--- title: The Snowdrop — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · full text with trees · page 3 description: The Snowdrop, «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 winter-time; the air was cold, the wind was sharp, but within the closed doors it was warm and comfortable, and within the closed doo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/page/3/) [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 Snowdrop # The Snowdrop · page 3 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/page/2/) **3** - [201](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/201/) — "See," said the angel, pointing to the wonderful straw, "this is what the poor woman has brought. - [202](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/202/) — What dost thou bring? - [203](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/203/) — I know thou hast accomplished nothing, not even made a single brick. - [204](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/204/) — Even if thou couldst return, and at least produce so much, very likely, when made, the brick would be useless, unless done with a good will, which is always something. - [205](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/205/) — But thou canst not return to earth, and I can do nothing for thee." - [206](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/206/) — Then the poor soul, the old mother who had lived in the house on the dyke, pleaded for him. - [207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/207/) — She said, "His brother made all the stone and bricks, and sent them to me to build my poor little dwelling, which was a great deal to do for a poor woman like me. - [208](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/208/) — Could not all these bricks and pieces be as a wall of stone to prevail for him? - [209](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/209/) — It is an act of mercy; he is wanting it now; and here is the very fountain of mercy." - [210](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/210/) — "Then," said the angel, "thy brother, he who has been looked upon as the meanest of you all, he whose honest deeds to thee appeared so humble,--it is he who has sent you this heavenly gift. - [211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/211/) — Thou shalt not be turned away. - [212](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/212/) — Thou shalt have permission to stand without the gate and reflect, and repent of thy life on earth; but thou shalt not be admitted here until thou hast performed one good deed of repentance, which will indeed for thee be something." - [213](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/213/) — "I could have expressed that better," thought the critic; but he did not say it aloud, which for him was SOMETHING, after all. [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/page/2/) **3** - ← previous: [Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/) - next →: [Soup From a Sausage Skewer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/178/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/)