Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 92 стр.

                 The Participle Construction Introduced
                            by with (without)
      The «Partici ple Construction Introduced by with (without) com-
prises anoun (or pronoun) followed by apartici ple. The relation be-
tween the noun and the partici ple is that of a secondary subject and
secondary predicate.
      Both partici ple I (non-perfect) and partici ple II may be used in
this construction:
      ...He fell asleep with his candle lit... (Bronte) (= while his
candle was lit).
      This construction is used as a complex adverbial modifier of
attending circumstances:
      With the moon rising so high, the stars now were but a pricking
of the grape-colours sky... (Galsworthy). Impatient for the light of
spring, I have slept lately with the blind drawn up, so that at waking,
I have the sky in view. (Gissing). By twelve o’clock, with the sun
pouring into the room, the heat became quite oppressive... (Jerome).
      The «Partici ple Construction Introduced by with (without)» may
also be used as a complex attribute:
      At a distance was a neat hamlet, with the smoke from the cottage
chimneys hanging over it (Irving). A wide river with naked children
splashing in the shallows, glided into sight and was gone again (Mans-
field). Farther on he beheld great fields of Indian corn, with its
golden ears peeping from their leafy coverts... (Irving).
      There are also constructions (complexes) introduced by with
(without) which comprise no partici ple. In such cases the noun (or
pronoun) is followed by an adjective, a noun with a preposition or an
adverb in the function of a) a predicative orb) an adverbial modifier:
      a) He sat with the outer door open, all times... (Dickens). ...and
flying upstairs for a needle and thread, (she) came flying down again
with her thimble on... (Dickens);
      b) Peggotty always went to sleep with her chin upon the handle
of the basket... (Dickens). Fleur suddenly stood up, leaning out at the
window with her chin on her hand (Galsworthy).
      These constructions similar to «Partici ple Constructions Intro-
duced by with (without) may have the function of a complex adverbial
modifier of attending circumstances o r attribute:



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