A Complete Representation Of A Text-Sentence At The Level Of Form

Fawcett (2010: 259-61):

Let us now take the example analysed in Figure 18, and add to it the one relationship of exponence that would be generated on the first traversal of the system network, i.e., the exponent of the Main Verb. This is the representation shown in Figure 21.

Let us now imagine that the system network has been re-entered three times more, to generate the three nominal groups shown in Figure 21, i.e. Ike, his shirt and the co-ordinated nominal group and his jeans. In Figure 22 I have also added the symbol for 'filling' to show the relationship between the clause and the topmost element in the structure, i.e., 'sentence' (Σ), and also the clause element Ender. … The result of these additions to Figure 21 is a complete representation of a text-sentence at the level of form.

Figure 22 can be taken as a summary of the four 'core' relationships in syntax, i.e., the relationships between syntactic categories that are the direct result of the application of realisation operations.

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[1] To be clear, this system network can only be imagined, since it is not provided anywhere in this publication.

[2] For contrast, compare an analysis of this clause using SFL Theory:

with the Goal/Complement realised by an extending paratactic nominal group complex:

[3] To be clear, the precise realisation operations are not provided by Fawcett, and so must be taken on trust.