Roleset rule.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "decide":

Roles:

Arg0:decider


Arg1:decision


Arg2:benefactive


Arg3:attribute of arg1

Examples:

rule a sentence (-)
In August, the commission ruled that between $190 million and $195 million of the plant's construction cost was unreasonable and should be refunded, plus interest.
Argm-TMP:	In August
Arg0:	the commission
REL:	ruled
Arg1:	between $190 million and $195 million of the plant's construction cost was unreasonable and should be refunded, plus interest.




rule on (-)
The commission is expected *trace* to rule on the Braidwood 2 case by year end.
Arg0:	*trace*=The commission
REL:	rule
Arg1-on:	the Braidwood 2 case
Argm-TMP:	by year end




with benefactive (-)
In a case involving Avondale Industries Inc. and its insurer, Travelers Cos., the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled in favor of the company on two issues that lawyers say are central to dozens of pollution cases around the country.
Argm-LOC:	In a case involving Avondale Industries Inc. and its insurer, Travelers Cos.
Arg0:	the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York
REL:	ruled
Arg2-in:	favor of the company
Arg1-on:	two issues that lawyers say are central to dozens of pollution cases around the country.

In this last one the preposition is really (imho) "in favor of", but multi-word prepositions aren't recognized by anyone but me.


with attributive (-)
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether a federal court may dismantle a merger that *trace-1* has won regulatory approval but been ruled *trace-2* anticompetitive in a private suit.
Arg1:	*trace-2*=*trace-1*=that=a merger
REL:	ruled
Arg3:	anticompetitive
Argm-LOC:	in a private suit

Roleset rule.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "show leadership":

Roles:

Arg0:ruler, leader


Arg1:unwashed masses, minions

Examples:

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


rule over (-)
It's time business leaders and the general public learn that mankind does not rule over this natural environment but is rather the integral, symbiotic player within nature's workings.
Arg0:	mankind
Argm-NEG:	not
REL:	rule
Arg1-over:	this natural environment

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


just plain rule (-)
Both hope to encourage pressure for change in East bloc countries still ruled [*] by Stalinist holdouts by arranging liberal financial aid and trade benefits for Poland, Hungary and, to a lesser extent, the Soviet Union.
Argm-TMP:	still
REL:	ruled
Arg1:	[*] -> East bloc countries
Arg0-by:	Stalinist holdouts

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


with explicit mention of rulership (-)
Other analysts say the Indian leader could retain control with a slim majority or be forced [*-1] to rule as the dominant partner in a coalition with other parties.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> the Indian leader
REL:	rule
Argm-PRD:	as the dominant partner in a coalition with other parties.

Roleset rule.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "eliminate from consideration":

Roles:

Arg0:eliminator


Arg1:thing eliminated


Arg2:eliminated from (?)

Examples:

not anymore (-)
Paribas Chairman Michel Francois-Poncet wouldn't rule out *trace* eventually selling all of Navigation Mixte's insurance operations to Allianz.
Arg0:	Paribas Chairman Michel Francois-Poncet
Argm-MOD:	would
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	rule out
Arg1:	*trace* eventually selling all of Navigation Mixte's insurance operations to Allianz.