SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR

NIRWAN
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Identify the themes in text 1 and text 2 Text 1: entry

a. The numbat is an unmistakable slender marsupial with a pointed muzzle and short erect ears. The body is reddish brown but the rump is much darker and has about six white bars across it. The eye has a black stipe though it and the long bushy tail is yellowish The toes are strongly clawed and very effective in digging out termites. The tongue is extremely long, as in all mammalian ant or termite eaters. Unlike most marsupials, the numbat is active during the day. It shelters in hollow logs. It was once relatively common but now lives only in a small area of S.W. South Australia.

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2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

but and and or

9. 10. 11. 12.

but

is an unmistakable slender marsupial with a pointed muzzle and short erect ears. The body is reddish brown has about the rump Is much darker has about six white bars across it The eye has a black stipe though it the long bushy is yellowish tail The toes are strongly clawed and very effective in digging out termites The tongue is extremely long, as in all mammalian ant or termite eaters Unlike most the numbat is active during the marsupials, day It shelters in hollow logs. It was once relatively common now lives only in a small area of S.W. South Australia.

Theme Topical Marked Unmarked The numbat

Rheme

From the text above` I found that the text use 16 theme and 12 Rheme. Textual theme consist of 5, 3 marked topical theme and 9 unmarked topical theme. Text above more use theme particularly unmarked topical theme, it can be seen from 12 clause consists of 9 unmarked topical theme.

Text 2 : explanation
After flash floods, desert streams from upland areas carry heavy loads of silt, sand and rock fragments. As they reach the flatter area of desert basins they slow down and their waters may soak quickly into the basin floor. Then the streams drop their loads; first they drop the heaviest material the stones, then the silt. These short lived streams become choked by their own deposits and they spread their load in all directions. After some time, fan or con-shaped deposits of gravel, sand silt and clay are formed around each valley of canyon outlet. These are called alluvial fans.

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Textual

Theme Topical Marked Unmarked After flash floods

Rheme

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

As

and Then first then

and, or After time

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desert streams from upland areas carry heavy loads of silt, sand and rock fragments they reach the flatter area of desert basins they slow down their waters may soak quickly into the basin floor. the streams drop their loads; they drop the heaviest material the stones the silt. These short become choked by their own lived streams deposits they spread their load in all directions. some fan or con-shaped deposits of gravel, sand silt and clay are formed around each valley of canyon outlet. These are called alluvial fans.

From the text above` I found that this text use 16 theme and 11 rheme. Textual theme consist of 6, two marked topical theme and 8 unmarked topical theme. Text above more use theme particularly unmarked topical theme as same with first text above, it can be seen from 11 clause consists of 8 unmarked topical theme. From both text above, there were quite different from topical theme text one use subject in the firts clause then followed by rheme but in text 2 sometimes started from textual theme and topical theme particularly marked theme.

TEXT 1: EXTRACT FROM THE EXPOSE

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Looking at the mood presented above it can be said that the vast majority represents unmarked themes of Moods text 2. The declarative mood being dominant in text 2, while text 1 majority represent marked theme of moods. Transitivity Analysis Text 1: Entry
1. The numbat is an unmistakable slender marsupial with a pointed muzzle and short erect ears. 2 The body is reddish brown 3. but the rump is much darker 4 and has about six white bars across it. 5 The eye has a black stipe though it 6 and the long bushy tail is yellowish 7 The toes are strongly clawed and very effective in digging out termites. 8 The tongue is extremely long, as in all mammalian ant or termite eaters. 9 Unlike most marsupials, the numbat is active during the day. 10 It shelters in hollow logs. 11 It was once relatively common 12 but now lives only in a small area of S.W. South Australia.

1. The Numbat is an unmistakeable marsupial with a pointed muzzle and shorted erect ears

Carrier Process RELATIONAL PROCESS 2.

Atribute

The body is reddish brown carrier process atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS

3.

The rump is much darker Carrier Process atributive atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS and has about six white bars across it CIRCUMSTANTIATION

4.

5.

The eye has a black stripe through it Carrier process atributive atribute circumstantiation location RELATIONAL PROCESS And the long bushy tail is yellowish Carrier Process atributive atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS
The toes Carrier are strongly clawed and very effective atribute extremely long, atribute in digging out terminate

6.

7.

circumstantiation location RELATIONAL PROCESS

as in all mammalian ant or termite eaters.

8.

The tongue is Carrier P

circumstantiation

RELATIONAL PROCESS
9.

unlike most marsupials the numbat is active circumstantiation manner carrier process atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS
It shelters in hollow logs

during the day.

C time

10.

Behaver

behavioral circumstantiation Place BEHAVIORAL PROCESS

11.

It Carrier

12.

was once relatively commo process atributive atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS but now lives only in a small area of S.W. South Australia Circt time P behavioral circumstantiation Place BEHAVIORAL PROCESS

Text 2. Explanation
After flash floods, desert streams from upland areas carry heavy loads of silt, sand and rock fragments. As they reach the flatter area of desert basins they slow down and their waters may soak quickly into the basin floor. Then the streams drop their loads; first they drop the heaviest material the stones, then the silt. These short lived streams become choked by their own deposits and they spread their load in all directions. After some time, fan or con-shaped deposits of gravel, sand silt and clay are formed around each valley of canyon outlet. These are called alluvial fans.

1. After flash flood, desert streams from upland areas carry heavy Circum time actor P. Material circumstantiation place MATERIAL PROCESS 2. They Actor reach the Flatter Process Participant MATERIAL PROCESS Slow down Process: material
may soak quickly into the basin floor.

area of dessert Circumtances place

3. They Actor

4. and their waters Carrier

P atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS

circum place

5. These short lived streams become choked by their own deposit Carrier Process atribute participant RELATIONAL PROCESS 9. They spread their load in all directions Actor Process Goal Circumstance manner MATERIAL PROCESS
10. After sometimes

CIRCUMSTANCE TIME
11. These are called Carrier Process atributive alluvial fans Attribute

RELATIONAL PROCESS

12. Silt and clay Carrier

are formed Process

around each valley or canyon outlet Circumstance: Place

RELATIONAL PROCESS Text 4 identify the process in the following text and label according to type There are Carrier many species of whales. atribute identifying process RELATIONAL PROCESS

They are Carrier

conveniently divided into toothed and baleen categories. Atribute circumstantiation : Manner RELATIONAL PROCESS

The toothed whales Carrier

are found world wide Proces atributive atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS

in great numbers. circums location

The largest is the sperm whale, Carrier Process participant RELATIONAL PROCESS Which Participant grows to about Process atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS the size of boxcar. Participant

Other species Actor

familiar to canadians are the beluga or white whale, Process participant circumstantiation : Manner MATERIAL PROCESS with circumstantiation : Manner MATERIAL PROCESS is commonly stranded Process atribute RELATIONAL PROCESS its unicorn like tusk, Goal

the narwhal actor

Which Participant

on beaches, circumstantiation : place

the spotted and spinner Dolphins that create a problem for tuna seiners, actor process circumstantiation :extent MATERIAL PROCESS the porpoises which we commonly see along our shores
carrier participant carrier RELATIONAL PROCESS atribute

If we compare this text 4 and text 1, in text one from 12 clause I found more Relational process which consist of 9 clause and 2 clauses of behavioral process while this text 4 which consists of 12 clauses I found 7 clauses relational process and 3 clauses material process