seen crossing the street.
Видели, как он переходил улицу.
(‘He … crossing’ is the Subjective Participial Construction in the function of a Com-
plex Subject
or according to another point of view
– the nominal component ‘He’ is the
subject, the verbal component ‘saying’ is part of a compound verbal predicate.)
•
The door was heard shutting.
Было слышно, как дверь закрывалась.
(‘The door …
shutting’
is the Subjective Participial Construction.
)
•
But I hear you are constantly seen drunk in the middle of the afternoon. (‘You …
drunk’
is the Subjective Participial Construction.)
►The Subjective Participial Construction
may be found:
• (1) after the verbs denoting sense perception, such as: to see, to hear, to notice,
to watch, to observe
(with Participle I and Participle II )
•
She was seen trying on hats.
Было видно/видели, как она примеряет шляпы.
•
A minute ago he was seen engaged in a lovely conversation with a charming girl.
•
But I hear you are constantly seen drunk in the middle of the afternoon.
•
They were heard talking together.
Было слышно/слышали, как они разговаривают.
•
Sometimes she can be heard called Lady.
Иногда можно услышать, что её называют Леди.
•
He went out and was heard laughing in the hall.
•
She could be observed rather alarmed at what had occurred.
• (2)
after the verbs to find, to leave, to keep, to catch, to report, to show
(with
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