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This article investigates the syntactic structure and the meaning of English Double Object Construction(DOC), especially concentrating on those of its 1st object. The basic property of DOC this article assumes is that it has an Appl above the VP, which merges with the 1st object of DOC and contributes to the appropriate structure of DOC sentences. And it is also assumed that this merge operation induces the unvalued theta feature of Appl and the valued theta feature of the 1st object of DOC, which is acquired in the conceptual structure before entering the merge operation, to be checked. This checking process between the unvalued theta feature and the valued theta feature makes it plausible that the 1st object of DOC can have various meanings that cannot be categorized as one theta role.