Frameset - govern-v

Predicate: govern

govern: Frames file for 'govern' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: govern.01 , to control or influence, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: entity having a control or influence
Arg1: thing governed

Example: transitive

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

        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

Example: intransitive

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

        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

Example: passive

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

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

        Rel: governed
        Arg1: [*-2]
        ArgM-RCL: that -> those
        Arg0: by a powerful head