Metaphor:MORE IS UP

Name Gloss	MORE IS UP
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary, Entailed
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Verticality Roles:vertical_axis, verticality_scale, scalar_position, vertical_entity
Target Frame	Quantity Roles:entity, entity_amount, quantity_scale, measure_of_quantity

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	MORE IS UP
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	QUANTITY IS VERTICALITY
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	increases in quantity
Source Inference	motion towards higher end of verticality scale
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS UPWARD MOTION

Examples:

Example Text:	The price of stocks rose.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Elise
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	My to-do list is piling up!
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Elise
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

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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" ]; }