Misconstruing A Mood Adjunct (Intensity) As A Continuity Item [3]

Martin (1992: 231):

[4:167] CONJUNCTION You have to consider the aspect.

                                 Also the question of polarity comes into it. 

            CONTINUITY   Ben beat Lindley

                                 and he also beat Carl.

Blogger Comment:

The function of also here is interpersonal: a mood Adjunct of intensity (counterexpectancy: exceeding), and so it does not mark a continuity relation with the previous clause in the complex.

and	he	also	beat		Carl
	Subject	mood Adjunct: intensity: counterexpectancy: exceeding	Finite	Predicator	Complement
	Mood			Residue