Participles are verb forms which look like verbs + suffix -ing. So having that in mind, the participle in the sentence above is the word standing.
Participles function either as adverbs (when they modify verbs), or as adjectives (when they modify nouns). In this case, the participle acts as an adjective, modifying the word child.
Answer:
A Struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot external conflict. Which is mostly in the "Rising Action" in most stories efore the climax comes.