1. Clause patterns: terminology
verb=predicator subject complement=subject predicative=subjective predicative complement object complement=object predicative=objective predicative complement prepositional object=object of preposition=complement of preposition

2. Clause patterns : properties of subject
position before verb Sue loved Max
nominative case-form She loved him
verb agreement Sue loves them
subject-auxiliary inversion Do they love Sue?
? doer of the action
? topic, what the clause is about

3. Clause patterns : variations
existential clause: displaced subject There was a nurse present pseudo-cleft construction What we need is more time it-cleft construction It was the song that impressed them extraposition: extraposed subject It disturbs her that he was acquitted preposing Humble, Mr Brown is not. postposing I understood eventually the reason for their antagonism

4. Clause patterns : discontinuity
Could you call me form the office? V She had certainly taken lessons.

5. Clause patterns
Biber et al. (1999) Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English SV
Their relatives arrived
SVA
The bomb victims were in hospital last night
SVC
He is American
SVOd
He loved her
SVOp
He has to deal with the children
SVOiOd
You left him a note, didn’t you?
SvOdOp
You accuse her of encouraging him?
SVOdC
Well she found it cold there
SVOdA
She placed the baby on a blanket