Question

分词短语作后置定语与状语的区分

这句话中现在分词作定语还是状语呢
A key step is to develop a policy on bullying, saying clearly something.

原句为
Evidence suggests that a key step is to develop a policy on bullying, saying clearly what is meant by bullying, and giving explicit guidelines on what will be done if it occurs, what records will be kept, who will be informed, what sanctions will be employed.

Answer 1

状语 作为伴随状语而存在saying clearly something.状语一般有时间地点条件目的等等。定语一般用于修饰名词，放在名词后面。这句中saying clearly something 在逗号后面，前面无名词，很明显是状语

Answer 2

状语，做伴随状语啊。分词动作与被修饰词间是主动关系则用现在分词saying和a key step 是主动关系。 在英语中某些定语有时放在被修饰词之后，我们称之为“后置定语”。
The man riding a horse comes from the USA. 那个骑马的男人是美国人。.
定语相当于形容词，修饰名词。

追问

一般做状语的情况这个短语是主语发出的或者伴随着主语的某个状态，而定语是修饰之前的名词 这里的saying something 在原句中修饰的不是policy么，它明明是policy的内容啊

追答

这个应该是a key step做主语，然后saying something是主语的伴随状语。