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- They checked the fields before dawn
- Uncle Ah K‘un scrutinized the green sprouts for a long time
- He scratched his head after a long pause
Circumstance of place or spatial
- He skipped over the puddles on the road
- He kicked the stones on the road
- Two white egrets flapped their wings into the sky
- The sun had climbed above the tops of the trees
- They met her on the street
Circumstance of manner of quality
- He walked along quietly
- Uncle Ah K‘un lit a new paradise cigarette and inhaled deeply
- The sun was climbing to its zenith slowly
- The rain clouds had covered the sun completely
2. Mental Process
A. Participants: the participant of mental process in Earth God Shrine only consists of conscious human, because only conscious human being can sense or feel something. For
more clearly, it can be seen from the clauses which are taken from the short story below: a. Conscious Human
- He did not see his wife on the straw mat - I know what it means to be a man
- You do not know a good man - Uncle
Ah K‘un thought the matter seriously - Uncle
Ah K‘un felt apologetic toward Loyalty B. Process: the process in mental process of Earth God Shrine consists of perception type. It
is a process of perceiving through the five senses. The examples are taken from the story. - They both saw Prosperity kick a can
- He heard the news about the paddy fields
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- He did not see his wife on the straw mat - They saw the old banyan trees
Next, this process consists of affection type. It is a process of feeling. For more clearly, it can be seen from the example below:
- He did not get angry with her - He and his brother in law dare not to say anything
- Father felt he lost his face -
Auntie Ah K‘un did not like the fact The last one is, this process consists of cognition type. It is a process of thinking. It can be
seen from the example below: - He knew
the ‗northwest rain‘ would fall -
Uncle Ah K‘un forgot the wish he had made - Loyalty understood
his father‘s helplessness -
Uncle Ah K‘un was thinking the batch he bought last time - He did not know what to say
C. Circumstance: the circumstances in mental process in Earth God Shrine consist of circumstance of place, time, and manner of quality. The example can be seen from the clause
below:
Circumstance of place
- He looked up at the sky circumstance of place - He watched Lotus behind the Kindness circumstance of place
- He remembered something suddenly at the doorway circumstance of place
Circumstance of time
- The young village chief would sell the whole bay sooner or later circumstance of time
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- Uncle Ah K‘un forget the wish he had made many years ago circumstance of time
Circumstance of manner of quality
- The brother in law responded drily circumstance of quality
- Uncle Ah K‘un thought the matter seriously circumstance of quality
3. Relational Process
