Rolesets - reign

reign

reign.01 - to exercise sovereign power, dominate

REIGN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'reign' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from reign.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

reign (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: entity reigning
ARG1-PPT: empire

transitive

President Carlos Salinas de Gortari used the army to oust
La QuinaARG0
,
whoR-ARG0
reignedrel
for 28 yearsARGM-TMP
over a graft - riddled empire that made state - run Petroleos Mexicanos , or Pemex , one of the world 's most inefficient oil companiesARG1
.