Metaphor:EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A WELL-FUNCTIONING MACHINE

Name Gloss	EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A WELL-FUNCTIONING MACHINE
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Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex, Entailed
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Machine Roles:machine_entity, purpose, functional_status, operator_of_machine, operating_x-schema, parts, power_source
Target Frame	Government institution Roles:goverment_whole, responsibilities, functions, positions, position_duties, position_holders, authority_structure, sub-groups, position_relations, functional_status, rules, authority_base

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Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A WELL-FUNCTIONING MACHINE
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	Our state government, a well oiled machine of efficiency.
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English Translation:
Provenance:	http://newyorkers.livejournal.com/5144993.html
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Graph of related metaphors:

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• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

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

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

n6 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n7 [label="Political region" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_region" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Institution" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Institution" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A WELL-FUNCTIONING MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:EFFECTIVE_GOVERNMENT_INSTITUTION_IS_A_WELL-FUNCTIONING_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_INSTITUTION_IS_A_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n1 -> 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" ]; }