Metaphor:GOVERNMENT IS A PARENT

Name Gloss	GOVERNMENT IS A PARENT
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Nuclear family Roles:parent(s), children, mother, father, family_whole, parenting_style, traits_in_children
Target Frame	Government Roles:governor, jurisdiction_region, governed, governed_activity, governing_powers, source_of_powers, governing_actions, constraints_on_governing_actions, legitimacy, governor_objectives

Mappings:

governor	<=	parent(s)

governed	<=	children

jurisdiction_region	<=	family_whole
e.g. nation is a family

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A PARENT
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A PERSON
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	government has some degree of control over the actions of the governed
Source Inference	parents have some degree of control over children's actions
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	the government is responsible for taking care of the governed
Source Inference	parents are responsible for taking care of their children
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	Big Father: The Government as Parent
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://shiplerreport.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-father-government-as-parent.html
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	Doctrine of Parens Patriae." Parens Patriae means literally, "parent of the country." It refers traditionally to the role of STATE as sovereign and guardian of persons under legal disability.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.barefootsworld.net/parensp.html
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

n4 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n5 [label="Governing action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Governing_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Government institution" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_institution" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n7 [label="Government legitimacy" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_legitimacy" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n8 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n9 [label="Tyranny" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Tyranny" fontsize="10.0" ];

n9 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n10 [label="Authority" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Authority" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n11 [label="Trust relationship" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trust_relationship" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n11 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n12 [label="Organization" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Organization" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n12 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="GOVERNMENT IS A CHILDCARE PROVIDER" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_IS_A_CHILDCARE_PROVIDER" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="GOVERNMENT IS A PARENT" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_IS_A_PARENT" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="GOVERNMENT IS A PERSON" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_IS_A_PERSON" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n3 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Nurturant parent family" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Nurturant_parent_family" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Nuclear family" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Nuclear_family" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

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

n2 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Responsibility" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Responsibility" fontsize="10.0" ];

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