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ANALYSIS OF TEXT

The room was large and furniture was placed in the middle. As I was walking into another room, where she was lying, I saw a host of flowers by the window. The flowers reminded me of the park where we usually sat. Once we went there. She kissed me and said, Darling, are you worried?, and after a pause of hesitation continued, There is nothing to worry. She smiled and I said, Let me pick a red rose for you. Now there is no more smile on the stiff lips and the flower is gone. It is just a memory and I will never see her again.

CLAUSES
1. the room was large 2. and furniture was placed in the middle 3. as I was walking into another room 4. where she was lying 5. I saw a host of flowers by the window 6. the flowers reminded me of the park 7. where we usually sat 8. once we went there 9. she kissed me 10. and said

Clauses
11. Darling, are you worried? Process: Relational Carrier 12. and after a pause of hesitation continued 13. There is nothing [[to worry.]] 14. she smiled 15. and I said 16. Let me pick a red rose for you 17. now there is no more smile on the stiff lips 18. and the flower is gone 19. it is just a memory 20. and I will never see her again.

Analysis of Experiential Meaning


1. the room was large Carrier Process: Relational Attribute 2. and furniture was placed in the middle Goal Process: Material Circumstance: Location: Spatial 3. as I was walking into another room Actor Process: Material Circumstance: Location: Spatial 4. where she was lying Actor Process: Material 5. I saw a host of flowers by the window Senser Process: Mental Phenomenon Circumstance: Location: Spatial 6. the flowers reminded me of the park Sayer Process: Verbal Beneficiary: Receiver Circumstance: Matter 7. where we usually sat Actor Circumstance: Manner Process: Material 8. once we went there Circumstance: Extent: Temporal Actor Process: Material Circumstance: Location: Spatial 9. she kissed me Actor Process: Material Goal 10. and said Process: Verbal

Analysis of Experiential Meaning


11. Darling, are you worried? Process: Relational Carrier Attribute 12. and after a pause of hesitation continued Circumstance: E: Extent: Temporal Process: Verbal 13. There is nothing [[to worry]]. -Process: Existential Existent 15. she smiled Behaver Process: Behavioural 16. and I said Sayer Process: Verbal 17. Let me pick a red rose for you Process: Actor Material Goal Beneficiary: Client 18. now there is no more smile on the stiff lip Circumstance: Loc: Temporal -Process: Existential Existent Circumstance: Loc.: Spatial 19. and the flower is gone Carrier Process: Relational Attribute 20. it is just a memory Carrier Process: Relational Circumstance: Manner Attribute 21. and I will never see her again. Senser Process: Mental Phenomenon Circumstance: Location Temporal

Experiential Function (Process)


No. Types of Process 1. Material Number 7 % 35

2. 3.
4. 5. 6.

Mental Relational
Behavioural Verbal Existential Total

2 4
1 4 2 20

10 20
5 20 10 100

Experiential Function (Circumstance)


No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Types of Circumstance Location Extent Manner Accompaniment Cause Contingency Role Matter Angle Total Number 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 %

60 10 20 0 0 0 0 10 0 100

Speech Funtion Analysis


No. 1. 2. 3. 4 Types of MOOD Statement Question Offer Command Total Number 18 1 1 0 20 %

90 5 5 0 100

Conclusions
1.

2.

The text is experientially dominated by the Material (35%) and Circumstance of Location (60%) Tentatively it is concluded that the genre of Narrative is closely associated to Material Process and Circumstance of Location. In other words, grammaticly telling a story is unmarkedly realized by the two grammatical aspects.

