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
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.