1. Basic Sentence Patterns I
English Syntax 6th meeting

2. Pattern I : SV (Subject + Verb)
Our girls smile.
Subject InV.
The verb in Pattern I is intransitive verb.
They finished late.
The birds sing.

3. Pattern 2 : SVC (Subject + Verb + Subjective Complement)
The man is drunk.
He became the vice president.
Subpattern 2A : NP + LV + Adjective
The food is good.
NP LV Adj
Subpattern 2B : NP¹ + LV +NP¹
My friend is a doctor
NP¹ LV NP¹

4. Pattern 3 : SVA ( Subject + Verb + Adverbial)
The girl is here
Subject Verb Adverbial
Pattern 3 is usually confused with Pattern 2A, but pattern 3 can’t follow the pattern 2A’s expansion.
The wolf is very hungry = Pattern 2A
The wolf is very outside = Pattern 3

5. Pattern 4 : SVO ( Subject + Verb + Direct Object)
The girl bought a dress.
Subject TranVerb Direct Obj.
In pattern 4 the verb that is used is transitive verb, therefore, it needs direct object.
Normally the subject and object have different referent except if the object in reflexive pronoun and reciprocal pronoun.
I saw myself
They hate each other.