(1) Applying Martin's model yields:
Blessed
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are
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those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
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Theme: marked
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Rheme
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Theme: unmarked
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That is, the clause as message is deemed to have two 'points of departure', one at the beginning and one at the end, both providing the context for the body of the message, which is simply 'are'.
Cf Halliday's version of Halliday's theory:
Blessed
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are
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those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
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Theme: marked
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Rheme
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Attribute
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Process: relational
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Carrier
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Complement
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Finite
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Subject
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Residue
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Mood
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(2) Applying Martin's model yields:
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Sad
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therefore
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in his view
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is
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how to describe it
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Theme: marked
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Rh-
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Theme: marked
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-eme
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Theme: unmarked
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That is, the clause as message is deemed to have three 'points of departure', one at the beginning, one in the middle and one at the end, each providing the context for the body of the message, which is the discontinuous Rheme 'therefore…is'.
Cf Halliday's version of Halliday's theory:
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Sad
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therefore
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in his view
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is
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how to describe it
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Theme: marked
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Rheme
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Attribute
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Angle
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Process: relational
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Carrier
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Complement
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conjunctive Adjunct
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circumstantial Adjunct
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Finite
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Subject
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Residue
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Mood
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For the paradigmatic opposition of unmarked and marked Theme, see here.
