I wanna try it in ancient greek, as that language is even more about participles than latin.
ὁ κλέπτων δρωμεῖ. ho kleptôn drômei ‘the stealing.one he.runs’
ὁ ἀνὴρ ὑδρίαν πρίαται κεκλεμμένην ho aner hydrian priatai keklemmenên ‘the man a.hydria-acc.sg.f he.buys. stolen-participle.perfect.passive.acc.sg.f’
ὁ ἀνὴρ ὑδρίαν ἐπρίατο κεκλεμμένην ho anêr hydrian epriato keklemmenên (like above, but in the aorist)
ἀνδρα λαμβάνω κλέπτονντα andra lambanô klepsanta ‘a.man-acc.sg. I.catch-present stealing.one-present.active.acc.sg.m’
I’ll continue later, once I find a good word for “to stop.” The greek participle is quite an army knife, even more than these english phrases can show it. I can do ‘once the vase was stolen, the police showed up’ without starting a subordinate clause. ὑδρίας κεκλεμμένης ἡ ἀστυνομία ἦκεν.