248‫مي محمود أحمد‬
First: Propp's Morphology of folktale
Function
28th. False hero or villain
is exposed;
29th. Hero is given a new
appearance
31. Hero marries and
ascends the throne (is
rewarded/promoted).
Second: transitivity system analysis and transitivity profile
Narrative event in Sleeping
Beauty
Paragraph.6 Page.2
Then the old fairy’s
turn came. Shaking her
head spitefully, she
said,
“When the princess is
seventeen years old, she
shall prick her finger with a
spindle, and-she-shall-die!”
Paragraph 17 Page.3 the
prince knelt beside her, and
awakened her with a kiss.
And now the enchantment
was broken.
Paragraph 20 Page3 That
very evening the prince and
princess were married. The
next day the prince took his
bride to his father’s palace,
and there they lived happily
ever afterward.
 Character: the prince

The prince Transitivity System Analysis

The Prince Page 3

Mental He saw Towers

process
Sensor Process Phenomenon

Verbal process He Asked What they were

Sensor Process Phenomenon

Mental process The young prince Determined to Find out

sensor Process phenomenon
material process he Leaped from horse

Actor Process goal

Material He force His way

process
actor Process goal

Mental process The prince saw Horses and men

sensor process phenomenon

Intensive He Was not afraid

relational process
identified process identifier

Behavioral he entered boldly

process
behaver process circumstances
Behavioral The prince Came
process
behaver process

Mental he saw A bed

process

sensor process phenomenon

Mental He saw A bed

process

sensor process phenomenon

Behavioral The prince knelt Beside her

process

behaver process circumstances

behavioral The prince awakened

behaver process

Behavioral The prince Gave

process

behaver process
Behavioral The prince Took
process

behaver process

the prince : Transitivity profile

Most of the processes of the prince are mental and behavioural processes, with only one instance
of verbal process and one example of relational process, which reveals a lot about his
character.. Mental processes like "determined" and "saw" indicate that he wants to know the truth
of the tower and he wants to discover the princess story as an observer character. However, his
behavioural processes show that he is an affective character in the plot. For instance, he "entered”
the tower unafraid of the sleeping people, and he"awakened"the princess with a kiss and he “knelt”
shows that he is Romantic man . These actions leads to the solution of the narrative and affected
the events of it. Moreover, his only instance of verbal process proves that he is curious character .
Hence, prince mental and verbal processes show his awareness,and his behavioural processes show
his proactiveness,