include words with meanings such as 'not' and 'always'. The subject may be position (1), but when a topical expression occupies the position, the subject is in position (3). In embedded clauses, the V2 constraint is absent. After the conjunction, the subject must immediately follow; it cannot be replaced by a topical expression. Thus, the first four positions are in the fixed order (1) conjunction, (2) subject, (3) sentence adverb, (4) finite verb The position of the sentence adverbs is important to those theorists who see them as marking the start of a large constituent within the clause. Thus the finite verb is seen as inside that constituent in embedded clauses, but outside that constituent in V2 main clauses. Swedish {|cellspacing="8" ||main clauseembedded clause|||||Front— ||Finite verbConjunction||SubjectSubject||Sentence adverbSentence adverb||—Finite verb||Non-finite verbNon-finite verb||ObjectObject||AdverbialAdverbial |- ||main clause||a.||I dag||ville||Lotte||inte||||läsa||tidningen |- ||||||1||2||3||4||||5||6 |- ||||||today||wanted||Lotte||not||||read||the newspaper||||... |- |||| |colspan=7|'Lotte didn't want to read the paper today.' |- ||embedded clause||b.||||att||Lotte||inte||ville||koka||kaffe|| i dag |- ||||||||1||2||3||4||5||6||7 |- ||||||||that||Lotte||not||wanted||brew||coffee||today||...|| |- |||| |colspan=7|'that Lotte didn't want to make coffee today' |- |} Main clause Front Finite verb Subject Sentence adverb __ Non-finite verb Object Adverbial Embedded clause __ Conjunction Subject Sentence adverb Finite verb Non-finite verb Object Adverbial Main clause (a) I dag ville Lotte inte läsa tidningen today wanted Lotte not read the newspaper "Lotte didn't want to read the paper today." Embedded clause (b) att Lotte inte ville koka kaffe i dag that Lotte not wanted brew coffee today "that Lotte didn't want to make coffee today." Danish {|cellspacing="8" ||main clauseembedded clause|||||Front— ||Finite verbConjunction||SubjectSubject||Sentence adverbSentence adverb||—Finite verb||Non-finite verbNon-finite verb||ObjectObject||AdverbialAdverbial |- ||main clause||a.||Klaus||er||||ikke||||kommet |- ||||||1||2||||4||||5 |- ||||||Klaus||is|| ||not||||come|||||| |- |||| |colspan=7|...'Klaus hasn't come.' |- ||embedded clause||b.||||når||Klaus||ikke||er||kommet |- ||||||||1||2||3||4||5 |- ||||||||when||Klaus||not||is||come|||| |- |||| |colspan=7|...'when Klaus hasn't come' |- |} So-called Perkerdansk is an example of a variety that does not follow the above. Norwegian (with multiple adverbials and multiple non-finite forms, in two varieties of the language) {|cellspacing="8" ||mainembedded|||||Front— ||Finite verbConjunction||SubjectSubject||Sentence adverbSentence adverb||—Finite verb||Non-finite verbNon-finite verb||ObjectObject||AdverbialAdverbial ||| |- ||main clause||a.||Den gangen||hadde||han||dessverre ikke||||villet sende||sakspapirene||før møtet.|| ||(Bokmål variety) |- ||||||1||2||3||4||||5||6||7|| |- ||||||that time||had||he||unfortunately not||||wanted to send||the documents||before the meeting||... |- |||| |colspan=7|'This time he had unfortunately not wanted to send the documents before the meeting.' |- ||embedded clause||b.||||av di||han||denne gongen diverre ikkje||hadde||vilja senda||sakspapira||føre møtet.|| ||(Nynorsk variety) |- ||||||||1||2||3||4||5||6||7 |- ||||||||because||he||this time unfortunately not||had||wanted to send||the documents||before the meeting||... |- |||| |colspan=7|'because this time he had unfortunately not wanted to send the documents before