code: def modifiers(self):
          
          if self._modifiers is None:
              # Iterate over all the chunks and attach modifiers to their VP-anchor.
              is_modifier = lambda ch: ch.type in ("ADJP", "ADVP") and ch.relation is None
              for chunk in self.sentence.chunks:
                  chunk._modifiers = []
              for chunk in filter(is_modifier, self.sentence.chunks):
                  anchor = chunk.nearest("VP")
                  if anchor: anchor._modifiers.append(chunk)
          return self._modifiers
docs: For verb phrases (VP), yields a list of the nearest adjectives and adverbs.