<def-root>A <fen>Resource</fen> is depleted by some process, resulting in there being only a <fen>Remainder</fen> in existence some time into or after the process. The original <fen>Resource</fen> may be indicated metonymically via reference to an <fen>Original_owner</fen>. The <fen>Location</fen> where the <fen>Resource</fen> is found may be expressed.
<ex>There are only <fex name="rem">two poems</fex> <t>left</t> <fex name="oo">from Quayle</fex></ex>
<ex>After the storm, <fex name="Remainder">only two houses</fex> were <t>left</t>
<fex name="res">DNI</fex></ex>
<ex><fex name="rem">Not much</fex> was <t>left</t> <fex name="loc">in the till</fex></ex>
<ex><fex name="rem">Nothing</fex> <t>remained</t> <fex name="ben">for the youngest brother</fex> <fex name="res">from the inheritance</fex></ex>
<ex><fex name="rem">Only this school</fex> is <t>left</t> <fex name="oc">from the 1970</fex>s; all the other ones are newer.</ex>
</def-root>
<def-root>The part of the Resource that the Process has not yet applied to.</def-root>
<def-root>The original set of items to which the Depletive_process applies one after the other.</def-root>
<def-root>The place where the Resource is found.
<ex>How much is <t>left</t> <fex name="loc">in the treasury</fex>?</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The individual who owned the Resource that is being depleted.
<ex>Only two poems are <t>left</t> <fex name="oo">from Virgil Smithers</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>The Time when the amount of the Resource that is let is assessed.
<ex><fex name="tm">In 1910</fex>, only two of the Renaissance buildings <t>remained</t></ex></def-root>
<def-root>An individual who may use the <fen>Remainder</fen> for his benefit.
<ex>Is there any food <t>left</t> <fex name="ben">for me</fex>?</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A temporal setting or event which metonymically stands for the entities that were in existence then. The <fen>Remainder</fen> is part of the <fen>Original_context</fen>. This FE occurs especially when abstract entities such as social institutions are seen as <fen>Resource</fen>s. <ex>Only the Beaux Arts cinema is <t>left</t> <fex name="oc">from the golden era of the 1940s</fex></ex></def-root>
Change_position_on_a_scale
FN: a usually small remaining part of a larger original set of entities that has been much depleted
FN: remaining after a process of depletion
FN: be left over after others or other parts have been used up or destroyed
COD: things remaining.