Roleset govern.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to control or influence":

Roles:

Arg0:entity having a control or influence


Arg1:thing governed

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
For years , a strict regimen governed the staff meetings at Nissan Motor Co. 's technical center in Tokyo 's western suburbs .
ArgM-TMP:	For years
Arg0:	a strict regimen
REL:	governed
Arg1:	the staff meetings at Nissan Motor Co. 's technical center in Tokyo 's western suburbs

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
Such a policy implies that only a black politician can speak for a black person , and that only a white politician can govern on behalf of a white one .
Arg0:	only a white politician
ArgM-MOD:	can
REL:	govern
ArgM-MNR:	on behalf of a white one

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
Study after study -- the most recent from the Brookings Institution -- tells us that the best schools are those that [*T*-1] are free of outside interference and are governed [*-2] by a powerful head .
REL:	governed
Arg1:	[*-2] -> [*T*-1] -> that -> those
Arg0-by:	a powerful head