Predicate: ascribe

ascribe: Frames file for 'ascribe' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: ascribe.01 , assign attribute, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: assigner
        Arg1: thing assigned (attribute)
        Arg2: assigned to

Example: active

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

        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

Example: passive

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

        As a public figure, Mr. Masson had to prove malice and, as proof
        of malice, Mr. Masson contended that [defamatory quotations]-2
        ascribed *trace*-2 to him by Ms. Malcolm were in fact fabricated.

        Rel: ascribed
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Arg2: to him
        Arg0: by Ms. Malcolm