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§ 13. The Prepositional Absolute Participial Construction.

The Absolute Participial Construction may be introduced by the_pi£position with and is then called the Prepositional Absolute Participial Construction. It is in most cases used in the function of an adverbialji"Hifipr of oiixadaai cifcumsiances.

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K'construction is rendered in Russian by a coordinate clause or деепричастный оборот.

They were walking on again, with Hugh calmly drawing at his pipe. (Lindsay)

Они снова шли вперед; Хью спокойно покуривал свою трубку. The daughter sat quite silent and still, with her eyes fixed on the ground. (Dickens)

Дочь сидела молча и неподвижно, опустив глаза в землю.

§ 14. Absolute constructions without a participle.

1 The example is borrowed from A Modern English Grammar by O. Jes-persen.

There are two types of absolute constructions in which we find no participle. The second element of the construction is-an adjec­tive, a prepositional phrase, or an adverb.

  1. The Nominative Absolute Construction. It is used in the function of an adverbial modifier of time or attendant jcircum-stances. In the" function of an "adverbial modifier of time this con-sfructTon is rendered in Russian by an adverbial clause.

Breakfast over, he went to his counting house. (Ch. Bronte) Когда кончили завтракать, он пошел в свою контору.

In the function of an adverbial modifier of attendant circum­stances the Nominative Absolute Construction is rendered either by a coordinate clause, деепричастный оборот, or a noun (pro­noun) with the preposition c.

Manston went homeward alone, his heart full of strange emo­tion. (Hardy)

Мэнстон отправился домой один; душа его была переполнена странными чувствами.

There he stood, his face to the south-east ... his cap in his hand. (Hardy)

Он стоял, повернувшись к юго-востоку ... с шапкой в руке.

Mind the difference between the meaning of the following con­structions: The lesson (concert, lecture) over... and The lesson (concert, lecture) being over... The lesson over has a temporal meaning, whereas the lesson being over has as a rule a causal meaning.

  1. The Prepositional Absolute Construction. It is mostly used in the function of .an adverbial n^difior pi attendant circum­stances. In rendering this construction in Russian a coordinate clause or"деепричастный оборот is used.

I found him ready, and waiting for me, with his stick in his hand. (Collins)

Он был готов и ждал меня; в руке у' него была палка.

Sikcs, with Oliver's hand still in his, softly approached the low

porch, and raised the latch. (Dickens)

Сайке, все еще не выпуская руку Оливера из своей, подошел потихоньку к невысокому крыльцу и поднял щеколду.

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