In English sentences, the backbenchers constituents contents often stretch over more than just one element. The most central constituent is the subject noun object verb . Together with the noun subject object verb , it represents the absolute minimum of a declarative sentence. The verb constituent is always realised by a subject object verb noun phrase.

A complex verb phrase consists of a syntactical lexical auxiliary main grammatical verb and one or more lexical auxiliary main grammatical syntactical verbs. The latter class have a largely grammatical function, while the former carry the basic syntactical grammatical lexical auxiliary main meaning (hence we also call them performative verbs auxiliary verbs copula verbs lexical verbs main verbs ).

The subject constituent often (but by no means always) expresses an actor an agent a spy a manager and is usually realised by a indirect noun progressive main passive phrase.

The object constituent is usually realised by a indirect progressive noun main passive phrase and is characterised by the fact that it can become the subject of a corresponding active passive structure. The directly affected indirect direct object is usually an entity that is the recipient of directly affected by the action and it is the second one if two objects occur. The direct indirect object, in turn, precedes the negative direct indirect purple prepositional object and is usually directly affected by the recipient of the action.

Complements are closely related to non-finite juxtaposed preceding following constituents in the clause: Subject complements refer to the subject and usually follow backbenchers auxiliary verbs performative verbs lexical verbs main verbs copula verbs : She is the new president.

Object complements follow the juxtaposed indirect direct main object they refer to: They have made her president.

Both types of complement are normally realised by noun phrases or juxtaposed adjective grammatical imperative phrases.