Metaphor:DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION

Name Gloss	DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary, Entailed
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Downward motion Roles:mover, motion_x-schema, vertical_path, downward_direction, source, goal, mover_position, speed
Target Frame	Quantity Roles:entity, entity_amount, quantity_scale, measure_of_quantity

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	LESS IS DOWN
Description

Current Metaphor	DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION
Relation Type	is in a dual relationship with
Related Metaphor	INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS UPWARD MOTION
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS UPWARD MOTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:INCREASE_IN_QUANTITY_IS_UPWARD_MOTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:DECREASE_IN_QUANTITY_IS_DOWNWARD_MOTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is in a dual relationship with" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="darkgreen" ]; n3 [label="LESS IS DOWN" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:LESS_IS_DOWN" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

n2 -> n1 [label = "is in a dual relationship with" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="darkgreen" ]; }

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

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "is in causal relation with" fontsize="8.0" ]; n4 [label="Impeding downward motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Impeding_downward_motion" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "is in a scalar opposition to" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Motion along a path" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion_along_a_path" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Verticality" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Verticality" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n7 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is in a scalar opposition to" fontsize="8.0" ]; }