attribute-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: ascribe the cause, work, or result to something or someone

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP ATTRIBUTE A TO B
NOTE: (where B is the cause/creator of A)

Examples:
To what do you attribute your success?
The doctors have attributed the cause of the illness to an unknown virus.
To what do you attribute this delay?
Most experts have attributed the drawing to Michelangelo.
Clonus after human spinal cord injury cannot be attributed solely to recurrent muscle-tendon stretch.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: attribute.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: characterize with a particular quality or feature

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP ATTRIBUTE A TO B
NOTE: (where A is a quality/feature of B)

Examples:
I wouldn't dream of attributing such a lack of judgment to you.
They attribute both kindness and cruelty to nature.
Genius has become attributed much more to actual execution rather than to potential.
Another etymology suggests it means "pompous", a quality often attributed by Australians to the British.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: attribute.01