H1. Double object verbs (like, give, bring, etc.) can have two different patterns after them. (e.g. She (Noun Phrase (Subject)) gave (Verb Phrase) some money (Noun Phrase (Direct object)) to the old man (Prepositional phrase))
H2. verbs with '-ing' forms, some transitive verbs can have a noun phrase as an object. (e.g. Everybody likes good food.) or the '-ing' form of the verb. (e.g. Everybody likes eating.)
a. verbs with to '+ infinitive', some verbs have the pattern N + V + to + infinitive (e.g. They agreed to help.) Some verbs have the pattern N + V + N + to + infinitive (e.g. She told him to go home.)
H3. A clause often has one or more adverbial phrases. (e.g. The children laughed happily. (N + V + Adv); All the girls are learning English at school in the second year. (N + V + Adv + Adv); Last year Mary and the family were driving to Madrid in an old bus. (Adv + N + V + Adv + Adv); She put the flowers carefully in a vase. (N + V + N + Adv + Adv))
Idiom 365
Beat a Dead Horse: to continue is a totally waste of time and effort as the outcome is already decided.
Example: He keeps trying to pursue them but I think he's beating a dead horse.