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私の進む先に輝く 希望あふれる未来

This sentence is separated like this in subtitles, with 私の進む先に輝く being above, and 希望あふれる未来 being below (somehow I think it might be relevant when it comes to my confusion in parsing it). At first I believed 輝く was modifying 希望.

I was told, however, it should be parsed like this: [私の進む先に輝く][希望あふれる]未来, as in both verbs are equally affecting the noun 未来. But what sort of structure is this in which 輝く can simply be in dictionary-form, before another noun, and still affect 未来 as a relative clause?

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More exactly the sentence should be parsed either as 1.(私の進む先に(輝く希望)あふれる)未来 or 2.((私の進む先に輝く)希望あふれる)未来.

In case 1, this is the future filled with sparkling hopes that is waiting for you; in case 2, this is the future filled with hopes which are sparkling before you.

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    In both cases, then, 輝く is acting on 希望 then, not on 未来, right? The person I asked specifically said the 未来 is both what was sparkling and what was filled with hope, which is why I was confused.
    – nath9
    Aug 11, 2020 at 20:29
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    Yes, 輝く is modifying 希望. If the future is filled with sparkling hopes we could they that the future itself is sparkling but grammatically speaking 輝く modifies 希望 not 未来.
    – 永劫回帰
    Aug 11, 2020 at 20:35
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    I parsed this like (私の進む先に輝く→)((希望あふれる→)未来) or something like "hope-filled future shining in front of me". That is, 輝く modifies (希望あふれる)未来.
    – naruto
    Aug 12, 2020 at 2:55
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    @naruto I think that's the parsing I was told, and what my question is really about, for I don't really understand that structure. I guess it's a re-ordered 希望あふれる未来は私の進む先に輝く, but phrased in a more "literary" way?
    – nath9
    Aug 12, 2020 at 4:50
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    @nath9 Yes, it's a 体言止め. My previous answer may help.
    – naruto
    Aug 12, 2020 at 5:09

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