metaphor-thesaurus

Try to link the metaphor thesaurus to wordnet

This is the book:

https://www.benjamins.com/catalog/hcp.78

This is the thesaurus:

https://www.benjamins.com/catalog/hcp.78/additional

Suggested as a useful source by Fatma BENELHADJ, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Sfax

Extraction

Run uv run extract.py to parse THE_THESAURUS.docx into thesaurus.json.

JSON structure

{
  "domains": {
    "targets": ["ACTIVITY", "EMOTION", ...],
    "sources": ["ANIMAL", "BUILDING", ...]
  },
  "parts": [
    {
      "name": "Part 1   Values, Qualities And Quantities",
      "themes": [
        {
          "name": "QUALITY IS MONEY/WEALTH",
          "relationships": [
            { "symbol": "#", "theme": "BAD/UNIMPORTANT IS POOR/CHEAP" },
            { "symbol": "#", "theme": "HUMAN IS VALUABLE OBJECT/COMMODITY" }
          ],
          "subsections": [
            {
              "heading": "Positive qualities are wealth and money",
              "entries": [
                {
                  "headword": "wealth",
                  "reversal_prefix": "",
                  "literal_meaning": "large amount of money",
                  "word_class_literal": "n",
                  "word_class_metaphorical": "n",
                  "metaphorical_meaning": "LARGE AMOUNT OF DESIRABLE THINGS",
                  "example": "he uses a wealth of effective teaching techniques"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Fields

Field	Description
domains.targets	Sorted list of all unique target domains (left side of IS) across all themes
domains.sources	Sorted list of all unique source domains (right side of IS) across all themes
parts[].name	Part heading, e.g. Part 1 Values, Qualities And Quantities
themes[].name	Metaphor theme in the form TARGET IS SOURCE, e.g. QUALITY IS MONEY/WEALTH
themes[].relationships	Related themes, each with a symbol and theme name
relationships[].symbol	Semantic relationship: < part-of, > includes, # converse, >> reversal, ⇔ related, ^ subset, v superordinate
subsections[].heading	Underlined sub-grouping heading within a theme (empty string if none)
entries[].headword	The lexical item (bold, lowercase in source)
entries[].reversal_prefix	">>" if entry is marked as a reversal in the source, else ""
entries[].literal_meaning	Literal English meaning of the headword
entries[].word_class_literal	Word class in literal use, e.g. n, adj, (n)
entries[].word_class_metaphorical	Word class in metaphorical use, e.g. vt, idi(vt+adv)
entries[].metaphorical_meaning	Metaphorical meaning in uppercase
entries[].example	Example sentence in italics in the source

Word class abbreviations

adj adjective · adjphr adjective phrase · adv adverb · advphr adverbial phrase · art article · cl clause · excl exclamation · idi idiom · n noun · nplur plural noun · nphr noun phrase · pr preposition · pref prefix · prphr prepositional phrase · pt particle · v verb · verg ergative verb · vi intransitive verb · v-inf infinitive · virec reciprocal verb · vtref reflexive verb · vt transitive verb · prp present participle · pp past participle