All Of Figure Realised As Nominal Group
Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 650):
The incongruent realisation of a figure may retain the clause as the domain of realisation, but downgrade all of the figure as a metaphorical nominal group, creating a new Process.
Part Of Figure Realised As Nominal Group
Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 650-1):
The incongruent realisation of a figure may retain the clause as the domain of realisation, but downgrade … part of the figure as a metaphorical nominal group.
Figure Realised As Group/Phrase
Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 651):
The incongruent realisation of the figure may downgrade the domain from clause to group/phrase. Grammatically, this is only possible in an environment of rankshift, as when the congruent clause or metaphorical group/phrase serves as the Head or Postmodifier of a nominal group.