The property Object Verb Subject has the value "yes" when the order Object Verb Subject 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>--><br>

<b>General Note on Word Order Properties</b>:<br>
A "yes" value for Object Verb Subject 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>
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1. <br>
Hixkaryana is “yesâ€ for Object Verb Subject:<br><br>

toto   y-ahosɨ-ye                          kamara <br>
man  3:3-grab-DISTANT.PST   jaguar<br>
‘The jaguar grabbed the man.’ <br>
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<b>Reference</b>:<br>
Dryer, Matthew S. 2008. Order of Subject, Object and Verb. In Haspelmath et al., chapter 81. Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/81">http://wals.info/feature/81</a href>. ACCessed on 2009-03-09.<br>
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2.	<br>
English is “noâ€ for the property Object Verb Subject, since this order is always ungrammatical:<br>
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*the airplane saw John<br>
(* means ungrammatical)<br>
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3.<br>
Japanese is “noâ€ for the property Object Verb Subject, since this order is always ungrammatical.<br>
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*koppu-o	otosi-ta 	dareka-ga.<br>
  cup-ACC	drop-PST	someone-NOM<br>
  “Someone dropped a cup.â€	<br><br>
