Roleset maintain.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "keep (up)":

Roles:

Arg0:maintainer


Arg1:thing maintained


Arg2:benefactive

Examples:

transitive agentive (-)
We have a long history of *trace* maintaining an open direct-investment policy.
Arg0:	*trace*=We
REL:	maintaining
Arg1:	an open direct-investment policy.




maintained belief (-)
Several traders maintained that the Merc's 12-point circuit-breaker aggravated the market slide Oct 13.
Arg0:	Several traders
REL:	maintained
Arg1:	the Merc's 12-point circuit-breaker aggravated the market slide Oct 13

As always, drop the complementizer.


with benefactive (-)
...*trace* to maintain commercial air service for an estimated 92 communities, often in rural areas.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	maintain
Arg1:	commercial air service
Arg2-for:	an estimated 92 communities, often in rural areas.