Re: Q's abuot trigger again

Carsten Becker scripsit:

> And what about sentences like "He sleeps in his bed"? "He" is the agent,
> sleeps the action, and "in his bed" so to say the locative object. But
> what's with the patient? I don't think it's marked anywhere.
In fact, "he" is the patient here, the entity affected by the action, and
there simply is no agent.

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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them
alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag
went over me.  I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am
Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.  --Bilbo to Smaug