[Grammar] Is there an object in the sentence "The dog jumped on the table"?

[Sahil Dhankhar]

This is not my homework.

The dog jumped on the table.

In the above sentence, I would like to know if there is an object of the verb "jump"?

Is the "jump" used as a transitive verb or intransitive verb?

If we say that "on the table" is not the object of the verb and is a prepositional adverbial phrase, is it a rule that a phrase or more specifically a prepositional phrase can't be the object?

Is this correct- Objects are connected to their verbs directly without any preoposition. If there is a preposition connected with the object, it is no longer an object and becomes a prepositional phrase.

 

[teechar]

Is the "jump" used as a transitive verb or intransitive verb?

The verb "jump" can (in a different sense) be used transitively.
He jumped the queue.

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

"Nothing is jumped" - Can't we write it as- The table was jumped on.

By "Nothing is jumped" do you suggest that if we can form a passive voice using the same verb in the same sentence then it is a transitive verb otherwise not?

 

[GoesStation]

No. Nothing is 'jumped'. The verb is intransitive.

"Nothing is jumped" - Can't we write it as- The table was jumped on.

By "Nothing is jumped" do you suggest that if we can form a passive voice using the same verb in the same sentence then it is a transitive verb otherwise not?

Can you see how you misquoted Piscean? By omitting required punctuation, you made the sentence you quoted meaningless.

 

[jutfrank]

"Nothing is jumped" do you suggest that if we can form a passive voice using the same verb in the same sentence then it is a transitive verb otherwise not?

Yes, I assume that is actually what Piscean meant. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!) If you can make a valid passive transformation, then you know that the verb is transitive.

This does not mean, however, that all transitive verbs can be passivised. No intransitive verbs can be passivised, obviously.