The Verb 'Pretend'

She	pretended		to be	a mermaid
a			‘b
Senser	Process: mental		Process: relational	Attribute

in preference to:

She	pretended to be	a mermaid
Carrier	Process: relational	Attribute

See Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 517-8).

'Prove' Serving As Causal Attributive Process

Copernicus	proved	Ptolemy	wrong
Attributor	Process	Carrier	Attribute

Mental Clause With 2 Phenomena: Both Impinging And Emanating (Thought As Agent)

The thought that he couldn't eat	made	him	crave	food	more desperately
Phenomenon: metaphenomenon	Process:	Senser	mental	Phenomenon	Manner
Agent		Medium		Range

The Content Of God's Consciousness: Existential Proposal

God	said		let	there	be	light
1		“	2
Sayer	Process:verbal				Process: existential	Existent
Subject	Finite/Predicator			Subject	Predicator	Complement