Mood and Residue continued Modal Adjuncts He was

Mood and Residue continued…….

Modal Adjuncts He was lying Subject Finite Predicator Mood Block Residue on his back Adjunct

Sometimes, there are ‘extra items’ between the subject and the finite. E. g: He was always lying on his back How do you categorise ‘always’

The ‘extras’ are called Modal Adjuncts. These are commonly: • Conjunctive adjuncts • Comment adjuncts • Mood adjuncts

• Conjunctive adjuncts (sometimes called ‘discourse markers’) signal how a clause fits in with preceding text. • For example:

Conjunctive Adjunct The punctuation, on the other hand, is reproduced faithfully Subject finite predicator adjunct Mo- (adjunct) -od Block Residue

• Comment adjuncts typically comment on the clause as a whole. • For example:

Comment adjunct Unfortunately, this tendency has declined Adjunct subject finite predicator Mo o d b l o c k Residue since 1970 Adjunct

This tendency has, unfortunately, declined subject finite adjunct predicator Mo o d b l o c k Residue since 1970 adjunct

• Mood adjuncts are related to the finite: express meanings associated with tense, polarity and modality. • For example:

The beams Subject are obviously F adjunct going P Mood block Residue I S Mood would F to have to be replaced hardly adjunct say P block Residue that Complement

Adapted from: Geoff Thompson 2004 Introducing Functional Grammar London: Hodder See also: L. Droga & S Humphries 2002 Getting Started with Functional Grammar NSW: Target Texts