Adjuncts establish circumstances for the nuclear of a sentence, which can be classified as followings:
Temporal
Temporal adjuncts establish when, for how long or how often a state or action happened or existed.
He arrived yesterday. (time point)
He stayed for two weeks. (duration)
She drinks in that bar every day. (frequentive)
Locative
Locative adjuncts establish where, to where or from where a state or action happened or existed.
She sat on the table. (locative)
She went to London. (directional locative)
Modicative
Modicative adjuncts establish how the action happened or the state existed, or modifying its scope.
He ran with difficulty. (manner)
He stood in silence. (state)
He helped me with my homework. (limiting)
Causal
Causal adjuncts establish the reason for, or purpose of, an action or state.
The ladder collapsed because it was old. (reason)
She went out to buy some bread. (purpose)
Instrumental
Instrumental adjuncts establish the instrument of the action.
Mr. Bibby wrote the letter with a pencil.
Agentive
Agentive adjuncts establish the agent of the action.
The letter was written by Mr. Bibby.
Conditional
Conditional adjuncts establish the condition in which sentence becomes true.
I would go to Paris, if I had the money.
Concessive
Concessive adjuncts establish the contrary circumstances.
Lorna went out although it was raining
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