• the south of France 019

• The remainder/rest of the cake 020

• Whole↝Locus:

  • the 14 episodes in a TV series 021

  • the new engine in the car 022

  • the escape key on the keyboard 023

  • the flaxen hair on the girl 024

• the clothes in that pile are dirty (Whole↝Locus) [but contrast adverbial/predicative in+shape: Manner#008 under Manner] 025

• There are several options to choose from. (Whole↝Source) 026

• Sets and ratios:

  • This is one of the worst/better retaurants in town. (Whole) 027

  • 2 in 10 American children are redheads. (Whole↝Locus) 028

  • 2 out_of 10 American children are redheads. (Whole↝Source) 029

  • Out_of the 10 children in the class, only Mary is a redhead. (Whole↝Source) 030

  • Among the 10 children in the class, only Mary is a redhead. (Whole) 031

If the governor narrows the reference to a certain amount of the Whole, the construal QuantityItem↝Whole is used—see QuantityItem#018. Note that this only applies if the governor is a measure term; it does not apply to distinctive parts like “layers” #005 and “prongs” #007, even if a count is specified.

Used to construe geographic and temporal “containers”:

• Famous castles of the valley (Locus↝Whole) 032

• the 15th/Ides of March (Time↝Whole) 033

• March of 44 BC (Time↝Whole) 034

The prepositions between and among can impose Whole construals by combining two or more items in the object NP (contrast with #031):

• The negotiations between/among the parties went well. (Agent↝Whole) 035

• The negotiations by the parties went well. (Agent) 036