diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 90f40ac..bc89073 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@formkit/auto-animate": "^1.0.0-beta.1",
-    "assert-never": "^1.2.1",
     "classnames": "^2.2.6",
     "jsurl2": "^2.1.0",
     "lz-string": "^1.4.4",
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 945653e..9efae8f 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ function App() {
                         opts={textOptions}
                     />
                 </div>}
-                <h4>🆕 Equative Phrase Builder</h4>
+                <h4>Equative Phrase Builder</h4>
                 <EPExplorer
                     opts={textOptions}
                     entryFeeder={entryFeeder}
diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
index ace3ca3..b621e6b 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/compile.ts
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ function compileEnglishEP(EP: T.EPRendered): string[] | undefined {
     function insertEWords(e: string, { subject, predicate, APs }: { subject: string, predicate: string, APs: string }): string {
         return e.replace("$SUBJ", subject).replace("$PRED", predicate || "") + APs;
     }
-    const engSubj = getRenderedSubjectSelection(EP.blocks).selection.e;
+    const engSubjR = getRenderedSubjectSelection(EP.blocks).selection;
+    const engSubj = getEnglishFromRendered(engSubjR);
     const engPred = getEnglishFromRendered(EP.predicate);
     const engAPs = getEnglishAPs(EP.blocks);
     // require all English parts for making the English phrase
@@ -559,10 +560,11 @@ export function findPossesivesToShrinkInEP(EP: T.EPRendered): FoundNP[] {
         ? []
         : (EP.predicate.type === "adjective")
         ? findPossesivesInAdjective(EP.predicate)
-        : findPossesivesInNP(
-            // @ts-ignore - ts being dumb
-            EP.predicate as T.NPSelection
-        )).map(np => ({ np, from: "predicate" }));
+        : EP.predicate.type === "sandwich"
+        ? findPossesivesInNP(EP.predicate.inside)
+        : EP.predicate.type === "pronoun"
+        ? []
+        : findPossesivesInNP(EP.predicate)).map(np => ({ np, from: "predicate" }));
     return [
         ...inBlocks,
         ...inPredicate,
diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/np-tools.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/np-tools.ts
index 8b20778..3a903d2 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/np-tools.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/np-tools.ts
@@ -201,12 +201,13 @@ export function getEnglishFromRendered(r: T.Rendered<T.NPSelection | T.EqCompSel
     if (r.type === "adjective") {
         return getEnglishFromRenderedAdjective(r);
     }
-    if (r.type !== "pronoun") {
-        // TODO: shouldn't have to do this 'as' - should be automatically narrowing
-        const np = r as T.Rendered<T.NounSelection>;
-        return addPossesors(np.possesor?.np, addArticlesAndAdjs(np), r.type);
+    if (r.type === "pronoun") {
+        return r.e;
     }
-    return r.e;
+    if (r.type === "participle") {
+        return addPossesors(r.possesor?.np, r.e, r.type);
+    }
+    return addPossesors(r.possesor?.np, addArticlesAndAdjs(r), r.type);
 }
 
 function getEnglishFromRenderedSandwich(r: T.Rendered<T.SandwichSelection<T.Sandwich>>): string | undefined {
diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-ap.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-ap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df9b471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-ap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import * as T from "../../types";
+import { renderAdverbSelection } from "./render-ep";
+import { renderSandwich } from "./render-sandwich";
+
+export function renderAP(ap: T.APSelection): T.Rendered<T.APSelection> {
+    if (ap.type === "sandwich") {
+        return renderSandwich(ap);
+    }
+    // if (ap.type === "adverb") {
+        return renderAdverbSelection(ap);
+    // }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts
index fcdae22..5eff791 100644
--- a/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts
+++ b/src/lib/phrase-building/render-vp.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ import { renderEnglishVPBase } from "./english-vp-rendering";
 import { personGender } from "../../lib/misc-helpers";
 import { renderNPSelection } from "./render-np";
 import { getObjectSelection, getSubjectSelection } from "./blocks-utils";
-import { renderSandwich } from "./render-sandwich";
-import { renderAdverbSelection } from "./render-ep";
+import { renderAP } from "./render-ap";
 
 // TODO: ISSUE GETTING SPLIT HEAD NOT MATCHING WITH FUTURE VERBS
 
@@ -78,26 +77,21 @@ function renderVPBlocks(blocks: T.VPSBlockComplete[], config: {
     king: "subject" | "object",
 }): T.RenderedVPSBlock[] {
     return blocks.map(({ block }): T.RenderedVPSBlock => {
-        if (block.type === "sandwich") {
-            return renderSandwich(block);
-        }
-        if (block.type === "adverb") {
-            return renderAdverbSelection(block);
-        }
         if (block.type === "subjectSelection") {
             return {
                 type: "subjectSelection",
                 selection: renderNPSelection(block.selection, config.inflectSubject, false, "subject", config.king === "subject" ? "king" : "servant"),
             }
         }
-        // if (block.type === "objectSelection") {
+        if (block.type === "objectSelection") {
             const object = typeof block === "object" ? block.selection : block;
             const selection = renderNPSelection(object, config.inflectObject, true, "object", config.king === "object" ? "king" : "servant");
             return {
                 type: "objectSelection",
                 selection,
             };
-        // }
+        }
+        return renderAP(block);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/library.ts b/src/library.ts
index 499e8db..d282a23 100644
--- a/src/library.ts
+++ b/src/library.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ import {
     compileEP,
     compileVP,
 } from "./lib/phrase-building/compile";
+import {
+    renderAP,
+} from "./lib/phrase-building/render-ap";
 import NPPicker from "./components/np-picker/NPPicker";
 import EPExplorer from "./components/ep-explorer/EPExplorer";
 import shuffleArray from "./lib/shuffle-array";
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@ export {
     renderNPSelection,
     getEnglishFromRendered,
     getPashtoFromRendered,
+    renderAP,
     // protobuf helpers
     readDictionary,
     writeDictionary,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c5b3fa8..6a12a11 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2762,11 +2762,6 @@ asn1.js@^5.2.0:
     minimalistic-assert "^1.0.0"
     safer-buffer "^2.1.0"
 
-assert-never@^1.2.1:
-  version "1.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/assert-never/-/assert-never-1.2.1.tgz#11f0e363bf146205fb08193b5c7b90f4d1cf44fe"
-  integrity sha512-TaTivMB6pYI1kXwrFlEhLeGfOqoDNdTxjCdwRfFFkEA30Eu+k48W34nlok2EYWJfFFzqaEmichdNM7th6M5HNw==
-
 assert@^1.1.1:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/assert/-/assert-1.5.0.tgz#55c109aaf6e0aefdb3dc4b71240c70bf574b18eb"