about the clause as exchange; so far we have talked only about the mood element.
2.6.1.1. Mood Element
The preceding section explains about the mood system. The further will be focused on the mood element. Gerot and Wignell 1994:25 divide
the mood element into two parts namely: 1. The Subject, which is realized by a nominal group.
2. The Finite element, which is part of the verbal group. The above elements of mood indicate that there are two important
parts of mood such as subject and finite. Eggins 1994:157 defines finite in terms of its function in the clause to make the proposition definite, to
anchor the proposition in a way that we can argue about it” These elements form the mood of the sentences. However, the rest will form the residue of
the sentence. The following examples will clarify the mood system of sentences.
1. I do
Who does John does
Subject Finite
MOOD
2. George was playing guitar wasn’t he?
Subject Finite Predicator Complement Finite Subject Mood
Mood
2.6.1.2. Residue
The second element in the clause is called residue. It is the remainder of each clause. Residue consists of predicator, complement and
circumstances. Predicator is the content part of the verbal group. Eggins 1994:161 says that predicator fills the role of specifying the actual event,
action, process being discussed. The following example shows the role of predicator in a clause.
I’ m
reading magazine in the library
Subject Finite Predicator
Complement Adj:Circ MOOD RESIDUE
The verbal group contains two elements: am reading. The first part of the verbal group am, is the Finite. It carries the selections for tense, polarity,
etc. The second verbal element, reading, tells what process was actually going on.
Magazine in the above example is the complement in the above clause. Eggins 1994:165 says that complement functions to describe subject in
the clause. Complement is typically a nominal group. However, the prepositional phrase in the library indicates the adjunct. Eggins 1994:165
says that adjunct can be defined as clause elements which contribute some additional but non essential information to the clause. Adjuncts within
the clause are typically adverbial or prepositional. Another example of adjunct can be shown in italic as follows:
I learnt to speak English from my father Camels always walk like that
2.6.2. Transitivity
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