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In syntax, a transitive verb is a verb that requires both a subject and one or more objects. Some examples of sentences with transitive verbs:
  • Kyle sees Adam. (Adam is the direct object of "sees")
  • You lifted the bag. (bag is the direct object of "lifted")
  • I punished you. (you is the direct object of "punished")
  • I give you the book. (book is the direct object of "give" and "you" is the indirect object of "give")
Those transitive verbs that are able to take both a direct object and an indirect object are called ditransitive; an example is the verb give above. Verbs that require a single object are called monotransitive. There are a few verbs that take on the tritransitive form, which requires four arguments as opposed to needing three for a ditransitive verb or just two for a transitive verb.

Verbs that don't require an object are called intransitive, for example the verb to sleep. Since you cannot "sleep" something, the verb acts intransitively. Verbs that can be used in a transitive or intransitive way are called ambitransitive; an example is the verb eat, since the sentences I am eating (with an intransitive form) and I am eating an apple (with a transitive form that has an apple as the object) are both grammatically correct.

There are languages which distinguish verbs based on their transitivity, which suggests that this is a salient linguistic feature. For example, in Japanese:

授業が始まる?
Jugyō ga hajimaru.
The class starts.


先生が授業を始める?
Sensei ga jugyō o hajimeru.
The teacher starts the class.


However, the definition of transitive verbs as those which have one object is not universal and is not used in grammars of many languages. For example, it is generally accepted in Polish grammar that transitive verbs are those which: Both conditions are fulfilled in many instances of transitive verbs, ex. Maria widzi Jana (Mary sees John; Jana is the accusative form of Jan) - Jan jest widziany przez Marię (John is seen by Mary). There are two types of exceptions:
  • verbs which govern genitive or instrumental (in both positive and negative forms) but with possible passive transformation, ex. Król rządzi tym krajem (A king rules this country; tym krajem is in instrumental) - Ten kraj jest rządzony przez króla (This country is ruled by a king).
  • verbs which govern accusative in the positive form and genitive in the negative form but with no passive transformation, ex. Jan ma książkę (John has a book; ksiązkę is the accusative form of książka), Jan nie ma książki (John does not have a book; książki is genitive).
If a verb accepts an object which is not in accusative and does not undergo passive transformation, it is considered intransitive, ex. Jan handluje kwiatami (John deals in flowers; kwiatami is in instrumental). In other words, verbs with one or even two objects may also be intransitive.

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In computer science, SYNTAX is a system used to generate lexical and syntactic analyzers (parsers) (both deterministic and non-deterministic) for all kind of context-free grammars
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verb is a word belonging to the part of speech that usually denotes an action (bring, read), an occurrence (decompose, glitter), or a state of being (exist, stand).
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subject of the sentence and the other being its predicate. In English, subjects govern agreement on the verb or auxiliary verb that carries the main tense of the sentence, as exemplified by the difference in verb forms between he eats and they eat.
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An object in grammar is a sentence element and part of the sentence predicate. It denotes somebody or something involved in the subject's "performance" of the verb. As an example, the following sentence is given:

In the sentence "Bobby kicked the ball
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In grammar, a ditransitive verb is a verb which takes a subject and two objects. According to certain linguistics considerations, these objects may be called direct and indirect, or primary and secondary.
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A monotransitive verb is a verb that takes two arguments: a subject and a single direct object. For example, the verbs buy, bite, break, and eat are monotransitive in English.

Verbs are categorized in terms of transitivity (i. e.
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A syntactic verb argument, in linguistics, is a phrase that appears in a relationship with the verb in a clause. Typical syntactic arguments are the subject and the direct object, which are usually termed "core arguments".

Arguments can be optional or compulsory.
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intransitive verb is a verb that does have a subject and does not have an object. In more technical terms, an intransitive verb has only one argument (its subject), and hence has a valency of one.
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An ambitransitive verb is a verb that can be used both as intransitive or as transitive without requiring a morphological change. That is, the same verb form may or may not require a direct object.
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Transitivity is a grammatical category in some languages [1] [2]. For example, the verb which has an object (called a transitive verb) takes on another paradigm, than the verb which has no object (called an intransitive verb).
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Linguistics is the scientific study of language, which can be theoretical or applied. Someone who engages in this study is called a linguist.
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An object in grammar is a sentence element and part of the sentence predicate. It denotes somebody or something involved in the subject's "performance" of the verb. As an example, the following sentence is given:

In the sentence "Bobby kicked the ball
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The term accusative may be used in the following contexts:
  • A form of morphosyntactic alignment, as found in nominative-accusative languages.
  • The accusative case, which is a grammatical case found in nominative-accusative languages that employ explicit morphology to mark

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In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case (also called the second case) is the case that marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun.
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In grammar, the voice of a verb describes the relationship between the action (or state) that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments (subject, object, etc.). When the subject is the agent or actor of the verb, the verb is in the active voice.
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intransitive verb is a verb that does have a subject and does not have an object. In more technical terms, an intransitive verb has only one argument (its subject), and hence has a valency of one.
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Transitivity is a grammatical category in some languages [1] [2]. For example, the verb which has an object (called a transitive verb) takes on another paradigm, than the verb which has no object (called an intransitive verb).
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intransitive verb is a verb that does have a subject and does not have an object. In more technical terms, an intransitive verb has only one argument (its subject), and hence has a valency of one.
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verb is a word belonging to the part of speech that usually denotes an action (bring, read), an occurrence (decompose, glitter), or a state of being (exist, stand).
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In linguistics, verb valency or valence refers to number of arguments controlled by a verbal predicate. It is related, though not identical, to verb transitivity, which counts only object arguments of the verbal predicate.
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In linguistics, morphosyntactic alignment is the system used to distinguish between the arguments of transitive verbs and those of intransitive verbs. The distinction can be made morphologically (through grammatical case or verbal agreement), syntactically (through word
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A syntactic verb argument, in linguistics, is a phrase that appears in a relationship with the verb in a clause. Typical syntactic arguments are the subject and the direct object, which are usually termed "core arguments".

Arguments can be optional or compulsory.
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