Combinations of Relators and Things

Combinations are also possible with things. Note that when the purpose is to generate a compound relator the notation for the thing in question would be italicized as well):

• Possess is (control)(by)(ownership) [lose is end possession]

• Singing is (performing)(music)

• Trend setting is (changing)(fashion or values)

• Flying is (moving)(by)(airplane) and Phoning is (talking)(by)(telephone).

• Removing is (moving)(out) (and ‘removing from; requires a causal chain: removing X from Y). Then, castrating could be moving out that which causes fertility in males.]

• Make noise (other than talk) is (cause)(noise)

• Restricting is (controlling)(scope or size)(reduction)

• Injure is (cause)(injury)

• ‘cause (something) to become the thing specified’ (as in ‘parcel’ means ‘to become a parcel’) is (cause)(thing)(shape)(parcel)

• Crossbreed is (cause)(fertility)(of type)((X)(is associated with)(Y)).

• Rehearsing is (practicing)(play or song, etc.)

• Sink is (move)(down)(in liquid)

• Strangle is (cause)(injury or death)(of type)(respiration)

• Eating is (achieving)(nutrition). Grazing is (achieving)(nutrition)(of type)(grass)

• Synchronize is (cause)(time)(uniform)

• Exercise is (move)(for)(exercising)

• Wave, nod, wink, bow, salute, shrug, and other gestures, are (move)(of type)(talk)( associated with)(particular body parts)

• Assimilate linguistically is (change language) if individual or (destroy)(language) if group. Translate is (change)(language)(of)(text). Encoding is translating for secrecy. Dub is

change language on film.

• Pack is (move)(inside)

• Learn is (achieve)(learning)

• Publishing is (creating)(text). Disseminating is (communicating)(text). Edit or Revise is (change)(text). Censorship is (preventing)(publication)

• Discovering is (perceiving)(for the first time). Find oneself is discover oneself.

• Classifying is (achieve)(classification) [distinct from (create)(classification)]

• Predict or Expect is (believe)(about)(future). Plan is (think)(about)(future). Surprise is (not)(expected) Threat is (believe)(about)(future)(hurt)

• Recreate is (create)(again)

• Intuit is (think)(with)(intuition).

• Solve is (achieve)(answer). Document is (achieve)(evidence).

• Worry is (feel)(anxiety). Hurt is (cause)(pain) Torment is (cause)(anxiety)(regularly)

• Offend is (cause)(resentment). Harass is (cause)(resentment)(regularly)

• Schematize is (perform)(mapmaking)(of type)(conceptual)

• Hire/fire is (create/destroy)(jobs)(for)(evaluation) [to distinguish fire from layoff] Quit is voluntary. Featherbed is (create)(too many)(jobs). Strike is (union)(temporarily)

(decrease)(work)(associated with)(negotiation)

• Pogrom is (attacking)(ethnic group).

• Confining and Keeping are (controlling)(inside). Quarantine is confine for disease. Localize is confine to a locality.

• Filing or Submitting an application is (achieving)(form)

• Date is (evaluate)(time period). Schedule is (decide)(time period.) Periodize is (evaluate)(by)(time period). Clock in is (demonstrate)(time period).

• Poll is (measure)(public opinion)

• Lecture is (talk)(a text). Teach is (talk)(associated with)(education). Coach is (talk)(sports)(associated with)(education)

• Adopt is (achieve)(parent-child relationship)(by)(legal documents)

• Ingratiate is (attempt)(friendship) [perhaps by complimenting]

• Pamper is (perform)(too much)(kindness)

• Respond is (talk)(about)(after)

• Remind is (cause)(other)(to remember). Record is (write)(to remember) [Note that remembering is classed as a thing (a human ability)]

• Careerism is (wanting)(promotion)(too much)

• Treat (a disease or illness) is (perform)(treatment). Surgery is this linked to cutting or moving.

• Estimate is (perform)(approximate)(measurement)

• Pardon is (end)(a legal decision). Parole is (decrease)(a legal decision).

• Pour is (move)(liquid)

• Attribute is (think)(X)(from)(text)

• Compost is (transform)(waste)(into)(fertilizer)