The property Object Subject Verb has the value "yes" when the order Object Subject Verb 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 Subject Verb 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>
Nadëb is “yesâ€ for Object Subject Verb:<br>
<br>
awad   kalapéé   hapuÌh<br>
jaguar  child      see.IND<br>
`The child sees the jaguar.â€<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 does have Object Subject Verb word orders, but they are not used in neutral contexts. Therefore, the property Object Subject Verb has the value “noâ€ in English:<br><br>

A: What happened?<br>
B: I dropped the mug.<br>
B': #The mug, I dropped.<br>
(# stands for grammatical but not appropriate)<br>
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3.<br>
Japanese is “yesâ€ for Object Subject Verb:<br>
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A: nani-ga      at-ta 		no?<br>
     what-NON happen-PST	C<br>
    “What happened?â€<br>
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B: dareka-ga		koppu-o 		otosi-ta		no<br>
     someone-NOM	cup-ACC		drop-PST	COMP<br>
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B’: koppu-o		dareka-ga			otosi-ta		no<br>
      cup-ACC		someone-NOM		drop-PST	COMP<br>
     “Someone dropped a cup.â€<br><br>
