Tuesday, 20 September 2016

'Provide' Serving As Identifying Process Of Benefactive Possession

The Give & Take Of Semogenesis

logogenesis
provides
the material
for ontogenesis
Token
Process: possession
Value
Beneficiary
ontogenesis
provides
the material
for phylogenesis


phylogenesis
provides
the environment
for ontogenesis
Token
Process: possession
Value
Beneficiary
ontogenesis
provides
the environment
for logogenesis


cf plants provide the food for herbivores

Monday, 19 September 2016

'Also' Serving As Conjunctive Vs Mood Adjunct

also (‘in addition’)
there
’ll
be
wine-tasting
conjunctive Adjunct
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Complement

Mood
Residue


there
’ll
also (‘even’)
be
wine-tasting
Subject
Finite
mood Adjunct: intensity: counterexpectancy: exceeding
Predicator
Complement
Mood
Residue

Sunday, 18 September 2016

Modality As Predicator

he
will
have to resign
won’t
he
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Finite
Subject
Mood
Residue
Mood Tag

cf
he
had
to resign
didn’t
he

‘past
have to resign’


Subject
Finite
Predicator
Finite
Subject
Mood
Residue
Mood Tag

cf
he
did
have to resign
didn’t
he
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Finite
Subject
Mood
Residue
Mood Tag

Saturday, 17 September 2016

Partitive Measure: Head < Thing


the
united
states
of
America
Premodifier
Premodifier
Head
Postmodifier
Portion
Thing
Deictic
Classifier
Thing