Trajector-Landmark

Basic Image Schema: contains a (more) profiled element, the Trajector, and an un- or less profiled element, the Landmark. In combination with a schematically-defined Profiled_region (with a pre-defined relationship to the Landmark), the Landmark serves as the basis for understanding the status or location of the Trajector. This schema essentially establishes a point-of-view or focus. One way to encode the difference between above.prep and below.prep is for both make use of the verticality schema, but with the Landmark associated with the upper region and the Profiled_region with the lower (for below.prep) or vice-versa (for above.prep). The cat in the shed purred violently . The shed around the cat shook . We 'll have to leave before noon . In the 1990s , though , the rate at which DNA could be read revved into high gear .