I think you're talking about a participal phrase.
Ex:Awakened by the blaring horns,Aaron looked out the window.
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"That's the way, my brothers; that's the way." At last a small duck of the diver family, thinking there was something wrong, opened one eye and saw what Manabozho was doing. Giving a spring, and crying: "Ha-ha- a! Manabozho is killing us!" he made a dash for the water.
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