Adjutative voice
Encyclopedia
The adjutative voice is a grammatical voice carrying the meaning "to help to". The subject
of a verb in the adjutative voice is not an agent
of the action denoted by the verb, but assists the (unstated) agent in performing the action.
Subject (grammar)
The subject is one of the two main constituents of a clause, according to a tradition that can be tracked back to Aristotle and that is associated with phrase structure grammars; the other constituent is the predicate. According to another tradition, i.e...
of a verb in the adjutative voice is not an agent
Agent (grammar)
In linguistics, a grammatical agent is the cause or initiator of an event. Agent is the name of the thematic role...
of the action denoted by the verb, but assists the (unstated) agent in performing the action.