Using two somewhat different uses of the te form as examples.

> 彼女はいつになくはしゃいでよくしゃべった

Does the adverb "unusually" describe both "being in high spirits" and "being
talkative"?

> 船はすこしの絶間｛たえま｝なく黒い煙｛けぶり｝を吐いて浪｛なみ｝を切って進んで行く。

Does the "without pause" adverb describe the way the ship belched black smoke,
its movement, the whole "movement while splitting waves and belching black
smoke"?
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adverbs
How do adverbs work with multiple clauses in a sentence?
It is ambiguous.

However, in the first sentence you can imagine that SHE was very high and
talked a lot. It is ambiguous to know without context but I can see here
laughing and talking more compare to usual day.

For the second sentence, you know SHIP does go without pause; it doesn't stop
and go. So, it is the black smoke the adverb is describing. I doesn't matter
if the adverb also describe the ship itself. It does move without pause
regardless.
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Given the both quoted lines, I think it’s difficult to declare whether “いつになく”
refers to both “はしゃぐ” and “喋る,” or either of them, and “絶え間なく” refers to both
“煙を吐く” and “進む,” or either of them. But logically speaking, I think it’s more
appropriate to interpret “she was very talkative because she was unusually in
high spirit at that time,” and “the ship makes its way, belching black smoke
incessantly.”

Well, she can be unusually in high spirit and unusually talkative, but isn’t
it funny to say a ship that should make its way, unless lying at anchor,
advances “without pause.”
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