Attributive Clauses With Verbal Assignment

It	was designated	an Historic-Artistic site	in 1971
Carrier	Process: attributive	Attribute	Location

Its historic centre	has been designated	a World Heritage Site	by UNESCO
Carrier	Process: attributive	Attribute	Attributor

Material Not Behavioural, Extent Not Scope

he	ran	three miles
Actor	Process: material	Extent

Fact In (Targeted) Verbal And Mental Clauses

They	criticised	(the fact) that she had come
Sayer	Process: verbal	Target

I	regretted	(the fact) that she had come
Senser	Process: mental	Phenomenon

Verbal Projection

The blood on the carpet	tells	us	that	there	has been	an accident
α			“ β
Sayer	Process: verbal	Receiver			Process: existential	Existent

Angle Vs Matter

this family	had	a particular fascination	for Charles Darwin
Carrier	Process	Attribute	Angle: viewpoint

this family	particularly	fascinated	Charles Darwin
Phenomenon	Manner: degree	Process	Senser

Vs

this family	had	a particular fascination	for Charles Darwin
Carrier	Process	Attribute	Matter

Charles Darwin	particularly	fascinated	this family
Phenomenon	Manner: degree	Process	Senser

Attributor Realised As Angle: viewpoint

Canterbury	has been	a key location	for the Church of England	for nearly five centuries
Carrier	Process	Attribute	Angle: viewpoint	Extent

Angle: viewpoint is related to the Senser of a mental clause, with the sense of ‘as … thinks’ (Halliday & Matthiessen 2004: 276), but also occurs in relational clauses that are agnate with mental ones (Halliday & Matthiessen 2004: 277).  In the sample clause above, the Angle: viewpoint is related to the Attributor of a relational clause, as the agnate clause below makes explicit:

the Church of England	has viewed	Canterbury	as a key location	for nearly five centuries
Attributor	Process	Carrier	Attribute	Extent

Marked Theme Fronted Beyond Dependent Clause

Facing you	<<as you leave 10 and 11>>	are	the figures of giant man-headed bulls, 6, from an 8th-century BC Assyrian palace
Theme		Rheme
Location		Process	Existent