Alternation ‘Quasi-agentive Instrumental Subject’ (Uncoded)

The subject NP designates an inanimate object which is not an instrument in the normal sense. For example, consider a sentence like The glass cut her hand. It implies that a "cutting" effect was produced when a sharp part of the subject came into contact with the patient.

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