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 Appendix A
DIALOGUE BETWEEN ENN AND VIC
Before the Party

1. //“Come on,”// [said Vic.] //“It’ll be great.”///

2. //“No, it won't,"// I said, // [although I'd lost this fight hours ago], //and I knew it.
///
3. //"It'll be brilliant,"// [said Vic,] [for the hundredth time.] ["Girls!] [Girls!] [Girls!"]
// He grinned with white teeth. ///
4. //“It'll be the same [as it always is,”] //I said.// [“After an hour] // you'll be off
somewhere // [snogging the prettiest girl at the party,] //and I'll be in the kitchen //
[listening to somebody's mum going on about politics or poetry or something.”]
5. //“You just have to talk to them,”// he said. //“I think [it's probably that road at the
end here."] He gestured cheerfully, // [swinging the bag with the bottle in it.]
6. //“Don't you know?”///
7. //“Alison gave me directions // and I wrote them on a bit of paper, // but I left it on
the hall table. // S'okay. // I can find it."///
8. "How?" // Hope welled slowly up inside me. ///
9. "We walk down the road," // he said, // [as if speaking to an idiot child.] //"And we
look for the party. // [Easy.”]

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 Appendix B
NOUN GROUPS A
Before the Party

Direct & Indirect Speeches

T T D
V* “Come on,” said Vic. “It’ll be great.”
T T T P T N T T
E** “No, it won't," I said, although I'd lost this fight hours ago, and I knew it.
T D T P D T
“It'll be brilliant,” said Vic, for the hundredth time.
V T T T T D T
“Girls! Girls! Girls!” He grinned with white teeth.
T P T T T
“It'll be the same as it always is,” I said.
P T T P D T P T
“After an hour, you'll be off somewhere, snogging the prettiest girl at the party,
E T P T
and I'll be in the kitchen
D T T T T
listening to somebody's mum going on about politics or poetry or something.”
T T T
V “You just have to talk to them,” he said.
T T T P T
“I think it's probably that road at the end here.”
V T P T P T T
He gestured cheerfully, swinging the bag with the bottle in it.
T
E “Don’t you know?”
T T T T T PD T
“Alison gave me directions and I wrote them on a bit of paper,
V T T P D T D T T
but I left it on the hall table. S'okay. I can find it.”
T T
E “How?” Hope welled slowly up inside me.
T P T T P D T
“We walk down the road,” he said, as if speaking to an idiot child.
V T P T D
And we look for the party. Easy.”

*Vic
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 Appendix C
DIALOGUE BETWEEN ENN AND VIC
During the Party

1. //Vic walked past the conservatory door.// He was talking to Stella,// but he looked
in at me,// [sitting at the table,] [wrapped in shyness and awkwardness,] //and he
opened and closed his hand in a parody of a speaking mouth.// [Talk.] [Right.]
2. //Vic called to me [then, from the doorway]. //He was standing with his arm around
Stella,// [protectively,] [waving at me]. //I tried to let him know,// [by shaking my
head,] [that I was onto something,] //but he called my name // and, [reluctantly,] //I
got up from the sofa and walked over to the door.// ["What?"]
3. [“Er.] [Look.] [The party,]" //said Vic,// [apologetically]. //“It's not the one [I thought
it was.] //I've been talking to Stella// [and I figured it out.] [Well,] //she sort of
explained it to me.// We're at a different party.”//
4. [“Christ.] //Are we in trouble?// Do we have to go?”//
5. //He looked from her back to me,// and he smiled his white smile: [roguish,]
[lovable,] [a little bit Artful Dodger,] [a little bit wide-boy Prince Charming.]
//"Don't worry.// They're all tourists here anyway.// It's a foreign exchange thing,
innit?// [Like when we all went to Germany."]
6. //"It is?"//
7. ["Enn.] //You got to talk to them.// [And that means you got to listen to them, too.]
//You understand?"//
8. //"I did.// I already talked to a couple of them."//
9. //"You getting anywhere?"//
10. //"I was till you called me over."//
11. //"Sorry about that.// [Look,] //I just wanted to fill you in.// [Right?"]
12. //And he patted my arm //and he walked away with Stella.// [Then, together, the
two of them went up the stairs.]

