<def-root>An <fen>Agent</fen> or <fen>Cause</fen> causes a <fen>Process</fen> or <fen>State</fen> to continue.
<ex> <fex name="agt">The goaltenders</fex> <t>kept</t> <fex name="pro">the game</fex> going <fex name="mns">with terrific saves</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The individual who causes the <fen>Process</fen> to continue or the <fen>State</fen> to be maintained.
<ex><fex name="agt">Smithers</fex> <t>kept</t> the food warm</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A <fen>Process</fen> that is maintained by the <fen>Agent</fen> or <fen>Cause</fen>.
<ex>The soot in the air <t>kept</t> <fex name="pro">it</fex> <fex name="pro">raining</fex> for weeks</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>State</fen> that is maintained by the <fen>Agent</fen> or <fen>Cause</fen>.
<ex>We need to <t>keep</t> <fex name="sta">China</fex> <fex name="sta">British</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The length of time for which the <fen>Agent</fen> maintain the <fen>State</fen> or <fen>Process</fen>.
<ex> I responded quickly to the relaxed, calm atmosphere and found answers to questions that had <t>kept</t> me on edge <fex name="dur">for years</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The event by which an <fen>Agent</fen> or <fen>Cause</fen> maintains the <fen>State</fen> or <fen>Process</fen>.
<ex>The car did not break down, though it <t>kept</t> me on edge <fex name="mns">by making a funny noise all the way</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>An event that causes the <fen>Process</fen> or <fen>State</fen> to be maintained.
<ex><fex name="cau">The storm</fex> <t>kept</t> us in all the next day.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An action that the <fen>Agent</fen> intends to accomplish by maintaining the <fen>State</fen> or <fen>Process</fen>.
<ex>On my Toshiba I had shrunk the Windows partition and <t>kept</t> it there <fex name="pur">for use via the dual boot</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An entity directed by the <fen>Agent</fen> that maintain the <fen>State</fen> or <fen>Process</fen>.
<ex>The third time I <t>kept</t> the engine going <fex name="ins">with the accelerator pedal</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>The time at which the <fen>Process</fen> continues.</def-root>
<def-root>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 <fen>Agent</fen> that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). </def-root>
<def-root>The location at which the <fen>Process</fen> continues.</def-root>
Transitive_action
Process_continue
State_continue
FN: cause to continue in a specificied state or process