[Grammar] ''He sat glued to his chair when playing video games"

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Babai

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"He sat glued to his chair when playing video games"

Is here ''glued to his chair'' an adjective phrase describing pronoun ''he''?
 

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Glued here is the Participle II acting as a part of the compound verbal predicate (
sat glued)
. It gives an additional meaning to the action.
 

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Glued here is the Participle II acting as a part of the compound verbal predicate (
sat glued)
. It gives an additional meaning to the action.
I don't think we have a compound verbal predicate here. I think that the third form (past participle) of the verb 'glue' is being used adjectivally.
 
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