Predicate: buffet

buffet: Frames file for 'buffet' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry pelt-17.2, no other framed members.

Roleset id: buffet.01 , pelt, throw lots of things at someone, vncls: 17.2, framnet:

buffet.01: I actually doubt any agent will ever appear.

Roles:

        Arg0: thrower (vnrole: 17.2-Agent)
        Arg1: victim (vnrole: 17.2-Destination)
        Arg2: things thrown (vnrole: 17.2-Theme)

Example: always passive with instrument?

        [The government]-1, already buffeted *trace*-1 by high interest rates
        and a slowing economy, has been badly hurt by last week's shake-up
        in Mrs. Thatcher's cabinet.

        ArgM-TMP: already
        Rel: buffeted
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: by high interest rates and a slowing economy