Assertion: verb's action | /r/HasProperty | direct
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Source sentences:
text: An active verb has the direct action performed by the subject.
text: Sometimes, fuller description is offered by way of a prepositional phrase, but if there's no receiver of the action (direct object), it's still an intransitive verb.
text: Transitive action verbs have a noun that receives the action, also known as the direct object, or they have a noun that names the object to whom or for whom the action occurred, known as the indirect object.