State_continue : exist-47.1












[22 : Somebody ----s PP ]
[4 : Something is ----ing PP ]
[1 : Something ----s ]
[2 : Somebody ----s ]



NP (Entity) V () PP[with] (Depictive) PP[in] (State)
NP (Entity) V () PP[for] (Duration) PP[in] (State)
NP (Entity) V () PP[to] (Duration) AJP (State)
NP (Entity) V () Sub (Duration) AJP (State)
NP (Entity) V () DNI (State) AVP (Time)
NP (Entity) V () AVP (Place) DNI (State)
NP (Entity) V () PP[in] (Place) PP[in] (State) PP[at] (Time)
Swhether (Entity) V () AJP (State)
NP (Entity) V () AJP (State) PP[for] (Time)
NP (Entity) V () AJP (State) Sub (Time)
NP (Entity) V () AVP (State) PP[until] (Time)
NP (Entity) V () NP (State) NP (Time)
NP (Entity) V () NP (State) PP[until] (Time)
NP (Entity) V () PP[in] (State) PP[after] (Time)
NP (Entity) V () PP[on] (State) PP[on] (Time) Sub (Time)
NP (Entity) V () PP[from] (Place) AJP (State)
NP (Entity) V () PP[until] (Duration) AVP (Place)
NP (Theme) V () PP[PREP] (Manner)
NP (Theme) V () PP[PREP] (Circumstance)
NP (Theme) V () PP.location[PREP] (Location)
NP (Theme) V () NP (Circumstance)
NP (Theme) V () NP (Entity) V ()
NP (Entity) V () DNI (State)


Examples from WordNet


I had to stay at home and watch the children



Examples from VerbNet


Herbicides persist in the soil.
We lived on $10 a day.
I endured the routine heavy traffic.
Elvis lives.
I lived through the horrible weekend.



Examples from SemCor


Everybody left and I stayed in the pool, then Lou came_back alone and leaped into the pool too.
`` I thought I told you to stay home''.
In a similar vein, but writing from the opposite side, Thomas_Taylor, a private in the 6_th Alabama_Volunteers, in a letter to his wife, stated:`` You know that my heart is with you but I never could have been satisfied to have staid at home when my country is invaded by a thievin foe By a set of cowardly Skunks whose Motto is Booty.
Joyce went_on,`` When we 'd finished, Lou- Mr._Thor- asked me to stay a_little longer.
Each Friday one manager is chosen by lot to stay late and load the equipment on a truck.
This somewhat cynical comment may be_found in`` Blue Skies, Brown_Studies'', a collection of travel essays by William_Sansom, who would never consider staying home for long.