Experience in Smoking
I have an unforgettable story on smoking. This happened when I was 9 years old. I liked heroes in cowboy films where the heroes fired shots while they were smoking. One day, my friend Ali and I went to our special place under the bamboo tress near the bank of a river in a remote place in Asahan. Ali took a packet of cigarettes, which he snatched from his fathers drawers and I stole half a packet from my father pocket. There we enjoyed the cigarettes. After almost two hours smoking I felt headache. I saw Alis face turning pale and Ali told me that he saw the earth moving. In no time Ali collapsed and got fainted. I ran back home quickly and told our parents about the event. The news spread all over the village. In half an hour nearly all members of the village came to our favorite place at the bank of a river and at no time Ali and I were taken to the community medical centre. When we recovered our parents got very angry. As a precious lesson my uncle smacked me on the face and Ali was hit by his elder bother. It was an awful experience

The Danger of Smoking


Smoking is inhaling smokes from burning cigarettes. Smoking causes disadvantages to health, welfare and environment. Firstly, smoking is hazardous to health. Because of breathing in poisonous smoke a smoker often has respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis or lung cancer. Not only does smoking cause risk to the smoker himself/herself but it is harmful to other people around (the passive smokers) as well. For example, the passive smoker such as the fetus in the womb of pregnant women can have the same amount of nicotine as its smoking mothers blood. Secondly, smoking causes economical disadvantage. The smokers are always sicky so they have low-productivity activity. Therefore, they are disadvantageous to economy. It is estimated that more than 87% smokers work less efficiently than non-smokers do. Thirdly, smoking litters the surroundings. Cigarette butts are everywhere with a huge amount of poisonous smoke is sent into the atmosphere. Jones (1998: 12) has observed that millions hectares of forest are felled for cigarette paper and filter. In conclusion, smoking is disadvantageous to people, economy and environment. (It is suggested that smoking should be banned).

MOOD Analysis
No. 1. 2. 3. Types of MOOD Declarative Interrogative Imperative Total Number 18 1 1 20 %

90 5 5 100

Logical Relations
No. Types of Logical Relation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 Paratactic Elaboration (1=2) Paratactic Extension (1+2) Paratactic Enhancement (1X2) Paratactic Locution (1 2) Paratactic Idea (1 2) Hypotactic Elaboration (a=b) Hypotactic Extension (a+b) Hypotactic Enhancement (aXb) Hypotactic Locution (ab) Hypotactic Idea (ab)

Number 0 5 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0

% 0 41.6 8.3 25 0 8.3 0 16.6 0 0

Interpersonal Analysis
ES k1 k1
k1 k1 k1 k1

k1 k1 k1

Text the room was large and furniture was placed in the middle as I was walking into another room where she was lying I saw a host of flowers by the window the flowers reminded me of the park where we usually sat once we went there she kissed me and said

SF S
S S S S S S S S

M Dec.
Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

Interpersonal Analysis
ES k1 [[k2]]
k1 k1 [[k1]] k1 [[k1]] k1 k1 k1 [[a1]] k1 k1 k1 k1

Text Darling, are you worried? and after a pause of hesitation continued There is nothing to worry. she smiled and I said Let me pick a red rose for you now there is no more smile on the stiff lips and the flower is gone it is just a memory and I will never see her again.

SF Q
S S S S S O

M Inter.
Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Impe.

S S S

Dec. Dec. Dec.

Textual Analysis
No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Theme the room and furniture as I where she I the flowers where we once she and (she) Rheme was large was placed in the middle was walking into another room was lying saw a host of flowers by the window reminded me of the park usually sat we went there kissed me said

Textual Analysis (cont. 1)


No Theme Rheme 11. Darling, are you worried? 12. and after a pause of hesitation (she) continued 13. There is nothing 14 (there) to worry 15 she smiled 16. and I said 17. (you) Let me pick a red rose for you There is no more smile on the 18. now stiff lips

Textual Analysis (cont. 2)


No 19. 20. 21. Theme and the flower it and I Rheme is gone is just a memory will never see her again

Proportion of Theme
No. Types of Theme 1. 2. 3. 4. UST UCT MST MCT Total Number 9 10 1 1 21 Percentage 42.8 47.6 4.8 4.8 100

UST = Unmarked Simple Theme UCT = Unmarked Complex Theme MST = Marked Simple Theme MCT = Marked Complex Theme

Conclusion
The dominant type of Theme in the text is UCT, which is logically configured as 1 + 2. This condition is dominant in Narrative. The narrative text implies Reconstruction

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