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According to the rules of accent, a "flat" verb (平板式) keeps flat in its
て-form, and a non-"flat" (起伏式) verb is accented in the antepenultimate
position in the て-form:

> ア↑ビル（浴びる）→ ア↑ビテ  
>  タ↑ベ↓ル（食べる）→ タ↓ベテ

According to my books[*], ている-form keeps the accent location, so

> ア↑ビテイル、タ↓ベテイル

The suffix -ます is accented as マ↓ス no matter the main verb is flat or non-flat,
its naturally to deduce:

> ア↑ビテイマ↓ス

but "タ↓ベテイル" is not a regular accent for simple verb[**], so I am not sure:  

> タ↑ベテイマ↓ス ( _treated like a simple verb_ )  
>  タ↓ベテ・イ↑マ↓ス ( _treated separately_ )  
>  タ↓ベテイマス ( _with the accent of -ます neglected_ )

Which is(/are) correct?

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[*] 三省堂 明解日本語アクセント辞典, and NHK 日本語発音アクセント辞典; neither talks about the case of
"て+auxilary verb"; [**] Regularly verbs are either "flat" or accented
penultimately.
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Accent pattern of ています
It is タ↓ベテ・イ↑マ↓ス theoretically. ([The same
question](https://oshiete.goo.ne.jp/qa/7478419.html) on goo)

But similar to the following question, the rise before マ is not full, so it is
felt more like タ↓ベテ・イマ↓ス

  * [Do Negative Downstepped i-adj's have accents on な?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/96247/45489)
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