Roleset rationalize.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make sense of, make excuses for":

Roles:

Arg0:rationalizer


Arg1:thing rationalized


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


just transitive (-)
It astounds me he can rationalize his self-righteous and greedy actions in Utah.
Arg0:	he
ArgM-MOD:	can
REL:	rationalize
Arg1:	his self-righteous and greedy actions in Utah

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with instrument (-)
Let's rationalize our priorities by solving pollution problems at the local level as heretofore.
Arg0:	*trace* -> 's
REL:	rationalize
Arg1:	our priorities
Arg2-by:	solving pollution problems at the local level as heretofore