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Logical Subject.
Logical Subject - as a noun
The subject of a sentence that expresses the actual agent of an expressed or implied action (as father in "it is your father speaking") or that is the thing about which something is otherwise predicated (as to do right in "it is sometimes hard to do right").
Example: "The notion of a logical subject can be made more precise in terms of a definition of reference, for something is a logical subject only if it is a referent of a sentence token."
Example Sentences
"The logical subject of the sentence is the noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb."
"In the sentence 'She is running,' the logical subject is 'she.'"
"The logical subject of the sentence 'The book was written by J.K. Rowling' is 'the book.'"
"In the sentence 'John gave Mary a gift,' the logical subject is 'John.'"
"The logical subject of the sentence 'The cat jumped over the fence' is 'the cat.'"
