The sentence pattern"děng(等)(dào(到))VP1,VP2"can be characterized as posterior event-grounded temporal compound sentence,in which the conjunction"děng(等)(dào(到))"is a connective marker that introduces the temporal antecedent clause.It has the following sentence patterns as subtypes:"děng(等)(dào(到))VP1,biàn(便)/jiù(就)VP2""děng(等)(dào(到))VP1,cái(才)VP2".In this sentence pattern,the event in the antecedent clause functions as a temporal reference,whose occurrence is immediately followed by the occurence of the event in the main ...