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Target Role: understanding_person

Source Role: grasping_person

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Source Role: grasped_object

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Target Entailment: Inability to understand

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Text: He just can't seem to grasp the concept.


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Text: He got a good handle on the subject matter.


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EntailmentInability to understand (Inability to grasp, ?, INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND IS INABILITY TO GRASP) +
ExampleEnglish (He just can't seem to grasp the concept., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) + and English (He got a good handle on the subject matter., ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?) +
Has source frameFrame:Object manipulation +
Has target frameFrame:Understanding +
Mappingunderstanding_person (grasping_person, ?) + and understood_idea (grasped_object, ?) +
Metaphor.AliasUNDERSTANDING IS GRASPING (Metaphors We Live By, Grady) +
Metaphor.Investigated forEnglish +
Metaphor.LevelGeneral +
Metaphor.Source frameFrame:Object manipulation +
Metaphor.Target frameFrame:Understanding +
Metaphor.TypePrimary +
Related metaphoris both a source and target subcase of (THINKING IS OBJECT MANIPULATION, ?) +
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Metaphor:UNDERSTANDING IS GRASPING#Is_example_of +