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Professions"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 699, "source": "paper", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Substances and Materials", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 942, "source": "meaningless", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics", "target": "left", "target_tags": "Spatial Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1224, "source": "hill", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain", "target": "grave, tomb", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1250, "source": "pit", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Coastal Landforms", "target": "grave, tomb", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 1502, "source": "to play (intr.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "music", "target_tags": "Perception. Auditory; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1518, "source": "salt", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Substances and Materials", "target": "meaning, sense", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 1522, "source": "head", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts", "target": "heading, title", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 1638, "source": "joy", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Emotions", "target": "game", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Social Actions and Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2061, "source": "aim, goal", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Abstract Entities", "target": "goal (sport result)", "target_tags": "Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2519, "source": "house", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings", "target": "grave, tomb", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2593, "source": "excitement, agitation", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Emotions", "target": "music", "target_tags": "Perception. Auditory; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2852, "source": "hero", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Evaluation; Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status", "target": "character (literature)", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3222, "source": "old man", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age", "target": "king (a playing card)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Game Accessories; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3810, "source": "horse", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Animals; Animals. Domestic Animals", "target": "knight (chess)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Game Accessories; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3817, "source": "horseman, rider", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings", "target": "knight (chess)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Game Accessories; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3820, "source": "jumper", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings", "target": "knight (chess)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Game Accessories; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3886, "source": "lot", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "plot of land", "target_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4105, "source": "red", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Colour", "target": "heading, title", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 4151, "source": "book (n.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Text", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4155, "source": "apple", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Parts. Parts of Plants; Plants. Cultivated Plants", "target": "globus cruciger", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4213, "source": "road", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts", "target": "meaning, sense", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4263, "source": "nameless", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "ring finger", "target_tags": "Body Parts"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4292, "source": "leaf", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Parts; Parts. Parts of Plants", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 4321, "source": "direction", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Spatial Relations", "target": "meaning, sense", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 4373, "source": "letter (character)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics; Text", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4449, "source": "monarch", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status", "target": "king (a playing card)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Game Accessories; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4458, "source": "star", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Astronomical Objects", "target": "letter (character)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 4459, "source": "letter (character)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics; Text", "target": "body part", "target_tags": "Body Parts"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5034, "source": "name", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "grandfather", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5035, "source": "name", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "grandchild", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5117, "source": "priest (Christianity)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Professions; Religion", "target": "king (a playing card)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Game Accessories; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5179, "source": "hand", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts", "target": "move (board games)", "target_tags": "Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5181, "source": "step, pace", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "move (board games)", "target_tags": "Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5331, "source": "name", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "kind (n.)", "target_tags": "Logical"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5392, "source": "word", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5394, "source": "pass (document allowing admission)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5739, "source": "letter (text)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics; Text", "target": "signature", "target_tags": "Text"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 6109, "source": "grave, tomb", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings; Semiotics", "target": "night", "target_tags": "Time; Time. Parts of the day"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 6329, "source": "name", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "fame, reputation", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Evaluation"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6857, "source": "objection, contradiction", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Abstract Relations", "target": "lie (n.), untruth", "target_tags": "Evaluation; Semiotics; Speech"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6900, "source": "name", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "noun (grammar)", "target_tags": "Scientific Terms"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6946, "source": "sign, designation", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Abstract Entities", "target": "letter (character)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7147, "source": "eternity", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Abstract Entities; Time", "target": "grave, tomb", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7360, "source": "to spring, jump", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Motion", "target": "move (board games)", "target_tags": "Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7463, "source": "wind", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Meteorology", "target": "meaningless", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7663, "source": "god", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Religion", "target": "icon (christianity)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Religion; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7839, "source": "game", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics; Social Actions and Relations", "target": "wedding", "target_tags": "Social Actions and Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 