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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="assign">
<note>
  Frames file for 'assign' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
  Verbnet entry 13.3, other framed members include allocate, award,
  concede, grant, promise and vote.  Comparison to those.  No Framenet
  entry.
</note>

<roleset id="assign.01" name="give, associate with" vncls="13.3">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, assigner" n="0">
	  <vnrole vncls="13.3" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing assigned" n="1">
	  <vnrole vncls="13.3" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="assigned to" n="2">
	  <vnrole vncls="13.3" vntheta="Recipient"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="all args">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
    It also owns Moody's Investors Service, which assigns
    credit-ratings to bonds and preferred stock; A.C. Nielsen, known
    for its data on television-viewing patterns, and Yellow-pages
    publisher Donnelley. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  which -&gt;  Moody's Investors Service</arg>
        <rel>assigns</rel>
        <arg n="1">credit-ratings</arg>
        <arg f="to" n="2">bonds and preferred stock</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
