Roleset continue.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "aspectual":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of continuation


Arg1:thing continuing

Examples:

agent and event (-)
Investors continue *trace* to pour cash into money funds.
Arg0:	Investors
REL:	continue
Arg1:	*trace* to pour cash into money funds

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns
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.

event, no agent (-)
New loans continue [*-1] to slow; they were $6.6 million in the quarter compared with $361.8 million a year ago.
Arg1:	[New loans][to slow]
REL:	continue




arg as noun (-)
...if the current yield continues for a year.
Arg1:	the current yield
REL:	continues
ArgM-TMP:	for a year


The idea is the verbal part of the continued event is unstated: "she continued to be an abortionist."

just an agent-thingy (-)
She became an abortionist accidentally, and *trace* continued because ...
Arg0:	*trace* -> she
REL:	continued
ArgM-CAU:	because ...

Roleset continue.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "speaking":

Roles:

Arg0:sayer


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer


Arg3:attributive

Examples:

transitive (-)
A Lorillard spokeswoman continued "This is an old story."
Arg0:	A Lorillard spokeswoman
REL:	continued
Arg1:	"This is an old story."


*Trace* --> "Kent cigarettes were sold"

fronted (-)
Kent cigarettes were sold, the company continued *Trace*
Arg0:	the company
REL:	commented
Arg1:	*Trace*


(*T* --> "What matters is what advertisers will pay")

inverted (-)
What matters is what advertisers will pay, continued *Trace* Newsweek's chairman
Arg1:	*T*
REL:	continued
Arg0:	Newsweek's chairman




split (-)
"What you have to understand," continued John, "is that Philly literally stinks."
Arg0:	John
Arg1:	"What you have to understand," " is that Philly literally stinks."

(unlikely, probably impossible)


with listener (-)
John continued to Mary: "you're an idiot."
Arg0:	John
REL:	continued
Arg2-2:	to Mary
Arg1:	"you're an idiot."




weird, attributive usage: (again probably impossible) (-)
"Well that's odd," continued John of the disappearance of his nose.
Arg1:	"Well that's odd,"
REL:	continued
Arg0:	John
Arg3-of:	of the disappearance of his nose.