svca

I had to google "SVCA" because I had no idea what it meant.

It seems to stand for 'Subject + Verb + Complement + Adverbial'.

I would say yes, your sentence fits that pattern.

He (= subject) was (= verb) elected president (= subject complement) on the 4th of June (= adverbial).

Anonymous He was elected president on the 4th of June .... Is this SVCA

Yes. 'was elected' is the verb.

It's a passive of "They elected him president", which is SVOC. (C is a predicate complement of the object O.)

If you're interested in more material on SVOC sentences, see

CJ

Maybe I was a little off with the dissection of the sentence, but I wasn't really sure if the past participle should go with the verb or with the complement. I think I've seen it done both ways.

CalifJimC is a predicate complement of the object O.

I would have said that C is predicative complement to the verb elected, by which it is licensed.

Aspara GusI would have said that C is predicative complement to the verb elected, by which it is licensed.

What I find unsatisfactory about that is that C doesn't predicate anything of the verb. In fact verbs normally do the predicating (of the subject). Here we predicate of "him" that he is the "president" (after the election, of course).

I'm influ

CalifJimI'm influenced by Levin, who says that most verbs of this type "have the predicate complement predicated of the immediately postverbal NP". (English Verb Classes and Alterations)

You lost me there...

Perfect StrangerYou lost me there...
have the predicate complement predicated of the immediately postverbal NP

Note: Postverbal means 'after the verb'

They elected him president. (S V O C)


They = subject = S
elected = verb = V
him = O = object = immediately postverbal NP (noun phrase)