I. Introduction II. The Basis of School Grammar 1. Five Predicate Forms (Onions, 1932; 1971) 2. Immediate Problems in SVOCs III. SVOCs in Generative Linguistics 1. Subject and Small Clause 3. Case, Theta-Role, PRO, and Subcategorization IV. Method 1. Subjects 2. Materials and Procedures 3. Results and Discussion V. Conclusion Works Cited