[Grammar] Participle

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Sentence1:please let me have a copy of any report arising from the discussion.
Sentence2:The history of baskets
woven from strips of willow in the area can date back to 18th century.
Sentence3:Y
ou're the snake hidden in my daffodils.
Please give me some explanation,I thought in sentence1,we should use pp, and sentence 3 -ing.Why?
 

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Arise in Intransitive.
Disputes/Misunderstanding/questions ARISE. Questions/prices/eyebrows are RAISED.
 

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How about sentence 3?
 

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'Hidden' is a past participle used as an adjective.
 

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Hidden: You r the snake (who has been) HIDDEN in my daffodils.
Hiding: You r the snake (who has been) HIDING in my daffodils.
HIDING means the action was voluntary and s/he did it him/herself.
 
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Hidden: You r the snake (who has been) HIDDEN in my daffodils.
Hiding: You r the snake (who has been) HIDING in my daffodils.
HIDING means the action was voluntary and s/he did it him/herself.

Niamadpour, if you are going to answer questions on this forum, please do not use abbreviations such as "r" for "are".
 

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can i use hiding instead of hidden? i want some detail.

Yes, you can because the 'snake' is still hiding. You couldn't use weaving in the second because that action is finished.
 
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Hidden: You r the snake (who has been) HIDDEN in my daffodils.
Hiding: You r the snake (who has been) HIDING in my daffodils.
HIDING means the action was voluntary and s/he did it him/herself.

The snake could be "hidden" of its own volition. It does not have to mean a passive construction.
 

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Yes, you can because the 'snake' is still hiding. You couldn't use weaving in the second because that action is finished.
You mean in sentence 3, the snake don't hide anymore(the action is finished)?
 

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No- I am saying that in the third you could use both hidden and hiding, but there is only one option for the second sentence.
 
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