Table 2 Lexicogrammatical and intonation analysis of the second part of the talk between Ben and Monroe (Clauses 5–19)
From: The semiotic sense of context vs the material sense of context
5 My mum’s boyfriend | took over | the kitchen | |||
Actor | Proc: Material | Goal | |||
Subject | Finite/Pred | Complement | |||
Theme (topical) | Rheme | ||||
//1 ʌ my /mum’s /boyfriend // 1 ʌ took /over the /kitchen// | |||||
6 and | I | walked out | in protest | ||
Actor | Proc: Material | Circ: Manner | |||
Subject | Finite/Pred | Adjunct | |||
Theme (textual) | Theme (topical) | Rheme | |||
Theme | |||||
//1ʌ and I /walked /out in // 1 protest// | |||||
7 Well | I | could | have told | you | that was gonna [going to] happen |
Sayer | Proc: Verbal | Receiver | Verbiage | ||
Subject | Finite (modal) | Predicator | Complement | ||
Theme (textual) | Theme (topical) | Rheme | |||
Theme | |||||
//53 ʌ well I /could have /told you /that was /gonna /happen// | |||||
8 [that] | that | was | gonna [going to] happen | ||
Actor | Proc: Material | ||||
Subject | Finite | Predicator | |||
Theme (topical) | Rheme | ||||
9 [it] | always | does | |||
Proc: Actor | Proc: Material | ||||
Subject | Mood Adjunct: usuality | Finite | |||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//5 always /does// | |||||
10 first thing they do | is | take over the bathroom and the kitchen | |||
Token | Proc: Relational | Value | |||
Subject | Finite | Complement | |||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
// 1 first thing they /do is /take over the //1 bathroom and the /kitchen// | |||||
11 then | [they | take over] | the sofa and the tv | ||
Circum: temporal | [Actor] | [Proc: Material] | Goal | ||
Adjunct | [Subject] | [Finite] | Complement | ||
Theme (topical) | Rheme | ||||
//1+ ʌ then the /sofa and the /teevee// | |||||
12 my advice to you | is | to get rid of this guy | immediately | ||
Token | Proc: Relational | Value | Cir: temporal | ||
Subject | Finite | Complement | Adjunct | ||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//1my ad/vice to /you is to /get /rid of this /guy// 1 ʌ im/mediately// | |||||
13 it | ‘s | gonna be | pretty hard | ||
Carrier | Proc: Relational | Attribute | |||
Subject | Finite | Predicator | Complement | ||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//1 ʌ it’s /gonna be /pretty /hard// | |||||
14 My mum | ‘s | trapped | in this huge love bubble | ||
Carrier | Proc: Relational (Attributive) | Cir: location | |||
Subject | Finite | Predicator | Adjunct | ||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//5 ʌ my /mum’s /trapped in this /huge /love /bubble// | |||||
15 She | ‘s not | thinking | clearly | ||
Senser | Proc: Mental | Cir: Manner | |||
Subject | Finite | Predicator | Adjunct | ||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//1 ʌ she’s /not /thinking /clearly// | |||||
16 I | ‘m | telling | you | man | |
Sayer | Proc: verbal | Receiver | |||
Subject | Finite | Predicator | Complement | Vocative | |
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//13 ʌ I’m /telling you /man// | |||||
17 whatever | you | do | |||
Goal | Actor | Proc: Material | |||
Complement | Subject | Finite | |||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//3 ʌ what/ever you /do// | |||||
18 you | ‘d better | do | it | soon | |
Actor | Proc: Material | Goal | Cir: temporal | ||
Subject | Finite(modal) | Predicator | Complement | Adjunct | |
Theme | Rheme | ||||
// 1 ʌ you’d /better /do it /soon// | |||||
19 ‘cos [because] | it | ‘s | my own personal experience | that the longer a mum lives with a guy the harder it is to get rid of them | |
Value | Proc: Relat | Token | Value cont… | ||
Subject | Finite | Complement | Subject cont… | ||
Theme (textual) | Theme (topical) | ||||
Theme | Rheme | ||||
//3 cos it’s my /own /personal ex/perience // 3 ʌ that the /longer a /mum /lives with a /guy // 5 ʌ the /harder it /is to get /rid of them// | |||||