A canonically transitive verb appears in this derived pattern without an overt object, usually implying a specific kind of expected object. Levin (1993) terms this "Unspecified Object Alternation". It is to be distinguished from the Understood Reflexive Object alternation.
| Verb Meaning | Verb form | Basic coding frame | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
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