--- title: Thirtieth Evening — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · full text with trees description: Thirtieth Evening, «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "It was in a little provincial town," the Moon said; "it certainly happened last year, but that has nothing to do with the matter. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/) [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/) / Thirtieth Evening # Thirtieth Evening Thirtieth Evening of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole text, 20 sentences and 383 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/1/) — "It was in a little provincial town," the Moon said; "it certainly happened last year, but that has nothing to do with the matter. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/2/) — I saw it quite plainly. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/3/) — To-day I read about it in the papers, but there it was not half so clearly expressed. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/4/) — In the taproom of the little inn sat the bear leader, eating his supper; the bear was tied up outside, behind the wood pile--poor Bruin, who did nobody any harm, though he looked grim enough. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/5/) — Up in the garret three little children were playing by the light of my beams; the eldest was perhaps six years old, the youngest certainly not more than two. ' - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/6/) — Tramp, tramp'--somebody was coming upstairs: who might it be? - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/7/) — The door was thrust open--it was Bruin, the great, shaggy Bruin! - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/8/) — He had got tired of waiting down in the courtyard, and had found his way to the stairs. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/9/) — I saw it all," said the Moon. " - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/10/) — The children were very much frightened at first at the great shaggy animal; each of them crept into a corner, but he found them all out, and smelt at them, but did them no harm. ' - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/11/) — This must be a great dog,' they said, and began to stroke him. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/12/) — He lay down upon the ground, the youngest boy clambered on his back, and bending down a little head of golden curls, played at hiding in the beast's shaggy skin. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/13/) — Presently the eldest boy took his drum, and beat upon it till it rattled again; the bear rose upon his hind legs, and began to dance. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/14/) — It was a charming sight to behold. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/15/) — Each boy now took his gun, and the bear was obliged to have one too, and he held it up quite properly. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/16/) — Here was a capital playmate they had found; and they began marching--one, two; one, two. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/17/) — "Suddenly some one came to the door, which opened, and the mother of the children appeared. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/18/) — You should have seen her in her dumb terror, with her face as white as chalk, her mouth half open, and her eyes fixed in a horrified stare. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/19/) — But the youngest boy nodded to her in great glee, and called out in his infantile prattle, 'We're playing at soldiers.' - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/121/20/) — And then the bear leader came running up." - ← previous: [Twenty-ninth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/120/) - next →: [Thirty-first Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/122/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/)