The property Subject Verb Object has the value "yes" when the order Subject Verb Object can be used in a <a href="/glossary#neutral-context">neutral context</a>. The clause in this property is an active (non-passive) declarative (non-interrogative) clause. In this property, the subject and object are not pronouns. As with all word order properties, we restrict our attention to <a href="/glossary#productive">productive word order</a> patterns.<br><br>


<b><a href="/glossary#subject">Definition of Subject</a></b>
<br><b><a href="/glossary#object">Definition of Object</a></b><br><!--In an active (non-passive) sentence with an action verb (e.g. "Bill pet the dog") and two noun phrase arguments, the subject is the noun phrase argument referring to the one who performs the action (agent) and the object is the other noun phrase argument.<br>-->
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<b>General Note on Word Order Properties</b>:<br>
A "yes" value for Subject Verb Object does not exclude a "yes" value for any other order of these categories.<br><br>

<b>NA (Not Applicable)</b>: All known languages have subjects and objects in the defined sense, so this property is always defined and never has the value NA.<br><br>

Examples:<br><br>

1.<br>
English is “yesâ€ for Subject Verb Object;<br><br>

John saw the airplane<br><br>

2.<br>
Japanese is “noâ€ for Subject Verb Object, since this order is always ungrammatical:<br><br>

*dareka-ga		otosi-ta 	koppu-o.<br>
  someone-NOM	drop-PST	cup-ACC<br>
  “Someone dropped a cup.â€