Participial phrases function as...

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adjectives.
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nouns.
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adverbs.
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verbs.
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Participial phrases primarily function as adjectives. They provide additional information about a noun in a sentence, describing or modifying it. For example, in the sentence "The dog barking loudly chased the cat," the participial phrase "barking loudly" describes the noun "dog."