Roleset reign.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to exercise sovereign power, dominate":

Roles:

Arg0:entity reigning


Arg1:empire

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari used the army [*-3] to oust La Quina , who [*T*-1] reigned for 28 years over a graft-riddled empire that [*T*-2] made state-run Petroleos Mexicanos , or Pemex , one of the world 's most inefficient oil companies .
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> who -> La Quina
REL:	reigned
ArgM-TMP:	for 28 years
Arg1-over:	a graft-riddled empire that [*T*-2] made state-run Petroleos Mexicanos , or Pemex , one of the world 's most inefficient oil companies