--- title: Sweetheart Roland — Grimms' Fairy Tales · full text with trees · page 2 description: Sweetheart Roland, «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: There was once upon a time a woman who was a real witch and had two daughters, one ugly and wicked, and this one she loved because she was her own daughter, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/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/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / Sweetheart Roland # Sweetheart Roland · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/101/) — ‘Thou, queen, art the fairest in all this land: But over the hills, in the greenwood shade, Where the seven dwarfs their dwelling have made, There Snowdrop is hiding her head; and she Is lovelier far, O queen! than thee.’ - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/102/) — Then the queen was very much frightened; for she knew that the glass always spoke the truth, and was sure that the servant had betrayed her. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/103/) — And she could not bear to think that anyone lived who was more beautiful than she was; so she dressed herself up as an old pedlar, and went her way over the hills, to the place where the dwarfs dwelt. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/104/) — Then she knocked at the door, and cried, ‘Fine wares to sell!’ - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/105/) — Snowdrop looked out at the window, and said, ‘Good day, good woman! what have you to sell?’ - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/106/) — ‘Good wares, fine wares,’ said she; ‘laces and bobbins of all colours.’ - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/107/) — ‘I will let the old lady in; she seems to be a very good sort of body,’ thought Snowdrop, as she ran down and unbolted the door. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/108/) — ‘Bless me!’ said the old woman, ‘how badly your stays are laced! - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/109/) — Let me lace them up with one of my nice new laces.’ - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/110/) — Snowdrop did not dream of any mischief; so she stood before the old woman; but she set to work so nimbly, and pulled the lace so tight, that Snowdrop’s breath was stopped, and she fell down as if she were dead. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/111/) — ‘There’s an end to all thy beauty,’ said the spiteful queen, and went away home. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/112/) — In the evening the seven dwarfs came home; and I need not say how grieved they were to see their faithful Snowdrop stretched out upon the ground, as if she was quite dead. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/113/) — However, they lifted her up, and when they found what ailed her, they cut the lace; and in a little time she began to breathe, and very soon came to life again. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/114/) — Then they said, ‘The old woman was the queen herself; take care another time, and let no one in when we are away.’ - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/115/) — When the queen got home, she went straight to her glass, and spoke to it as before; but to her great grief it still said: - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/116/) — ‘Thou, queen, art the fairest in all this land: But over the hills, in the greenwood shade, Where the seven dwarfs their dwelling have made, There Snowdrop is hiding her head; and she Is lovelier far, O queen! than thee.’ - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/117/) — Then the blood ran cold in her heart with spite and malice, to see that Snowdrop still lived; and she dressed herself up again, but in quite another dress from the one she wore before, and took with her a poisoned comb. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/118/) — When she reached the dwarfs’ cottage, she knocked at the door, and cried, ‘Fine wares to sell!’ - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/119/) — But Snowdrop said, ‘I dare not let anyone in.’ - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/120/) — Then the queen said, ‘Only look at my beautiful combs!’ and gave her the poisoned one. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/121/) — And it looked so pretty, that she took it up and put it into her hair to try it; but the moment it touched her head, the poison was so powerful that she fell down senseless. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/122/) — ‘There you may lie,’ said the queen, and went her way. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/123/) — But by good luck the dwarfs came in very early that evening; and when they saw Snowdrop lying on the ground, they thought what had happened, and soon found the poisoned comb. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/124/) — And when they took it away she got well, and told them all that had passed; and they warned her once more not to open the door to anyone. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/125/) — Meantime the queen went home to her glass, and shook with rage when she read the very same answer as before; and she said, ‘Snowdrop shall die, if it cost me my life.’ - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/126/) — So she went by herself into her chamber, and got ready a poisoned apple: the outside looked very rosy and tempting, but whoever tasted it was sure to die. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/127/) — Then she dressed herself up as a peasant’s wife, and travelled over the hills to the dwarfs’ cottage, and knocked at the door; but Snowdrop put her head out of the window and said, ‘I dare not let anyone in, for the dwarfs have told me not.’ - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/128/) — ‘Do as you please,’ said the old woman, ‘but at any rate take this pretty apple; I will give it you.’ - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/129/) — ‘No,’ said Snowdrop, ‘I dare not take it.’ - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/130/) — ‘You silly girl!’ answered the other, ‘what are you afraid of? - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/131/) — Do you think it is poisoned? - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/132/) — Come! do you eat one part, and I will eat the other.’ - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/133/) — Now the apple was so made up that one side was good, though the other side was poisoned. - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/134/) — Then Snowdrop was much tempted to taste, for the apple looked so very nice; and when she saw the old woman eat, she could wait no longer. - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/135/) — But she had scarcely put the piece into her mouth, when she fell down dead upon the ground. - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/136/) — ‘This time nothing will save thee,’ said the queen; and she went home to her glass, and at last it said: - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/137/) — ‘Thou, queen, art the fairest of all the fair.’ - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/138/) — And then her wicked heart was glad, and as happy as such a heart could be. - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/139/) — When evening came, and the dwarfs had gone home, they found Snowdrop lying on the ground: no breath came from her lips, and they were afraid that she was quite dead. - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/140/) — They lifted her up, and combed her hair, and washed her face with wine and water; but all was in vain, for the little girl seemed quite dead. - [141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/141/) — So they laid her down upon a bier, and all seven watched and bewailed her three whole days; and then they thought they would bury her: but her cheeks were still rosy; and her face looked just as it did while she was alive; so they said, ‘We will never bury her in the cold ground.’ - [142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/142/) — And they made a coffin of glass, so that they might still look at her, and wrote upon it in golden letters what her name was, and that she was a king’s daughter. - [143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/143/) — And the coffin was set among the hills, and one of the dwarfs always sat by it and watched. - [144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/144/) — And the birds of the air came too, and bemoaned Snowdrop; and first of all came an owl, and then a raven, and at last a dove, and sat by her side. - [145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/145/) — And thus Snowdrop lay for a long, long time, and still only looked as though she was asleep; for she was even now as white as snow, and as red as blood, and as black as ebony. - [146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/146/) — At last a prince came and called at the dwarfs’ house; and he saw Snowdrop, and read what was written in golden letters. - [147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/147/) — Then he offered the dwarfs money, and prayed and besought them to let him take her away; but they said, ‘We will not part with her for all the gold in the world.’ - [148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/148/) — At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but the moment he lifted it up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between her lips, and Snowdrop awoke, and said, ‘Where am I?’ - [149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/149/) — And the prince said, ‘Thou art quite safe with me.’ - [150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/150/) — Then he told her all that had happened, and said, ‘I love you far better than all the world; so come with me to my father’s palace, and you shall be my wife.’ - [151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/151/) — And Snowdrop consented, and went home with the prince; and everything was got ready with great pomp and splendour for their wedding. - [152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/152/) — To the feast was asked, among the rest, Snowdrop’s old enemy the queen; and as she was dressing herself in fine rich clothes, she looked in the glass and said: - [153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/153/) — ‘Tell me, glass, tell me true! - [154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/154/) — Of all the ladies in the land, Who is fairest, tell me, who?’ - [155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/155/) — And the glass answered: - [156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/156/) — ‘Thou, lady, art loveliest here, I ween; But lovelier far is the new-made queen.’ - [157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/157/) — When she heard this she started with rage; but her envy and curiosity were so great, that she could not help setting out to see the bride. - [158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/158/) — And when she got there, and saw that it was no other than Snowdrop, who, as she thought, had been dead a long while, she choked with rage, and fell down and died: but Snowdrop and the prince lived and reigned happily over that land many, many years; and sometimes they went up into the mountains, and paid a visit to the little dwarfs, who had been so kind to Snowdrop in her time of need. 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