--- title: "I been knowing that", from some American dialects including African… — Tense consistency and verb forms · tree and pragmatics description: "I been knowing that", from some American dialects including African American English, means "I have known that for a long time"; in standard writing it is "I've known that". Who acts: Time words. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Time words), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:031-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms.lesson:15 # text = "I been knowing that", from some American dialects including African American English, means "I have known that for a long time"; in standard writing it is "I've known that". # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 031-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×2 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 5 that that PRON DT PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=5:punct 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 10 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 dialects dialect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 12 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 case _ _ 13 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 17 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=26:punct 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 standard standard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 38 that that PRON DT PronType=Dem 37 obj _ _ 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | participle · progressive | Time words such yesterday *= word* | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **include** | gerund | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | some American dialects include African American English | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Time words such yesterday *= word* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | writing | | standard writing | | know *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:english:031-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms.lesson:15`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Tense consistency and verb forms, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/14/) - next →: [Tense consistency and verb forms, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/16/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/)