Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 185-6):
From above, we can probe by considering textual variants of the clause with a marked or predicated Theme. Would it be (a) or (b) below?The (a) versions are clearly the appropriate ones.
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To be clear, in concocting the unattested clause open up it would another fascinating strand, with open up as marked Theme, the authors misrepresent open up as Predicator. Importantly, the adverb of a phrasal verb serves as Adjunct, rather than part of the Predicator. Halliday (1994: 209):
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