By Present progressive, Prepositions

Hi Christanford, present participle vs past participle - The past participle by itself (related) functions like an adjective and fits your definition, "connected in some way." "the heart and its related organs." I can't immediately think how the present participle (relating) would work by...

Hello Hela again 1. They parted good friends. This sentence can be a contracted form of "They parted, being good friends". So "good friends" can be parsed as an subject complement as well as an adverbial. "Good friends" is optional, because "they parted" makes sense by itself.2. They married...