MEETING 11

SUBJECT : SFL
ENGLISH STUDENTS
DRA.SITI SUNDARI,M.A

THE FUNCTIONS OF COMPLEX CLAUSES.

EXAMPLES :

Ideational Function
What you did is not good.
Carrier P : Attributive Attribute

Interpersonal Function
What you did is not good.
C S P F C
R Mood R Mood R

Textual Function
What you did is not good
Int.T Top.T Rheme

Ideational Function
I do not understand what you said.
Senser P : Mental Phenomenon

Interpersonal Function
I do not understand what you Said.
S F P C S F/ P
Mood R R M M R

Textual Function
I do not what you said
understand
T R Int.T Top.T R
Ideational Function
The man asked him where she lives.
Sayer P : Verbal Receiver Verbiage

Interpersonal Function
The man asked him where he lives
S F / P C A S F / P
M M R R R M M R

TextualFunction
The man asked him where you Lives.
T R Int.T Top.T R

Ideational Function
The question is What the correct answer is.
Carrier P : Attributive Attribute

Interpersonal Function
The question is what the correct is
answer
S F C S F
Mood R Mood

Textual Function
The questios is what the correct is
answer
T R Int.T Top.T R

Ideational Function
Where he had gone for was not known by his parents.
ten years
Phenomenon P : Mental Senser

Interpersonal Function
Where he had gone for ten was known by his
years not parents
A S F P A F P A
R Mood R R M R R
Textual Theme
Where he had gone for ten was not known
years by his pents.
Int.T Top.T R R

Textual Function
In the is where we are making
kitchen cakes.
U.T R Int.T Top.T R

Interpersonal Function
In the is where we are making cakes.
kitchen
A F A S F P C
R M R M R R

Ideational Function
In the kitchen is where we are making
cakes.
Cir:Place P: Attributive Carrier

NOTE :
# From the examples above, we can see that the complex clauses are
analyzed based on three functions, namely : Ideational function,
interpersonal function, and textual function.

# I hope that you can understand the analysis well after learning the
examples I have given to you.