So it all becomes clear now...

sort of.

as to...why there have been policemen (in their nifty bobby hats) lingering in the sidewalk outside my window since I got up this morning!

Something Significant appears to be going on at the mosque across the street. There is now a very large group of people milling about outside (and talking very loudly). Perhaps it is the end of Rhamadan (sp?)? Perhaps this is their grand opening since there has been construction going on? No idea. But at least I am slightly more aware of my surroundings.

Back to "A clause in English is the simultaneous realization of ideational, interpersonal and textual meanings. But these components are not put together in discrete fashion such that we can point to one segment of the clause as expressing on type of meaning and another segment as expressing another. The choice of a word may express one type of meaning, its morphology another and its position in sequence another..."

This is just great! Intellectual validation for my already honed and overused skill of OVERANALYSIS.
:)