Metaphor:MACHINES ARE PEOPLE

Name Gloss	MACHINES ARE PEOPLE
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Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Person Roles:person, body, body_parts, actions, objectives
Target Frame	Machine Roles:machine_entity, purpose, functional_status, operator_of_machine, operating_x-schema, parts, power_source

Mappings:

machine	<=	person

machine_hardware	<=	human_body

machine_software	<=	human_mind

good_functioning_of_machine	<=	health_of_person

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Example Text:	The engine is dying; we need to repair it.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { 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" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="COMPUTERS ARE PEOPLE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:COMPUTERS_ARE_PEOPLE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="MACHINES ARE PEOPLE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:MACHINES_ARE_PEOPLE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

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

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

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n6 [label="Animate entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Animate_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Purposeful action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Purposeful_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

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