Predicate: attribute

attribute: Frames file for 'attribute' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'give' (really!)

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

attribute.01: This might be the only verb (so far) where the attribute comes before the entity with the attribute. Curious.

Roles:

        Arg0: attributor
        Arg1: thing attributed, attribute
        Arg2: attributed to (benefactive?)

Example: typical usage

        Mr. Hahn attributes the gains to the philosophy of concentrating on
        what a company knows best.

        Arg0: Mr. Hahn
        Rel: attributes
        Arg1: the gains
        Arg2: to the philosophy of concentrating on what a company knows best.