1.1. Classifications of the Verb: Verb Complementation
The finite verb organises all the other sentence constituents (the organisational function of the verb). The combining power of words in relation to other words in syntactically subordinate positions is called their syntactic valency. The valency of a word is realised when the word is actually combined in an utterance with its corresponding valency partner (valency adjunct).
The syntactic valency falls into two types: