Predicate: rule
rule: Frames file for 'rule' based on survey of sentences in financial
subcorpus, and comparison with 'decide'. Revised by Olga.
Roleset id: rule.01 , decide, vncls: 29.3, framnet:
rule.01: In this last one the preposition is really (imho) "in favor of", but
multi-word prepositions aren't recognized by anyone but me.
Roles:
        Arg0: decider (vnrole: 29.3-agent)
        Arg1: decision (vnrole: 29.3-theme, 29.3-predicate)
        Arg2: beneficiary
Example: 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.
Example: rule on
        [The commission]-1 is expected *trace*-1 to rule on the Braidwood 2 case
        by year end.
        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: rule
        Arg1: on the Braidwood 2 case
        Argm-tmp: by year end
Example: with Arg2
        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.
Example: raising
        The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether a federal court may
        dismantle [a merger]-1 that *trace-1*-2 has won regulatory approval but
        been ruled *trace-2* anticompetitive in a private suit.
        Rel: ruled
        Arg1: *trace*-2 anticompetitive
        Argm-loc: in a private suit
Roleset id: rule.03 , show leadership, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
        Arg0: ruler, leader
        Arg1: unwashed masses, minions
Example: rule over
        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        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
Example: just plain rule
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        Both hope to encourage pressure for change in [East bloc countries]-1
        still ruled [*]-1 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: [*]-1
        Arg0: by Stalinist holdouts
Example: with explicit mention of rulership
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive
        Other analysts say [the Indian leader]-1 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]
        Rel: rule
        Argm-prd: as the dominant partner in a coalition with other parties.
Predicate: rule_out
Roleset id: rule.02 , eliminate from consideration, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
        Arg0: eliminator
        Arg1: thing eliminated
        Arg2: eliminated from (?)
Example: 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.