In this example the underline clause is dependent clause called adverb clause. It modifies the verb of independent clause pull back and it shows time.
4.2 Finding
After analyzing and getting the data, the next step is to tabulate the data. The distribution of the data is displayed a table. This table below shows the number of
clauses in every article and its percentage to all data. And it also shows the number of clauses in every article. In addition, the percentage of every number of clauses is
also found in this table. N
: Number : Percentage
Table 1. Number and percentage of data
No Article
Noun Clause Adjective
Clause Adverb
Clause Total Clauses
N N
N N
1 Articles I
16 10
5 3.1
6 3.8
27 17
2 Articles II
3 1.9
2 1.2
10 6.3
15 9
3 Articles III
5 3.1
2 1.2
4 2.5
11 7
4 Articles IV
2 1.2
- -
2 1.2
4 2
5 Articles V
5 3.1
6 3.8
9 5.6
20 13
6 Articles VI
- -
4 2.5
2 1.2
6 4
7 Articles VII
1 0.6
2 1.3
3 1.9
6 4
8 Articles VIII
5 3.1
5 3.1
2 1.2
12 7
9 Articles IX
1 0.6
2 1.2
- -
3 2
10 Articles X
6 3.8
7 4.5
3 1.9
16 10
11 Articles XI
4 2.5
3 1.9
6 3.8
13 8
12 Articles XII
5 3.1
4 2.5
3 1.9
12 8
13 Articles XIII
2 1.3
1 0.6
2 1.2
5 3
14 Articles XIV
2 1.3
2 1.2
6 3.8
10 6
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Noun Clause is the most dominant clause which consists of 16 clauses in the
article I with percentage 10. It is followed by adverb clause which consists of 6 clauses with percentage 3.8. And the less dominant clause is adjective clause
which consists of 5 clauses by 3.1 of percentage.
In the article II adverb clause is the most dominant clause applied which consists of 10 clauses with the percentage 6.3. Noun clause has 3 clauses with
percentage 1.9 and the less dominant clause is adjective clause with 2 clauses only and with percentage 1.2.
In the article III noun clause is the most dominant clause with 5 clauses with the
percentage 3.1. Adverb clause comes after noun clause which consists of 4 clauses with the percentage 2.5. And the less dominant clause is adjective
clause with 2 clauses and the percentage 1.2.
In the article IV noun clause and adverb clause has 2 clauses each with the percentage 1.2. However, there is no adjective clause found in this article.
In the article V adverb clause is the most dominant clause with 9 clauses with the
percentage 5.6. It is followed by adjective clause with 6 clauses with the percentage 3.8. And the less dominant clause is noun clause which consists of 5
clauses and 3.1 of percentage.
In the article VI adjective clause is the most dominant clause with 4 clauses with percentage 2.5. Adverb clause has 2 clauses with the percentage 1.2 and there
is no noun clause found in this article.
In the article VII adverb clause is dominant clause with 3 clauses with the percentage 1.9. It is followed by adjective clause that consists of 2 clauses and
1.3 of percentage. And noun clause is the less dominant with 1 clause with the percentage 0.6.
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In the article VIII noun clause and adjective clauses are the most dominant clause
with 5 clauses with percentage 3.1. It is followed by adverb clause which has 2 clauses with percentage 1.2.
In the article IX adjective clause is the most dominant clause by 2 clauses with
percentage 1.2. And it is found 1 noun clause with 0.6 of percentage. But, there is no adverb clause found in this article.
In the article X adjective clause consists of 7 clauses with percentage 4.5 which
is the most dominant clause. Noun clause has 6 clauses with percentage 3.8 and 3 adverb clauses found here with percentage 1.9.
In the article XI adverb clause is the most dominant clause with 6 clauses with
percentage 3.8. Noun clause consists of 4 clauses with percentage 2.5 and it is found 3 adjective clauses with the percentage 1.9.
In the article XII noun clause is the most dominant clause with 5 clauses with
percentage 3.1. Adjective clause is in the second place with 4 clauses with percentage 2.5. And the less dominant clause is adverb clause with 3 clauses
and percentage 1.9.
In the article XIII noun clause and adverb clause have the same number namely 2 clauses and 1.3 of percentage. And the less dominant clause is adjective clause
with 1 clause with percentage 0.6.
In the article XIV adverb clause is the most dominant clause with 6 clauses with percentage 3.8. Adjective clause and noun clause have 2 clauses each with
percentage 1.2. After getting the total number data, it is calculated to get the total percentage.
It is calculated by applying this formula:
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X
x 100 = N
Y X = Number of clauses
Y = Total number of all clauses N = Percentage of data
The percentage of noun clause 57
x 100 = 35.6
160
The percentage of adjective clause 45
x 100 = 28.1
160
The percentage of adjective clause 58
x 100 = 36.3
160
Table 2. Total number and percentage of data
No Dependent clause
Number Percentage
1 Noun Clause
57 35.6
2 Adjective Clause
45 28.1
3 Adverb Clause
58 36.3
Total 160
100
This table shows that adverb clause is the most dominant clause in the Telegraph E- Paper of Football article issued 12 February 2012. It consists of 58 clauses with the
percentage 36.3. Noun clause is in the second place which consists of 57 clauses and 35.6 of percentage. And the less dominant clause is adjective clause with 45
clauses and 28.1 of percentage.
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In the last step it is going to find out the percentage of every type of clause in all articles. By doing this step it can find out the percentage of every article to every type of clause.
Table 3. Percentage of clauses
No Clauses Articles
I II
III IV
V VI
VII VIII
IX X
XI XII
XIII XIV
1 Noun
Clause 28.1
5.3 8.8
3.5 8.8
- 1.7
8.8 1.7
10.5 7
8.8 3.5
3.5 2
Adjective Clause
11.2 4.4
4.4 -
13.3 8.9
4.4 11.2
4.4 15.6
6.7 8.9
2.2 4.4
3 Adverb
Clause 10.4
17.2 6.9
3.4 15.5
3.4 5.2
3.4 -
5.2 10.4
5.2 3.4
10.4
The article which applies the most dominant noun clause is the article I with the percentage 28. In the second place is the article X with the percentage 10.5. It is followed by article III, V, VIII, and XII with the percentage 8.8. And the articles which apply the less
dominant noun clause are article VII and IX with percentage 1.7. But, no noun clause found in article VI. Adjective clause is found very dominant in the article X with the percentage 15.6. It is followed by article V with the percentage 13.3. And no adjective clause
found in article IV. For adverb clause, it is found very dominant in the article II with the percentage 17.2. It is followed by article V with the percentage 15.5. And percentage of adjective clause in the article IV, VI, VIII, and article XIII is 1.8. However, there is no
adverb clause found in article IX.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
