Metaphor:CORRUPTION IS DECAY

Name Gloss	CORRUPTION IS DECAY
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Decay Roles:decaying_process, decayed_entity, decaying_effect, decay_consequence, decay_cause
Target Frame	Corruption Roles:corrupt_actor, corrupt_activities, harmed_entity, corruption_affectee, corruption_effect

Mappings:

corrupt_activities	<=	decaying_process
x-schema: progressive, slow, ongoing

corruption_affectee	<=	decayed_entity

corrupting_effect	<=	decaying_effect

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	CORRUPTION IS DECAY
Relation Type	is in some target relation to
Related Metaphor	CORRUPTION IS A DISEASE
Description

Current Metaphor	CORRUPTION IS DECAY
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	Stopping the rot in public life.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.economist.com/node/367915
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

n2 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Crime" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Crime" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Social problems" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Social_problems" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="CORRUPTION IS DECAY" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CORRUPTION_IS_DECAY" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="CORRUPTION IS A DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CORRUPTION_IS_A_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is in some target relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CORRUPTION_IS_A_DESTRUCTIVE_NATURAL_PROCESS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n1 -> n3 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }