--- title: The Last Pearl — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · full text with trees description: The Last Pearl, «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: We are in a rich, happy house, where the master, the servants, the friends of the family are full of joy and felicity. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/) [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 Last Pearl # The Last Pearl The Last Pearl of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole text, 47 sentences and 959 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 3 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/1/) — We are in a rich, happy house, where the master, the servants, the friends of the family are full of joy and felicity. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/2/) — For on this day a son and heir has been born, and mother and child are doing well. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/3/) — The lamp in the bed-chamber had been partly shaded, and the windows were covered with heavy curtains of some costly silken material. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/4/) — The carpet was thick and soft, like a covering of moss. — checked by a teacher - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/5/) — Everything invited to slumber, everything had a charming look of repose; and so the nurse had discovered, for she slept; and well she might sleep, while everything around her told of happiness and blessing. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/6/) — The guardian angel of the house leaned against the head of the bed; while over the child was spread, as it were, a net of shining stars, and each star was a pearl of happiness. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/7/) — All the good stars of life had brought their gifts to the newly born; here sparkled health, wealth, fortune, and love; in short, there seemed to be everything for which man could wish on earth. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/8/) — "Everything has been bestowed here," said the guardian angel. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/9/) — "No, not everything," said a voice near him--the voice of the good angel of the child; "one fairy has not yet brought her gift, but she will, even if years should elapse, she will bring her gift; it is the last pearl that is wanting." - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/10/) — "Wanting!" cried the guardian angel; "nothing must be wanting here; and if it is so, let us fetch it; let us seek the powerful fairy; let us go to her." - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/11/) — "She will come, she will come some day unsought!" - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/12/) — "Her pearl must not be missing; it must be there, that the crown, when worn, may be complete. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/13/) — Where is she to be found? - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/14/) — Where does she dwell?" said the guardian angel. " - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/15/) — Tell me, and I will procure the pearl." - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/16/) — "Will you do that?" replied the good angel of the child. " - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/17/) — Then I will lead you to her directly, wherever she may be. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/18/) — She has no abiding place; she rules in the palace of the emperor, sometimes she enters the peasant's humble cot; she passes no one without leaving a trace of her presence. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/19/) — She brings her gift with her, whether it is a world or a bauble. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/20/) — To this child she must come. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/21/) — You think that to wait for this time would be long and useless. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/22/) — Well, then, let us go for this pearl--the only one lacking amidst all this wealth." - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/23/) — Then hand-in-hand they floated away to the spot where the fairy was now lingering. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/24/) — It was in a large house with dark windows and empty rooms, in which a peculiar stillness reigned. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/25/) — A whole row of windows stood open, so that the rude wind could enter at its pleasure, and the long white curtains waved to and fro in the current of air. — checked by a teacher - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/26/) — In the centre of one of the rooms stood an open coffin, in which lay the body of a woman, still in the bloom of youth and very beautiful. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/27/) — Fresh roses were scattered over her. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/28/) — The delicate folded hands and the noble face glorified in death by the solemn, earnest look, which spoke of an entrance into a better world, were alone visible. — checked by a teacher - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/29/) — Around the coffin stood the husband and children, a whole troop, the youngest in the father's arms. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/30/) — They were come to take a last farewell look of their mother. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/31/) — The husband kissed her hand, which now lay like a withered leaf, but which a short time before had been diligently employed in deeds of love for them all. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/32/) — Tears of sorrow rolled down their cheeks, and fell in heavy drops on the floor, but not a word was spoken. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/33/) — The silence which reigned here expressed a world of grief. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/34/) — With silent steps, still sobbing, they left the room. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/35/) — A burning light remained in the room, and a long, red wick rose far above the flame, which fluttered in the draught of air. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/36/) — Strange men came in and placed the lid of the coffin over the dead, and drove the nails firmly in; while the blows of the hammer resounded through the house, and echoed in the hearts that were bleeding. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/37/) — "Whither art thou leading me?" asked the guardian angel. " - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/38/) — Here dwells no fairy whose pearl could be counted amongst the best gifts of life." - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/39/) — "Yes, she is here; here in this sacred hour," replied the angel, pointing to a corner of the room; and there,--where in her life-time, the mother had taken her seat amidst flowers and pictures: in that spot, where she, like the blessed fairy of the house, had welcomed husband, children, and friends, and, like a sunbeam, had spread joy and cheerfulness around her, the centre and heart of them all,--there, in that very spot, sat a strange woman, clothed in long, flowing garments, and occupying the place of the dead wife and mother. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/40/) — It was the fairy, and her name was "Sorrow." - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/41/) — A hot tear rolled into her lap, and formed itself into a pearl, glowing with all the colors of the rainbow. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/42/) — The angel seized it: the pearl glittered like a star with seven-fold radiance. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/43/) — The pearl of Sorrow, the last, which must not be wanting, increases the lustre, and explains the meaning of all the other pearls. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/44/) — "Do you see the shimmer of the rainbow, which unites earth to heaven?" - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/45/) — So has there been a bridge built between this world and the next. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/46/) — Through the night of the grave we gaze upwards beyond the stars to the end of all things. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/70/47/) — Then we glance at the pearl of Sorrow, in which are concealed the wings which shall carry us away to eternal happiness. - ← previous: [The Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/) - next →: [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/)