Metaphor:ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS

Name Gloss	ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS
Name Transcription
Aliases	ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS (Grady (1998)) STATES ARE POSSESSIONS
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Possession Roles:possessor, possession, possess_relation, possess_relation_status, possess_relation_x-schema
Target Frame	Attribute Roles:entity, attribute, value, attributor

Mappings:

entity	<=	posessor

attribute	<=	possession

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS
Relation Type	is both a source and target subcase of
Related Metaphor	STATES ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	state/attribute value is associated with entity
Source Inference	possessor has possession
Type of Inferential Structure	ongoing relation/state
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	change in value of state/attribute
Source Inference	change in possession status
Type of Inferential Structure	change
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	state/attribute standard is not associated with entity
Source Inference	possess does not have possession
Type of Inferential Structure	negation
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	She has a sunny disposition.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady 1998:109
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	This place has lost a lot of its charm.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady 1998:109
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	The new mustache gave him an older appearance.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady 1998:109
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

n2 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ATTRIBUTES ARE ENTITIES" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ATTRIBUTES_ARE_ENTITIES" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ATTRIBUTES_ARE_POSSESSIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is in some source relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="CONTROL IS A POSSESSION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CONTROL_IS_A_POSSESSION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is in some target relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n4 [label="EXPERIENCING A STATE IS POSSESSING AN OBJECT" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:EXPERIENCING_A_STATE_IS_POSSESSING_AN_OBJECT" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="STATES ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:STATES_ARE_PHYSICAL_OBJECTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Economic status" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Economic_status" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Possession" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Possession" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n4 [label="Grasp" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Grasp" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n5 [label="Gun possession" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Gun_possession" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n6 -> n2 [label = "is a perspective on" fontsize="8.0" ]; n7 [label="Losing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Losing" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Ownership" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Ownership" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n9 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n10 [label="Possessable object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Possessable_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n10 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n11 [label="Possession change" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Possession_change" fontsize="10.0" ];

n11 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n12 [label="Relation" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Relation" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n12 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n13 [label="Access to an object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Access_to_an_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n13 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }