The Category P Features, Projections, Interpretation

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‘found’) does not license le- in its SC complement, whereas nehefax (‘turned’) does.
On the assumption that nimca ([is/was] ‘found’), unlike nehefax (‘turned’), does not
denote path, the noted contrast follows:
(B.8)
a. dan nehefax (le)-ašem
Dan turned to-guilty
“Dan turned guilty.”
b. dan nimca (*le)-ašem
Dan found to-guilty
Intended meaning: “Dan was found guilty.”
To summarize, in the familiar Directional context, where the path is spatial, the
internal argument of the Directional P such as le- (‘to’) is Location, realized as a DP
or a PP. The path denoted by the presently discussed verbs is not spatial, it is
transition from one state to another. Consequently, it does not end up in a Location,
but rather in a property, realized as an NP or an AP.