The Dryad, part 4 The Dryad, part 4 of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole text, 18 sentences and 277 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 1 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model.
1 The Dryad felt a terror like a woman who has cut asunder her pulse-artery in the bath, but is filled again with the love of life, even while she is bleeding to death. 2 She raised herself, tottered forward a few steps, and sank down again at the entrance to a little church. 3 The gate stood open, lights were burning upon the altar, and the organ sounded. 4 What music! 5 Such notes the Dryad had never yet heard; and yet it seemed to her as if she recognized a number of well-known voices among them. checked by a teacher 6 They came deep from the heart of all creation. 7 She thought she heard the stories of the old clergyman, of great deeds, and of the celebrated names, and of the gifts that the creatures of God must bestow upon posterity, if they would live on in the world. 8 The tones of the organ swelled, and in their song there sounded these words: 9 "Thy wishing and thy longing have torn thee, with thy roots, from the place which God appointed for thee. 10 That was thy destruction, thou poor Dryad!" 11 The notes became soft and gentle, and seemed to die away in a wail. 12 In the sky the clouds showed themselves with a ruddy gleam. 13 The Wind sighed: 14 "Pass away, ye dead! now the sun is going to rise!" 15 The first ray fell on the Dryad. 16 Her form was irradiated in changing colors, like the soap-bubble when it is bursting and becomes a drop of water; like a tear that falls and passes away like a vapor. 17 Poor Dryad! 18 Only a dew-drop, only a tear, poured upon the earth, and vanished away! ← previous The Dryad, part 3next → An Old Story Told Anew↑ back to Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/27/