The verbs taking two objects only in the passive voice.

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1. The event was accounted a success.2. These itinerants traveled under a freedom accorded them by the imperial court.I'd like to know verbs taking two objects or an object and complement only in the passive voice.Thank you in advance for your help.

Deadrat · Accepted Answer

No:  "They elected him president."

Park sang joon · Answer

If I asked you a very annoying question, I'm so sorry for bothering you.

No: "They elected him president."

I don't know what you mean.

Deadrat · Answer

Your question is not annoying, you're not bothering me, and you don't owe me an apology. So not to worry.

I took your question to mean whether ditransitive verbs (i.e., those that take two objects) could do so only in the passive voice. Did I misunderstand you?

Unfortunately, I didn't read your examples close enough, because in the sentence with a passive verb

The event was accounted a success.

there is only one object, "success." In fact, because the passive verb passes its action to the subject, I can't think how a passive verb can take two objects. Transposing your example, we get

They accounted the event a success.

which is has the same syntax as my example

They elected him president.

Both are active voice examples of a verb taking a direct object and an objective complement.

I'm not sure if I've answered your question or not. Let me know.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, deadrat, for your kind answer.

1. The event was accounted a success.
2. These itinerants traveled under a freedom accorded them by the imperial court.

In #1, the implicit subject "I" take the object "events" and the objective complement "success."
But, we don't say "I accounted the event a success."
In #2, the subject "imperial court" take two objects "them" and "freedom."
But, we can't say "The imperial court accorded them a freedom.

And I'd like to know the list of the verbs like the verbs in #1 and #2.

Deadrat · Answer

An implicit subject is one that's missing but understood. For verbs in the imperative mood (commands), this subject is the second person pronoun ("you"). "Go home!" is really "[You] go home!" In your example #1, "The event was accounted a success" there is an explicit subject, namely "event." We can transpose that verb to the active voice and say, "I accounted the event a success." Now "I" is a subject. But the sentences with different voices are different sentences with different syntaxes and their own parts of speech.

In your example #2, "freedom" is the object of the preposition "under." "Imperial court" is a noun phrase, which cannot take an object. Only prepositions and verbs take objects. "Traveled" is intransitive, so it has no object. The participle "accorded has one object, "them." Again, we can transpose the sentence into active voice and say, "The imperial court accorded them a freedom to travel." Now "accorded" takes a direct object ("them") and an objective complement ("freedom").

I'm not sure why you think we can't make grammatical sentences by transposition to the active voice.

There's something important here that you may be missing, but I'm not sure what it is.

There are two types of ditransitive verbs. One takes a direct object and an indirect object. That type is basically "give," as in "I gave him the book." The other type takes a direct object and an objective complement. These are verbs of labeling and making:

They crowned him king.
They elected her chair.
The called it treason.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, deadrat for your continuing support.

There are two types of ditransitive verbs. One takes a direct object and an indirect object. That type is basically "give," as in "I gave him the book." The other type takes a direct object and an objective complement.

I know them because I have been taught them.
Then, I'd like to know if I can rephrase the passive voice in the strcute #1 into the active voice as to all the verbs allowing for the the structure #1.
1. A + be + a past participle + B + by C
-> 2. C(a subject) + a verb + A(a direct object or indirect object) + B(a direct object or objective complement)

Deadrat · Answer

I think so.

The verbs taking two objects only in the passive voice.

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