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Target Role: actor

Source Role: self-moverself-mover

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Target Role: action_x-schema

Source Role: self-motion_x-schemaself-motion_x-schema

Comment: action_x-schema.final = achieving purpose; self-motion.x-schema.final = reaching destinationaction_x-schema.final = achieving purpose; self-motion.x-schema.final = reaching destination

Target Role: purpose

Source Role: destinationdestination

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Target Entailment: Different means of achieving a purpose

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Target Entailment: Lack of purpose

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Target Entailment: Aids to achieving a purpose

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Text: We've reached the end.We've reached the end.

Provenance: Philosophy in the Flesh (190)Philosophy in the Flesh (190)

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Text: We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Provenance: Philosophy in the Flesh (190)Philosophy in the Flesh (190)

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Text: We only have short way to go.We only have short way to go.

Provenance: Philosophy in the Flesh (190)Philosophy in the Flesh (190)

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Text: We're where we wanted to go.We're where we wanted to go.

Provenance: Philosophy in the Flesh (190)Philosophy in the Flesh (190)

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Text: The goal is a long way off.The goal is a long way off.

Provenance: Philosophy in the Flesh (190)Philosophy in the Flesh (190)

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Text: He is just floating around.He is just floating around.

Provenance: Philosophy in the Flesh (190)Philosophy in the Flesh (190)

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Comments: Lack of purpose is lack of directionLack of purpose is lack of direction

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Entailment	Different means of achieving a purpose (Different paths to reaching a destination, ?, DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS TO A DESTINATION) +, Lack of purpose (Lack of direction, ?, ?) + and Aids to achieving a purpose (Aids to reaching a destination, ?, AIDS TO ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE AIDS TO REACHING A DESTINATION) +
Example	English (We've reached the end., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (We only have short way to go., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (We're where we wanted to go., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) +, English (The goal is a long way off., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, ?, ?) + and English (He is just floating around., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh (190), ?, Lack of purpose is lack of direction, ?) +
Has description	DEMO. +
Has source frame	Frame:Self propelled motion to a destination +
Has target frame	Frame:Purposeful action +
Mapping	actor (self-mover, ?) +, action_x-schema (self-motion_x-schema, action_x-schema.final = achieving purpose) + and purpose (destination, ?) +
Metaphor.Alias	PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS (?) + and PURPOSES ARE PHYSICAL GOALS (Johnson) +
Metaphor.Investigated for	English +
Metaphor.Source frame	Frame:Self propelled motion to a destination +
Metaphor.Target frame	Frame:Purposeful action +
Metaphor.Type	Primary + and Entailed +
Related metaphor	makes use of (MEANS ARE PATHS, ?) + and is an entailment of (PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION, ?) +
Has subobject "Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct that allows to accumulate property-value assignments similar to that of a normal wiki page.	Metaphor:ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION#Is_example_of +

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