Question

After the thunderstorm, the sky was bright, and the open barrels were brimming with rainwater. What type of phrase is the underlined phrase?

Answer 1

it is a participle phrase

Answer 2

It is the participial phrase – brimming with water. Here, the sentence is formed with the help of a modifier such as a noun phrase, pronoun, or even a noun.

For instance, brimming is using the rainwater as the modifier to explain the action that is done. Here open barrel will be the noun.