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Indirect Object. D.O. I.O. action. SUBJ. PRED. linking. S.C. The indirect object is the noun or pronoun that is located between the action verb and the direct object and that is indirectly affected by the action. S-AVP-IO-DO We gave him the business.
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The indirect object is the noun or pronoun that is located between the action verb and the direct object and that is indirectly affected by the action. S-AVP-IO-DO We gave him the business.
Hamlet gave Polonius a sardonic interrogation. I.O. D.O. subj. AVP
From William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act III, Scene I: I never gave you aught. Pron. Pron. v. Adv. Pron. Subj. AVP I.O. D.O.