Roleset burnish.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to make smooth, polish":

Roles:

Arg0:burnishing agent


Arg1:entity burnished

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


transitive (-)
Yet his co-defendant in the case -- also a former military officer by the name of Oliver North -- has been busily and profitably burnishing his involvement in the affair .
ArgM-DIS:	Yet
Arg0:	his co-defendant in the case -- also a former military officer by the name of Oliver North --
ArgM-MNR:	busily and profitably
REL:	burnishing
Arg1:	his involvement in the affair