This document discusses key concepts in semantics including predicators, predicates, and degree of predicates. [1] A predicator is the single word or part of a word in the remainder of a sentence that carries the most specific meaning. Examples of predicators include "beautiful", "curly", and "meet". [2] A predicate is any word that can function as a predicator. Predicates can have different degrees depending on the number of arguments they take, such as one place, two place, or three place predicates. [3] The degree of a predicate indicates the number of arguments it is normally understood to have in a simple sentence.

1. Semantics
Predicator, Predicates, and Degree of
Predicates

2. • A sentence sometimes contains one or more
referring expressions plus other words that
do not form part of any of the referring
expression. It is the remainder.
• Ex. I am happy
“I” is referring expression
“Am happy” is the remainder
• She have made an appointment
“She” and an appointment is the referring
expression
“have made” is the remainder

3. Predicator
From the reminder, we can find the single word or
part of a word which carries the specific information
The predicator of a simple declarative
sentence is the word (sometimes a group of
words)which does not belong to any of the
referring expressions and which of the
remainder, makes the most specific
contribution to the meaning of the sentence

4. Example:
a. You are beautiful
Remainder: are beautiful
“Beautiful” is predicator
b. Your hair is curly
Remainder: is curly
“curly” is the predicator
c. He is meeting the girl
Remainder: is meeting
“meet” is the predicator

5. Predicators can be:
All of part of speech
except :
- Conjunction
- Articles
- To be
Ex. Romeo loved Juliet
Loved is the remainders
Love is predicators

6. • The semantic analysis of simple declarative
sentences reveals two major semantic roles:
a. Predicators
b. Arguments, played by the referring expression
e.g: 1. Dina is an engineer
Predicator: engineer
Argument: Dina
2. Fany gives him the book
Predicator: give
Argument: Fany, him, the book

7. Predicate
Is any word (or sequence of words) which (in a
given single sentence) can function as the
predicator of a sentence.
Ex. A tall, beautiful woman entered the class
Tall, beautiful, woman, and class are predicates

8. predicator vs predicates
• Predicates can be predicator in other
sentence.
Ex. From the previous example
A tall, beautiful woman entered the class.
she is tall
She is beautiful
She is a woman
The building in the corner is a class

9. Degree of predicate
Is a number indicating the number of arguments it is
normally understood to have in simple sentences.
Ex.
This movie is amazing
Amazing is a predicate of degree one (one place predicate)
Shinta brings an apple
Bring is a predicate of degree two (two place predicate)
The teacher gives me a card
Give is a predicate of degree three (three place predicate)