Which sentence contains a participial phrase with an embedded clause?

Running, giraffes look like something that was designed in a bad dream.

Running when they heard the gunshots, the giraffes fled to safety.

Tired and hot, they stopped when they found water.

When I first looked at this, I thought the last one.. because of the fact that i thought "tired" was a past participial.. but when I looked at all 3 sentences, they almost all look like participles.. ugh, i'm confused! I'm thinking that it must be the embedded clause that is throwing me off.. help?

Well, that's the thing.. My lesson that I'm learning doesn't state what an embedded clause is.. I looked it up, but all I came up with was that it's the same as a subordinating conjunction.. would that be correct?

Then I'd choose the second sentence. In addition to the participle "Running," there is also a subordinate clause: "when they heard the gunshots".

It is the second one: Running when they heard the gunshots, the giraffes fled to safety. The participial phrase is "running...the gunshots." It modifies the verb "flee" by answering the question of manner. There is a clause embedded in that phrase that is signaled by the word "when." The subject of that clause is "they" and the verb is "heard."

Participles can have -ing endings if they are present participles or past tense endings (-ed, -d, or any irregular past form).

I see a participle by itself in the first sentence.

I see a participle and the rest of the words in its phrase in the second sentence.

I see a participle and an adjective in the third sentence.

What is your definition of "embedded"?

I meant subordinate clause! Whoops

I'm in the 4th grade and my teacher stated use the following participial phrases in a sentence of mine own,

1; Riding a bicycle, is great form of excersing.
2; being afraid, of the dark can be very frighting.
having found the solution,
now heres where I'm stuck can you help me please

To determine which sentence contains a participial phrase with an embedded clause, we need to understand what a participial phrase and an embedded clause are.

A participial phrase is a group of words that begins with a present participle (verb ending in -ing) or a past participle (verb ending in -ed, -en, -d, -t, or -n) and functions as an adjective in a sentence. It provides additional information about a noun or pronoun in the sentence.

An embedded clause, also known as a subordinate or dependent clause, is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. It is typically introduced by a subordinating conjunction (e.g., when, that, if, because) and functions as part of a larger sentence.

Let's analyze the three sentences:

1. Running, giraffes look like something that was designed in a bad dream.

In this sentence, "running" is the present participle that starts the participial phrase "Running, giraffes." However, there is no embedded clause present. The phrase "that was designed in a bad dream" is a relative clause modifying "something," but it is not within the participial phrase.

2. Running when they heard the gunshots, the giraffes fled to safety.

In this sentence, "running" is again the present participle that starts the participial phrase "Running when they heard the gunshots." This participial phrase does have an embedded clause, "when they heard the gunshots," which functions as an adverbial phrase modifying "running." Therefore, this is the sentence that contains a participial phrase with an embedded clause.

3. Tired and hot, they stopped when they found water.

In this sentence, "tired and hot" is a participial phrase, but it does not have any embedded clauses. The phrase "when they found water" is a coordinate adverbial phrase, not an embedded clause.

In conclusion, the sentence that contains a participial phrase with an embedded clause is:

Running when they heard the gunshots, the giraffes fled to safety.