Assertion: perfect tense | /r/CapableOf | express action
Facets:
value: in the past
type: TEMPORAL
value: most often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The present perfect tense expresses actions that happened at time that is not specific and actions that started in the past but continue to the present.
text: The three perfect tenses in English are the three verb tenses which show action already completed.
text: The past perfect tense most often expresses actions in the past that finished before another action (also in the past) started.
text: The present perfect tense expresses actions that happened at time that is not specific and actions that started in the past but continue to the present.
text: The future perfect tense expresses actions that will be finished at some point in the future.
text: The future perfect tense expresses actions that will be finished at some point in the future or those that will be finished before another future event.