Metaphor:GOVERNMENT IS AN ORGANISM

Name Gloss	GOVERNMENT IS AN ORGANISM
Name Transcription
Aliases	GOVERNMENT IS AN ORGANISM GOVERNMENT IS A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY GOVERNMENT IS A LIVING THING
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Biological entity Roles:organism, body, specialized_parts, part_function, health_status, body_weight
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

Mappings:

government_whole	<=	organism

positions	<=	specialized_parts

functional_status	<=	health_status

position_duties	<=	part_function

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS AN ORGANISM
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	INSTITUTION IS AN ORGANISM
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	Withered government: leave it to the rich
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://nicholasdyson.blogspot.com/2012/04/withered-government-leave-it-to-rich.html
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	“Government is not a machine, but a living thing. It falls, not under the theory of the universe, but under the theory of organic life. It is accountable to Darwin, not to Newton. It is modified by its environment, necessitated by its tasks, shaped to its functions by the sheer pressure of life. No living thing can have its organs offset against each other, as checks, and live."
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Woodrow Wilson, quoted in "the steady conservative" website. http://thesteadyconservative.com/wordpress/2010/07/23/woodrow-wilson-and-historicism/
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Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

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n2 -> n4 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n3 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n4 [label="Dissect" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Dissect" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Pest" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Pest" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Plants" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Plants" fontsize="10.0" ];

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n2 -> n9 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n10 [label="Life cycle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Life_cycle" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n11 [label="Ingestion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Ingestion" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n11 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }