--- title: The Snow Man — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · full text with trees description: The Snow Man, «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "It is so delightfully cold," said the Snow Man, "that it makes my whole body crackle. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/) [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/) / The Snow Man # The Snow Man The Snow Man of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole text, 118 sentences and 2012 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/page/2/) - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/1/) — "It is so delightfully cold," said the Snow Man, "that it makes my whole body crackle. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/2/) — This is just the kind of wind to blow life into one. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/3/) — How that great red thing up there is staring at me!" - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/4/) — He meant the sun, who was just setting. " - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/5/) — It shall not make me wink. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/6/) — I shall manage to keep the pieces." - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/7/) — He had two triangular pieces of tile in his head, instead of eyes; his mouth was made of an old broken rake, and was, of course, furnished with teeth. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/8/) — He had been brought into existence amidst the joyous shouts of boys, the jingling of sleigh-bells, and the slashing of whips. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/9/) — The sun went down, and the full moon rose, large, round, and clear, shining in the deep blue. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/10/) — "There it comes again, from the other side," said the Snow Man, who supposed the sun was showing himself once more. " - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/11/) — Ah, I have cured him of staring, though; now he may hang up there, and shine, that I may see myself. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/12/) — If I only knew how to manage to move away from this place,--I should so like to move. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/13/) — If I could, I would slide along yonder on the ice, as I have seen the boys do; but I don't understand how; I don't even know how to run." - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/14/) — "Away, away," barked the old yard-dog. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/15/) — He was quite hoarse, and could not pronounce "Bow wow" properly. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/16/) — He had once been an indoor dog, and lay by the fire, and he had been hoarse ever since. " - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/17/) — The sun will make you run some day. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/18/) — I saw him, last winter, make your predecessor run, and his predecessor before him. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/19/) — Away, away, they all have to go." - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/20/) — "I don't understand you, comrade," said the Snow Man. " - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/21/) — Is that thing up yonder to teach me to run? - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/22/) — I saw it running itself a little while ago, and now it has come creeping up from the other side. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/23/) — "You know nothing at all," replied the yard-dog; "but then, you've only lately been patched up. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/24/) — What you see yonder is the moon, and the one before it was the sun. It will come again to-morrow, and most likely teach you to run down into the ditch by the well; for I think the weather is going to change. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/25/) — I can feel such pricks and stabs in my left leg; I am sure there is going to be a change." - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/26/) — "I don't understand him," said the Snow Man to himself; "but I have a feeling that he is talking of something very disagreeable. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/27/) — The one who stared so just now, and whom he calls the sun, is not my friend; I can feel that too." - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/28/) — "Away, away," barked the yard-dog, and then he turned round three times, and crept into his kennel to sleep. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/29/) — There was really a change in the weather. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/30/) — Towards morning, a thick fog covered the whole country round, and a keen wind arose, so that the cold seemed to freeze one's bones; but when the sun rose, the sight was splendid. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/31/) — Trees and bushes were covered with hoar frost, and looked like a forest of white coral; while on every twig glittered frozen dew-drops. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/32/) — The many delicate forms concealed in summer by luxuriant foliage, were now clearly defined, and looked like glittering lace-work. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/33/) — From every twig glistened a white radiance. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/34/) — The birch, waving in the wind, looked full of life, like trees in summer; and its appearance was wondrously beautiful. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/35/) — And where the sun shone, how everything glittered and sparkled, as if diamond dust had been strewn about; while the snowy carpet of the earth appeared as if covered with diamonds, from which countless lights gleamed, whiter than even the snow itself. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/36/) — "This is really beautiful," said a young girl, who had come into the garden with a young man; and they both stood still near the Snow Man, and contemplated the glittering scene. " - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/37/) — Summer cannot show a more beautiful sight," she exclaimed, while her eyes sparkled. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/38/) — "And we can't have such a fellow as this in the summer time," replied the young man, pointing to the Snow Man; "he is capital." - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/39/) — The girl laughed, and nodded at the Snow Man, and then tripped away over the snow with her friend. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/40/) — The snow creaked and crackled beneath her feet, as if she had been treading on starch. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/41/) — "Who are these two?" asked the Snow Man of the yard-dog. " - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/42/) — You have been here longer than I have; do you know them?" - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/43/) — "Of course I know them," replied the yard-dog; "she has stroked my back many times, and he has given me a bone of meat. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/44/) — I never bite those two." - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/45/) — "But what are they?" asked the Snow Man. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/46/) — "They are lovers," he replied; "they will go and live in the same kennel by-and-by, and gnaw at the same bone. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/47/) — Away, away!" - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/48/) — "Are they the same kind of beings as you and I?" asked the Snow Man. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/49/) — "Well, they belong to the same master," retorted the yard-dog. " - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/50/) — Certainly people who were only born yesterday know very little. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/51/) — I can see that in you. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/52/) — I have age and experience. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/53/) — I know every one here in the house, and I know there was once a time when I did not lie out here in the cold, fastened to a chain. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/54/) — Away, away!" - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/55/) — "The cold is delightful," said the Snow Man; "but do tell me tell me; only you must not clank your chain so; for it jars all through me when you do that." - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/56/) — "Away, away!" barked the yard-dog; "I'll tell you; they said I was a pretty little fellow once; then I used to lie in a velvet-covered chair, up at the master's house, and sit in the mistress's lap. - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/57/) — They used to kiss my nose, and wipe my paws with an embroidered handkerchief, and I was called 'Ami, dear Ami, sweet Ami.' - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/58/) — But after a while I grew too big for them, and they sent me away to the housekeeper's room; so I came to live on the lower story. - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/59/) — You can look into the room from where you stand, and see where I was master once; for I was indeed master to the housekeeper. - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/60/) — It was certainly a smaller room than those up stairs; but I was more comfortable; for I was not being continually taken hold of and pulled about by the children as I had been. - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/61/) — I received quite as good food, or even better. - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/62/) — I had my own cushion, and there was a stove--it is the finest thing in the world at this season of the year. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/63/) — I used to go under the stove, and lie down quite beneath it. - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/64/) — Ah, I still dream of that stove. - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/65/) — Away, away!" - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/66/) — "Does a stove look beautiful?" asked the Snow Man, "is it at all like me?" - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/67/) — "It is just the reverse of you," said the dog; "it's as black as a crow, and has a long neck and a brass knob; it eats firewood, so that fire spurts out of its mouth. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/68/) — We should keep on one side, or under it, to be comfortable. - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/69/) — You can see it through the window, from where you stand." - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/70/) — Then the Snow Man looked, and saw a bright polished thing with a brazen knob, and fire gleaming from the lower part of it. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/71/) — The Snow Man felt quite a strange sensation come over him; it was very odd, he knew not what it meant, and he could not account for it. - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/72/) — But there are people who are not men of snow, who understand what it is. "' - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/73/) — And why did you leave her?" asked the Snow Man, for it seemed to him that the stove must be of the female sex. " - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/74/) — How could you give up such a comfortable place?" - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/75/) — "I was obliged," replied the yard-dog. " - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/76/) — They turned me out of doors, and chained me up here. - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/77/) — I had bitten the youngest of my master's sons in the leg, because he kicked away the bone I was gnawing. ' - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/78/) — Bone for bone,' I thought; but they were so angry, and from that time I have been fastened with a chain, and lost my bone. - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/79/) — Don't you hear how hoarse I am. - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/80/) — Away, away! - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/81/) — I can't talk any more like other dogs. - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/82/) — Away, away, that is the end of it all." - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/83/) — But the Snow Man was no longer listening. - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/84/) — He was looking into the housekeeper's room on the lower storey; where the stove stood on its four iron legs, looking about the same size as the Snow Man himself. " - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/85/) — What a strange crackling I feel within me," he said. " - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/86/) — Shall I ever get in there? - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/87/) — It is an innocent wish, and innocent wishes are sure to be fulfilled. - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/88/) — I must go in there and lean against her, even if I have to break the window." - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/89/) — "You must never go in there," said the yard-dog, "for if you approach the stove, you'll melt away, away." - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/90/) — "I might as well go," said the Snow Man, "for I think I am breaking up as it is." - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/91/) — During the whole day the Snow Man stood looking in through the window, and in the twilight hour the room became still more inviting, for from the stove came a gentle glow, not like the sun or the moon; no, only the bright light which gleams from a stove when it has been well fed. - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/92/) — When the door of the stove was opened, the flames darted out of its mouth; this is customary with all stoves. - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/93/) — The light of the flames fell directly on the face and breast of the Snow Man with a ruddy gleam. " - [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/94/) — I can endure it no longer," said he; "how beautiful it looks when it stretches out its tongue?" - [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/95/) — The night was long, but did not appear so to the Snow Man, who stood there enjoying his own reflections, and crackling with the cold. - [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/96/) — In the morning, the window-panes of the housekeeper's room were covered with ice. - [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/97/) — They were the most beautiful ice-flowers any Snow Man could desire, but they concealed the stove. - [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/98/) — These window-panes would not thaw, and he could see nothing of the stove, which he pictured to himself, as if it had been a lovely human being. - [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/99/) — The snow crackled and the wind whistled around him; it was just the kind of frosty weather a Snow Man might thoroughly enjoy. - [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/100/) — But he did not enjoy it; how, indeed, could he enjoy anything when he was "stove sick?" **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/page/2/) - ← previous: [The Shirt-collar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/168/) - next →: [Story the First. 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