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  2. Subject–verb–object word order - Wikipedia

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    They have SOV in subordinate clauses, as given in Example 1 below. Example 2 shows the effect of verb second order: the first element in the clause that comes before the V need not be the subject. In Kashmiri, the word order in embedded clauses is conditioned by the category of the subordinating conjunction, as in Example 3.

  3. Subject–object–verb word order - Wikipedia

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    The basic principle in Japanese word order is that modifiers come before what they modify. For example, in the sentence "こんな夢を見た。" (Konna yume o mita), [7] the direct object "こんな 夢" (this sort of dream) modifies the verb "見た" (saw, or in this case had). Beyond this, the order of the elements in a sentence is ...

  4. Verb–object–subject word order - Wikipedia

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    Structure (not linearized): [ H [S [V O]] ] (where H stands for a head) can be pronounced as H + V S O conventionally. [4] Under the FL approach however, that structure can be pronounced as H + V O S, [4] as the phrase is said to be linearized with the subject to the right of the verb-object constituent. Consequently, we see a VOS order.

  5. Word order - Wikipedia

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    For example, Mayan languages have been described with the rather uncommon VOS word order. However, they are ergative–absolutive languages, and the more specific word order is intransitive VS, transitive VOA, where the S and O arguments both trigger the same type of agreement on the verb. Indeed, many languages that some thought had a VOS word ...

  6. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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    Example: Abdul is happy. Jeanne is a person. I am she. Subject + Verb (transitive) + Indirect Object + Direct Object Example: She made me a pie. This clause pattern is a derivative of S+V+O, transforming the object of a preposition into an indirect object of the verb, as the example sentence in transformational grammar is actually "She made a ...

  7. Verb–subject–object word order - Wikipedia

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    For example, the German sentence Ich esse oft Rinderbraten (I often eat roast beef) is in the standard SVO word order, with the adverb oft (often) immediately after the verb. However, if that adverb is moved to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis, the subject ich (I) is moved to the third position, which places the sentence in VSO order ...

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  9. English clause element - Wikipedia

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    The example sentences contain only obligatory clause elements. The same seven patterns are recognised for longer sentences with added optional adverbials. [2]: 49 a′. Someone [S] was laughing [V] loudly [A] in the next roo