Monday 16 November 2015

Participant Vs Complement

it
‘s
been read
by everyone
Phenomenon
Process: mental
Senser
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Adjunct
Mood
Residue


Ivy
handed
the vase 
to Peter
Actor
Process: material
Goal
Recipient
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Complement
Adjunct
Mood
Residue

Peter
was
handed
the vase 
by Ivy
Recipient
Process: material
Goal
Actor
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Complement
Adjunct
Mood
Residue


by
everyone
minor Predicator
Complement

to
Peter
minor Predicator
Complement

by
Ivy
minor Predicator
Complement

See How To Distinguish Complement And Adjunct here.

Saturday 15 August 2015

Logical Nesting

They decide to walk back into the lake and relax as it is such a hot day

a (a ‘ b (1 + 2)) x b


They decide
to walk back into the lake
and relax
as it is such a hot day
a
x b
a
‘ b


1
+ 2

Monday 29 June 2015

Conditioning An Intensive Encoding On A Possessive Decoding


Si
la uva
está hecho de
vino
quizá
nosotros
somos
las palabras [[que cuentan [[lo que somos]] ]]
if
grapes
are made of
wine
maybe
we
are
the words [[that tell [[who we are]] ]]
x b
a

Token/Identified: possessor
Process: possession
Value/Identifier: possessed

Value/Identified
Process: intensive
Token/Identifier


the
words
[[that tell [[what we are]] ]]
Deictic
Thing
Qualifier

that
tell
[[what we are]]
Sayer
Process: verbal
Verbiage
what
we
are
Value
Token
Process: intensive


Logic Analysis:

P —> Q

P: ingredients contain their (potential) product
Q: sayers are represented by (potential product?) wordings that project the sayers' identity


Footnote:
The author of this quote, Eduardo Hughes Galeano, died of lung cancer on Michael Halliday's 90th birthday, 13 April 2015.