Text 4: Kids Journal

I. Clause Structure

a. Identifying Clause

No. Connector Clause Tense Process Mood Structure

Mood Modal/Aux
1. First of all First of all, let me Simple Material Imperative
get something Present
straight.
2. (you) let me get Simple Material
something straight. Present
3. Get something Simple Material
straight. Present
4. This is a journal. Simple Intensive Declarative
Present Attribute
Relational
5. This is not a diary. Simple Intensive Declarative
Present Attribute
Relational
6. I know what it Simple Mental Declarative
says on the cover. Present
7. But But when Mom Simple Material Declarative
went out to buy Past
this thing I
specifically told
her to get one that
did not say “diary”
on it.
8. All I need is for Simple Intensive Declarative
some jerk to catch Present Identifying
me carrying this Relational
book around and
get the wrong idea.
9. The other thing I Simple Intensive Declarative
want to clear up is Present Identifying
that this was Relational
Mom’s idea not
mine.
10. When When Mom went Simple Material Declarative
out to buy this Past
thing.
11. That That this was Simple Intensive Declarative
Mom’s idea, not Past Identifying
mine. Relational
 12. This was not mine. Simple Intensive Declarative
Past Identifying
Relational

b. Identifying the group and phrases to represent the processes, participant, and
circumstances

Verbal groups to represent the process

NO. Relational
Ma Verbal
terial Mental
Intensive
Identifying Attributive
1. Is Is Get Know Told
2. Is Let

3. Was Went out

4. Was

Identifying the nominal group to represent the processes

No. Nominal group Function

1. a. (you)/ (the reader) Actor
b. Me Actor
2. (I) / ( the writer) Actor
3. something Goal
4. a. This Carrier
b. A journal Attribute
5. a. (this) Carrier
b. A diary Attribute
6. a. I Senser
b. What it says on the cover Phenomenon
7. a. Mom Actor
b. I Sayer
c. Her Target
8. All I need Identified
9. The other thing I want to clear up right away Identified
10. This was Mom’s idea, not mine Identifier
11. This was Mom’s idea Identified
12. This was not mine Identified
Prepositional phrases and adverbial group/clause to represent the circumstances

No Prepositional phrase and adverbial Function

group/clause
1. - -
2. - -
3. Get something straight Purpose
4. - -
5. - -
6. - -
7. a. To buy this thing Purpose
b. Specifically Manner
8. - -
9. - -
10. - -
11. - -
12. - -

c. The complexity levels of the nominal group to represent the participants

No. Deictic Numerative Epithet Classifier Thing Qualifier

1. (you)/ (the
reader),
me
2. (I)/(The
writer)
3. Something
4. This A journal
5. (This) A diary
6. I
7. Her I, Mom
8. All I, Need
9. Her, The, I
This
10. This Thing
11. This
12. This
 III. Thematic Structure

N Theme Rhemes
o. s
Textual Interpers Topi
onal cal
Continu Conjunc Conjunc Modal Vocative Finite Partici Proc Circu
ative tion tive Comm Verba pant ess mst
Adjunct ent l -ance
Adjun Opera
ct tor
1. First of Me Let Get
all somethi
ng
straight
2.
3.
4. This Is a
journal
5. (This) (Is) not
a diary
6. I Know
what it
says on
the
cover
7. But I
specific
ally told
her to
get one
that
didn’t
When Mom say
‘diary’
I on it.

Went
out to
buy
things.
 Specific
ally told
her to
get one
that
didn’t
say
‘diary’
on it.
8 Great Is for
some
jerk to
catch
me
All I carrying
need this
book
around
and get
the
wrong
idea
9. The Is that
other this was
thing I Mom’s
want to idea,
clear up not
right mine
away

10
.

11 This Was
. Mom’s
idea

12 (This) (Was)
. not
mine.
 III. Mood Structure

Mood structure
No. Modal Auxiliary
Mood Residue
1. First of all, let me Get something straight _
complement
Subject ‘Present’ Finite
2. _ _ _

3. _ _ _

4. This is A journal _
Subject ‘Present’ Finite complement
5. ( This is) not A diary _
Subject ‘Present’ Finite complement
6. I know What it says on the cover _
Subject ‘Present’ Finite complement
7. But when Mom went To buy _
out things
Conj. Conj. Subject ‘Past’ ‘go out’ – predicator adjunct
Finite
8. I specifically Her to get _
told one that didn’t say ‘diary’ on it
Subject Adjunct ‘Past’
Finite ‘tell’ –Prdctr. Complem.
Adjunct
9. Great All I need is For some jerk to catch me _
Complem. Adjunct Subject carrying this book around and get
‘Present’ Finite. the wrong idea
Complement
10. The other thing I want to clear That this was Mom’s idea , not _
up right away mine
Subject Complement
Is
‘Present’ finite
11. This was Mom’s idea _
Subject ‘Past’ Finite ‘is’ Predicator Complement
12. ( This was) not Mine _
Subject ‘Past’ Finite ‘is not’ Predicator Complement