Metaphor:ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH
Aliases | ACTIONS ARE SELF-PROPELLED MOVEMENTS (PITF,187) ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION (PITF,191) |
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Description | |
Metaphor Level | General |
Metaphor Type | Primary |
Experiential Basis | The correlation between performing actions and moving. |
Source Frame | Self propelled motion Roles:self-mover, bodypart, self-motion_x-schema, source, path, goal, effort, speed, direction, landmark
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Target Frame | Action Roles:actor, action_x-schema, effector, effort
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Mappings:
actor | <= | self-mover |
action_x-schema | <= | self-motion_x-schema |
Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH |
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Relation Type | is a source subcase of |
Related Metaphor | ACTION IS MOTION ALONG A PATH |
Description | more specific source domain |
Entailments:
Target Entailment | manner of action |
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Source Inference | manner of self-propelled movement |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema conditions |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | MANNER OF ACTION IS MANNER OF MOVEMENT |
Target Entailment | stage of action |
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Source Inference | stage of movement |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema stage |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | SUSPENSION OF ACTION IS THE STOPPING OF MOTION |
Target Entailment | rate of action |
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Source Inference | speed of motion |
Type of Inferential Structure | paired scales |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | SPEED OF ACTION IS SPEED OF MOVEMENT |
Target Entailment | impediments to action/freedom to act |
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Source Inference | presence/absence of conditions that affect motion |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema conditions |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | FREEDOM OF ACTION IS THE LACK OF IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT |
Target Entailment | external agents that affect action |
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Source Inference | external agents that affect motion |
Type of Inferential Structure | causal |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | impediments to action/freedom to act |
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Source Inference | presence/absence of conditions that affect motion |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema conditions |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | DIFFICULTIES ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT |
Target Entailment | sequence of movements |
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Source Inference | sequence of actions |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema sequence of stages |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS IS A SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENTS |
Examples:
Example Text: | He exercised to the point of exhaustion. |
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Example Text: | She squeezed her way to thinner thighs. |
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Example Text: | He drank himself out of the promotion. |
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Example Text: | He went on with what he was doing. |
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Example Text: | She went back to sleep. |
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Example Text: | She successfully navigated her way through the contract negotiations. |
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Graph of related metaphors:
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Entailment | manner of action (manner of self-propelled movement, x-schema conditions, MANNER OF ACTION IS MANNER OF MOVEMENT) +, stage of action (stage of movement, x-schema stage, SUSPENSION OF ACTION IS THE STOPPING OF MOTION) +, rate of action (speed of motion, paired scales, SPEED OF ACTION IS SPEED OF MOVEMENT) +, impediments to action/freedom to act (presence/absence of conditions that affect motion, x-schema conditions, FREEDOM OF ACTION IS THE LACK OF IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT) +, external agents that affect action (external agents that affect motion, causal, ?) +, impediments to action/freedom to act (presence/absence of conditions that affect motion, x-schema conditions, DIFFICULTIES ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT) + and sequence of movements (sequence of actions, x-schema sequence of stages, SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS IS A SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENTS) + |
Example | English (He exercised to the point of exhaustion., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (She squeezed her way to thinner thighs., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (He drank himself out of the promotion., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (He went on with what he was doing., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +, English (She went back to sleep., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) + and English (She successfully navigated her way through the contract negotiations., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Self propelled motion + |
Has target frame | Frame:Action + |
Mapping | actor (self-mover, ?) + and action_x-schema (self-motion_x-schema, ?) + |
Metaphor.Alias | ACTIONS ARE SELF-PROPELLED MOVEMENTS (PITF) + and ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION (PITF) + |
Metaphor.Experiential basis | The correlation between performing actions and moving. + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Self propelled motion + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Action + |
Metaphor.Type | Primary + |
Related metaphor | is a source subcase of (ACTION IS MOTION ALONG A PATH, more specific source domain) + |
Has subobject "Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct that allows to accumulate property-value assignments similar to that of a normal wiki page. | Metaphor:ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH#Is_example_of + |