Carried Away By A Metaphor

Goal	Process: material			Actor
we	are	being carried	along	by the flow of time
Subject	Finite	Predicator	Adjunct	Adjunct
Mood		Residue

Impinging Desiderative Projection: 'Cause To Want'

α			‘ β
their public betrayal of him in the week of his mother's tragic death from mesothelioma	inspired	him	to make	their ignorance, dishonesty and hypocrisy	public
	motivated
Agent Phenomenon	Process: desiderative	Medium Senser	Process: relational	Medium Carrier	Range Attribute

cf he was inspired by their betrayal of him to publicise their ignorance.

cf emanating desiderative projection:

α		‘ β
he	would have liked	them	to act	morally
Medium Senser	Process: desiderative	Medium Actor	Process: material	Manner: quality

Interpersonal Metaphor And Discontinuous Subject

he	is	less likely [ than Ivy ]	[[ to have spoken ]]
Sub-	Finite	Complement	-ject
Mo-		Residue	-od

cf he having spoken is less likely than Ivy (having done so).

Cf the Cardiff Grammar analysis (Fawcett 2007: 934):

he	is	less likely than Ivy	to	have	spoken
Subject	Operator/Auxiliary	Auxiliary Extension	Infinitive	Auxiliary	Main Verb

That is, Fawcett analyses 'spoken' as the Main Verb of this attributive clause, and 'is' and 'have' as two of its Auxiliaries.