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Subjects don't always act as agents in English

Among other things, English language learners are taught in the formative stages of learning that it is improper to begin a sentence with a conjunction.

A conjunction is defined as 'a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause'. Such words include; and, but, nor, so, for and yet.

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