Roleset confide.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to entrust, tell in confidence":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker, agent


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:person confided to

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
A new in-house magazine , Kidder World -- which [*T*-1] will focus on the firm 's synergy strategy , says [0] [*T*-2] Mr. Carpenter -- confides that on weekends Mr. Newquist `` often gets value-added ideas while [*-3] flying his single-engine Cessna Centurion on the way to Nantucket . ''
Arg0:	A new in-house magazine , Kidder World -- which [*T*-1] will focus on the firm 's synergy strategy , says [0] [*T*-2] Mr. Carpenter --
REL:	confides
Arg1:	that on weekends Mr. Newquist `` often gets value-added ideas while [*-3] flying his single-engine Cessna Centurion on the way to Nantucket

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


all arguments (-)
The owner of the company , Stephen Smith , who [*T*-1] has since pleaded guilty to state and federal fraud charges , confided to investors that he had a secret agreement with Amoco Oil Co. and said [0] the location of his wells was confidential , according to a civil suit filed [*] in a Florida state court by the Florida comptroller 's office .
Arg0:	The owner of the company , Stephen Smith , who [*T*-1] has since pleaded guilty to state and federal fraud charges
REL:	confided
Arg2-to:	investors
Arg1:	that he had a secret agreement with Amoco Oil Co.