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Datapoint African American English/Existential verb and transitive possession verb

Example 14-104:: Dey got a fly messing with me.
Dey
expl
got
got.exist
a
a
fly
fly
messing
messing
with
with
me.
me
There is a fly bothering me (lit. There is a fly messing with me).

Source: Green 2002: 82
Example 14-105:: It had some breaded chicken sticks. Dey had some good French fries, too.
It
expl
had
have.pst.exist
some
some
breaded
breaded
chicken
chicken
sticks.
sticks
Dey
expl
had
have.pst.exist
some
some
good
good
French
French
fries,
fries
too.
too
There were some breaded chicken sticks. There were some good French fries, too.

Source: Green 2002: 81
Example 14-106:: I have a table.
I
I
have
have
a
a
table.
table
I have a table.
Example 14-107:: I got a table.
I
I
got
got.tr
a
a
table.
table
I have a table.