allocate_GOAL · destinare / stanziare a

Hierarchy

Same inventory as English allocate_GOAL. Not three co-arguments of one V predicting a stable DOC and a transfer. Surface count can name the president, 14M BTC, and the ministry — but the listed third is a Goal individual y via Italian a (DAT-cliticizable), not a Purpose property via per (earmark). HAVE(y,m) is optional / speaker-variable, not required. Writing those three as sisters of a grant-like Appl_HAVE predicts a productive DOC and a drawing-rights challenge to e2. Italian keeps the middle — and the DAT clitic makes Goal look grant-adjacent without forcing HAVE.

14M BTC = one MeasureP. Orthography is not extra arity. Amount and Denomination share one Case object. Composition is V(Theme), not V(n)(U). Hom(m, e): the designation is measured by the quantity. Partitive ne tracks quantity on the Theme — not a second object and not Goal (ci tracks venue / dossier, not Goal).

Working hierarchy: Agent > Theme > Goal (> optional Purpose, Time, Source — high / peripheral). Theme outranks Goal for measuring; Goal can promote in passive (unlike earmark’s Beneficiary). What Group B Italian changes is Case cloth (DAT clitic cheapness). What it does not change is the inventory.

∃e [ DESIGNATE(e)
  ∧ THEME(e, m)
  ∧ GOAL(e, y)
  ∧ Hom(m, e) ]
  · HAVE(y, m) optional / speaker-variable — not listed as required

Italian frames · Case clothes

Theme object under ACC; Goal as a-PP that can cliticize as DAT gli/le and can promote. DOC is degraded / speaker-variable (?*hanno destinato al ministero 14M) — between earmark (no) and grant (yes). Four-place surface: a-Goal + per-Purpose. Primary lemma: destinare / destinare fondi a. Companion stanziare a stays Goal-leaning allocate — not full HAVE unless coerced toward concedere / elargire. Scout companion assegnare a (budget address) — keep POST / task assegnare split. Contrast riservare / accantonare / vincolare per (Purpose / earmark cloth) — flagged, not merged. destinare per leans Purpose — treat carefully; do not merge with a-Goal.

1. ✓ Il presidente ha destinato 14M BTC al ministero. canonical · ACC Theme · a-Goal
2. ✓ Il presidente ha destinato 14M BTC al ministero per la tecnologia. four-place · a-Goal + per-Purpose
3. ✓ Hanno destinato fondi al laboratorio per comprare energia. Purpose infinitive · Type B extra
4. ✓ Hanno destinato l’eccedenza. Goal contextually bound
5. ✓ Hanno destinato 14M per la tecnologia. Goal dropped · looks like earmark · packaging change
6. ✓ Hanno stanziato 14M BTC al ministero. stanziare companion · Goal-leaning · same GOAL cloth
7. ✓ Gli hanno destinato 14M BTC. DAT clitic · Goal · cheap Neg associate
8. ✓ Crediti sono stati destinati al dipartimento. adjectival / passive · budget cloth
9. ✓ Fondi destinati a un progetto … e2 address state · common institutional Italian
10. ? Il presidente ha destinato al ministero 14M BTC. DOC · degraded / speaker-variable
11. ?* Hanno destinato al ministero 14M … same DOC cut · many prefer a-frame
12. ✓ Non hanno destinato 14M BTC al ministero? Theme QP · NegQ baseline
13. ✓ Non gli hanno destinato 14M BTC? Goal DAT · grant-like · * on earmark Ben
14. ✓ Il ministero si è visto destinare 14M BTC. Goal promote · si è visto · register-sensitive · hinge vs earmark
15. * Non gli hanno vincolato 14M BTC? as allocate Goal earmark contrast · vincolare per · Ben ≠ Goal DAT
16. ✓ Non gli hanno concesso 14M BTC? grant · HAVE Recipient promotes cleanly
17. * Hanno destinato nuova tecnologia 14M BTC. Purpose ≠ DOC object
18. * Hanno destinato 14M BTC che Trump vinca. Goal ≠ settlement Content
19. * Hanno destinato Kim al turno di notte. allocate_POST · off this page
20. * Hanno attribuito la colpa al subappaltatore. allocate_ASCRIBE · off this page
21. * Hanno destinato tre ore al problema. allocate_SLOT · off this page
22. * Hanno assegnato Kim al turno di notte. as allocate Goal POST assegnare · off this page

MeasureP WH · denomination diagnostics

WH forces Amount ≠ Denomination inside one Case object. Verbal WH sees the Theme MeasureP under ACC, not unit and degree as two objects of allocate. Same MeasureP pattern as pay_GIVE’s Amount, sell’s Price, charge_FEE’s fee, deduct’s decrement, bet’s Stake, and earmark’s Resource — here the MeasureP is the addressed Theme (ACC), and Goal stays a selected a-PP / DAT (or promoted).

