| bold = required | (parentheses) = optional |
| *mutually exclusive (one or the other may be present, but not both) | |
| INDIRECT OBJECT | DIRECT OBJECT | INDIRECT OBJECT | ||
| say | . | "____________"
something (about something*) that __________ words | (to someone)
(to someone) | (about something*) |
| speak | . | (English*) | (to someone) | (about something*) |
| talk | . | . | (to someone) | (about something) |
| tell | a story (about something) a lie/the truth | (to someone*) | . | |
someone someone someone someone | (" ______________") (something) (about something) (that ___________) (to +V ) | . | (about something) |