How to say "succession of actions" (linguistics) in Japanese?


How to say "succession of actions" (linguistics) in Japanese?

The context here is linguistics, as for instance, "The conjunct "and" is used
to express a succession of actions".

I found that 'succession' is said 連続 and I bet it is the correct word for this
expression. But I can't find the correct word for 'action' here. From
different searches on Google, I found some instances of "作用の連続" or "アクションの連続",
but I don't know, it seems it is not so common.




I don't know the technical term, but just as a Japanese phrase, the most
likely is 連続した動作. 動作の連続 may work as well. The difference between the two is
the emphasis is on _action_ in the former, _succession_ in the latter.




As a linguistic term, we say **継起【けいき】** (literally: "successive occurrence").

For example, from a random [English learning
website](https://englischool.com/participial-construction/):

> 2-1. 継起「～して」
>
> Taking a key out f my bag, I opened the box. 私はかばんから鍵を取り出して、その箱を開けた。

