--- title: Again, that hour, he saw those guileless eyes, Blue as the seas they… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Again, that hour, he saw those guileless eyes, Blue as the seas they gazed on; saw once more That hair like winter sunshine, brow snow-white, That unvoluptuous form and virginal, That love-unwakened breast with love for all, Those hands that knew not what their touch conferred, Those blithesome, wav --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The foray of Queen Meave, and other le…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/) / 73 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 13, sentence 73 Again, that hour, he saw those guileless eyes, Blue as the seas they gazed on; saw once more That hair like winter sunshine, brow snow-white, That unvoluptuous form and virginal, That love-unwakened breast with love for all, Those hands that knew not what their touch conferred, Those blithesome, wave-washed, scarce divided feet:-- The huge cliff smiled upon her; seemed to say, ‘Ah little nursling mine! **Who acts:** Cuchullain, eyes, hands, huge cliff · **What happens:** see, gaze on, unwaken, not know, confer, wash · **To what, where:** guileless eyes, seas, hair, touch, little nursling · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cuchullain, eyes, hands, huge cliff), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:13:75 # text = Again, that hour, he saw those guileless eyes, Blue as the seas they gazed on; saw once more That hair like winter sunshine, brow snow-white, That unvoluptuous form and virginal, That love-unwakened breast with love for all, Those hands that knew not what their touch conferred, Those blithesome, wave-washed, scarce divided feet:-- The huge cliff smiled upon her; seemed to say, ‘Ah little nursling mine! 1 Again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 9 guileless guileless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 on on ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 advmod _ _ 22 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 23 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 30 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 unvoluptuous unvoluptuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 virginal virginal NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 41 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 unwakened unwaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 appos _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 55 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 53 ccomp _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 58 conferred confer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 Those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 57 nmod _ _ 61 blithesome blithesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 amod _ _ 69 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 : : PUNCT : _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 -- -- PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 75 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 parataxis _ _ 76 upon upon ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ; ; PUNCT : _ 79 punct _ _ 79 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 conj _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 83 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 85 discourse _ _ 85 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 nursling nursling NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obj _ _ 87 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 86 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Cuchullain | that guileless eyes | | | hour | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | | 2 | **gaze on** | past | eyes *= eye* | the seas *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Cuchullain *not said here* | that hair and brow | | | | like winter sunshine | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hair=Stimulus | | 4 | **unwaken** | participle | | | | | | love *compound* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** | past | that hands | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **confer** | participle | | eyes's touch Those *not said here* | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wash** | participle | | | | | | wave *compound*; scarce divided feet *conj* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **divide** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **smile** | past | the huge cliff | | | | | upon touch | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **seem** | past | the huge cliff *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the huge cliff *not said here* | little nursling mine | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nursling=Topic | | 12 | **touch** | | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | nom touch «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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. **Text:** «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)