Commentary: includes slang usage
Examples:
Who is ruling the country now?
Money rules supreme.
Then the word of the Lord who rules over all came to me.
Aristotle's logic has ruled over the thinking of western intellectuals.
It's everything you need to rule the skies.
Rule your heart to think no ill, Rule your temper and your will.
Hey, Michael--you rule, dude!
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Leadership
PropBank: rule.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 7
Examples:
The king ruled that all firstborn males should be killed.
The trial judge ruled him guilty.
The court ruled that four-letter words did not alone justify censorship.
In 1665, the English Parliament ruled in favor of having only small funerals.
Mappings:
VerbNet: dub-29.3
FrameNet: Verdict
PropBank: rule.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4
Commentary: includes RULE OUT
Examples:
John was ruled out as a possible suspect.
NASA's mission management team today ruled out another shuttle repair spacewalk.
They may pose a risk to the platypus that has not been ruled out by current research.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: rule.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
rule_out 1, 2, 3
Examples:
The house where your Aries rules is where you will be challenged to grow.
Scorpio rules the Midheavan or your worldly status.
The creative and romantic Lion rules the Zodiac's house of pleasure.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Leadership
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Examples:
Rule the margins.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6