MOOD and Modality Used by The Main Characters in "Onward" Movie

This research aims to analyze the interpersonal meaning in “Onward” movie. It investigates the MOOD types and Modal responsibility used by the main characters in the “Onward” Movie. The research design used is the descriptive qualitative method. The data source of this research was taken from the movie entitled “Onward” movie. The data were collected by downloading and reading the movie script. It was identified by highlighting the clauses based on Mood structure, which deals with mood and residue elements to find the MOOD types and modal responsibility. The highlighted data were classified based on the MOOD types and modal by applying codes, analyzing the data, then concluding the findings. Moreover, the researcher employed the theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics in terms of interpersonal meaning proposed by Halliday and Matthiessen (2014). The result shows that all types of MOOD, including declarative, interrogative, and imperative, are found in the movie. The declarative MOOD is dominated and frequently used by the main characters because the main characters mostly perform by stating and declaring instead of demanding and offering. It is also in line with the Mood structure in declarative MOOD, consisting of Subject and Finite. Then, the implicit subjective is most frequently used by the main characters in “Onward” movie. The implicit modality is considered as the proposition is based on a fact or the same clause as the main proposition. Then, through subjective variant, the main characters tend to use the first-person such as I and we as their point of view. It means that the speaker takes responsibility for the judgment by showing his/her personal opinion rather than hiding his/her personal opinion.