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The Davidsonian idea is to give predicates like {{t|nuo}} an implicit slot for the sleeping-event, and for declarative sentences to claim the existence of such events.
The Davidsonian idea is to give predicates like {{t|nuo}} an implicit slot for the sleeping-event, and for declarative sentences to claim the existence of such events.


This gives a nice semantics for [[adverbial|type I adverbial adjuncts]], called '''Predicate Modification''' by Toaqists: {{Example|Nủo jí {{green|nìe kúa}}|<math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{me}) \color{green}\wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math>}}
This gives rise to a nice semantics for [[adverbial|type I adverbial adjuncts]] (which is called '''Predicate Modification''' by Toaqists): {{Example|Nủo jí {{green|nìe kúa}}|<math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{me}) \color{green}\wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math>}}


So, our model of adverbials is that they give us a way to make claims about the implicit event variable ''e''.
So, our model of adverbials is that they give us a way to make claims about the implicit event variable ''e''.
We think of "I sleep in the room" as stating: there is an event ''e'', such that ''e'' is an event of me sleeping, and ''e'' (as a spatio-temporal entity) is inside the room.


== Neo-Davidsonian event semantics ==
== Neo-Davidsonian event semantics ==