Pahlsson and her husband searched the kitchen, checking every corner, but turned up nothing. 本句中，searched the kitchen, checking every corner, turned up不是三个并列谓语动词吗，为什么是checking（分词形式）？
My maternal grandmother, after having nine children who survived, one
who died in infancy, and many miscarriages, as soon as she became a widow
devoted herself to women's higher education.
请问这句话怎么分析，有谓语吗？
...后一句and so left me to cut across St. James Park.请教老师，这里的left me to cut across...不是leave sb to do sth 不定式复合结构吧（复合宾语，即宾补）？ 这里是不定式表目的吗？如果是不定式表目的，那么，and so left me to cut across St. James Park...