How to parse. ...

Par. 375-378.] " ON," " TO." 221
Since an action may spring "out of" a feeling,
or be based " on " a purpose, we can say -
(8) "He did it of malice," but "on purpose."
375 " On " is often abbreviated into " a-": -
(9) "A-board," " a-sleep," "a-live," "a-ground."
Shakspeare also has(10) "A-land," "a' sea," "an-end," i.e., "on end."1
376 7. " Till," which is now used only of time, was
once used of space: —
(1) " They went til Snowdon."
(2) " Title him came his son Richard."
377 8. " To," meaning " toward," is sometimes used,
without a Verb of motion, to denote "neighborhood " or " equivalence," where now "for" would
be more commonly used:(1) " I call God to (i.e as) witness."
In the last Example, motion may possibly be
implied in " call; " but there is no motion implied
in -
(2) " The seven had her to wife."
378 "To " seems to mean "up to," "as far as concerns," " as to " in —
(3) " To all appearance he is guilty."
1 Even Pope has" A little house with trees a-row."