Stop Me Before I Call Them Verblets!

In my grammar for my latest imaginary language, Kranre, I don't have
infinitives, but use sequences of finite verbs to do the work that finite +
infinitive sequences do in English.
(Is that called a serial verb construction?)

But I have two kinds of participle.

1.      One forms noun-adjuncts that do the work of brief particple clauses and
postpositional phrases.   e.g.

MAN     HOUSE           BE-IN-NOUN.ADJUNCT.PARTICIPLE
(the man in the house)

WOMAN   HORSE   RIDE-NOUN.ADJUNCT.PARTICIPLE
(the woman riding the horse)

2.      The other kind of participle forms verb-adjuncts that do the work of
brief absolute clauses.

SMOKE           EMIT-VERB.ADJUNCT.PARTICIPLE            CAR     CRASH-PAST
(billowing smoke, the car crashed)

Any ideas on what I should call these kinds of participles?

Stop me before I call them "verblets"!

Thanks to all who answer,

Jim

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