| An Agent causes a Process or State to continue. | |
| The goaltenders KEPT the game going with terrific saves. | |
| Agent [agt] Semantic Type Sentient | The individual who causes the Process to continue or the State to be maintained. | |
| Smithers KEPT the food warm | ||
| Cause [cau] | An event that causes the Process or State to be maintained. | |
| The storm KEPT us in all the next day. | ||
| Process [pro] | A Process that is maintained by the Agent. | |
| The soot in the air KEPT it raining for weeks | ||
| State [sta] | The State that the Agent maintains. | |
| We need to KEEP China British. | ||
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| Duration [dur] Semantic Type Duration | The length of time for which the Agent maintain the State or Process. | |
| I responded quickly to the relaxed, calm atmosphere and found answers to questions that had KEPT me on edge for years. | ||
| Instrument [ins] Semantic Type Physical_entity | An entity directed by the Agent that maintain the State or Process. | |
| The third time I KEPT the engine going with the accelerator pedal | ||
| Manner [man] Semantic Type Manner | Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of an Agent that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). | |
| Means [mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The event by which an Agent or Cause maintains the State or Process. | |
| The car did not break down, though it KEPT me on edge by making a funny noise all the way | ||
| Place [pla] Semantic Type Locative_relation | The location at which the Process continues. | |
| Purpose [pur] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | An action that the Agent intends to accomplish by maintaining the State or Process. | |
| On my Toshiba I had shrunk the Windows partition and KEPT it there for use via the dual boot. | ||
| Time [tim] Semantic Type Time | The time at which the Process continues. | |
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Created by josef on Tue Mar 30 16:55:00 CEST 2004