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 Appendix D
NOUN GROUPS B
During the Party

Direct & Indirect Speeches

T P D T T T
Vic walked past the conservatory door. He was talking to Stella,
T T D P T D D D
but he looked in at me, sitting at the table, wrapped in shyness and awkwardness
V T D T P T P D T
and he opened and closed his hand in a parody of a speaking mouth

Talk. Right.
T T P T
Vic called to me then, from the doorway
T DT T T
V He was standing with his arm around Stella, protectively, waving at me
T T D T
I tried to let him know, by shaking my head,
T T T D T
that I was onto something, but he called my name
T P D P D
E and, reluctantly, I got up from the sofa and walked over to the door. "What?"
P D T
"Er. Look. The party," said Vic, apologetically.
T P T P T
"It's not the one I thought it was.
T T T T
V I've been talking to Stella and I figured it out
T T T
Well, she sort of explained it to me.
T P D T
We're at a different party."
T T T T
E "Christ. Are we in trouble? Do we have to go?"
T D T T
He looked from her back to me,
T D D T
V and he smiled his white smile
D D P D D D T P D D D T D
roguish, lovable, a little bit Artful Dodger, a little bit wide-boy Prince Charming.
T T
"Don't worry. They're all tourists here anyway.

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It's a foreign exchange thing, innit?
V D T
Like when we all went to Germany."
T
E "It is?"
T T T
"Enn. You got to talk to them.
T T
V And that means you got to listen to them, too
T
You understand?"
T T P D T
E "I did. I already talked to a couple of them."
T
V "You getting anywhere?"
T T T
E "I was till you called me over."
T T
"Sorry about that. Look, I just wanted to fill you in. Right?"
T D T T T
V And he patted my arm and he walked away with Stella.
P T T P T
Then, together, the two of them went up the stairs.

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 Appendix E
DIALOGUE BETWEEN ENN AND VIC
Heading out of the Party

1. [And then Vic was shaking me violently]. ["Come on!"] //he was shouting.//
["Quickly.] [Come on!"]
2. //In my head I began to come back from a thousand miles away//.
3. ["Idiot.] [Come on.] [Just get a move on,"] //he said, and he swore at me.// There
was fury in his voice.//
4. [For the first time that evening] // I recognized one of the songs// [being played in
the front room.] // A sad saxophone wail // [followed by a cascade of liquid
chords,] [a man's voice singing cut-up lyrics about the sons of the silent age.] //I
wanted to stay and hear the song.//
5. [She said], //"I am not finished.// There is yet more of me."//
6. //"Sorry love,"// [said Vic,] //but he wasn't smiling any longer.// "There'll be
another time," // and he grabbed me by the elbow // and he twisted and pulled, //
[forcing me from the room.] //I did not resist.// I knew from experience [that Vic
could beat the stuffing out me] [if he got it into his head to do so.] //He wouldn't
do it // [unless he was upset or angry,] //but he was angry now.///

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 Appendix F
NOUN GROUPS C
Heading out of the Party

T D
V And then Vic was shaking me violently.
T
V "Come on!" he was shouting. "Quickly. Come on!"
D T T P N D
E In my head I began to come back from a thousand miles away
D P T T T
V "Idiot. Come on. Just get a move on," he said, and he swore at me
D D T
V There was fury in his voice.
P D T T
For the first time that evening
T D P T P D T
E I recognized one of the songs being played in the front room
P D D T P D D T
A sad saxophone wail followed by a cascade of liquid chords
P D T D T P T P D T
a man's voice singing cut-up lyrics about the sons of the silent age
T D T
I wanted to stay and hear the song
T T P T
he grabbed me by the elbow
T T D T
V and he twisted and pulled, forcing me from the room
T
I did not resist
E T T
I knew from experience
T P T T
that Vic could beat the stuffing out of me
T T D T
if he got it into his head to do so
T T
V He wouldn't do it
T D D
unless he was upset or angry
T D
but he was angry now.

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 Appendix G
SUMMARY OF NOUN GROUPS

Before the party:

Noun groups related to Vic Describers related to Enn
Similar Noun Described Similar Noun Described
Describers Describers
Vic (indirect speech) – 2 I (direct speech) – 1
I (direct speech) – 3 I (indirect speech) - 1
He – 3; me – 2; we – 2 You – 2
You – 1

great, brilliant, it, party, girl, teeth no, same, it

prettiest
direction, road, bottle, somebody’s mum
bag politics, poetry,
something
idiot child

During the party:

Noun groups related to Vic Describers related to Enn
Similar Noun Described Similar Noun Described
Describers Describers
Vic (indirect speech) – 2 Me - 4
I (direct speech) – 2 I (direct speech) – 4
He – 8; me – 1; we – 2 I (indirect speech) - 1
You – 4; him – 1; his – 1; You – 1
They – 1; them – 2 We – 1

hand, mouth, arm wrapped shyness,

awkwardness
lovable Vic’s smile my name
roguish
a little bit
Artful dodger
a little bit wide-
boy Prince
Charming
doorway, door, party, sofa, door, table
tourists,
trouble, Christ

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Noun groups related to Vic Noun groups related to Enn

Similar Noun Described Similar Noun Described
Describers Describers
Vic (indirect speech) – 2 Me - 4
He – 8; his – 2 I (direct speech) – 5
upset, angry fury, idiot

head, elbow,

cascade, liquid, wail, voice lyrics,

sad, saxophone, song
cut-up, silent

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 Appendix H
VERB GROUPS A
Before the Party

Direct & Indirect Speeches

phen beh behv. car rel attr
V* “Come on,” said Vic. “It ’ll be great.”
car rel behv. beh car rel attr car men
E** “No, it won't," I said, although I [had] lost this fight hours ago, and I knew it.
car rel attr beh behv.
“It'll be brilliant,” said Vic, for the hundredth time.
V behv. beh phen
“Girls! Girls! Girls!” He grinned with white teeth.
car rel attr car rel behv. beh
“It'll be the same as it always is,” I said.
car rel attr verbl done-to
“After an hour, you'll be off somewhere, snogging the prettiest girl at the party,
E car rel
and I'll be in the kitchen
verbl
listening to somebody's mum going on about politics or poetry or something.”
car rel attr behv. beh
V “You just have to talk to them,” he said.
car men attr
“I think it's probably that road at the end here.”
V behv. beh phen verbl done-to
He gestured cheerfully, swinging the bag with the bottle in it.
car men
E “Don’t you know?”
doer mat done-to car mat done-to
“Alison gave me directions and I wrote them on a bit of paper,
V doer mat done-to doer mod. mat done-to
but I left it on the hall table. S'okay. I can find it.”
behv. beh phen
E “How?” Hope welled slowly up inside me.
doer mat behv. beh verbl
“We walk down the road,” he said, as if speaking to an idiot child.
V doer mat
And we look for the party. Easy.”
Relational - 9 Material - 6
Mental - 2 Verbal - 4
Behavioral - 9

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 Appendix I
VERB GROUPS B
During the Party

Direct & Indirect Speeches

behv. beh phen doer mat done-to
Vic walked past the conservatory door. He was talking to Stella,
behv. beh phen verbl verbl
but he looked in at me, sitting at the table, wrapped in shyness and awkwardness
V doer mat mat done-to
and he opened and closed his hand in a parody of a speaking mouth
mat
Talk. Right.
doer mat done-to
Vic called to me then, from the doorway
car rel attrib verbl
V He was standing with his arm around Stella, protectively, waving at me
behv. beh phen
I tried to let him know, by shaking my head,
car rel phen done mat done-to
that I was onto something, but he called my name
behv. beh phen beh phen
E and, reluctantly, I got up from the sofa and walked over to the door. "What?"
beh beh behv
"Er. Look. The party," said Vic, apologetically.
car rel attribute car men
"It [is] not the one I thought it was.
car rel attrib car men
V I [have] been talking to Stella and I figured it out
doer mat done-to
Well, she sort of explained it to me.
car rel attrib
We [are] at a different party."
rel car attrib rel car rel attrib
E "Christ. Are we in trouble? Do we have to go?"
doer mat done-to
He looked from her back to me,
behv beh phen
V and he smiled his white smile

roguish, lovable, a little bit Artful Dodger, a little bit wide-boy Prince Charming.
car rel attrib
"Don't worry. They [are] all tourists here anyway.

