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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reddened	redden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 careless	advcl
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 spake	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spake	nsubj
4	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Reddened	advcl
5	Meave	Meave	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cheek	nmod:poss
6	’s	's	PART	_	5 Meave	case
7	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spake	obj
8	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 pale	advmod
9	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cheek	amod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 careless	punct
11	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	12 careless	cc
12	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 replied	nsubj
14	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 careless	ccomp
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 see	punct
16	‘	'	PUNCT	_	18 see	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 see	nsubj
18	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 careless	parataxis
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 see	obj
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 see	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 believe	punct
22	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	23 believe	advmod
23	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 see	conj
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 believe	obj
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 believe	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 breathe	punct
27	And	and	CCONJ	_	28 breathe	cc
28	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	23 believe	parataxis
29	securely	securely	ADV	_	28 breathe	advmod
30	since	since	SCONJ	_	36 human	mark
31	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 gleam	det
32	gleam	gleam	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 human	nsubj
33	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	34 off	advmod
34	off	off	ADV	_	32 gleam	advmod
35	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 human	cop
36	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 breathe	advcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 demoniac	punct
38	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	39 demoniac	advmod
39	demoniac	demoniac	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 human	obl
40	or	or	CCONJ	_	41 divine	cc
41	divine	divine	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 demoniac	conj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 yet	punct
43	For	for	SCONJ	_	45 feared	mark
44	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	45 feared	advmod
45	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 yet	advcl
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 yet	nsubj
47	yet	yet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 see	conj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 arm	det
49	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 yet	obj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 man	case
51	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 arm	nmod
52	:	:	PUNCT	_	54 dead	punct
53	Cuchullain	Cuchullain	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 dead	compound
54	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 yet	advcl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 hold	punct
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 hold	nsubj
57	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 see	conj
58	at	at	ADP	_	59 nought	case
59	nought	nought	PRON	PronType=Neg	57 hold	obl
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 rest	det
61	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 hold	obj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 careless	punct
63	’	'	PUNCT	_	12 careless	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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.

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The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 15, sentence 111