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[BMO]

The man was found drunken lying in the street.

"Lying in the street." This is a present participle (adverb phrase) modifying what, found?

Thanks.

[helen1]

Hi BMO -

The sentence should be
The man was found drunk lying in the street.

The construction 'drunken' is an attributive adjective and therefore can only take position modifying a noun. You could say the drunken man was found lying in the street

The construction lying in the street is qualifying the verb 'found'.

Helen

[BMO]

Thanks Helen. Got it.