Whither progress?

[Alexandre Sevigny]

Hello,

I was wondering what one does in HPSG with expressions such as

(1) Whither progress?

What would the constituent structure be here?

Would anyone consider these acceptable in English:

(2) Whither the cat?
(3) Whither the coffee?

and how would you capture their meaning? Do you think that (3) is
acceptable?

Thanks in advance,

Alexandre Sevigny
Assistant Professor
Communication and French Linguistics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario