The Beneficiary is the one to whom or for whom the process is said to take place. It appears in material and verbal processes, and occasionally in relational. (a) In a material process, the Beneficiary is either Recipient or Client. The Recipient is one that goods are given to; the Client is one that services are done for […] (b) In a verbal process, the Beneficiary is the one who is being addressed [...] We shall refer to this role as the Receiver.
- Halliday (1985), a pag.132-133