1. ✓ Quanti BTC ha destinato il presidente al ministero? unit bound
2. ✓ Quanto ha destinato il presidente al ministero? unit contextually bound
3. ✓ Quanto di che hanno destinato al ministero? n and U inside host
4. ✓ In quale / di quale / in quale denominazione hanno destinato 14M?
5. ✓ Cosa hanno destinato al ministero? bare WHAT · Theme
6. * Cosa hanno destinato 14M al ministero? LBC · stranded n
7. * Quali 14M hanno destinato al ministero? U does not invert over n
8. ✓ A chi hanno destinato 14M BTC? Goal
9. ✓ Per cosa hanno destinato 14M BTC? Purpose extra
10. ? A cosa hanno destinato 14M BTC? Goal is an individual, not a use
11. * A chi hanno vincolato 14M BTC? as allocate Goal a-Goal is wrong cloth on earmark-leaning vincolare per
12. ✓ Quanti BTC a chi hanno destinato? Superiority · Theme > Goal
13. ✓ Quanti BTC gli hanno destinato? quantity · DAT Goal
14. ✓ Ne hanno destinati 14M al ministero. ne quantity resume · not Goal
15. ✓ Ci hanno destinato dei fondi. ci venue / dossier · not Goal individual

Superiority ranks Agent > Theme > Goal > (optional Purpose / Time / Source). Amount and Denomination never compete as two verbal WH-items. Cheap NegQ association tracks the Case object: ACC MeasureP under destinare, plus DAT Goal clitic as a Romance cheap associate (the Group B reason allocate looks more grant-like than earmark). ne tracks quantity; ci tracks venue / dossier, not Goal.

Geometry · allocate_GOAL ≠ earmark ≠ grant_GIVE ≠ vendere ≠ accreditare_FIN

In Il presidente ha destinato 14M BTC al ministero, the BTC is addressed to an office. The ministry need not HAVE drawing rights. Spending is not e2. That is Allocation with Goal flavour — between Purpose-restriction (earmark / riservare / accantonare / vincolare per) and conferral (grant / concedere / elargire).

• ≠ earmark / riservare / accantonare / vincolare per. Shared designation, MeasureP, authority, Type B Purpose, missing spend-true. Split: listed third is Goal individual y via a (allocate) vs Purpose property P via per (earmark). Goal DAT / promote (✓ Non gli hanno destinato 14M?); earmark Beneficiary does not (*Non gli hanno vincolato 14M? as Goal). HAVE idle on earmark, sliding on allocate.
• ≠ grant_GIVE / concedere / elargire. Shared promotable human third and a-frame / DAT clitic available. Split: grant requires Appl_HAVE / HAVE-RIGHT; allocate’s HAVE is optional. Grant has productive DOC / Recipient-as-HAVE; allocate’s DOC is degraded / speaker-variable. Follow-up No — il ministero non ha mai ricevuto diritti di disposizione challenges grant e2; on allocate it is speaker-variable (budget-speak vs disbursement-speak). stanziare a is the appropriation companion — Goal-leaning, still not full HAVE unless coerced toward concedere / elargire.
• ≠ book / reserve / schedule / prenotare / pianificare. Same Allocation family (Index 2 lists those). Split: reserve a cabin per la squadra is Beneficiary; schedule per venerdì is Time; allocate 14M BTC al ministero is Goal. Earmark is Purpose flavour of the same family.
• ≠ vendere / sell. Sell: Recipient HAS goods; Price stays inside per. Allocate: Theme is ACC MeasureP of the designation; al ministero is Goal, not Price. No SWAP inversion. Spending not entailed.
• ≠ bet / scommettere. Shared MeasureP packaging. Split: bet’s third is settlement Content (Proposition); allocate’s is a Goal individual. *hanno destinato 14M a che Trump vinca — Goal is not Settle(p).
• ≠ charge_FEE / pay_GIVE / deduct / credit_FIN. Shared MeasureP Hom available. Split: chargeFEE / pay write levy or Appl_HAVE transfer; deduct writes FROM decrement; credit_FIN writes ledger HAS_ON_BOOKS (a/su Account). Allocate tags/addresses a line without requiring those results. Particle overlap (a on credit_FIN Account vs allocate Goal) is packaging coincidence, not geometry identity — FIN entails HAS_ON_BOOKS; allocate does not.
• HAVE as sliding feature. Follow-up No — il ministero non ha mai ricevuto diritti di disposizione: idle challenge to earmark e2; default challenge to grant e2; speaker-variable on allocate. That middle is why institutional Italian keeps destinare / stanziare next to concedere / elargire.
• Restriction / address-true is e2. A follow-up that denies spending or HAVE does not (by default) deny the allocate event. Reallocate (ridestinare / ristanziare) redirects Goal; later event.

