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Dear teacher,

A big part of the answer, as expected, is public relations. When the police first took ownership, the Gallardo sat parked conspicuously in front of the Polizia di Stato car museum in Rome. In October, it was shipped to New York City for the Columbus Day parade, accompanied by Chief Inspector Ciano and Superintendent Bizzarro, 2 of the 10 officers specially trained to drive it.

Q : Why were two verb "sat parked" placed in a row? Does "sat" function as "was"? Is it an idiom?


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They SAT PARKED... is simply elliptical for 'they sat AND THEY WERE parked...'.
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