Metaphor:MORE IS BIG

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Name Gloss MORE IS BIG
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type Entailed
Experiential Basis
Source Frame Size
Roles:entity, entity_size, size_scale, scalar_position
Target Frame Quantity
Roles:entity, entity_amount, quantity_scale, measure_of_quantity


Mappings:


Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor MORE IS BIG
Relation Type is an entailment of
Related Metaphor QUANTITY IS SIZE
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment increases in quantity
Source Inference increase in size
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text: He is trying to pay off his huge debt.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: Ellen
Annotation:
Comments:
Example Text: The city is expanding the number of recycling containers in parks.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: Ellen
Annotation:
Comments:

Graph of related metaphors:

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

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

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ARITHMETIC IS OBJECT CONSTRUCTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ARITHMETIC_IS_OBJECT_CONSTRUCTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="MORE IS BIG" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:MORE_IS_BIG" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="QUANTITY IS SIZE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:QUANTITY_IS_SIZE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Decrease size" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Decrease_size" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Size" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Size" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Large geographic features" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Large_geographic_features" 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 = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Trajector landmark" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trajector_landmark" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }

Facts about "MORE IS BIG"
Entailmentincreases in quantity (increase in size, ?, ?) +
ExampleEnglish (He is trying to pay off his huge debt., ?, ?, Ellen, ?, ?, ?) + and English (The city is expanding the number of recycling containers in parks., ?, ?, Ellen, ?, ?, ?) +
Has source frameFrame:Size +
Has target frameFrame:Quantity +
Metaphor.Source frameFrame:Size +
Metaphor.Target frameFrame:Quantity +
Metaphor.TypeEntailed +
Related metaphoris an entailment of (QUANTITY IS SIZE, ?) +
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:MORE IS BIG#Is_example_of +