Sometimes [is] means [belongs to]?

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Hi,Would you be kind to let me ask the futher question? And could you tell me the understanding correct or not?1. We know [What is in the mind.] = [What the heart thinks.] , so, [what] is done by the mind or the heart; and [the mind] or [the heart] is the doer. So, in {What is in the mind. }, [What] as the property of [the mind] / [the heart]. So the meaning of [belongs to] must be with the [is]. 2. In [The book is to be read by every student.], the [is] used to the speaker to show [the book] like the property of [the book to be read by every student]. Because the speaker not makes [the book] typically have the quality to be read by every student. And just assign [the book] to a group given by the speaker. So, the [is] = belongs to a group of [the book to be read by every student] ?In {These people are all pathetic in a way, but the fat lady is most to be pitied.}, the speaker has the fat lady like the property of [the person to be pitied]. So, the [is] = belongs to a group of [the person to be pitied]?In {The play is to be held nest week.}, the [schedule] has [the play] belong to the play to be held nest week. Thank you for your assistance.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Hello;

No, be does not mean belong to.

For example:
The book is John's, not hers.
The "ownership" is indicated by the use of the possessive case, not by the verb, is.

.The thought is in the mind. "in the mind" is adverbial, it describes where "the thought" is.
Another example
Joe is in the house. - Does not mean that the house belongs to Joe. The house might belong to his mother or his cousin.

The book is to be read by every student. = The book must be read by every student. There is no quality in the book.
The speaker is asking every student to read it.

The poor orphan is to be pitied. =( We) must pity the poor orphan.

The play is to be held next week. = The play will be next week.

Bepleased · Answer

Hi Alphecca Stars,Like see you again after many a day.If you don't mind. I want to say the [adverbial] shows the directions of the two ways;one is [in the direction of ], another is [under the direction of].A is in the direction of B-------A goes with / attends on B.A is under the direction of B.------A is controled or managed by B.   In all those, the [adverbial] is still the [adverbial] in itself, but it acts as the two actors as the above.The [is] indicates the situation of the subject, if its subject goes towards where or has a quality the [is] must make a meaning of an accompaniment unto the subject, that the meaning shows it = identifies or has a quality. if its subject is controled or managed by someone or something in the same it must make a new meaning unto the subject  that the [is] shows [belongs to]. The [is] and its subject must be accompaniment with each other, and not contradict each other.If the [is] still shows [identifies] or [has a quality] in [its subject] controled or surrounded or contained by something or someone, we can say they are contradict each other that would not otherwise have happened.

Sometimes [is] means [belongs to]?

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