--- title: Twelfth Evening — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · full text with trees description: Twelfth Evening, «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "I looked through the windows of an editor's house," said the Moon. " --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / Twelfth Evening # Twelfth Evening Twelfth Evening of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole text, 43 sentences and 606 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/1/) — "I looked through the windows of an editor's house," said the Moon. " - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/2/) — It was somewhere in Germany. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/3/) — I saw handsome furniture, many books, and a chaos of newspapers. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/4/) — Several young men were present: the editor himself stood at his desk, and two little books, both by young authors, were to be noticed. ' - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/5/) — This one has been sent to me,' said he. ' - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/6/) — I have not read it yet; what think you of the contents?' ' - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/7/) — Oh,' said the person addressed--he was a poet himself--'it is good enough; a little broad, certainly; but, you see, the author is still young. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/8/) — The verses might be better, to be sure; the thoughts are sound, though there is certainly a good deal of common-place among them. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/9/) — But what will you have? - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/10/) — You can't be always getting something new. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/11/) — That he'll turn out anything great I don't believe, but you may safely praise him. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/12/) — He is well read, a remarkable Oriental scholar, and has a good judgment. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/13/) — It was he who wrote that nice review of my 'Reflections on Domestic Life.' - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/14/) — We must be lenient towards the young man." - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/15/) — "'But he is a complete hack!' objected another of the gentlemen. ' - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/16/) — Nothing worse in poetry than mediocrity, and he certainly does not go beyond this.' - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/17/) — "'Poor fellow,' observed a third, 'and his aunt is so happy about him. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/18/) — It was she, Mr. Editor, who got together so many subscribers for your last translation.' - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/19/) — "'Ah, the good woman! - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/20/) — Well, I have noticed the book briefly. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/21/) — Undoubted talent--a welcome offering--a flower in the garden of poetry--prettily brought out--and so on. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/22/) — But this other book--I suppose the author expects me to purchase it? - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/23/) — I hear it is praised. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/24/) — He has genius, certainly: don't you think so?' - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/25/) — "'Yes, all the world declares as much,' replied the poet, 'but it has turned out rather wildly. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/26/) — The punctuation of the book, in particular, is very eccentric.' - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/27/) — "'It will be good for him if we pull him to pieces, and anger him a little, otherwise he will get too good an opinion of himself.' - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/28/) — "'But that would be unfair,' objected the fourth. ' - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/29/) — Let us not carp at little faults, but rejoice over the real and abundant good that we find here: he surpasses all the rest.' - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/30/) — "'Not so. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/31/) — If he is a true genius, he can bear the sharp voice of censure. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/32/) — There are people enough to praise him. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/33/) — Don't let us quite turn his head.' - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/34/) — "'Decided talent,' wrote the editor, 'with the usual carelessness. that he can write incorrect verses may be seen in page 25, where there are two false quantities. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/35/) — We recommend him to study the ancients, etc.' - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/36/) — "I went away," continued the Moon, "and looked through the windows in the aunt's house. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/37/) — There sat the be-praised poet, the tame one; all the guests paid homage to him, and he was happy. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/38/) — "I sought the other poet out, the wild one; him also I found in a great assembly at his patron's, where the tame poet's book was being discussed. — checked by a teacher - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/39/) — "'I shall read yours also,' said Maecenas; 'but to speak honestly--you know I never hide my opinion from you--I don't expect much from it, for you are much too wild, too fantastic. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/40/) — But it must be allowed that, as a man, you are highly respectable.' - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/41/) — "A young girl sat in a corner; and she read in a book these words: - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/42/) — "'In the dust lies genius and glory, But ev'ry-day talent will pay. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/103/43/) — It's only the old, old story, But the piece is repeated each day.'" - ← previous: [Eleventh Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/102/) - next →: [Thirteenth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/104/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/)