Predicate: conspire
conspire: Frames file for 'conspired' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No
Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'work'. 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."
Roleset id: conspire.01 , work together for nefarious purposes, vncls: 71, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: conspirato (vnrole: 71-Actor1)
Arg1: job, project (vnrole: 71-Theme)
Arg2: co-conspirator (vnrole: 71-Actor2)
Example: 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
Example: conspirators separated
The central charge against Judge Hastings is that he conspired with a
Washington lawer 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