Roleset contribute.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "give":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:thing given


Arg2:entity given to

Examples:

unstated thing given (-)
Pamela Sebastian in New York contributed to this article.
Arg0:	Pamela Sebastian in New York
REL:	contributed
Arg2-to:	this article


The "before taxes" is misparsed--it should be part of the NP with #34 --> --million.

unstated benefactor (-)
Last year they contributed #34 million, before taxes.
Argm-TMP:	Last year
Arg0:	they
REL:	contributed
Arg1:	#34 million
Argm:	before taxes




topicalized (-)
Also contributing to the firmness in copper was *trace* a report by Chicago purchasing agents.
Argm-DIS:	Also
REL:	contributing
Arg2-to:	the firmness in copper
Arg0:	a report by Chicago purchasing agents.

Ignore the trace--it links to the entire VP.