(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.
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