Metaphor:PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION
Aliases | PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION (PITF,191) PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS GOAL-DIRECTED MOTION |
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Description | |
Metaphor Level | General |
Metaphor Type | Primary, Entailed |
Experiential Basis |
Source Frame | Self propelled motion to a destination Roles:self-mover, self-motion_x-schema, source, path, goal
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Target Frame | Purposeful action Roles:actor, action_x-schema, objective, action_type, effector, effort
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Mappings:
objective | <= | goal |
I.e. PURPSOSES ARE DESIRED LOCATIONS: goal has binding to objective in Source domain frame, and objective is bound to Desire.desired_situation |
actor | <= | self-mover |
self-mover has binding to actor in Source domain frame |
action_x-schema | <= | self-motion_x-schema |
action_x-schema_kind | <= | path |
a.k.a., MEANS ARE PATHS |
Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION |
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Relation Type | is an entailment of |
Related Metaphor | ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH |
Description | entailed |
Current Metaphor | PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION |
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Relation Type | is related to |
Related Metaphor | MEANS ARE PATHS |
Description | (create relation type "has this as a mapping") |
Entailments:
Target Entailment | amount of progress |
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Source Inference | distance moved towards goal |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IS AMOUNT OF DISTANCE MOVED |
Target Entailment | achieving a purpose |
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Source Inference | reaching a destination |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema stage |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION |
Target Entailment | lack of purpose |
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Source Inference | lack of direction |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | making progress |
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Source Inference | forward motion toward goal |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION ALONG A PATH |
Target Entailment | amount of effort it takes to perform action |
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Source Inference | amount of effort it takes to change location |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | EASE OF ACTION IS EASE OF MOTION ALONG A PATH |
Target Entailment | actor stops acting when objective is accomplished |
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Source Inference | mover stops moving when destination (end of path) is reached |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | END OF AN ACTION IS THE END OF A PATH |
Target Entailment | another person guide action |
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Source Inference | another person can lead mover along path |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | GUIDED ACTION IS GUIDED MOTION ALONG A PATH |
Examples:
Example Text: | She made great strides in her dissertation. |
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Provenance: | Metaphor+ |
Comments: | Amount of progress is distance moved |
Example Text: | We are sliding backward. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (191) |
Comments: | Undoing progress is backward movement |
Example Text: | We are moving ahead. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (191) |
Comments: | Making progress is forward movement |
Example Text: | We are going nowhere with this. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (192) |
Comments: | Lack of progress is lack of movement. |
Example Text: | We have taken the first step. |
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Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh (191) |
Comments: | Starting a purposeful action is starting out |
Graph of related metaphors:
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Entailment | amount of progress (distance moved towards goal, ?, AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IS AMOUNT OF DISTANCE MOVED) +, achieving a purpose (reaching a destination, x-schema stage, ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION) +, lack of purpose (lack of direction, ?, ?) +, making progress (forward motion toward goal, ?, PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION ALONG A PATH) +, amount of effort it takes to perform action (amount of effort it takes to change location, ?, EASE OF ACTION IS EASE OF MOTION ALONG A PATH) +, actor stops acting when objective is accomplished (mover stops moving when destination (end of path) is reached, ?, END OF AN ACTION IS THE END OF A PATH) + and another person guide action (another person can lead mover along path, ?, GUIDED ACTION IS GUIDED MOTION ALONG A PATH) + |
Example | English (She made great strides in her dissertation., ?, ?, Metaphor+, ?, Amount of progress is distance moved, ?) +, English (We are sliding backward., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (191), ?, Undoing progress is backward movement, ?) +, English (We are moving ahead., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (191), ?, Making progress is forward movement, ?) +, English (We are going nowhere with this., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (192), ?, Lack of progress is lack of movement., ?) + and English (We have taken the first step., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (191), ?, Starting a purposeful action is starting out, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Self propelled motion to a destination + |
Has target frame | Frame:Purposeful action + |
Mapping | objective (goal, I.e. PURPSOSES ARE DESIRED LOCATIONS: goal has binding to objective in Source domain frame, and objective is bound to Desire.desired_situation) +, actor (self-mover, self-mover has binding to actor in Source domain frame) +, action_x-schema (self-motion_x-schema, ?) + and action_x-schema_kind (path, a.k.a., MEANS ARE PATHS) + |
Metaphor.Alias | PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION (PITF) + and PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS GOAL-DIRECTED MOTION (?) + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Self propelled motion to a destination + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Purposeful action + |
Metaphor.Type | Primary + and Entailed + |
Related metaphor | is an entailment of (ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH, entailed) + and is related to (MEANS ARE PATHS, (create relation type "has this as a mapping")) + |
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:PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION#Is_example_of + |