Verb Features:

WordNet:
None
Groupings:
hold.03
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Event Process
Retention State
Believe Activity
Hold Activity

hold

Verb Features:

WordNet:
maintain%2:34:00
Groupings:
maintain.01
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Cause Continue Activity
Continue Activity
Mental Process
Repair Activity

maintain

Verb Features:

WordNet:
sustain%2:34:00
Groupings:
sustain.01
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Cause Continue Activity
Assistance Activity

sustain

Verb Features:

WordNet:
prolong%2:42:00
Groupings:
prolong.01
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Cause Continue Activity

prolong

Verb Features:

WordNet:
protract%2:30:00
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None

protract

Verb Features:

WordNet:
keep_up%2:42:00
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None

keep_up

Verb Features:

WordNet:
continue%2:32:00
Groupings:
continue.02
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Cause Continue Activity
Continue Activity

continue

Verb Features:

WordNet:
carry_on%2:32:00
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None

carry_on

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent [ +animate | +organization ]

Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.

Theme

Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.

Instrument

NP V NP PP.instrument

EXAMPLE:

I maintained a strong government through ruthless domination.
Show Dependency Parse Tree

SYNTAX:

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent VERB

Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.

Theme

Selectional Restrictions:
None

{ through }

Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.

Instrument

SEMANTICS:

Definition:

Arguments:

be( e1 ,

Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.

Theme )

Definition:
A participant engages in an action.
Arguments:
during(E), Agent OR Patient, Predicate OR Result OR Theme

do( e2 ,

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent )

Definition:
An Agent uses a Theme or Instrument
Arguments:
during(E), Agent, Instrument OR Theme, (Predicate)

utilize( e2 ,

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent ,

Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.

Instrument )

Definition:

Arguments:

be( e3 ,

Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.

Theme )

Definition:
An Affector (Agent, Cause, Stimulus, or Precondition) causes an event.
Arguments:
Affector, E

cause( e2 , e3 )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None