(5) Past[[give(John)(the book)(to the libr.)](in the library)] […] terms which provide further information, such as (in the library) in (5), are called “satellites”.
- Dik (1989), a pag.47

“Satellites” are not […] required by the predicate; they give optional further information pertaining to additional features of the SoA [state of affairs] (Level 1), the location of the SoA (Level 2), the speaker’s attitude towards or evaluation of the propositional content (Level 3), or the character of the speech act (Level 4).
- Dik (1989), a pag.72

• Satellites are always optional additions to the SoA [state of affairs]. When the satellite is not specified, we do not feel that something is missing which should be reconstructed on the basis of context and situation.
- Dik (1989), a pag.193