Alternation ‘Location-capacity subject’ (Uncoded)

Certain verbs (incl. carry, sleep, hold) can take a locational subject and a complement indicating that location's capacity with respect to the event depicted by the verb, e.g. Five people can sleep in this room ~ This room sleeps five people. Cf. Levin 1993: 82.

Verb Meaning Verb form Basic coding frame Derived coding frame Occurs Comment # Ex.