The unmarked Mood tag of the second clause is would they?
See Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 574): 'risk doing', 'venture to do'.
See Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 574): 'risk doing', 'venture to do'.
It is the secondary group, or last secondary group if there is more than one, that realises the process type of the clause…
The extending complex is a two-part process, in which the Subject fills a dual participant role: Behaver (in the conative component) plus Actor, or some other role, in the happening itself.
It is the secondary group, or last secondary group if there is more than one, that realises the process type of the clause, e.g. [material:] she seemed to mend it, [behavioural:] she seemed to laugh, [mental:] she seemed to like him, [verbal:] she seemed to tell us, [relational:] she seemed to be nice.
He
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limited ('caused')
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himself
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to say
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only
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the necessary
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Prompter*
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Process:
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Sayer
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verbal
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Verbiage
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α
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x
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