'For verb phrases (VP), yields a list of the nearest adjectives and adverbs.'

@property
def modifiers(self):

    if (self._modifiers is None):
        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
