General Form of Relationships?

Can form 2 relationships always be broken down to multiple form 1's? Or are some relationships such that they cannot be broken down and thus form 2 is the more general.

For example, either form works for "John like Mary" 1) "John like Mary"
2) "like, John, Mary"

Next "John give Mary a ball" readily fits form 2
"give, John, Mary, ball"

But can it be broken down into multiple form 1's
"John give ball1"
"Mary receive ball2"
"ball1 isSameAs ball2"
Received on Sat Dec 28 2002 - 23:37:06 CET