Roleset confer.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "meet with":

Roles:

Arg0:one party


Arg1:other party

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


high-level summit (-)
Three top advisers to Mr. Davis visited New York late last week, at least in part *trace* to confer with executives at Citicorp.
ArgM-ADV:	at least in part
Arg0:	*trace* -> Three top advisers to Mr. Davis
REL:	confer
Arg1-with:	executives at Citicorp

Roleset confer.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "grant, give":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:gift


Arg2:given to

Examples:

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


bestow (-)
He confers big trading commissions on Wall Street firms.
Arg0:	He
REL:	confers
Arg1:	big trading commissions
Arg2-on:	Wall Street firms