8002, "source": "grave, tomb", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings; Semiotics", "target": "cemetery", "target_tags": "Social Institutions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8135, "source": "mother", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship", "target": "\u003cgame\u003e", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Social Actions and Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8351, "source": "child", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age", "target": "icon (christianity)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Religion; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8429, "source": "popcorn", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Food and Drinks", "target": "lie (n.), untruth", "target_tags": "Evaluation; Semiotics; Speech"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9062, "source": "image", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "education", "target_tags": "Social Institutions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9226, "source": "meaning, sense", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics", "target": "dream (during sleep)", "target_tags": "Cognition; Perception"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9231, "source": "mushroom", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Plants; Plants. Mushrooms", "target": "lie (n.), untruth", "target_tags": "Evaluation; Semiotics; Speech"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9381, "source": "monarch", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status", "target": "king (chess)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Game Accessories; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9580, "source": "opening, hole", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Parts", "target": "grave, tomb", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Buildings; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9894, "source": "mark (visible sign)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Semiotics", "target": "stigma (botany)", "target_tags": "Parts. Parts of Plants; Scientific Terms"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
403	goal frame (sport)	Artifacts; Game Accessories	↔	goal (sport result)	Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
438	word	Speech	—	letter (character)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
480	mouth	Body Parts	→	grimace	Body Parts; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
488	mouth	Body Parts	→	herald, messenger	Human Beings; Professions; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
556	herald, messenger	Human Beings; Professions; Semiotics	—	matchmaker	Professions	Open	Show map	Add realization
699	paper	Substances and Materials	↔	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
942	meaningless	Abstract Entities; Semiotics	→	left	Spatial Relations	Open	Show map	Add realization
1224	hill	Geography; Terrain	→	grave, tomb	Artifacts; Buildings; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
1250	pit	Geography; Coastal Landforms	→	grave, tomb	Artifacts; Buildings; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
1502	to play (intr.)	Physical Actions	—	music	Auditory; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
1518	salt	Substances and Materials	→	meaning, sense	Abstract Entities; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
1522	head	Body Parts	→	heading, title	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
1638	joy	Emotions	—	game	Semiotics; Social Actions and Relations	Open	Show map	Add realization
2061	aim, goal	Abstract Entities	→	goal (sport result)	Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
2519	house	Artifacts; Buildings	→	grave, tomb	Artifacts; Buildings; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
2593	excitement, agitation	Emotions	→	music	Auditory; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
2852	hero	Evaluation; Human Beings; Social Status	→	character (literature)	Human Beings; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
3222	old man	Human Beings; Age	→	king (a playing card)	Artifacts; Game Accessories; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
3810	horse	Animals; Domestic Animals	→	knight (chess)	Artifacts; Game Accessories; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
3817	horseman, rider	Human Beings	→	knight (chess)	Artifacts; Game Accessories; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
3820	jumper	Human Beings	→	knight (chess)	Artifacts; Game Accessories; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
3886	lot	Semiotics	→	plot of land	Geography; Terrain	Open	Show map	Add realization
4105	red	Physical Properties; Colour	→	heading, title	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
4151	book (n.)	Artifacts; Text	—	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
4155	apple	Parts of Plants; Cultivated Plants	→	globus cruciger	Artifacts; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
4213	road	Artifacts	→	meaning, sense	Abstract Entities; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
4263	nameless	Semiotics	→	ring finger	Body Parts	Open	Show map	Add realization
4292	leaf	Parts; Parts of Plants	→	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
4321	direction	Spatial Relations	—	meaning, sense	Abstract Entities; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
4373	letter (character)	Semiotics; Text	—	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
4449	monarch	Human Beings; Social Status	→	king (a playing card)	Artifacts; Game Accessories; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
4458	star	Astronomical Objects	→	letter (character)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
4459	letter (character)	Semiotics; Text	—	body part	Body Parts	Open	Show map	Add realization
5034	name	Semiotics	→	grandfather	Human Beings; Kinship	Open	Show map	Add realization
5035	name	Semiotics	→	grandchild	Human Beings; Kinship	Open	Show map	Add realization
5117	priest (Christianity)	Human Beings; Professions; Religion	→	king (a playing card)	Artifacts; Game Accessories; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
5179	hand	Body Parts	→	move (board games)	Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
5181	step, pace	Motion	→	move (board games)	Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
5331	name	Semiotics	→	kind (n.)	Logical	Open	Show map	Add realization
5392	word	Speech	—	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
5394	pass (document allowing admission)	Artifacts	→	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
5739	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text	→	signature	Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
6109	grave, tomb	Artifacts; Buildings; Semiotics	—	night	Time; Parts of the day	Open	Show map	Add realization
6329	name	Semiotics	↔	fame, reputation	Abstract Entities; Evaluation	Open	Show map	Add realization
6857	objection, contradiction	Abstract Relations	→	lie (n.), untruth	Evaluation; Semiotics; Speech	Open	Show map	Add realization
6900	name	Semiotics	→	noun (grammar)	Scientific Terms	Open	Show map	Add realization
6946	sign, designation	Abstract Entities	→	letter (character)	Semiotics; Text	Open	Show map	Add realization
7147	eternity	Abstract Entities; Time	→	grave, tomb	Artifacts; Buildings; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
7360	to spring, jump	Motion	→	move (board games)	Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
7463	wind	Meteorology	→	meaningless	Abstract Entities; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
7663	god	Religion	→	icon (christianity)	Artifacts; Religion; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
7839	game	Semiotics; Social Actions and Relations	—	wedding	Social Actions and Relations	Open	Show map	Add realization
8002	grave, tomb	Artifacts; Buildings; Semiotics	—	cemetery	Social Institutions	Open	Show map	Add realization
8135	mother	Human Beings; Kinship	→	<game>	Semiotics; Social Actions and Relations	Open	Show map	Add realization
8351	child	Human Beings; Age	→	icon (christianity)	Artifacts; Religion; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
8429	popcorn	Food and Drinks	→	lie (n.), untruth	Evaluation; Semiotics; Speech	Open	Show map	Add realization
9062	image	Semiotics	→	education	Social Institutions	Open	Show map	Add realization
9226	meaning, sense	Abstract Entities; Semiotics	→	dream (during sleep)	Cognition; Perception	Open	Show map	Add realization
9231	mushroom	Plants; Mushrooms	→	lie (n.), untruth	Evaluation; Semiotics; Speech	Open	Show map	Add realization
9381	monarch	Human Beings; Social Status	→	king (chess)	Artifacts; Game Accessories; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
9580	opening, hole	Parts	→	grave, tomb	Artifacts; Buildings; Semiotics	Open	Show map	Add realization
9894	mark (visible sign)	Semiotics	→	stigma (botany)	Parts of Plants; Scientific Terms	Open	Show map	Add realization