Predications,Arguments and Predicates Predication(述谓)： For the following three sentences: The children ate their dinner. Did the children eat their dinner? Eat your dinner,children! Leaving aside differences of tense and pronouns, these sentences share a common content Children eat dinner'and this kind of structure is considered under the name of 'predication'.Predications, Arguments and Predicates • Predication (述谓): For the following three sentences: The children ate their dinner. Did the children eat their dinner? Eat your dinner, children! Leaving aside differences of tense and pronouns, these sentences share a common content ‘Children eat dinner’ and this kind of structure is considered under the name of ‘predication’