Predicate: persist

persist: Frames file for 'persist' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: persist.01 , continue, vncls: 47.1-1, framnet:

persist.01: The torment of Mary is what is really persisting; John is simply causing that torment to continue.

Roles:

        Arg0: causal agent
        Arg1: thing continuing, persisting (vnrole: 47.1-1-theme)

Example: typically ergative

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

        They said they expect the bearish mood to persist a while longer,
        as trading volume is falling toward the end of the year and the
        market is becoming more volatile.

        Arg1: the bearish mood
        Rel: persist
        Argm-tmp: a while longer

Example: with agent

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John persists in tormenting Mary.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: persists
        Arg1: in tormenting Mary