Predicate: maintain

maintain: Frames file for 'maintain' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'keep'

Roleset id: maintain.01 , keep (up), vncls: 29.5 55.6, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: maintainer (vnrole: 29.5-agent, 55.6-agent)
        Arg1: thing maintained (vnrole: 29.5-theme, 55.6-theme)
        Arg2: benefactive/attribute of Arg1 (vnrole: 29.5-predicate)

Example: transitive agentive

        We-1 have a long history of *trace*-1 maintaining an open
        direct-investment policy.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: maintaining
        Arg1: an open direct-investment policy.

Example: 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: that the Merc's 12-point circuit-breaker aggravated the market slide Oct 13

Example: 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.

Example: with attribute of Arg1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The level maintained at 6.9mL.

        Arg1: The level
        Rel: maintained
        Arg2: at 6.9mL