老师好，
In a plan to sTOP the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, absorbing the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.
请问各位老师，划线处的parallel to shore，是做定语修饰a breakwater吗？形容词词组可以放在名词前面修饰名词吗？
句子来源：GMAT
形容词短语作定语，只能放在被修饰词之后，不可以之前。这就是所谓的短语、从句作定语，需要是“后置定语”。
parallel to shore 确实是一个“形容词短语”，意为：与海岸平行的。在本句作状语，修饰动名词 building，说明建造 a breakwater of rocks的地方地址。状语提到宾语之前是什么原因：宾语太长，照顾匀称。
In a plan to sTOP the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore（building 的状语）a breakwater of rocks （building 的宾语）that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, absorbing the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.
