Metaphor:STATES ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS

Name Gloss	STATES ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Physical entity Roles:physical_entity_whole, existence_x-schema, physical_properties
Target Frame	State Roles:

Mappings:

standard	<=	physical_entity_whole

Related Metaphors:

Entailments:

Target Entailment	the degree to which a particular state is relevant to a given state_holder can differ
Source Inference	scalar
Type of Inferential Structure	the size of objects can differ. Larger objects occupy more area, and may also be more massive; their effects on other entities and surroundings may consequently be greater.
Entailed Metaphor(s)	AMOUNT OF STATE IS SIZE OF OBJECT

Examples:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

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

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n6 [label="Upright posture" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Upright_posture" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="AMOUNT OF STATE IS SIZE OF OBJECT" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:AMOUNT_OF_STATE_IS_SIZE_OF_OBJECT" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="STATES ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:STATES_ARE_PHYSICAL_OBJECTS" 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="ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ATTRIBUTES_ARE_POSSESSIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="EXPERIENCED STATE IS A PROXIMATE OBJECT" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:EXPERIENCED_STATE_IS_A_PROXIMATE_OBJECT" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Artifact" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Artifact" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Physical entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_entity" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Food" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Food" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Substance" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Substance" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }