(1) nuclear predication = pred (arg)n The “nuclear predication” consists of the predicate and its argument terms, as defined in the (basic or derived) predicate frame.
- Dik (1989), a pag.247

(19) a. The hen laid an egg b. layv(d1xi:henN(xi)Φ)Ag(i1xj:eggN(xj) Φ)Go […]. A predication such as (19b), which results from the insertion of term structures into the argument slots of some predicate frame, will be called a “nuclear predication”.
- Dik (1989), a pag.56

[…] the nuclear predication consists of the predicate, together with the (n) arguments associated with the predicate […].
- Dik (1989), a pag.67

Nuclear predications consist of terms which designate entities in some world, and of predicates, which designate properties of, or relations between such entities. The nuclear predication as a whole designates a set of “states of affairs” (SoAs), each member of the set being defined by the particular property or relation designated by the predicate.
- Dik (1989), a pag.89