Metaphor:CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERTICALITY

Name Gloss	CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERTICALITY
Name Transcription
Aliases	CONSCIOUS IS UP (Metaphors We Live By) UNCONSCIOUS IS DOWN (Metaphors We Live By)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Verticality Roles:vertical_axis, verticality_scale, scalar_position, vertical_entity
Target Frame	Consciousness Roles:conscious_entity, state_of_consciousness

Mappings:

conscious_entity	<=	upright_entity

state_of_consciousness	<=	state_of_uprightness

Related Metaphors:

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Being conscious (awake)
Source Inference	Being physically upright
Type of Inferential Structure	Scalar, image schematic
Entailed Metaphor(s)	CONSCIOUS IS UP

Target Entailment	Being unconscious (asleep)
Source Inference	Being physically not upright or horizontal
Type of Inferential Structure	Scalar, image schematic
Entailed Metaphor(s)	UNCONSCIOUS IS DOWN

Examples:

Example Text:	I'm up!
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Sentient entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Sentient_entity" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Consciousness" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Consciousness" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="CONSCIOUS IS UP" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CONSCIOUS_IS_UP" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERTICALITY" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CONSCIOUSNESS_IS_VERTICALITY" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="UNCONSCIOUS IS DOWN" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:UNCONSCIOUS_IS_DOWN" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Downward motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Downward_motion" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Verticality" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Verticality" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Upright posture" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Upright_posture" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Upward motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Upward_motion" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Vertical position" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Vertical_position" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Motion along a path" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion_along_a_path" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n7 [label="Trajector landmark" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trajector_landmark" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n7 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Scale" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Scale" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }