Martin (1992: 371-2):
Australia II is an Actor in [5:36kk] but a Car[r]ier in [5:36ll]; similarly the Americans are a Medium in [5:36y] but an Agent in [5:36dd]; and 'being ahead of' is variously realised as a Process [5:36kk], Attribute [5:36ll], Goal [5:36y] and Circumstance [5:36dd].
Blogger Comments:
[1] Clause [kk] — like clause [ll] — construes an attributive relational Process. Viewed 'from above', it construes 'being–&–having', not 'doing–&–happening'. Viewed 'from roundabout', the unmarked present tense for lead in such a clause is the simple present leads, rather than the present–in–present is leading, which rules out the material Process analysis.
kk
Australia II
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was leading
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by the same margin
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Medium
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Process
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Range
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Extent
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Carrier
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relational: intensive
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Attribute: circumstantial
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ll
she (Australia II)
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was
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21 seconds ahead
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around the fifth mark
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Medium
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Process
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Range
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Location
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Carrier
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relational: intensive
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Attribute: circumstantial
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[2] In clause [y] the Americans serves as Agent, not Medium, and in clause [dd] Liberty serves as Medium, not Agent.
y
at the second mark
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the Americans
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had increased
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their lead
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to 46 seconds
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Location
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Agent
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Process
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Medium
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Extent
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Actor
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material
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Goal
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dd
Liberty
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surged
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ahead
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Medium
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Process
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Location: motion: away from
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Actor
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material
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[3] In clause [kk] 'being ahead' is construed as Process and circumstantial Attribute, not just Process, and in clause [ll] also as Process and circumstantial Attribute, not just Attribute.
[4] The relation between Medium and Process is complementarity, not extension, for reasons previously given.
[5] The relation between Agent and Nucleus is enhancement, not extension, because the Agent is the external cause of the Process unfolding through the Medium.
