Metaphor:SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE PLANTS

Name Gloss	SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE PLANTS
Name Transcription
Aliases	SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE PLANTS (Metaphors We Live By)
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Plants Roles:plant_entity, plant_anatomy, plant_size, plant_attributes, plant_life_cycle, plant_nourishment
Target Frame	Organization Roles:organization_whole, organization_members, organizational_structure, organization_functions, organization_mission, organization_roles, organization_procedures, organization_physical_assets, organization_internal_structure, organization_external_relations, organization_sub-groups

Mappings:

organization_whole	<=	plant_entity

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE PLANTS
Relation Type	is in some target relation to
Related Metaphor	PEOPLE ARE PLANTS
Description	Could be a transitive chain: social organizations are people are plants

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	My business is growing like a weed.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Elise
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

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

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

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

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE PLANTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_ORGANIZATIONS_ARE_PLANTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="PEOPLE ARE PLANTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:PEOPLE_ARE_PLANTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is in some target relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

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

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="Plant life cycle" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Plant_life_cycle" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n4 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n5 [label="Weed" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Weed" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

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

n2 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }