Frames file for 'buff' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset buff.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to polish or soften":
Roles:
Arg0:polisher, agent
Arg1:entity buffed
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: participle
Nevertheless , the company said [0] shipments were up slightly to 679,000 metric tons from 671,000 , [*] buffing the impact of the unexpected earning decline .