A Study on Conditions for Licensing of ‘Sagent+Opatient+VP’ Construction

This paper attempted to study the causes that affect sentence acceptability from a new perspective of verb phrase analysis through semantic and syntactic analysis of the phrase ‘Sagent + Opatient + VP’. As a result, it was revealed that the structural characteristics of verb phrases have a great influence on sentences and their acceptability, and specifically, it was established that the syntactic length of verb phrases is a decisive factor in sentence formation. In addition, the phrase can be used independently as a sentence with natural focus without special stress, and it was also proven through analysis of various example sentences that the natural focus is on the verb phrase. This study is significant in providing a new research method and is expected to provide a new perspective for future SOV research.