Roleset ascribe.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "assign attribute":

Roles:

Arg0:assigner


Arg1:thing assigned (attribute)


Arg2:assigned to

Examples:

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


active (-)
Both Deryck C. Maughan, who heads Salomon in Tokyo, and John S. Wadsworth, who heads Morgan Stanley there, ascribe a good part of their firms' success in Tokyo to their ability to offer sophisticated, futures-related investment strategies to big institutional clients.
Arg0:	Both Deryck C. Maughan, who heads Salomon in Tokyo, and John S. Wadsworth, who heads Morgan Stanley there,
REL:	ascribe
Arg1:	a good part of their firms' success in Tokyo
Arg2-to:	their ability to offer sophisticated, futures-related investment strategies to big institutional clients

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
As a public figure, Mr. Masson had to prove malice and, as proof of malice, Mr. Masson contended that defamatory quotations ascribed *trace* to him by Ms. Malcolm were in fact fabricated.
REL:	ascribed
Arg1:	*trace* -> defamatory quotations
Arg2-to:	him
Arg0-by:	Ms. Malcolm