Three ways of relating nominal and verbal predications

Refining the Jāmiʿ and the Conditions of Elegant Coordination

Intended senseLikely patternRhetorical benefit
Two eventsVerbal + verbalParallel occurrence or renewal
Two statesNominal + nominalParallel established predications
An event and a stateVerbal + nominalMakes different viewpoints clear

These are guidelines, not automatic rules. Parallel form adds elegance when the meanings are parallel; where the meanings differ, preserving that distinction can be more important than surface symmetry.