Universidad Pedagógica Experimental LibertadorInstituto Pedagógico de Caracas

Departamento de Idiomas ModernosCátedra de Gramática

Gramática II

The Network System: Mood AnalysisExtract from Gravity movie

Por: Paola BetancourtSarahí Mijares

Background

For the movie “Gravity” produced and directed by Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón in 2013, it will be applied the mood analysis from the network system. It was chosen 10 minutes from the movie, specifically from minute 4 to minute 14. During this time Dr, Stone and Matt Kowalski (main actors) had an accident when they were repairing the Hubble spatial telescope.

Context

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a medical engineer in charge to repair the Hubble Telescope accompanied by the astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), during their space walk, a storm made of pieces of a destroyed satellite hits the explorer leaving them alone in the space.

Mood Analysis: Sentences

MISSION CONTROL MOODDoctor Stone? Medical is asking if you Interrogative want to return to Explorer? Closed

RYANNegative, we’ve been here for a week. Indicative

declarative

RYAN MOODHouston, let's just finish this. Imperative Inclusive RYAN What have you got here? Interrogative open EXPLORER CAP Imperative exclusiveGo ahead Houston!

Mood Analysis: ChartMood Matt

KowalskyDr. Ryan Stone

MissionControl (Huston)

Explorer Cap.

Sharif

IndicativeDeclarative

32 39 24 9 3

Indicative Interrogative open

6 3 2 0 1

Indicative Interrogative closed

7 1 1 2 3

Imperative exclusive

20 6 7 6 1

Imperative inclusive

2 1 0 0 0

Conclusions

It can be observed that most of the sentences were indicative declarative, and the Dr. Stone was the character with the major number of them. This is due to the fact that her mission in the space required a big quantity of declaratives sentences in the interaction with the mission control and the astronaut Matt Kowalsky

Conclusions

It can also be observed that the astronaut Matt Kowalsky had the majority imperative sentences, this is because he commanded the shuttle mission and he had to give technical orders to Dr. Stone when she was in trouble when the rest of spatial garbage hit the explorer in order to keep her alive.

References

Leon. E (2004), An Introduction to Systemic – Functional Grammar: A guide for EFL students. Vicerrectorado de investigación y docencia. Cuarón, A. (Director). (2013). Gravity [Película]. Londres – Reino

Unido: Warner Brothers.

How would you feel if you were alone in space?