Prohibiting_or_licensing

In this frame a State_of_affairs is prohibited (or allowed) by a Principle. Raising constructions are common in this frame. Because laws and principles usually focus on what is not allowed, the words of this frame that are synonyms of prohibit.v are considered more basic, and the words that are synonyms of permit.v are marked with the semantic type "Negative". Guns were prohibited in the airport . Code 1425 bans large trucks in the tunnel. Children were not permitted in the office. CNI Code 1425 allows us to deduct interest payments. No religion accepts discrimination against women. In this frame the Principle which prohibits the State_of_affairs is not an agent who denies permission to a specific individual or group of individuals, and thus differs from the Authority in the Deny_permission frame.