The same ism-mansub and khabar-marfu relationship appears with كَأَنَّ and لَكِنَّ.
كَأَنَّ زَيْدًا مَرِيضٌ
زَيْدًا is the mansub ism; مَرِيضٌ is the marfu khabar.
لَكِنَّ الْكَافِرِينَ جَاهِلُونَ
الْكَافِرِينَ is the mansub ism; جَاهِلُونَ is the marfu khabar. Notice that this mansub ism does not end in fathah.