
&gt; That entity e has exactly the same number of links to the
&gt; other entities in the sentence as the verb give.  

MW: Precisely.
&gt;  
&gt; &gt;&gt; Notice that you have *not* performed a reduction of a triad
&gt; &gt;&gt; (or tetrad in this case) to a conjunction of dyads because
&gt; &gt;&gt; your new argument e links "giving" to every one of the other
&gt; &gt;&gt; arguments.  All the triadicity (or tetradicity) is still buried
&gt; &gt;&gt; in the monad named "giving".
&gt; 
&gt; &gt;MW: Well if