Abstract
Applicatives have received intense discussion since they were proposed in 20 centuries. This paper pointed out some major issues in the theoretical implication and empirical application of the applicative theory. Extra supporting data were raised from Mandarin DOCs. Furthermore, instead of assuming an additional rule of permitting one verb taking two objects, this argued that Mandarin indirect passives transformed from DOCs and resultatives were both derived from the Bi-verbal underlying structure, but with different argument arrangements.