Phrase · 📰 Journalistic style
Procurada pela reportagem, a empresa não se manifestou até o momento.
When contacted by our reporters, the company has not commented so far.
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Why every word is where it is
Procurada1verbcontactedprocurar · participle · fem. · sing.pela1prepositionbypor+a · fem. · sing. · definitereportagem1nounour reportersfem. · sing.,adeterminertheo · fem. · sing. · definiteempresanouncompanyfem. · sing.nãoadverbnotse2pronoun(itself)3rdmanifestou2verbcommentedmanifestar · past · 3rd sing.atéprepositionuntilodeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitemomentonounmomentmasc. · sing..
- Procurada → empresa: participle agreement
- empresa → manifestou: subject–verb
- se → manifestou: pronominal verb
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Participial frame: Procurada agrees with a empresa; a reportagem = the paper's own reporters. Reduced clauses II: participial absolutes & compound forms →
- 2manifestar-se = to comment publicly; não pulls se before the verb.
Variations
- Procurada pela reportagem, a empresa não respondeu até a publicação deste texto.