Differences and usages of predicative, attributive and adverbial

The predicate is followed by a be verb or a copula verb.

For example, you are cool. Cool is a predicative.

It can be adjectives, adverbs, nouns, pronouns, infinitives and participles.

Attribute is a word, phrase or sentence that modifies or restricts a noun or pronoun. It is often expressed by "...". return

For example, you are a cool boy. Cool is an attribute here.

Adverbial: Adverbial modifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs or whole sentences, explaining the way, cause and effect, conditions, time, place, concession, direction, degree and purpose. return

Adverbials have a flexible position in sentences. Common situations are: usually after the basic structure of a sentence, emphasis is placed at the beginning of the sentence; When modifying an adjective or adverb, it is usually before the modified word; Adverbials indicating time, place and purpose are generally located at both ends of the sentence, with emphasis on the beginning of the sentence, and adverbials of place are generally before adverbials of time; Some adverbials indicating uncertain time (such as oft) or degree (such as almost) are usually located after be verbs, auxiliary verbs and modal verbs and before verbs.

Sometimes the adverbial in a certain position in a sentence will cause ambiguity, which should be paid attention to, such as boys calling girls in the classroom. It is generally understood as' the boys in the classroom are called girls' (at this time, the classroom is the attributive of girls), and it can also be understood as' the boys in the classroom are called girls' (at this time, the classroom is an adverbial of place). It's best to write' in the classroom, boys call'.