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Update Toaq examples to Delta

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	When we use human language, we're not just stating abstract mathematical truths. More often, we're describing events that exist in the world around us.		When we use human language, we're not just stating abstract mathematical truths. More often, we're describing events that exist in the world around us.

	Toaq follows '''Davidsonian event semantics'''<ref>Donald Davidson (1967) — ''The logical form of action sentences.''</ref>: we model a claim like {{t\|~~Nủo~~ jí}} as meaning <math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{me})</math> (in world ''w'', there is an event ''e'' in which I sleep).		Toaq follows '''Davidsonian event semantics'''<ref>Donald Davidson (1967) — ''The logical form of action sentences.''</ref>: we model a claim like {{t\|Nuo jí}} as meaning <math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{me})</math> (in world ''w'', there is an event ''e'' in which I sleep).

	== Davidsonian event semantics ==		== Davidsonian event semantics ==
	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 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>}}		This gives rise to a nice semantics for [[adverbial\|type I adverbial adjuncts]] (which is called '''Predicate Modification''' by Toaqists): {{Example\|Nuo jí {{green\|nîe 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''.
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	The "neo-" idea is due to Parsons (1990)<ref>Terence Parsons (1990) — ''Events in the Semantics of English: A Study in Subatomic Semantics.''</ref>: we further break up predicate statement claims into claims about [[thematic role]] participation.		The "neo-" idea is due to Parsons (1990)<ref>Terence Parsons (1990) — ''Events in the Semantics of English: A Study in Subatomic Semantics.''</ref>: we further break up predicate statement claims into claims about [[thematic role]] participation.

	{{Example\|~~Nỏaq~~ jí kúe ~~nìe~~ kúa\|Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e, \textsf{me}, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math><br>Neo-Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e) \wedge \textbf{Actor}(e, \textsf{me}) \wedge \textbf{Theme}(e, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textbf{Location}(e, \textsf{room})</math>}}		{{Example\|Noaq jí kúe nîe kúa\|Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e, \textsf{me}, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math><br>Neo-Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e) \wedge \textbf{Actor}(e, \textsf{me}) \wedge \textbf{Theme}(e, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textbf{Location}(e, \textsf{room})</math>}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/courses/incsem-12/neodavidsonian.pdf Neo-Davidsonian semantics: A systematic exploration of the ways Brutus can do violence to Caesar], some slides that nicely introduce event semantics.		* [https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/courses/incsem-12/neodavidsonian.pdf Neo-Davidsonian semantics: A systematic exploration of the ways Brutus can do violence to Caesar], some slides that nicely introduce event semantics.

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Davidsonian event semantics

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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 ==

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	{{Example\|Nỏaq jí kúe nìe kúa\|Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e, \textsf{me}, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math><br>Neo-Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e) \wedge \textbf{Actor}(e, \textsf{me}) \wedge \textbf{Theme}(e, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textbf{Location}(e, \textsf{room})</math>}}		{{Example\|Nỏaq jí kúe nìe kúa\|Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e, \textsf{me}, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math><br>Neo-Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e) \wedge \textbf{Actor}(e, \textsf{me}) \wedge \textbf{Theme}(e, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textbf{Location}(e, \textsf{room})</math>}}

			== See also ==
			* [https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/courses/incsem-12/neodavidsonian.pdf Neo-Davidsonian semantics: A systematic exploration of the ways Brutus can do violence to Caesar], some slides that nicely introduce event semantics.

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	== Davidsonian event semantics ==		== Davidsonian event semantics ==
	The Davidsonian idea is to give predicates like {{t\|nuo}} an implicit slot for the sleeping-event.		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 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>}}

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An '''event''' is something that happens at a certain time and place, in a certain possible world.

When we use human language, we're not just stating abstract mathematical truths. More often, we're describing events that exist in the world around us.

Toaq follows '''Davidsonian event semantics'''<ref>Donald Davidson (1967) — ''The logical form of action sentences.''</ref>: we model a claim like {{t|Nủo jí}} as meaning <math>\exists e: \textsf{sleep}_w(e, \textsf{me})</math> (in world ''w'', there is an event ''e'' in which I sleep).

== Davidsonian event semantics ==
The Davidsonian idea is to give predicates like {{t|nuo}} an implicit slot for the sleeping-event.

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>}}

So, our model of adverbials is that they give us a way to make claims about the implicit event variable ''e''.

== Neo-Davidsonian event semantics ==
The "neo-" idea is due to Parsons (1990)<ref>Terence Parsons (1990) — ''Events in the Semantics of English: A Study in Subatomic Semantics.''</ref>: we further break up predicate statement claims into claims about [[thematic role]] participation.

{{Example|Nỏaq jí kúe nìe kúa|Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e, \textsf{me}, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textsf{inside}_w(e, \textsf{room})</math><br>Neo-Davidsonian: <math>\exists e: \textsf{read}_w(e) \wedge \textbf{Actor}(e, \textsf{me}) \wedge \textbf{Theme}(e, \textsf{book}) \wedge \textbf{Location}(e, \textsf{room})</math>}}