Predicate: confide

Roleset id: confide.01 , to entrust, tell in confidence, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

confide.01: CONFIDE-V NOTES: Based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Member of Vncls say-37.7-1. (from confide.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
confide (v.)Reveal_secret Telling

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: speaker, agent (vnrole: 37.7-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: utterance (vnrole: 37.7-1-Topic)
        Arg2-GOL: person confided to (vnrole: 37.7-1-Recipient)

Example: transitive

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

        A new in-house magazine , Kidder World -- which will focus on the firm 's synergy strategy , says Mr. Carpenter -- confides that on weekends Mr. Newquist `` often gets value-added ideas while flying his single-engine Cessna Centurion on the way to Nantucket . ''

        Arg0: A new in-house magazine , Kidder World -- which will focus on the firm 's synergy strategy , says Mr. Carpenter --
        Rel: confides
        Arg1: that on weekends Mr. Newquist `` often gets value-added ideas while flying his single-engine Cessna Centurion on the way to Nantucket

Example: all arguments

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

        The owner of the company , Stephen Smith , who 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 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.