Frameset

Predicate conspire:

Frames file for 'conspire' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'work'.

Roleset conspire.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "work together for nefarious purposes":

Roles:

Arg0:conspirator

Arg1:job, project

Arg2:co-conspirator

Examples:

conspirators merged (-)
`The company is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation into whether its officials and its utility subsidiaries conspired to cover up their accounting for spare parts to evade federal income taxes.`
Arg0:	its officials and its utility subsidiaries
REL:	conspired
Arg1:	to cover up their accounting for spare parts to evade federal income taxes

conspirators separated (-)
The central charge against Judge Hastings is that he conspired with a Washington lawyer to obtain a $150,000 bribe from defendants in a criminal case before the judge, in return for leniency.

Arg0: he

REL: conspired

Arg2-with: a Washington lawyer

Arg1: to obtain a $150,000 bribe from defendants in a criminal case before the judge, in return for leniency

conspirators separated (-)
`The central charge against Judge Hastings is that he conspired with a Washington lawyer to obtain a $150,000 bribe from defendants in a criminal case before the judge, in return for leniency.`
Arg0:	he
REL:	conspired
Arg2-with:	a Washington lawyer
Arg1:	to obtain a $150,000 bribe from defendants in a criminal case before the judge, in return for leniency

True etymological tidbit: "conspire" comes from the Latin for "to breathe together", since conspirators inevitably huddle together when hatching their nefarious plans. Actually, I just really like the word "nefarious."