Metaphor:BUREAUCRACY IS A MACHINE

Name Gloss	BUREAUCRACY IS A MACHINE
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Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Machine Roles:machine_entity, purpose, functional_status, operator_of_machine, operating_x-schema, parts, power_source
Target Frame	Bureaucracy Roles:institution_of_operation, members, functions, individuals_served

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Example Text:	Confronted with the grinding cogs of bureaucracy, but needing a new cap, Coltrane shrugged and filled out the form.
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English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/no-room-alaskas-12-billion-budget-employee-ballcap
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Graph of related metaphors:

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• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Bureaucracy" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Bureaucracy" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Legislative action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Legislative_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Government executive action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_executive_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n3 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="BUREAUCRATS ARE MACHINE PARTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:BUREAUCRATS_ARE_MACHINE_PARTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="BUREAUCRACY IS A MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:BUREAUCRACY_IS_A_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="NONFUNCTIONAL BUREAUCRACY IS A BROKEN MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NONFUNCTIONAL_BUREAUCRACY_IS_A_BROKEN_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="WELL-FUNCTIONING BUREAUCRACY IS A SMOOTHLY FUNCTIONING MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:WELL-FUNCTIONING_BUREAUCRACY_IS_A_SMOOTHLY_FUNCTIONING_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Computer" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Computer" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Machine" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Machine" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Robot" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Robot" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Vehicle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Vehicle" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Physical structure" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_structure" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Control" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Control" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }