Metaphor:CONTROL IS A BOUNDED REGION

Name Gloss	CONTROL IS A BOUNDED REGION
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Bounded region Roles:exterior, interior, boundary
Target Frame	Control Roles:controlling_entity, dependent_entity, dependent_process, dependent_variable, controlling_process, degree_of_control, scope_of_ control, ability_to_control, control_relation, control_relation_status

Mappings:

scope_of_control	<=	proximal region

controlling_entity	<=	center

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	CONTROL IS A BOUNDED REGION
Relation Type	is related to
Related Metaphor	STATES ARE LOCATIONS
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	The actions of an entity that is within the controlling_entity's scope_of_control can be controlled by that controlling_entity
Source Inference	An entity located within the proximal region is proximal to the center (and therefore is likely to be accessible from the center)
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	The actions of an entity that is not within a controlling_entity's scope_of_control are not controlled by that controlling_entity
Source Inference	an entity located in the distal_region is distal from the center (and therefore not likely to be accessible from the center)
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	His actions are beyond my control.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Ellen
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	The whole situation spiraled out of (our) control.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Ellen
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	He returned to power.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	The president is in control of the executive branch.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:	the 'scope of control' /proximal region in this case is defined relative to the dependent entity (the executive branch).

Example Text:	President Mubarak has stepped down from power.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:	this example also uses CONTROL IS UP

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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