Category of State/ Stative

Значение Meaning
Such words as asleep, ablaze, afraid, etc. have been often named adjectives,
BUT! they cannot (apart from a few special cases) be attributes in a sentence,
their meaning does not seem to be that of property
Stative used to denote these words, on the analogy of such terms as "substantive" and "adjective"
The meaning of the words of this type is that of a passing state a person or thing happens to be in.

Форма Form
Statives are invariable.

Функция Function
(a) 1) most usually follow a link verb (was asleep, fell asleep).
2)Occasionally they can follow a noun (man alive).
3) can sometimes be preceded by an adverb (fast asleep).
(b) In the sentence,
1) most usually a predicative (he fell asleep).
2) can be objective predicatives (I found him asleep)
3) attributes, almost always following the noun they modify (a man asleep in his chair).