Ari Wibowo

PPGDJ UAD

Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok

Social function
1) Reporting the event by just retelling the information given by the main source, the police.
Evidence:
- ... the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday, Central Park police Chief
Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman said. Andrew was found dead at around 1 p.m.
- “They were the ones who saw the victim drown. Based on their information, the victim drowned
directly below his surfboard,” Kholilur said on Monday.
Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
Social function
1) Reporting the event by just retelling the information given by the autorities.
Evidence:
- A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia's northernmost province on Wednesday, killing at
least 18 people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly burnt, authorities said.
- The fire broke out around 1.30am at a backyard well in a village in Aceh province, on the northern tip of
Sumatra Island, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
Social function
The reason of Arrest:
Evidence:
Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak was
found with deer antlers and suspected tiger bones.
The Structure of Text

PARTS OF NEWS FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS

I. Headline Summarizing the event in a telegraphic text

Aussie man dies while surfing in 1) The casualty
Lombok - Aussie man
2) The unfortunate event
- dies
3) The time and location (an activity)
- while surfing in Lombok

Fire erupts at illegal oil well in 1) The casualty

Indonesia - 58 people
2) The unfortunate event
- 18 people killed and 40 injured
3) The time and location (an activity)
- Farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district
Elephant poachers arrested in 1) Arrested
Malaysia - Poachers
2) The unfortunate event
- elephants, deer, tiger are killed
 3) The time and location (an activity)
- Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Headline

Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
The Headline

Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts of the event

Telegraphic sentence:leaving out function words.

Aussie man (telegraphic) = an Aussie man (normal)
Aussie (shortened name) = Australia (normal)

TheSimple Present Tense for ‘active’ voice

Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
(for the normal form “... died / has died ...)

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Headline

Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
The Headline

Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts of the event

Telegraphic sentence:leaving out function words.

Aussie man (telegraphic) = an Aussie man (normal)
Aussie (shortened name) = Australia (normal)

TheSimple Present Tense for ‘active’ voice

Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
(for the normal form “... died / has died ...)

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Newsworthy Event

The lexicogrammatical features of the Newsworthy Events
The Newsworthy Events

A sentence or sentences in the first paragraph containingallimportant facts about the event: (1) the
casualty, (2) the accident, (3) the reason, (4) the time, and (5) the location; the verb in the present
perfect tense, and present participle.
[An Australian tourist named Andrew Richard Wiseman] [has died] [after drowning] [while surfing][at
Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara].

It starts with the name of the place where the event was covered, in small cap characters:
MATARAM: ...

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Events in Details

The lexicogrammatical features of the the Events in Details
 The Events in Details
Tenses associated with past events: past tenses (simple past, past progressive, past perfect) and
present perfect are used to state the details of the event
2nd paragraph: went, said, was found
3rd paragraph: was living
4th paragraph: questioned, had seen
5th paragraph: were, saw, drowned, said
6th paragraph: brought
7th paragraph: was given, could not be resuscitated, said
8th paragraph: came, brought
9th paragraph: took, refused
Thepassive voice
Andrew was found dead at around 1 p.m. ...
Direct quotations to report the events
“They were the ones who saw the victim drown. Based on their information, the victim drowned
directly below his surfboard,” Kholilur said on Monday.
Indirect quotations to report the events
Based on reports received by police, the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on
Sunday, Central Park police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman said.
Wiseman was given emergency first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated, Kholilur said.
Based on reports received by police, the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on
Sunday
Participle[present] to state the circumstances surrounding the event
…whilesurfing at Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara ....
… the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday …
… after receiving reports, …
Participle[past] to modify a thing or person
An Australian tourist named Andrew Richard Wiseman ....
Based on reports received by police, …
Adjective clauses to add more information about a person/thing
... two other foreign tourists, Eva, from Germany and John Robert Haton, from Australia, who had
seen the incident firsthand.
Prepositionalphrases to state the circumstances surrounding the events
at Tanjung Aan Beach
in Lombok
around 11 a.m.
on Sunday
during his time in Lombok
in a homestay
in Kuta village
Etc.

Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia

The Headline
 Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts of the event

The Simple Present Tense for ‘active’ voice

Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
(for the normal form “... erupted / has erupted ...)

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Newsworthy Event

The lexicogrammatical features of the Newsworthy Events
The Newsworthy Events

Sentences in the first three paragraph containingallimportant facts about the event: (1) the casualty,
(2) the accident, (3) the reason, (4) the time, and (5) the location; the verb in the present perfect
tense, and present participle.
A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia's northernmost province on Wednesday, killing at
least 18 people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly burnt, authorities said.
The fire broke out around 1.30am at a backyard well in a village in Aceh province, on the northern tip
of Sumatra Island, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
Authorities were still trying to determine what had caused the fire. Local news reports said it may
have started with a spark from a blowtorch or a worker smoking a cigarette..

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Events in Details

The lexicogrammatical features of the the Events in Details

The Events in Details

Tenses associated with past events: past tenses (simple past, past progressive, past perfect) and
present perfect are used to state the details of the event
The 2nd paragraph to the last pargraph: out, had, caused, said, showed, had, gathered, came, gutted,
were, sent, dealt, said, told, were, abandoned, said
The passive voice
At least five homes were gutted by the fire, the agency said. Firefighters and other emergency.. ...
Direct quotations to report the events
"A group of people came to gather up oil and they weren't supposed to be there," the disaster agency
said in a statement.Indirect quotations to report the events
Participle[present] to state the circumstances surrounding the event
Television news footage and photos showed flames rising at least 10 metres into the air in the farming
village....
Participle[past] to modify a thing or person
NULL
Adjective clauses to add more information about a person/thing
said Mangantar Marpaung, former chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency
Prepositionalphrases to state the circumstances surrounding the events
on Wednesday
at a backyard well
Etc.
Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
The Headline
Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts of the event
Telegraphic sentence:leaving out function words.
Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia it should be Elephant poachers were arrested in Malaysia

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Newsworthy Event

The lexicogrammatical features of the Newsworthy Events
The Newsworthy Events
A sentence or sentences in the first two paragraphs containingallimportant facts about the event: (1)
the casualty, (2) the accident, (3) the reason, (4) the time, and (5) the location; the verb in the present
perfect tense, and present participle.
[MALAYSIA: Four heavily armed poachers who targetted wild elephants in Malaysia have been caught,
officials said Tuesday, the second such arrest in less than two years.
Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian STATE of Perak
was found with deer antlers and suspected tiger bones.
A joint police and wildlife DEPARTMENT investigation also led the agents to find an elephant shot dead
by the poachers in a nearby forest with its tusks ripped out.].
It starts with the name of the place where the event was covered, in small cap characters:
MALAYSIA: ...

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Events in Details

The lexicogrammatical features of the the Events in Details
The Events in Details
Tenses associated with past events: past tenses (simple past, past progressive, past perfect) and
present perfect are used to state the details of the event 2 nd paragraph to last paragraph: armed,
targetted, said, led, said, were, not found, believed

The passive voice

....was arrested in Kelantan, with explosives, guns and parts of tusks seized
Direct quotations to report the events
“This crew is notorious. They hunt elephants,” wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim
told AFP..
Indirect quotations to report the events
A police statement said weapons including rifles and homemade shotguns as well as animal snares
were found after they arrested the gang.
Participle[present] to state the circumstances surrounding the event

Participle[past] to modify a thing or person

Adjective clauses to add more information about a person/thing

Prepositionalphrases to state the circumstances surrounding the events
in Malaysia
in the nothern Malaysian state of Perak
 in a nearby forest
etc

All of the news used past tenses and simple perfect in giving the information because what they write is
the past event.
The use of participle and adjective clauses are due to give the fact as simple as possible.

Framing/writer position:
Text 1: Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok
It is suggestion because To be careful surfing in Lombok because this incident
Text 2: Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
It is suggestion,
The government should build the best regulation in minimum standard in mining oil well in indonesia
Text 3: Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
It is sugestion,
In doing elephants preservation the government and society should take apart in arresting the Elephant
poachers arrested
Japen.saragih@pbi.uad.ac.id