Roleset stay.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "remain, be left over":

Roles:

Arg1:thing remaining


Arg2:benefactive, probably will not occur


Arg3:attribute of arg1

Examples:

ergative (-)
It is a passion that *trace* usually stays in the tower, however.
Arg1:	*trace*=that=a passion
Argm-ADV:	usually
REL:	stays
Argm-LOC:	in the tower
Argm-DIS:	however




with attribute (-)
Consumer confidence stayed strong in October, despite the unsettling gyrations of the stock market.
Arg1:	Consumer confidence
REL:	stayed
Arg3:	strong
Argm-TMP:	in October
Argm-ADV:	despite the unsettling gyrations of the stock market.




PP attribute (-)
The Soviet Union will stay on its record buying pace.
Arg1:	The Soviet Union
Argm-MOD:	will
REL:	stay
Arg3-on:	its record buying pace

Roleset stay.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "legal term: postpone":

Roles:

Arg0:postponer


Arg1:thing postponed

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


pend-o-matic (-)
The parties in the Connecticut case have agreed [*-1] to stay proceedings pending the appeal of another EEOC age-bias case against Vermont.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> The parties in the Connecticut case
REL:	stay
Arg1:	proceedings
ArgM-TMP:	pending the appeal of another EEOC age-bias case against Vermont

Roleset stay.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "linger":

Roles:

Arg1:thing remaining, staying, lingering

Examples:

ergative (-)
He intends *trace* to stay on until he reached the conventional retirement age of 65 in October 1991.
Arg1:	*trace*=He
REL:	stay on
Argm-TMP:	until he reached the conventional retirement age of 65 in October 1991

Might take Arg3 "attributive" as "stay" above, also.