Theoretical English Grammar. Part 2. Syntax. Бочарова М.В. - 18 стр.

(Subject – Copular Verb – subject Complement), (where Link Verb + subject
Complement can be seen as making up the Compound Nominal Predicate),
which is used for characterizing sth;


–SV
(Subject – Intransitive Verb), which denotes actions / states / events which are
not directed at any particular object;


– S V Od
(Subject – Monotransitive Verb – direct Object), which describes a situation
with two participants – an active (S) and a passive one (O), which are involved
in the action;


– S V Oi Od
(Subject – Ditransitive Verb – indirect Object – direct Object), which describes
a situation with three participants, where an active participant performs an action
directed at another participant and in which still another, passive participant is
involved;


– S V Od Co
(Subject – Complex �ransitive Verb – direct Object – object Complement),
which denotes both an action directed at a passive participant and the character-
istic it has or acquires as a result.


o Some grammarians single out some other sentence patterns:


– S V Od A *




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