 While English is mostly not a secundative language, there are some examples.The sentence "John gave Mary the ball" uses this construction, where the ball is the theme and Mary is the recipient.This language type was called dechticaetiative in an article by Edward L. Blansitt, Jr. (from Greek "dekhomai" "take, receive" and an obscure second element, unlikely "kaitoi" "and indeed"), but that term did not catch on.