A verb that normally takes a patient object (if transitive) or undergoer subject (if intransitive) is used intransitively with an evaluative manner adverb and a generic interpretation, e.g. The thesis reads/read well. I have included instrument-subject, e.g. This knife cuts well under this heading, rather than under Instrument Subject alternation, because the latter can be used to depict an individual event.
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