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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]] | 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 == | ||