--- title: But Naisi, glancing up, on Deirdré’s hair Saw the fierce reflex from… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: But Naisi, glancing up, on Deirdré’s hair Saw the fierce reflex from a roof far off, And on her marble cheek the fiery glare, And heard from her fine lip the careless scoff, ‘At Conor’s fireside welcome sits the guest!’-- He rose, and sudden clasped her to his breast; Who acts: Naisi, hair, fiery gl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/24/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/) / 24 # The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 24 But Naisi, glancing up, on Deirdré’s hair Saw the fierce reflex from a roof far off, And on her marble cheek the fiery glare, And heard from her fine lip the careless scoff, ‘At Conor’s fireside welcome sits the guest!’-- He rose, and sudden clasped her to his breast; **Who acts:** Naisi, hair, fiery glare, sudden, Conor · **What happens:** glance up, see, hear, sit, rise, clasp · **To what, where:** fierce reflex, roof, careless scoff, fine lip, guest, fireside welcome This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Naisi, hair, fiery glare, sudden), 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:pg78491:7:24 # text = But Naisi, glancing up, on Deirdré’s hair Saw the fierce reflex from a roof far off, And on her marble cheek the fiery glare, And heard from her fine lip the careless scoff, ‘At Conor’s fireside welcome sits the guest!’-- He rose, and sudden clasped her to his breast; 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Naisi Naisi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 glancing glance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 Saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 reflex reflex NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 off off ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 glare glare NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 lip lip NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 scoff scoff NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 At at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 Conor Conor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 fireside fireside NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 46 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 nsubj _ _ 57 clasped clasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glance up** | gerund | Naisi | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | Deirdré's hair | the fierce reflex | | a roof | | hair's marble cheek *conj*; off *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reflex=Stimulus | | 3 | **hear** | past | the fiery glare *not said here* | the careless scoff | | hair's fine lip | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent scoff=Topic from lip=Source | | 4 | **sit** | present | the fiery glare *not said here* | the guest | | Conor's fireside welcome | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme at welcome=Location | | 5 | **rise** | past | Naisi | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **clasp** | past | sudden | guest | | | | to Naisi's breast | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to breast=Co-Patient | | 7 | **welcome** | | Conor | | | | | | nom welcome «state 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/7/)