[1] More specifically, the adverbial phrase very well contains two adverbs, very and well: while well qualifies the verb to convey information about the manner of singing.
Just as adjective phrases function attributively to give additional information about an adjacent noun, the modifying adverbial phrases illustrated in (5) to (7) function as secondary predicates that give additional temporal information about the sentence.
[6] It has been argued that the distribution of adverbs is largely conditioned by their lexical nature or thematic properties.
[6] Main classes of adverbials are used to distinguish the functional properties of the adverbs within the phrase.
Each class has subcategories, that refer more specifically to the syntactic and semantic properties of the adverbial.
There is no distinct terminology for these classes used universally in literature, though adverbials are often classified into their functional categories.
[7] The subcategories for adverbials have more universally used terminology and often refer to the nature of the adverb within each phrase.
Adjunct adverbial phrases provide additional information and are part of the structure of the clause, but are optional.
If the sentence no longer makes sense or if its meaning is altered heavily, then the adverbial element is a complement.
[15] There is a difference between fronted adjuncts (in this case, adverbial phrases) and topicalized arguments.
Like English, adverbial phrases are the parts of a sentence that add circumstantial information.
French often requires using adverbial phrases where English is satisfied with a simple adverb.
[16] In a brief overview on how adverbs are used in the overall phrase structure, in French there is an expansion in the word due to a derivation adjective adjective-to-adverb conversion process, namely, -ment suffixation.
For example: Similarly, in English, words have the -ly suffixation added at the end of adverbs in adverbial phrases.