Awareness "V that" construction

Form

NP
Cognizer
Verb
that
Clause
Content

Examples

Meaning

A Cognizer has a certain Content in his or her model of the world.

Roles

Cognizer
The person whose mind has the Content in it.
Content
The knowledge, belief, or opinion held by the Cognizer.

Frames

Awareness ( Cognizer, Content )

Description

This construction is concerned with people having knowledge, beliefs, or opinions. Verbs used in this construction differ as to whether the Content the Cognizer has in mind is presupposed to be true (know), or is just maintained as a matter of opinion or belief (think, believe), how certain the Cognizer is of the truthy of Content (trust, doubt), or whether the status of the Content in the Cognizer's mind has changed (remember, forget).

Inherits from

Sub-constructions

Lexical items ( Verb slot)

Trust trust She trusts that I will come back and be more loving Remembering_information forget He forgot that he had ever given her away. remember I remembered that my insurance had run out the previous week. Opinion assume We assume that sleep must bring benefits. believe He believes that Serbia is a great nation. conjecture Some scholars conjecture that the entire story is a later development. consider We consider that war is always, always, the worst solution disbelieve Colenso disbelieved that the ostrichlike bird had 'a face like a man'. expect I expect that the thesis could have been re-examined, but Oxford was a law unto itself. fancy I fancy that a persistent tolerance has had much to do with it. feel They feel that their votes will make little difference. figure She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience. hold The court held that the ALDF had no standing to sue. hypothesize They hypothesise that galaxies must contain a great deal of missing matter. imagine One might imagine that it would be hard to put a positive spin on that. suppose Do you suppose that we've made a terrible mistake. theorize Scientists long have theorised that there once was water on Mars. think I certainly think there should be a ban on tobacco advertising. Certainty believe Detectives believed that Robert Hansen was their man. doubt I doubt that parasites or other organisms are at fault. know She knew that she we would never see them that way in real life. trust I trust that you will repeat none of this to any unauthorized persons. Awareness appreciate People don't often appreciate that marble is a natural stone. imagine I can imagine that this has been very difficult for him. know We know that she's here. presume I presume that the opposite will hold true. reckon Toni reckoned that it must be about three o'clock. suppose I suppose that I really didn't think about it much. suspect Police suspect that Raj died of similar culture. think I think that he was disinclined to dance. understand We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album.

Phraseological constructions