Misrepresenting Scope As Goal [2]

Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 116):

In addition to the participant roles discussed in the Survey section (Actor, Goal, Client/Recipient, Scope, Initiator), we may also find an Attribute in a material clause which has a Goal. The Attribute either specifies the state of a participant when participating in the process or as a result of the process. For example:

 

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[1] To be clear, depictive Attributes also occur in material clause without a Goal:

[2] To be clear, in the first example, the bedroom construes the Scope of the Process left, not its Goal, since it enhances the Process in terms of location, rather than being impacted by the Process: