2.3.1 Passive Types
The passive clause in transitive analysis is classified in following main types: true passive, beneficiary-passive, range-passive and circumstantial passive, which is further, divided into manner passive and “true” passive.
“True” passive: effective, medium/subject, agent: by
The glass
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was
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broken
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by the cat
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Medium
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Process: material
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Agent
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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Adjunct
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Mary
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was
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upset
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by the new
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Medium
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Process: mental
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Agent
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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Adjunct
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Beneficiary-passive: effective, beneficiary/subject, and agent: by..
My ant
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was
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given
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this teapot
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by the Duke
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Beneficiary
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Process
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Medium
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Agent
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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Complement
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Adjunct
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Range-passive: Middle(i.e.: medio -passive), Range/subject, medium: by....
Songs
The music
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Were
Was
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sung
enjoyed
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by the choir
by the audience
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Range
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Process
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Medium
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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Adjunct
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According to Halliday, there are other types of passive constructions when the “indirect” participants act as the potential subjects. These are circumstantial passives which include Location– passive, Manner – passive and others.
The bed has not been slept in (Location– passive).
This pen has never been written with (Manner – passive).
These are medio- passives. But passives with idiomatic phrasal verbs, such as it has been done away with, she is very much looked up to, the prize has never been put in for are often “true” passive in the sense that the prepositional phrase really represents a participant. The following analysis is of the two examples of circumstantial passive:
Circumstantial passive
Location passive: middle (medio -passive) Location subject; Medium: by ....
The bed
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has not
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been slept in
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by anyone
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Location
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Process
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Medium
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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Adjunct
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Adjunct
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“True” passive :effective; Medium subject; Agent: by
It
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has
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been done
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Away
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with
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by the man
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Location
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Process
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Medium
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Finite
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Predicator
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Adjunct
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Adjunct
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Adjunct
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Halliday states that the clauses with features of Agency can be put in passive by using an analytic causative or bringing in an Agent of the second order. The examples can be seen in all processes: Material, Mental, and Relational as follows:
Material process
They
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had got
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the bomb
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exploded
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by the police
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Actor
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Initiator
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Mental process
What
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made
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you
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be frightened
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by the story
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Sensor
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Phenomenon
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Agent2
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Medium
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Agent1
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Relational process
They
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had/got
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Tom
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voted
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captain
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by the team
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Identified/Token
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Identifier/Value
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Assigner
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Medium
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Range
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Agent1
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Functional grammar has analyzed the passive constructions in areas of semantics and functions as well. Based on different processes, the passive constructions are analyzed into different labels, which complement others to have a full analysis of different types of passive constructions
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