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First: Propp's Morphology of folktale

Function Narrative event in Sleeping Beauty

15th: Hero is transferred, delivered or led to P.3 At this the young prince determined to
whereabouts of an find out the truth for himself. He leaped from
object of the search; his horse and began to force his way through
the wood

17th: Hero is branded (wounded/marked, P.2 She had just taken the spindle in her hand
receives ring or scarf); when, in some way, it pricked her finger.

19th: Initial misfortune or lack is resolved P.3 Trembling, the prince knelt beside her,
(object of search and awakened her with a kiss. And now the
distributed, spell broken, slain person enchantment was broken.
revived, captive freed);
 Second: transitivity system analysis and transitivity profile

Character: The King

The King Transitivity System Analysis

THE KING PAGE 1

Material The King Gave A christening feast

Process Actor Process Goal

Material He Invites All the fairies

Process
Actor Process Goal

Mental He Hoped That each would

Process give the princess
a good gift.

Sensor Process Phenomenan

Verbal The King Ordered That a plate

Process should be
brought for her

Sayer Process Verbiage

Material He Could not furnish A gold one such

Process as the others had

Actor Process Goal

THE KING PAGE 2

Verbal The king Commanded That all spindles

 Verbiage

Behavioral The king Wept

Process
Behaver Process

Material The king Left Her alone in the

Process castle
Actor Process Goal

Material The king Departed

Process
Actor Process

Verbal The king Giving orders That no one was t

Process go near it
Actor Process Goal

THE KING PAGE 3

Relational The king Had No other child

Attributive
Process Carrier Process Attribute

Transitivity Profiling of the King

The king in most of times is associated with material and verbal processes, with one
instance of behavioral process, one of mental process, and one of relational one, which
illustrates his character perfectly well. The king here has contradicted sides. For some
material processes like “Gave” and “invites” demonstrate his effectiveness in the
situations; he is an active king who reflects the feelings of joyfulness and happiness by the
daughter's born throughout these actions. However, the other material processes such as
“left” and “departed” indicates that he is a powerless and helpless king who wants to leave
the place, which brings out his feelings of sorrow and departure as a result of his daughter’s
ever sleeping. The verbal processes like “ordered” and “commanded” highlights his actual
authority in giving orders, which reinforces his positive situations towards the
circumstances he faces. He is non-passive king. In addition, the mental process like
“hoped” emphasizes his initial hope that his daughter would be fine after all these years of
patience. Yet, this hope turned into a dark dream from which he couldn’t be awake. His
instance of behavioral process such as “wept” proves his melancholic sincere “feelings”
towards his daughter that became combined with the tearing-off “action.” Moreover, his
only relational process maintains his feelings of loneliness and inability, which affirms his
transformation from an active, powerful king to a miserable, helpless one.