Adverbs of time and place
Although adverbs in general are usually accented, adverbs and adverbial phrases of time and place are often not accented (= unfocused) when at the end of an IP, even if they contain new information. They therefore form part of the tail:
The â–¸trade balance was in the 'red last month.
Does a â–¸Mr 'Pomfrey live here?
He's â–¸got a tat'too on his arm.
There's a 'fly in my soup
This does not apply in sentences where the sense of the verb would be incomplete without the final adverbial. Such adverbials are typically in focus, and therefore bear the nucleus.
â–¸Write the details in the 'book.
Alternatively, in statements, final adverbs and adverbials of time and place may bear the nucleus in a separate IP, typically making the preceding IP a fall-plus-rise pattern (see
The 'trade balance was in ⤵red | ⤴last month.
I 'went to ⤵London | on ⤴Sunday.
Naturally, there are also many cases in which final adverbs and adverbial phrases of time and place are important to the message, and therefore brought into focus and receive a nuclear accent:
▸O⤴K, | ▸that's a⤵⤴greed: | we'll ▸come round to⤵morrow.