吉田正治は『英語教師のための英文法』(1995)で「9文型理論」を提唱しています。
①S+V
Prices rose very sharply last month.
②S+V+As
The next meeting will be on March 5.
③S+V+Cs
Tom suddenly fell ill in Paris.
④S+V+Cs+As
I have been in the garden all the time since lunch.
⑤S+V+Od
I caught a big fish in the river.
⑥S+V+Oi+Od
Bill gave his sister a pin for her birthday.
⑦S+V+Od+Ao/s
We kept him in bed. The scheme struck me as ridiculous.
⑧S+V+Od+Co
They found him dead in a cave.
⑨S+V+Od+Co+Ao
That noise made us aware of the danger.
どこまで「分類の細分化」が進むのか、といった感が無きにしも非ずですが、他にもVがbe動詞の場合を特別に扱う考えなどがあることも知っておきましょう。表層構造による分類をさらに推し進めていくと、必然的に次の「動詞型理論」に行き着きます。