Abstract
A model of semantic Merge based on the well-known X-bar theory of formal grammar is proposed. The model represents the phrase as a result of recursive mental procedure over mental representations of Entities. This is tied to facts from brain research and to propositions from language evolution and child speech development. The resulting tree is that of Fibonacci. When rules borrowed from linguistics are applied to this model and it is described by a formal recursive procedure, it turns out that no more than three Еntities can participate in the mental creation of the argument structure. This begs the question of the valence of verbs, assuming that their image received linguistic expression after it happened to the Entities.
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