Metaphor:EVENTS ARE OBJECTS

Name Gloss	EVENTS ARE OBJECTS
Name Transcription
Aliases	AN EVENT IS THE MOTION OF AN OBJECT (Grady (1998)) EVENTS ARE MOVING OBJECTS
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Object Roles:object_entity, size, shape, substance, weight, object_interior, object_exterior_surface
Target Frame	Event Roles:

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Entailments:

Target Entailment
Source Inference
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	ALTERNATIVE UNDERSTANDINGS OF AN EVENT ARE SIDES OF AN OBJECT

Examples:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Access to an object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Access_to_an_object" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Object" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Create object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Create_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Geographic feature" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Geographic_feature" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n7 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Moving object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Moving_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n8 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n9 [label="Possessable object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Possessable_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n9 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n10 [label="Size" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Size" fontsize="10.0" ];

n10 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n11 [label="Theft" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Theft" fontsize="10.0" ];

n11 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n12 [label="Bounded entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Bounded_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n12 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n13 [label="Physical entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n13 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n14 [label="Weight" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Weight" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n14 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }