In Caffarel's (Caffarel 2006) grammar of French, the term refers to the element of mood structure consisting of the three functions Subject, Finite and Predicator, which is similar to the English Mood element described above in section Mood.
This was a murderous guy who probably had elements of a mood disorder and personality disorders".
This element of the mood structure is different from the Mood element found in descriptions of English in that it also includes the Predicator, the Subject is not an essential element, and the relative ordering of Subject and Finite is not relevant to the realization of the MOOD system.
The central element of the Mood Base is the Finite/Predicator, while the Subject plays a secondary role inasmuch as its explicit presence is not obligatory in the clause.
Patients in this group display high levels of psychosocial distress around their LBP including elements of anxiety, low mood or fear.
Once you have learned the basic skills required to act, like projection, expression, and body language, as well as learning about the basic elements of drama: tension, mood, place, space, etc, you need to find your genre.
The rest of the clause is referred to as the Residue, and may contain other elements relevant to the system of MOOD – Predicator, Complement and Adjunct – although these are not part of the Mood element itself.
The Mood element "realizes the selection of mood in the clause; and it is also the domain of agreement between Subject and Finite" ((Halliday & Matthiessen 2014): 142).
This brief review of our current, still insufficient, knowledge suggests strongly that pure unipolar mania, as well as mania with minor depressive disorders, should remain important elements of the three-dimensional mood spectrum.
