Roleset sustain.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "continue":

Roles:

Arg0:Intentional agent (often inanimate, though)


Arg1:thing continuing

Examples:

keep on truckin' (-)
He predicted that the most popular growth companies will be those with ``some kind of unique product or franchise'' that makes them appear able *trace* to sustain their momentum.
Arg0:	*trace* -> them
REL:	sustain
Arg1:	their momentum

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


non agentive sustainer (-)
Treasury officials have been arguing for months that the dollar's strength was out of whack with economic fundamentals, threatening to extinguish the export boom that [*T*-1] has sustained manufacturers for several years.
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> that -> the export boom
REL:	sustained
Arg1:	manufacturers
Argm-TMP:	for several years

Roleset sustain.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "suffer (a loss)":

Roles:

Arg0:entity suffering a loss


Arg1:the loss

Examples:

oh, the tragedy (-)
Richard Rifenburgh, chairman and chief executive of the Longmont, Colo., disk-drive maker, also said the company continued losing money in the third quarter and expects *trace* to sustain further losses through the end of the year.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the company
REL:	sustain
Arg1:	further losses
ArgM-TMP:	through the end of the year