The dog lives in his house. The dog living in his house is a dirty dog. The batter hit the ball over the fence. It was no problem for Mantle to hit the ball over the fence. In the above sentences, the DO the ball is between the verb or verbal and the modifier.
Adverbial modifiers can sometimes be premodifiers as well.
The guest very politely thanked the hostess. The guest, politely thanked, left the house. Notice that this adverb phrase could be moved to other slots in the sentence. That's another tricky thing about adverbial modifiers. Another type of adverbial modifier is the adverb clause.