--- title: Reddened as he spake Meave’s cheek late pale; yet careless she repli… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Reddened as he spake Meave’s cheek late pale; yet careless she replied; ‘I see her not, therefore believe her not, And breathe securely since that gleam far off Is human, not demoniac or divine; For never feared I yet the arm of man: Cuchullain dead, I hold at nought the rest.’ Who acts: sound, Meav --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/111/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/) / 111 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 111 Reddened as he spake Meave’s cheek late pale; yet careless she replied; ‘I see her not, therefore believe her not, And breathe securely since that gleam far off Is human, not demoniac or divine; For never feared I yet the arm of man: Cuchullain dead, I hold at nought the rest.’ **Who acts:** sound, Meave, I, gleam · **What happens:** redden, speak, reply, not see, not believe, breathe · **To what, where:** cheek, Meave, arm, rest, nought · **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 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sound, Meave, I, gleam), 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:pg78491:15:113 # text = Reddened as he spake Meave’s cheek late pale; yet careless she replied; ‘I see her not, therefore believe her not, And breathe securely since that gleam far off Is human, not demoniac or divine; For never feared I yet the arm of man: Cuchullain dead, I hold at nought the rest.’ 1 Reddened redden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spake speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 breathe breathe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 29 securely securely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 since since SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 gleam gleam NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 off off ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 demoniac demoniac NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 divine divine NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 For for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 yet yet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 Cuchullain Cuchullain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 58 at at ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 57 obl _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **redden** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | sound | Meave's cheek | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Meave | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **see** | present | I | Meave | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **believe** | infinitive | I *not said here* | Meave | | | | therefore *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **breathe** | infinitive | | | | | | securely *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | that gleam | | | | | demoniac or divine *obl*; human *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **fear** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **yet** | past | I | the arm of man | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **hold** | present | I | the rest | | nought | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rest=Theme at nought=Location | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/112/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)