Metaphor:RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS

Name Gloss	RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Possessable object Roles:possessable_object
Target Frame	Rights Roles:rights_holder, right, domain, source_of_right, other_actors

Mappings:

rights_holder	<=	possessor

right	<=	possession

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	RIGHTS ARE PHYSICAL ENTITIES
Description

Current Metaphor	RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS
Relation Type	is a mapping within
Related Metaphor	ENJOYING A RIGHT IS POSSESSING AN OBJECT
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Freedom" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Freedom" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

n6 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n7 [label="Right to self-defense" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Right_to_self-defense" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

n9 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n10 [label="Democracy" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Democracy" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CITIZEN_RIGHTS_ARE_POSSESSIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:RIGHTS_ARE_POSSESSIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="RIGHTS ARE PHYSICAL ENTITIES" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:RIGHTS_ARE_PHYSICAL_ENTITIES" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n3 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="ENJOYING A RIGHT IS POSSESSING AN OBJECT" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ENJOYING_A_RIGHT_IS_POSSESSING_AN_OBJECT" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n4 [label = "is a mapping within" fontsize="8.0" color="brown" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Gain possession" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Gain_possession" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Possessable object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Possessable_object" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n3 [label="Lose possession" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Lose_possession" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }