Encoding Value Through Theme Predication

it was the frog he lost (Martin 1992: 130)

Theme Predication: encoding ‘that which he lost’ ('what did he lose?)

it	was	the frog	[(that) he lost]
Val-	Process: identifying	Token	-ue
Identi-		Identifier	-fied
Theme			Rheme
New			Given

 cf. decoding ‘it’ ('which frog was it?)

it	was	the frog [(that) he lost]
Token	Process: identifying	Value
Identified		Identifier
Theme	Rheme
		New

Material Existence

participants persist, whereas processes unfold, through time (Halliday & Matthiessen 1999: 178)

participants	persist ('continue to exist')	whereas	processes	unfold ('happen')	through time
Existent	Process: existential		Actor	Process: material: creative	Location: motion

Demanding A Decoding

What is the meaning of this?!

what	is (‘realises’)	the meaning [of this]
Token/Identified	Process: identifying	Value/Identifier

Event Realised By Hypotactic Enhancing Word Complex

is going to stir-fry ('stir while frying' )

is	going to	stir-fry
Finite	Auxiliary	Event a x b