Predicate: confer
confer: Frames file for 'confer' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and
automatic expansion via verbnet.
Roleset id: confer.01 , meet with, vncls: 37.6 36.1, framnet: Discussion
confer.01: Updated by Julia
Roles:
Arg0: one party (vnrole: 37.6-actor1, 36.1-actor1)
Arg1: other party (vnrole: 37.6-actor2, 36.1-actor2)
Example: high-level summit
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
[Three top advisers to Mr. Davis]-1 visited New York late last week,
at least in part *trace*-1 to confer with executives at Citicorp.
Argm-adv: at least in part
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: confer
Arg1: with executives at Citicorp
Roleset id: confer.02 , grant, give, convey, vncls: , framnet: -
Roles:
Arg0: giver
Arg1: gift
Arg2: given to
Example: bestow
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
He confers big trading commissions on Wall Street firms.
Arg0: He
Rel: confers
Arg1: big trading commissions
Arg2: on Wall Street firms
Example: all arg
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The acquisition of knowledge does not confer wealth on a person.
Arg0: The acquisition of knowledge
Argm-neg: not
Rel: confer
Arg1: wealth
Arg2: on a person.