Basic clause patterns

patterns with prepositional verbs

Basic clause patterns

with prepositional verbs: with Predicatives: (Cs, Cs) with obligatory Adverbials: /Cloc/goal with prepositional verbs:
Prep. variant of copula
Copular (=complex intransitive) Copular (=complex intransitive)
Intransitive
S P Cs
S P Op
S P SP S P Cloc/Aobl PO
I ’ll wait. Ed seemed quite competent. Marc was in the bathroom. It counts as too short.
Who knows? It sounds great fun. That was before the war. He had passed for dead.
Harriet can't come. Brenda became their accountant. = prepositional verbs, structure IV
I fainted. They are out of breath.
Complex transitive Prepositional variant of complex transitive
Complex transitive
Monotransitive
prep v + Op S P Od Cgoa/loc S P Od Op
S P POOp S P DOOd S P Od Co A
Aobl DO PO
I don’t care for Jane’s parties. I had no idea. I consider the operation a success. They ’re sending us to Disneyland. They regard it as successful.
You can’t rely on such people. They destroyed all the evidence. The long walk made us all hungry. She put/deposited the money in her bank account. They took me for dead.
We were looking for you. She wrote a novel. They served the coffee black. Jill keeps her car in the garage. They appointed her as treasurer.
I referred to her book. He entered the lounge. You drive me mad. = prepositional verbs, structure V
= prepositional verbs, structure I

Ditransitive
prep v + Op + Op Prepositional variant of ditransitive

S P Op Op S
P IO
Oi Od S P Od
DO Op
He looked to her for guidance. She gave Pat the key. She gave the key to Pat.
I agree with him about the value of the book. He poured me a drink. He poured a drink for me.
We appealed to her for help with the project. They ’ll pay me double.
He boasted to me about his exam. She told him the truth.
= prepositional verbs, structure III Prep verb + Od + Op
S P Od Op
We addressed our remarks to the children.
You cannot convince me of the usefulness of that project.
He supplied them with weapons.
He supplied weapons to them.
= prepositional verbs, structure II

Syntax & Semantics

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