Metaphor:ACTION IS BEING IN A LOCATION

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Name Gloss ACTION IS BEING IN A LOCATION
Name Transcription
Aliases

AN ACTION IS BEING IN A LOCATION (Philosophy in the Flesh,204-205)

PERFORMING AN ACTION IS BEING AT A LOCATION

Description
Metaphor Level General
Metaphor Type Primary
Experiential Basis some actions can only be performed when the actor is in a particular location
Source Frame Being at a location
Roles:experiencer, current_location, locale, x-schema, landmark
Target Frame Action
Roles:actor, action_x-schema, effector, effort


Mappings:

actor <= experiencer
action_x-schema <= landmark

Related Metaphors:


Entailments:

Target Entailment action is ongoing
Source Inference the trajector's location (profiled_region) is at/in the landmark
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)
Target Entailment the actor does not perform an action
Source Inference the trajector is not at the landmark
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)
Target Entailment 'closeness' to performing an action
Source Inference 'closeness' to landmark
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)
Target Entailment expecting to perform an action in the future
Source Inference moving towards a landmark
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text: The car is in motion.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: Ellen
Annotation: "The car" = actor [Target]; "in" = trajector is in landmark [Source]; "motion" = action [Target]
Comments:
Example Text: I'm going to leave.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: PITF
Annotation: "I" = actor [Target];"going to" = motion towards landmark [Source]; "leave" = action [Target]
Comments:
Example Text: She's close to resigning.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: PITF
Annotation: "she" = actor [Target]; "close to" = distance to landmark [Source]; "resigning" = action [Target]
Comments:

Graph of related metaphors:

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

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Force-application" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Force-application" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Purposeful action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Purposeful_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Being at a High Location" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Being_at_a_High_Location" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Being at a location" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Being_at_a_location" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Placing in a protected location" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Placing_in_a_protected_location" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n8 [label="Trajector landmark" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trajector_landmark" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n9 [label="Process" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Process" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n9 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

Entailmentaction is ongoing (the trajector's location (profiled_region) is at/in the landmark, ?, ?) +, the actor does not perform an action (the trajector is not at the landmark, ?, ?) +, 'closeness' to performing an action ('closeness' to landmark, ?, ?) + and expecting to perform an action in the future (moving towards a landmark, ?, ?) +
ExampleEnglish (The car is in motion., ?, ?, Ellen, "The car" = actor [Target], "in" = trajector is in landmark [Source], "motion" = action [Target]) +, English (I'm going to leave., ?, ?, PITF, "I" = actor [Target], "going to" = motion towards landmark [Source], "leave" = action [Target]) + and English (She's close to resigning., ?, ?, PITF, "she" = actor [Target], "close to" = distance to landmark [Source], "resigning" = action [Target]) +
Has source frameFrame:Being at a location +
Has target frameFrame:Action +
Mappingactor (experiencer, ?) + and action_x-schema (landmark, ?) +
Metaphor.AliasAN ACTION IS BEING IN A LOCATION (Philosophy in the Flesh) + and PERFORMING AN ACTION IS BEING AT A LOCATION (?) +
Metaphor.Experiential basissome actions can only be performed when the actor is in a particular location +
Metaphor.Investigated forEnglish +
Metaphor.LevelGeneral +
Metaphor.Source frameFrame:Being at a location +
Metaphor.Target frameFrame:Action +
Metaphor.TypePrimary +
Has subobject
"Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct that allows to accumulate property-value assignments similar to that of a normal wiki page.
Metaphor:ACTION IS BEING IN A LOCATION#Is_example_of +