Itemizing Communicative Purposes of Pranatacara Genre

158 Meanwhile, a hyperTheme as I have slightly touched upon, is always a marked Theme which functions as the Theme for the whole paragraph in question. Thus, the thematic structure of the above paragraph can be represented as follows: Table 4-8 HyperThematic Structure No HyperTheme 1 Theme Rheme Kawula nuwun para tamu ingkang satuhu bagya mulya HyperRheme Theme Rheme Nuwun injih sarwi angungak liwaraning suasana angesti luhuring susila, linambaran lumiting basa, sarta endah miwah edining budaya, introduces the new information keparenga kulo ingkang minangka jejering pambiyo woro badhe hangaturaken tata urut reruncening adi cara ingkang sampun rinakit sarta tinoto ing rahino punika’ Table 4-7 above indicates that a hyperTheme consists of Theme and Rheme of its own and a hyperRheme also consists of Theme and Rheme of its own. However, it should be noted that the thematic structrure should be constructed without violating the rules of discourse semantics in order to achieve cohesion and coherence.

4.3.2 Itemizing

Upon completion of the introductory remarks opening as I have described above in terms of communicative purpose, rhetorical strategy, APPRAISAL system and 159 thematic structure, I would like to describe the next stage—itemizing. Mr. Sudiono, the Pranatacara on duty, started itemizing as follows: Hainggih minongko titi cara ingkang sapisan putro panganten sarimbit kalenggehaken ing sono pinajat. Ingkang badhe hangalenggahaken nuwun injih panjenengane Ibu RY Indrato saha Ibu Tujiyanto. Dene minongko sobo manggolo nuwun injih Drs. Leo Agung Sahardi. Sasampunipun pinanganten kekaleh lenggah ing sono pinajat, kalajengaken titi acara ingkang angka kaleh, aninjih atur panuwun pandhonga awit sampun kalampahan nampi saha nampeaken sakramen ijab. Pandhonga samangke bede pun dipun astha panjenengan Ibu Probo Asmane. Wondene atur pambagyoharjo samangke ibu Veronika, samangke badhe kasalira panjengeniphun Bapak Drs. Alex Mardi Utomo dumawah titi cara ingkang kaping tiga. Titi coro ingkang kaping sekawan, aninggih titi coro adat mantu pungkasasan, sinebat Tumplak Punjen. Wondene titi coro ingkang pungkasan injih puniko paripurno. Makaten sagung para tamu menggah toto urut rerantamaning titi coro ingkang sampun rinakit ing rahino puniko. Pramila ing samangke saksuwuking gendhing puniko, minangkani pinanganten kekalih tumuli badhe kalenggehaken wonten ing sana pinajat Recorded corpus data The first item is to let the bride and groom be seated on a pre-set bridal sofa. The usherettes are Mrs. RY Indrato and Mrs. Tujianto. Meanwhile, the leader commander in chief is Mr. Leo Agung Sahardi. The bride and groom being seated, the next item is a thank-you address by Mrs. Probo Asmane, thanking everybody for the successfully held marital sacrament. A welcome address from Mrs. Veronika in this occasion represented by Mr. Alex Mardi Utomo will be the third item. The fourth item is the traditional item called Tumplak Punjen. The last item is closing. Ladies and gentlemen, those were all the items that had been organized for today’s reception. Well, while this Javanese song is being played, the bride and groom will soon be ushered to their seat. From the quotation above, it is clear that the Pranatacara simply read out from the list of items. However, since he is a very professional master of ceremony, he 160 managed to vary the structure in such a way that the audience would not get bored with listening to a tedious flow of speech. One strategy that he employed in varying the sentence construction was to change the thematic structure as shown in the following table. Table 4-9 Varying Thematic Structure No. Theme Rheme Type 1 Hainggih minongko titi cara ingkang sapisan, putro panganten sarimbit kalenggehaken ing sono pinajat Unmarked 2 Ingkang badhe hangalenggahaken, nuwun injih panjenengane Ibu RY Indrato saha Ibu Tujiyanto Marked 3 Dene, minongko sobo manggolo nuwun injih Drs. Leo Agung Sahardi Marked 4 Sasampunipun pinanganten kekaleh lenggah ing sono pinajat, kalajengaken titi acara ingkang angka kaleh, aninjih atur panuwun pandhonga awit sampun kalampahan nampi saha nampeaken sakramen ijab. Marked 5 Pandhonga samangke, badhe pun dipun astha panjenengan Ibu Probo Asmane. Marked 6 Wondene atur pambagyoharjo samangke ibu Veronika, samangke badhe kasalira panjengeniphun Bapak Drs. Alex Mardi Utomo dumawah titi cara ingkang kaping tiga Marked 7 Titi coro ingkang kaping aninggih titi coro adat mantu pungkasasan, Unmarked 161 No. Theme Rheme Type sekawan, sinebat Tumplak Punjen 8 Wondene titi coro ingkang pungkasan injih puniko paripurno Marked 9 Makaten sagung para tamu, menggah toto urut rerantamaning titi coro ingkang sampun rinakit ing rahino puniko Marked 10 Pramila ing samangke saksuwuking gending puniko, minangkani pinanganten kekalih tumuli badhe kalenggehaken wonten ing sana pinajat Marked The sentences are all well-structured, except Sentence 6 in which there is one redundant word, namely the word ‘samangke’ in the Theme element that could be deleted. It might be a kind of ‘slip of the tongue’ that will go unnoticed—unless by a critical audience. The thematic structure varies with the domination of marked Theme, which is normal in such a context where emphasis is required. The communicative purpose of this stage is to inform the audience of the items that would be undertaken one after another. This stage gives the audience a clear profile of what is going to happen. Therefore, it will be easy for them to follow item by item of the on-going reception. The phrase ‘Makaten sagung para tamu’ is a generic marker that all the items have been read out. Sentence 10 ‘Pramila ing samangke saksuwuking gending puniko, minangkani pinanganten kekalih tumuli badhe kalenggehaken wonten ing sana pinajat’ signals out that item one will soon commence. 162

4.3.3 Transitioning