Conditioning An Intensive Encoding On A Possessive Decoding

Si	la uva	está hecho de	vino	quizá	nosotros	somos	las palabras [[que cuentan [[lo que somos]] ]]
if	grapes	are made of	wine	maybe	we	are	the words [[that tell [[who we are]] ]]
x b				a
	Token/Identified: possessor	Process: possession	Value/Identifier: possessed		Value/Identified	Process: intensive	Token/Identifier

the	words	[[that tell [[what we are]] ]]
Deictic	Thing	Qualifier

that	tell	[[what we are]]
Sayer	Process: verbal	Verbiage what we are Value Token Process: intensive

Logic Analysis:

P —> Q

P: ingredients contain their (potential) product

Q: sayers are represented by (potential product?) wordings that project the sayers' identity


Footnote:

The author of this quote, Eduardo Hughes Galeano, died of lung cancer on Michael Halliday's 90th birthday, 13 April 2015.

Locating Grunts In Space-Time

In a few seconds	the fat boy's grunts	were	behind him
Location: time: motion: away from	Carrier	Process: relational	Attribute/Location: place

When A Head Is Not A Thing

a	cup	of	coffee
Numerative: quantum			Thing
Premodifier	Head	Postmodifier

a	slice	of	cake
Numerative: portion			Thing
Premodifier	Head	Postmodifier

a	pack	of	cards
Numerative: aggregate			Thing
Premodifier	Head	Postmodifier

a	drink	of	water
Numerative: make-up			Thing
Premodifier	Head	Postmodifier

a	kind	of	owl
Numerative: variety			Thing
Premodifier	Head	Postmodifier

the	bottom	of	the	barrel
Numerative: facet			Deictic	Thing
Premodifier	Head	Postmodifier