Predicate: justify

Roleset id: justify.01 , show to be right, vncls: 37.1.1, framnet: Deserving , Justifying

justify.01: Frames file for 'justify' based on examples from full corpus. VN class message_transfer-37.1.1. FN classes deserving and justifying. Updated 5/11 by Katie.

Roles:

        Arg0: justifier (vnrole: 37.1.1-agent)
        Arg1: decision or attitude being shown to be right (vnrole: 37.1.1-topic)
        Arg2: explicit instrument
        Arg3: secondary predication
        Arg4: benefactive, justified to

Example: simple transitive

        As a country superimposes its cultural and political attitudes on
        others, it-1 searches its heritage in hopes of *trace*-1 justifying its
        aggressiveness.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: justifying
        Arg1: its aggressiveness

Example: instrument and attribute

        Since [the hazards]-1 of poor communication are so great , [*trace*-1]-2 can be
        justified *trace*-2 as a habitable site only on the basis of unusual
        productivity such as is made available by a waterfall for milling
        purposes, a mine, or a sugar maple camp.

        Argm-cau: Since the hazards of poor communication are so great
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: justified
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Arg3: as a habitable site
        Arg2: only on the basis of unusual productivity such as is made available by a waterfall for milling purposes , a mine , or a sugar maple camp

Example: with benefactive

        I-1 'd have a hard time *trace*-1 justifying to my students that it
        wasn't cheating.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: justifying
        Arg4: to my students
        Arg1: that it wasn't cheating.