Tuesday 10 July 2012

Mick O'Donnell Mistaking A Dependent Clause For A Circumstance

Michael O'Donnell wrote on sysfling on 3/7/12:
"we have been raised to love and care" 
Actor: -
Process: material (have been raised)
Goal: We
Circumstance: "to love and care" (which is maybe Result, as Reason/Purpose don't fit).




Blogger Comments:

To be clear, O'Donnell's analysis here is:


However, systemically, the instance is agnate to 


The systemic difference here is just the finiteness of the dependent clause.

On this basis, the instance can be analysed as