The syntactical characteristics. Participle I as an attribute This function is peculiar to non-perfect Participle I in its main sense, that of a process simultaneous with the action denoted by the main verb or with the moment of speech.
When a participial phrase is used as attribute it follows the modified noun.
Here is the telegram announcing his arrival. Вот телеграмма, извещающая о его приезде. When a single participle is used in the sentence as attribute, it generally functions as a premodifier. Here we usually find only Participle I active of intransitive verbs
Не came up to the crying child. Он подошел к плачущему ребенку. Note: The perfect form of Participle I is not used in the function of the attribute. In such cases an attributive clause is used. Ср.: Я не знаю человека, принесшего эту записку вчера. — I don’t know the man who brought the note yesterday.
Exercise 19. Replace the attributive clauses by Participle I.
