Metaphor:POLITICAL REGION IS A VEHICLE

Name Gloss	POLITICAL REGION IS A VEHICLE
Name Transcription
Aliases	POLITICAL REGION IS A VEHICLE
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Vehicle Roles:vehicle, vehicle_passengers, vehicle_freight, vehicle_driver, vehicle_location
Target Frame	Political region Roles:locale, borders, population, governing_institution, economy, natural_resources, sub_locale, state_of_region, infrastructure

Mappings:

governing_institution	<=	vehicle

population	<=	passengers

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	POLITICAL REGION IS A VEHICLE
Relation Type	is related to
Related Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A DRIVER
Description

Current Metaphor	POLITICAL REGION IS A VEHICLE
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	INSTITUTION IS A VEHICLE
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	No values specified.
Source Inference
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	They are rocking the ship of state.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	Dirt threatens to sink ship of state
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	headline
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Government" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Political region" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_region" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

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

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

n2 -> n1 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="GOVERNMENT IS A DRIVER" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_IS_A_DRIVER" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="POLITICAL REGION IS A VEHICLE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:POLITICAL_REGION_IS_A_VEHICLE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Mode of transportation" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Mode_of_transportation" fontsize="10.0" ];

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