CIRCUMSTANTIAL RELATIONAL PROCESSES
These are processes of being in which the circumstantial element is essential to the situation, not peripheral to it. The circumstance is encoded as Attribute in the following examples and stands in an intensive relationship with the Carrier:
Location in space: The museum is round the corner.
Location in time: Our next meeting will be on June 10.
Means: Entrance to the exhibition is by invitation.
Agent: This symphony is by Mahler.
Beneficiary: These flowers are for you.
Metaphorical meanings: He’s off alcohol. Everyone’s into yoga nowadays.
The circumstance is encoded by the verb in The film script concerns (= is about) a psychopath who kidnaps a girl, The desert stretches as far as the eye can see, The carpet measures three metres by two, The performance lasted three hours.
Examples such as Tomorrow is Monday; Yesterday was July 1st are reversible and can be considered as identifying circumstantial processes.