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It [is] a foreign exchange thing, innit?
V behv. beh phen
Like when we all went to Germany."
car rel
E "It is?"
doer mat done-to
"Enn. You got to talk to them.
behv rel phen
V And that means you got to listen to them, too
behv. beh
You understand?"
car rel doer mat done-to
E "I did. I already talked to a couple of them."
rel car attrib
V [Are] "You getting anywhere?"
car rel attrib
E "I was till you called me over."
car rel attrib beh doer mat done-to
[I am]"Sorry about that. Look, I just wanted to fill you in. Right?"
doer mat done-to behv. beh phen
V And he patted my arm and he walked away with Stella.
behv. beh phen
Then, together, the two of them went up the stairs.

Relational - 16 Material - 12
Mental - 2 Verbal - 3
Behavioral - 13

Appendix J
VERB GROUPS C
Heading out of the Party

car rel attrib

V And then Vic was shaking me violently.
car rel attrib mat
V "Come on!" he was shouting. "Quickly. Come on!"
behv beh
E In my head I began to come back from a thousand miles away
mat mat behv. beh behv. beh
V "Idiot. Come on. Just get a move on," he said, and he swore at me

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V There was fury in his voice.

For the first time that evening

car men verbl
E I recognized one of the songs being played in the front room
verbl
A sad saxophone wail followed by a cascade of liquid chords
verbl
a man's voice singing cut-up lyrics about the sons of the silent age
behv. beh attrib
I wanted to stay and hear the song
doer mat done-to
he grabbed me by the elbow
doer mat mat verbl
V and he twisted and pulled, forcing me from the room
car rel
I did not resist
E car men
I knew from experience
doer mat done-to
that Vic could beat the stuffing out of me
behv beh phen
if he got it into his head to do so
car rel attrib
V He wouldn't do it
car rel attrib
unless he was upset or angry
car rel attrib
but he was angry now.

Relational - 6 Material - 7
Mental - 2 Verbal - 4
Behavioral - 5

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TURN-TAKING TABLE
BEFORE THE PARTY
Enn Vic
Direct Speech Indirect Speech Direct Speech Indirect Speech
“Come on” said Vic
“No, it won’t” I said, although I’d lost
this fight hours ago, and I
know it.
“It’ll be brilliant” said Vic, for the
hundredth time.
“Girls! Girls! Girls! He grinned with
white teeth.
“It’ll be the same, as
it always is. After an
hour, you’ll be off
somewhere
snogging the
prettiest girl at the
party, and I’ll be in
the kitchen
listening to
somebody’s mum
going on about the
politics or poetry or
something.”
“You just have to talk to he said.
them.”
“I think its probably that He gestured
road at the end here.” cheerfully, swinging
the bag with bottle in
it.
“Alison gave me
directions and I wrote
them on a bit of paper,
but I left it on the hall
table. S’okay. I can find
it.”
“How?” Hope welled slowly up
inside me.
“We walk down the he said as if speaking
road.” to an idiot child.

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party. Easy.”
DURING THE PARTY
Enn Vic
Direct Speech Indirect Speech Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Vic walked past the
conservatory door.
He was talking to
Stella, but he looked
in at me, sitting at the
the table, wrapped in
shyness, and
awkwardness, and he
opened his hand in a
parody of a speaking
mouth.
Vic called to me then
from the doorway.
He was standing with
his arm around Stella,
protectively, waving
at me.
I tried to let him know, by
shaking my hand, that I
was onto something, but
he called my name, and
reluctantly, I got up from
the sofa and walked to
the door.
“Er. Look. The party.” said Vic
apologetically
“It’s not the one I
thought it was. I’ve been
talking to Stella and I
figured it out. Well, she
sort of explained it to
me. We’re at a different
party.”
“Christ, are we in
trouble? Do we have
to go?”
He looked from her
back to me, and he

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 smiled his white
smile, roguish,
lovable, a little bit
Artful Dodger, a little
bit wide-boy Prince
Charming.
“Don’t worry. They’re
all tourists here anyway.
It’s a foreign exchange
thing, innit? Like when
we all went to
Germany.”
“It is?”
“Enn. You got to talk to
them. And that means
you got to listen to them,
too. You understand?
“I did. I already
talked to a couple of
them.”
“You getting
anywhere?”
“I was till you called
me over.”
“Sorry about that. Look,
I just wanted to fill you
in. Right?”
And he patted my
arm and he walked
away with Stella.
Then, together, the
two of them went
upstairs.

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Enn Vic
Direct Speech Indirect Speech Direct Speech Indirect Speech
And then Vic was
shaking me violently
he was shouting.
“Come on!”
“Quickly! Come on!”
In my head, I began to
come back from a
thousand miles away.
“Idiot. Come on. Just get he said, and he swore
a move on.” at me there was a fury
in his voice.
For the first time that
evening I recognized one
of the songs being played
in the front room. A sad
saxophone wail followed
by a cascade of liquid
chords, a man's voice
singing cut-up lyrics
about the sons of the
silent age. I wanted to
stay and hear the song.
and he grabbed me by
the elbow, and he
twisted and pulled,
forcing me from the
room.
I did not resist. I knew
from experience that Vic
could beat the stuffing
out of me if he got it into
his head to do so. He
couldn’t do it unless he
was upset or angry, but
he was angry now.

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ENN’S DIALOGUE WITH THE SECOND FEMALE CHARACTER

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NOUN GROUPS

T P T T D

T T T T

T D T P T

T D T

T D D T D T

T P D D

T PD D D D T T P D D

T P D P D D

P D T T T

T D T P T

T D T

T P D P D T

P T T

T P T T T

T T T T

T P T

P T P T P T P D D T

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NOUN GROUPS

T T

T T T T T

P T D

P D T T

T T T P T

T T T T

T T T T

T T T

T T

T T T T

T P D T T D T

P D T P T T T T

T T

T P D D T T

D D T P T

T T T

T D T T

T T

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NOUN GROUPS

T P D P T

T T P T T

T D T D T P T

T T

T P T D T P T P T

T T T

T P T P T

P D T

T P D T

T D T PT

T D T P D

T D T

T T T

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SUMMARY OF NOUN GROUPS

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SUMMARY OF NOUN GROUPS

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 Appendix
VERB GROUPS

car men car rel attrib

doer mat done-to behv beh phen

behv beh mat done-to mat done-to

car rel attrib

behv mod beh phen

behv beh phen behv beh beh

car rel attrib doer mat done-to

car rel attrib

behv beh phen

behv beh phen

doer mat done-to

behv beh phen

behv beh phen

doer mat mat done-to

behv beh phen behv beh phen

exist behv beh

behv beh phen behv beh phen

doer mat

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VERB GROUPS

car rel attrib

doer mat done-to car rel attrib behv beh

car rel attrib

car rel attrib doer mat done-to

behv beh behv mod beh

doer mat done-to behv beh phen

exist behv beh phen

doer mat done-to car rel attrib

verbl verbl

behv beh behv beh phen

verbl verbl verbl

car rel attrib

verbl doer mat done-to

car men car rel attrib

behv beh rel attrib

exist verbl

doer mat done-to

existential

car rel attrib

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VERB GROUPS

car rel attrib

behv beh behv beh phen

doer mat done-to

mat done-to

doer mat done-to

behv beh

doer mat done-to car rel attrib

doer mat done-to

beh beh phen

car rel attrib

car rel attrib

car rel attrib car rel attrib

doer mat done-to

behv beh phen

doer mat done-to

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