Metaphor:ENACTING LEGISLATION IS CAUSING MOTION ALONG A PATH

Name Gloss	ENACTING LEGISLATION IS CAUSING MOTION ALONG A PATH
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	Specific
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Forced motion Roles:agent, mover, motion_x-schema, speed, direction, forceful_action
Target Frame	Legislation enactment Roles:legislators, bill, enactment_process, bill_status_change, bill_initial_status, bill_ongoing_status, bill_enacted_status, legislator_enactment_actions, legislation_proposal, legislation_consideration, enactment_interruption, legislation_voting, bill_contents, legislation_standards

Mappings:

legislators	<=	agent

bill	<=	mover

bill_status_change	<=	motion

bill_initial_status	<=	source

bill_ongoing_status	<=	path

legislator_enactment_actions	<=	forceful_action

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	ENACTING LEGISLATION IS CAUSING MOTION ALONG A PATH
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	CAUSED CHANGE OF STATE IS CAUSED CHANGE OF LOCATION
Description

Current Metaphor	ENACTING LEGISLATION IS CAUSING MOTION ALONG A PATH
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IS MOTION ALONG A PATH
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	legislator's objective is for bill to be enacted
Source Inference	agent's objective is for mover to reach goal
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	Democrats Push Through Historic, Controversial Health Care Legislation
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june10/healthcare_03-23.html
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	The Senate voted 92-5 Tuesday to move the bill forward to a full vote later this week.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/13/3916390/senate-readies-bill-allowing-hunters.html
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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n3 -> n2 [label = "is in a dual relationship with" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="darkgreen" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="PREVENTING ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION IS BLOCKING MOTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:PREVENTING_ENACTMENT_OF_LEGISLATION_IS_BLOCKING_MOTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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n2 -> n5 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IS MOTION ALONG A PATH" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:LEGISLATIVE_ACTIVITY_IS_MOTION_ALONG_A_PATH" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n6 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; }

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

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

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }