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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="continue">
<note>
  Frames file for 'continue' based on survey of initial sentences from big
  corpus, with comparison to 'keep'
</note>

<roleset id="continue.01" name="aspectual" vncls="55.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer of continuation" n="0"/>
  <role descr="thing continuing" n="1"/>
</roles>

<example name="agent and event">
  <text>
    Investors continue *trace* to pour cash into money funds.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Investors</arg>
  <rel>continue</rel>
  <arg n="1">*trace* to pour cash into money funds</arg>
</example>

<example name="event, no agent">
<inflection person="ns" tense="ns" aspect="ns" voice="ns" form="ns"/>
<text>
     New loans continue [*-1] to slow; they were $6.6 million in the
     quarter compared with $361.8 million a year ago. 
</text>
        <arg n="1">[New loans][to slow]</arg>
        <rel>continue</rel>
<note>
The loans have no control over whether they continue slowing or not;
this is different from the investors above who can control their
pouring of cash.
</note>

</example>

<example name="arg as noun">
  <text>
    ...if the current yield continues for a year.
  </text>
  <arg n="1">the current yield</arg>
  <rel>continues</rel>
  <arg f="TMP" n="M">for a year</arg>
</example>

<example name="just an agent-thingy">
  <text>
    She became an abortionist accidentally, and *trace* continued
    because ...  
  </text>
  <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt; she</arg>
  <rel>continued</rel>
  <arg f="CAU" n="M">because ... </arg>
<note>The idea is the verbal part of the continued event is unstated: "she continued to be an abortionist."</note>
</example>
</roleset>


</predicate>


</frameset>
