Hearing the rattle of the trees against the window, Joe jumped off the couch while watching a horror movie Which word does the participial phrase modify?

Joe

Explanation:

A participial phrase is a verbal phrase that acts as an adjective, modifying the noun in the sentence.

Hearing the rattle of the trees against the window, Joe jumped off the couch while watching a horror movie.

The participial phrase in the sentence is above "Hearing the rattle of the trees against the window".

The participial phrase above modifies the the noun "Joe"

It tells us something about "Joe", the subject of the sentence. It helps us understand why Joe jumped off the couch while watching a horror movie.

you didn't provide the passage.

explanation:

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it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.