subject-verb-object
Basic clause structure
Subject-verb-object describes the standard word order in English sentences, where the doer comes first, then the action, then the receiver: The dog bit the man.
Linguists abbreviate it SVO.
Languages vary—some put the verb last, others put the object first—but English consistently follows this pattern in declarative sentences.
Word arrangement in clauses
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- word orderSentence structure pattern
- predicateSentence's non-subject portion
- transitive verbAction requiring direct object
clause · parsing · diagramming · constituent · nominative · accusative · agent · patient
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- sentence buildingForming grammatical statements
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Britain's native tongue
- MandarinHigh-ranking government official
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- language familyRelated tongues from one source
- Romance languagesLatin-derived language family
Computational analysis of speech
- NLPMachine language comprehension
- machine translationAutomated cross-lingual text conversion
- text analysisStudy of written material
- tokenizationConverting input into discrete units
sentence structure
Word arrangement in clauses
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- word orderSentence structure pattern
- predicateSentence's non-subject portion
transitive verb · clause · parsing · diagramming · constituent · nominative · accusative · agent · patient · linguistic analysis
grammar lesson
- language learningGaining fluency in another tongue
- ESLLanguage instruction abbreviation
- writing instructionTeaching the craft of prose
sentence building · grammar drill · composition · simple sentence · worksheet · language arts · grammar rule · textbook · fill-in-the-blank · grammar instruction
English
Britain's native tongue
- MandarinHigh-ranking government official
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- language familyRelated tongues from one source
natural language processing
Computational analysis of speech
- NLPMachine language comprehension
- machine translationAutomated cross-lingual text conversion
- text analysisStudy of written material
tokenization · part-of-speech · language model · grammar checker
- sentence structuresimple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, compound-complex, declarative
- word orderword order, sentence structure, linearization
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