Frameset

Predicate distribute:

Frames file for 'distribute' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison to 'pass out'.

Roleset distribute.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "distribute":

Roles:

Arg0:distributor

Arg1:thing distributed

Arg2:distributed to

Examples:

active, no benefactive (-)
`RMS distributes electronic devices and produces power supplies and plastic literature displays.`
Arg0:	RMS
REL:	distributes
Arg1:	electronic devices

passive, with benefactive (-)
The candy businesses had sales of about $154 million last year, which was roughly 12% of total revenue for RJR's Planters LifeSavers unit, according to a memorandum distributed *trace* by RJR's owner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., to bankers last December.

REL: distributed

Arg1: *trace* -> a memorandum

Arg0-by: RJR's owner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Arg2-to: bankers

ArgM-TMP: last December

passive, with benefactive (-)
`The candy businesses had sales of about $154 million last year, which was roughly 12% of total revenue for RJR's Planters LifeSavers unit, according to a memorandum distributed trace by RJR's owner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., to bankers last December.`
REL:	distributed
Arg1:	trace -> a memorandum
Arg0-by:	RJR's owner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Arg2-to:	bankers
ArgM-TMP:	last December