Predicate: govern

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

govern.01: GOVERN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'govern' based on WSJ. (from govern.01-v) GOVERNANCE-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, govern.01, WN sense #2. (from governance.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
govern (v.)Leadership
governance (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: governor
        Arg1-PPT: governed
        Arg2-VSP: specific domain, aspect of arg1 being 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-gol: 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]
        Arg0: by a powerful head

Example: args 1, 2

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The G3 have the capacity to exert economic governance over ? financial markets but choose not to for reasons of ideology and economic interest.

        Arg2: economic
        Rel: governance
        Arg1: over financial markets

Example: args 0 and 1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Board members for the Morris Jeff Community School spent much of their Dec. 11 meeting shoring up ways they hope to strengthen their governance over the 275-student campus.

        Arg0: their
        Rel: governance
        Arg1: over the 275-student campus