Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 117):
Scope: it represents the scope of the performance of the Process, so it can often be preceded by a preposition that indicates the nature of this scope (on, at, in, etc.) – she climbed up the ladder. When it is a restatement of the Process, there is typically an alternative wording with Process alone – have a walk ~ walk; take a shower ~ shower. Since the Scope isn’t impacted, it can neither be construed with a result (Attribute, etc.) nor be probed with do to/with. Scopes are contrasted with Goals in Table 4.15:
Blogger Comments:
[1] This is potentially misleading. Where the element is a prepositional phrase, it functions as Location, not Scope.
[2] To be clear, on the other hand, a Scope can be configured with a depictive Attribute:
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