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
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
.