Dynamism

A physical Exerter, Action, or Force exerts energy at a level specified by the target. This frame covers both individual-level/static uses ("an INTENSE person") as well as stage-level/dynamic uses ("an INTENSE look"), although the individual-level meaning seems more basic. Although an energetic and able warrior, Charlemagne tended to direct battles rather than fight in person. She dumped a mug on the bedside table with such vigor that steaming coffee spashed out. Swing the racket with dynamic force. I felt particularly sluggish at work that day. Exerter, Action, and Force belong to a Core set. This frame also covers several productive metaphor cases. In the first one, movement or change caused by a social entity is conveyed as energy exerted by a physical entity. 'Social' here encompasses entities that are economic, political, technological, historical, cultural, and intimate: The private sector is so much more dynamic. Singh had been under intense political pressure. Economies are still sluggish. Relatedly, the influential effect of an psychological entity is described in terms of energy exertion by a physical entity. 'Psychological' includes the intellectual, emotional, and creative: Sinead's emotional intensity permeates every nuance of every lyric. He finds the Poet Laureate's theory about Shakespeare to be more energetic than persuasive. Both metaphors appear to involve a third metaphor, which is the anthropomorphization of processes (see examples directly above) or inhuman entities (e.g. in nature): The lazy creak of sails The energetic waves A broad, lethargic river Further, there is a metonymy wherein energy exerted by people carrying out an activity characterizes instead a central object or other component of the activity: Lucker plays lazy games. She thought the lazy days in France would never end. Compare to: Level_of_force_exertion.