Shells, ApplP, and Case

VoiceP  [ il presidente
  VP  [ √ALLOCATE_GOAL / √DESTIN-   [ MeasureP  [ Amount 14M ] [ N BTC ] ] ]
  GoalP / Appl_GOAL  [ a  [ il ministero ] ]   · DAT clitic gli / le
  (PurpP  [ per  [ la tecnologia ] ]) ]

Packaging (same geometry):
  destinare · destinare fondi a · stanziare a (companion)
  — Goal stays a / DAT; Purpose stays per

Voice introduces Agent with AUTHORITY(x,e) as a selectional / felicity conjunct — not a fifth argument. Presidents, treasuries, CFOs, protocols, and statutes pass; bare persons need a hat; weather fails. Theme sits as Incremental Theme of the designation under ACC. Goal attaches as Appl_GOAL / wrapper-K spelled a / DAT — listed enough to cliticize and promote, not listed enough to force HAVE the way grant’s Recipient does. Purpose, when present, is Type B per outside the first phase. Putting required HAVE in is how the grant cloth (concedere / elargire) is written — a different root packaging.

Italian assigns ACC to the Theme. Goal is a-PP / DAT (or promoted). Purpose, Time, Source are further PPs. Passive / impersonal promotes Theme QP as a whole, or Goal via DAT / si è visto (✓), never Amount alone, never U alone, never Purpose into subject.

Underivables (Italian · this root)

1. * Nuova tecnologia è stata destinata 14M BTC. Purpose ≠ ACC
2. * 14M sono stati destinati BTC al ministero. Amount ≠ separate passive
3. * BTC sono stati destinati 14M al ministero. U ≠ separate passive
4. * Cosa hanno destinato 14M al ministero? LBC · stranded n
5. * Hanno destinato 14M BTC che Trump vinca. Goal ≠ Content
6. * Il maltempo ha destinato 14M BTC al ministero. Voice filter
7. * Non gli hanno vincolato 14M BTC? as allocate Goal earmark Ben cloth · use this root / grant
8. * Hanno destinato Kim al turno di notte. POST distractor · off page
9. * Hanno attribuito la colpa al subappaltatore. ASCRIBE distractor · off page
10. * Hanno destinato tre ore al problema. SLOT distractor · off page
11. * A chi non hanno vincolato 14M BTC? as allocate Goal a-Goal is allocate cloth on earmark
12. * Hanno assegnato Kim al turno di notte. as allocate Goal POST assegnare · off page

NegQ pointer · association sites

Negative questions on allocate_GOAL read the Allocation-plus-Goal geometry; they do not invent a fourth theta name. Neg sits high and associates downward. Cheap inner associate = Theme QP in the a-frame, plus DAT Goal clitic (Group B cheap associate). Purpose stays per when present. Spend-true missing as default; HAVE challenge speaker-variable.

Group B packaging · this tick Italian GOAL closes the Romance trio

Group B (Spanish, French, Italian) keeps the Goal vs Purpose Case split under Neg, with DAT / à / a as the allocate Goal that can cliticize. This tick is Italian allocate_GOAL only — ha destinato 14M BTC al ministero (ACC Theme, a-Goal / DAT gli); Purpose per extra; companion stanziare a Goal-leaning without forcing HAVE. English twin live at allocate-goal.html; Japanese twin at allocate-goal-ja.html; Spanish twin at allocate-goal-es.html; French twin at allocate-goal-fr.html. Group B Romance GOAL now EN+JA+ES+FR+IT. Mandarin 拨给 / 分配给 and Navajo remain scout. Label speculation; do not fake elicitation.

Open items

• destinare vs stanziare productivity. destinare stays primary allocate; stanziare a is budget-appropriation companion (Goal-leaning, not full HAVE unless coerced toward concedere / elargire). Relative naturalness needs controlled elicitation — flagged scout-leaning, not closed. Keep POST / task assegnare off this page. spec
• Scout assegnare a (budget). Useful address packing; keep POST / personnel assegnare split from GOAL. spec
• Mandarin 拨给 / 分配给 / 把. 给 writes Goal (allocate diagnostic); 为了 marks Purpose (earmark diagnostic); 把 fronts the whole QP. Predicted from the comparison paper, not elicited. spec
• Polish GEN-neg on allocation — GEN on the Theme QP in the to-frame, not on Purpose, not on a stranded unit; Goal DAT/PP should refuse GEN unless Goal is ACC. Same prediction as bet / deduct / credit_FIN. spec
• DOC speaker map — which registers accept ?*ha destinato al ministero 14M; NegQ cheapness tracks that cloth and the DAT clitic.
• HAVE sliding — budget-speak vs disbursement-speak packaging tests on destinare / stanziare vs concedere / elargire; do not force grant’s drawing-rights default.
• Outer CAUSE (fare in modo che il Tesoro destini …). Site on the making vs on the designation; Goal may promote under wrap; HAVE still not required.
• POST / ASCRIBE / SLOT distractors — keep off this NegQ profile; assegnare / destinare can host POST / personnel cloth. Separate stubs if deepened later.

Corpus filenames

Primary extract for this micro-entry; companions supply earmark sister geometry and Neg association. DOCX originals under the Tritransitive lit tree (lit/grok-tritransitive/files/). Text extract used this tick: /workspace/allocate_earmark_extract.txt (from Allocate_Earmark_Comparison.docx §11.2 Group B). Sister pages: allocate-goal.html · allocate-goal-ja.html · allocate-goal-es.html · allocate-goal-fr.html.