patient subjects and intransitive verbs

Patient subjects occur only in intransitive or passive constructions:

The house collapsed.
My garden froze.
His hair darkened.
The clothes hung on the line.
The ball bounced (彈起).
The book lay on the table.
The door opened. 
The vase broke. 

The book lay on the table.

The traditional semantic label for an affected subject or an affected DO is patient. (This label derives from the adjective patient which historically described one who "bears or endures".)

Most patient subjects co-occur with verbs that describe a change of state--The water boiled; The chair broke; The water heater exploded; Rosa fell; The mirror shattered.