Roleset discontinue.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to stop doing or manufacturing":

Roles:

Arg0:entity ending something, agent


Arg1:thing discontinued

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


transitive (-)
Troubled NBI Inc. said [0] it fired more than half its work force and is discontinuing its hardware business [*-1] to focus on its software and service operations .
Arg0:	it
REL:	discontinuing
Arg1:	its hardware business
ArgM-PNC:	[*-1] to focus on its software and service operations

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
While the discussions between Delmed and National Medical Care have been discontinued [*-1] , Delmed will continue [*-2] to supply dialysis products through National Medical after their exclusive agreement ends in March 1990 , Delmed said [0] [*T*-3] .
REL:	discontinued
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the discussions between Delmed and National Medical Care

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


transitive with ArgM-LOC (-)
A Kentucky Fried Chicken spokesman , however , disputed the notion that the delivery service experienced problems in some markets where testing has been discontinued [*-1] [*T*-2] .
REL:	discontinued
Arg1:	[*-1] -> testing
ArgM-LOC:	[*T*-2] -> where -> some markets