懸けん垂すい分ぶん詞し

noun

dangling participle; hanging participle

A grammatical term for a participle whose implied subject does not match the subject of the main clause, often considered an error in English.

• 「Walking down the street, the trees were beautiful.」という文ぶんでは、walkingが懸けん垂すい分ぶん詞しにあたる。

  In the sentence 'Walking down the street, the trees were beautiful,' 'walking' is a dangling participle.