--- title: Catherine and Frederick — Grimm's Fairy Stories · full text with trees · page 2 description: Catherine and Frederick, «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Once upon a time there was a youth named Frederick and a girl called Catherine, who had married and lived together as a young couple. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/page/2/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / Catherine and Frederick # Catherine and Frederick · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/101/) — I am not myself." - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/102/) — By and by night came on, and Catherine ran into the village, and, knocking at her husband's window, called, "Fred!" - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/103/) — "What is the matter?" cried he. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/104/) — "I want to know if Catherine is indoors!" said she. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/105/) — "Yes, yes!" answered Fred, "she is certainly within, fast asleep." - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/106/) — "Then I am at home," said she, and ran away. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/107/) — Standing outside Catherine found some thieves, wanting to steal, and going up to them she said, "I will help you." - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/108/) — At this the thieves were very glad, not doubting but that she knew where to light on what they sought. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/109/) — But Catherine, stepping in front of the houses, called out, "Good people, what have you that we can steal?" - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/110/) — At this the thieves said, "You will do for us with a vengeance!" and they wished they had never come near her; but in order to rid themselves of her they said, "Just before the village the parson has some roots lying in his field; go and fetch some." - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/111/) — Catherine went as she was bid, and began to grub for them, and soon made herself very dirty with the earth. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/112/) — Presently a man came by and saw her, and stood still, for he thought it was the Evil One who was grovelling so among the roots. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/113/) — Away he ran into the village to the parson, and told him the Evil One was in his field, rooting up the turnips. " - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/114/) — Ah! heavens!" said the parson, "I have a lame foot, and I cannot go out to exorcize him." - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/115/) — "Then I will carry you a-pickaback," said the man, and took him up. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/116/) — Just as they arrived in the field, Catherine got up and drew herself up to her full height. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/117/) — "Oh! it is the Evil One!" cried the parson, and both he and the man hurried away; and, behold! the parson ran faster with his lame legs, through fear and terror, than the countryman could with his sound legs! [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/) **2** - ← previous: [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/) - next →: [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/) - ↑ back to [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/)