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

Transitive Clause Vs Intransitive Clause With The Feature 'Cause' Added

(a) Sample transitive clause (effective):

the police	hit	the detainee
Actor	Process	Goal
Agent		Medium

the bomb	destroyed	the police station
Actor	Process	Goal
Agent		Medium

(b) Sample intransitive clause (middle):

the bomb	exploded
Actor	Process
Medium

… with the feature ‘cause’ added (effective):

the police	exploded	the bomb
Initiator	Process	Actor
Agent		Medium

cf

the police	made	the bomb	explode
Initiator	Pro-	Actor	-cess
Agent		Medium

See Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 287, 299-300, 509-10).  Initiated material clauses are effective + intransitive (op cit: 302) — though analytic causatives can also be effective + transitive.