TO 10(4a): miscellaneous selected senses

[nschneid]

TPP 10(4a) has many miscellaneous selected senses of TO: FN query, TPP/CPA query

Adj governor

• entity/group argument to an adjective describing how a property applies: "differences are common TO all predators", inherent/intrinsic/endemic/native/specific/essential/fundamental TO (#42: Theme~>Theme)

• with Adj denoting the propensity of an entity toward a possible outcome: liable/prone/given TO (behavior or outcome) - expectation about the future

  • also N governor: "propensity TO hooliganism"

• stimulus to which an entity has a particular kind of (non)reaction: (someone is) cool/sympathetic/alert/allergic/sensitive/blind/immune/inured/vulnerable TO (stimulus)

  • cf. react TO (Stimulus~>Theme)

• with a force-dynamic Adj: opposed/resistant/subservient/subject/indebted/loyal TO

  • also N governor: allegiance TO
  • also V governor: subject/subordinate someone TO authority

• "some points were important TO the smooth running of Cabinet machinery"

• appropriate/suited/applicable TO

  • cf. lends itself TO

• related TO

• confined/limited TO (#15)

• previous/prior/subsequent TO

• (someone is) new TO (experience)

• detrimental/destructive TO (Theme, cf. damage TO)

Noun governor

(apart from derived nouns listed above)

• "a novice TO spreadsheets" (cf. "new TO spreadsheets")
• witness/accomplice TO a crime
• denoting a whole or associated item: "the finales TO both acts"; the beginning/end TO the play
  • I think there's a special semantics here. "I left before the end to the play." sounds odd. I would guess it focuses on the content of the work ("the end to the play was written later", "the end to the play includes the scene where the lead character dies").
  • the libretto to Carmen
  • "Police just broke the windows TO the house."
  • sense of "thing that an item belongs with"? the key TO the door; I'm missing the cap to the marker.
  • There may be some information structure constraints on where this is used. Would be a bit odd to say "The windows to the house are brand new" instead of "The windows of the house are brand new", unless the windows are in focus: "The WINDOWS to the house are brand new". Governor=Focus, Obj=Topic?
  • There is a lot of sense TO what you're saying.
• an alternative TO something (ComparisonRef~>Goal)

Verb governor

• "He owes his position TO the support of his elders" (Explanation?!)
• attribute/ascribe something TO someone
• devote/commit resource TO something
• leave something TO chance/decider
• adjust/adapt TO new condition

[nschneid]

• stimulus to which an entity has a particular kind of (non)reaction: (someone is) cool/sympathetic/alert/allergic/sensitive/blind/immune/inured TO (stimulus)

  • cf. react TO

The best we can think of is Stimulus~>Theme.

[nschneid]

The name has a nice ring TO it. There's something/nothing TO it. (idiom)

[nschneid]

there is a nice texture to the oil painting the guide to the museum the blueprints to the site rules to the game a method to his madness party to privy to winner to the game: "I am declaring a winner to the game.", "We don't have a winner to the game"

[nschneid]

"Meth though messes people up big time, so I don't see a lot of upside to that." AMR calls this :topic.

[aryamanarora]

some thoughts:

• there is a nice texture to the oil painting (Characteristic, =the oil painting's texture is nice, the oil painting has a nice texture)
• the guide to the museum (Topic, museum guide/guide of the museum; but "guide to doing x" seems like Purpose?)
• the blueprints to the site (Topic, ditto [also cf. map of the site, drawing of the site], but what about "blueprints for the site")
• rules to the game (Characteristic?, =the game's rules, the game has rules, but what about "rules for playing the game"? that's Purpose?)
• I don't see a lot of upside to that (Characteristic, that has a lot of upside, its upside)

[nschneid]

some thoughts:

• there is a nice texture to the oil painting (Characteristic, =the oil painting's texture is nice, the oil painting has a nice texture)

• rules to the game (Characteristic?, =the game's rules, the game has rules, but what about "rules for playing the game"? that's Purpose?)

• I don't see a lot of upside to that (Characteristic, that has a lot of upside, its upside)

Do you mean Gestalt for these?

[nschneid]

Note that "answer/response TO a question" is Topic~Goal in the guidelines. It seems to be a blend of the information-content meaning present in some of these examples (e.g. guide to a museum), the way-to-access-or-figure-something-out (e.g. key to the door), and paired-with correspondence (question and answer are paired). You can say "the question has an answer" but it's not as direct a property as some of the others.

[nschneid]

Thought about this some more. Attempting a fine-grained approach (WIP):

• X1 senses: enablement with respect to some item
  • X1.1. Endpoint of a path, journey, etc.: Goal
    • the path to the house
  • X1.2. Item in relation to a means, instrument, or part by which it can be accessed/reached: Goal
    • the guide to the museum (does it matter if the guide is a pamphlet or a person? is X3 relevant?)
    • the doors to the house. Note that "All the doors to the house are red" probably only describes the exterior doors, from the outside; "to" reflects a perspective of gaining entry (otherwise X2 could also apply).
  • X1.3. Item in relation to a means, instrument, or part by which it can be created/used/enacted: Theme~Goal or Gestalt~Goal?
    • the blueprints/plans to the house (although these are information—is X3 relevant?)
    • the key to the door
    • the instructions/rules to the game
    • the libretto to Carmen (a score or lyrics are means to enacting a performance)
  • X1.4. Item in relation to a means, instrument, or part by which it can be possessed: Possession~Goal
    • the deed to the property
• X2. Thing in relation to a salient part or property: Gestalt~Goal I suspect this is a relic of a historical dative possession construction.
  • the texture to the painting
  • it has a nice ring to it
• X3. answer/response to a question: Topic~Goal (current guidelines)
• X4. aspectual whole framed as a journey:
  • the start to the week
• X5. beneficiary of one's services, esp. in an official or high-status context (cf. Collins COBULD sense 12):
  • the ambassador to France
  • an aide to the president

[nschneid]

https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/328511/if-we-put-of-instead-of-to-in-the-example-sentences mentions "key to the door", "ambassador to France"

[nschneid]

https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/331972/start-to-the-week-vs-start-of-the-week "start to/of the week"

[nschneid]

For the property ones, I have a vague feeling that "of" vs. "to" involves a difference in construal along the lines of perceptual scanning or figure/ground...."to" suggests you are noticing a salient detail, whereas "of" is more neutral. Maybe information structure too?

• Hope you have a nice start to/?#of your day
• What was your day like? Well, the start of/?#to my day was pretty normal...

"To" almost suggests an experiential journey, rather than just a point or period in time.

[nitinvwaran]

https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/331972/start-to-the-week-vs-start-of-the-week "start to/of the week"

SO i remember from my Syntax 101 that the 'of' clause is considered a complement to the noun and it was the exception. Other PPs were considered adjuncts to the noun. I also remember that I felt like some SNACS labels were more correlated to adjunct phrases than to complements (like Circumstance and Manner, just examples..)