Unpacking Ideational Metaphor Reveals Its Interpersonal & Textual Motivations

Parenthesis has recently seen a considerable surge in interest.

parenthesis	has	recently	seen	a considerable surge in interest
Senser	Process:	Location: time	mental	Phenomenon
Subject	Finite	Adjunct	Predicator	Complement
Mood		Residue
Theme	Rheme

there	has	recently	been	a considerable surge in interest	in parenthesis
	Process:	Location: time	existential	Existent	Matter
Subject	Finite	Adjunct	Predicator	Complement	Adjunct
Mood		Residue
Theme	Rheme

people	have	recently	become	very interested	in parenthesis
Carrier	Process:	Location: time	relational	Attribute	Matter
Subject	Finite	Adjunct	Predicator	Complement	Adjunct
Mood		Residue
Theme	Rheme

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 285): 

… this provides an important insight into why experiential metaphors evolve in the first place, namely in order to get the texture right …

'Read' Serving As Cognitive Mental Process

some Sydney Systemicists	can read	the deluded sociopath	like a book
Senser	Process: mental: cognitive	Phenomenon	Manner: comparison

The Verb 'Read' Serving As Projecting Verbal Process

The label reads “wash before use”

The label	reads	wash	before use
1		“ 2
Sayer	Process: verbal	Process: material	Location: time

The Verb 'Read' Serving As Relational Process — In A Circumstantial Attributive Clause

This reads like something from a science fiction movie

This	reads	like something [from a science fiction movie]
Carrier	Process: attributive	Attribute/Manner: comparison