Predicate: rationalize

rationalize: Frames file for 'rationalize' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: rationalize.01 , make sense of, make excuses for, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: rationalizer
        Arg1: thing rationalized
        Arg2: instrument

Example: just transitive

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

        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

Example: with instrument

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

        Let's-1 *trace*-1 rationalize our priorities by solving pollution problems at
        the local level as heretofore.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: rationalize
        Arg1: our priorities
        Arg2: by solving pollution problems at the local level as heretofore