--- title: The Pink Fairy Book, part 10 — The Pink Fairy Book · full text with trees description: The Pink Fairy Book, part 10, «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: When he said good-bye, he flew on to a tree and waved with his black wings as long as the carriage, which shone like the sun, was in sight. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/) [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/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / The Pink Fairy Book, part 10 # The Pink Fairy Book, part 10 The Pink Fairy Book, part 10 of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole text, 161 sentences and 2588 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** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/page/2/) - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/1/) — When he said good-bye, he flew on to a tree and waved with his black wings as long as the carriage, which shone like the sun, was in sight. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/2/) — They came at last to a dark wood, but the coach lit it up like a torch. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/3/) — When the robbers saw it, they rushed out, exclaiming, ‘Gold! gold!’ - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/4/) — They seized the horses, killed the coachman, footmen and postilions, and dragged Gerda out of the carriage. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/5/) — ‘She is plump and tender! - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/6/) — I will eat her!’ said the old robber-queen, and she drew her long knife, which glittered horribly. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/7/) — ‘You shall not kill her!’ cried her little daughter. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/8/) — ‘She shall play with me. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/9/) — She shall give me her muff and her beautiful dress, and she shall sleep in my bed.’ - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/10/) — The little robber-girl was as big as Gerda, but was stronger, broader, with dark hair and black eyes. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/11/) — She threw her arms round Gerda and said, ‘They shall not kill you, so long as you are not naughty. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/12/) — Aren’t you a princess?’ - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/13/) — ‘No,’ said Gerda, and she told all that had happened to her, and how dearly she loved little Kay. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/14/) — The robber-girl looked at her very seriously, and nodded her head, saying, ‘They shall not kill you, even if you are naughty, for then I will kill you myself!’ - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/15/) — And she dried Gerda’s eyes, and stuck both her hands in the beautiful warm muff. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/16/) — The little robber-girl took Gerda to a corner of the robbers’ camp where she slept. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/17/) — All round were more than a hundred wood-pigeons which seemed to be asleep, but they moved a little when the two girls came up. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/18/) — There was also, near by, a reindeer which the robber-girl teased by tickling it with her long sharp knife. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/19/) — Gerda lay awake for some time. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/20/) — ‘Coo, coo!’ said the wood-pigeons. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/21/) — ‘We have seen little Kay. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/22/) — A white bird carried his sledge; he was sitting in the Snow-queen’s carriage which drove over the forest when our little ones were in the nest. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/23/) — She breathed on them, and all except we two died. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/24/) — Coo, coo!’ - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/25/) — ‘What are you saying over there?’ cried Gerda. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/26/) — ‘Where was the Snow-queen going to? - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/27/) — Do you know at all?’ - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/28/) — ‘She was probably travelling to Lapland, where there is always ice and snow. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/29/) — Ask the reindeer.’ - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/30/) — ‘There is capital ice and snow there!’ said the reindeer. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/31/) — ‘One can jump about there in the great sparkling valleys. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/32/) — There the Snow-queen has her summer palace, but her best palace is up by the North Pole, on the island called Spitzbergen.’ - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/33/) — ‘O Kay, my little Kay!’ sobbed Gerda. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/34/) — ‘You must lie still,’ said the little robber-girl, ‘or else I shall stick my knife into you!’ - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/35/) — In the morning Gerda told her all that the wood-pigeons had said. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/36/) — She nodded. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/37/) — ‘Do you know where Lapland is?’ she asked the reindeer. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/38/) — ‘Who should know better than I?’ said the beast, and his eyes sparkled. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/39/) — ‘I was born and bred there on the snow-fields.’ - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/40/) — ‘Listen!’ said the robber-girl to Gerda; ‘you see that all the robbers have gone; only my mother is left, and she will fall asleep in the afternoon--then I will do something for you!’ - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/41/) — When her mother had fallen asleep, the robber-girl went up to the reindeer and said, ‘I am going to set you free so that you can run to Lapland. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/42/) — But you must go quickly and carry this little girl to the Snow-queen’s palace, where her playfellow is. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/43/) — You must have heard all that she told about it, for she spoke loud enough!’ - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/44/) — The reindeer sprang high for joy. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/45/) — The robber-girl lifted little Gerda up, and had the foresight to tie her on firmly, and even gave her a little pillow for a saddle. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/46/) — ‘You must have your fur boots,’ she said, ‘for it will be cold; but I shall keep your muff, for it is so cosy! - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/47/) — But, so that you may not freeze, here are my mother’s great fur gloves; they will come up to your elbows. - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/48/) — Creep into them!’ - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/49/) — And Gerda cried for joy. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/50/) — ‘Don’t make such faces!’ said the little robber-girl. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/51/) — ‘You must look very happy. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/52/) — And here are two loaves and a sausage; now you won’t be hungry!’ - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/53/) — They were tied to the reindeer, the little robber-girl opened the door, made all the big dogs come away, cut through the halter with her sharp knife, and said to the reindeer, ‘Run now! - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/54/) — But take great care of the little girl.’ - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/55/) — And Gerda stretched out her hands with the large fur gloves towards the little robber-girl and said, ‘Good-bye!’ - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/56/) — Then the reindeer flew over the ground, through the great forest, as fast as he could. - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/57/) — The wolves howled, the ravens screamed, the sky seemed on fire. - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/58/) — ‘Those are my dear old northern lights,’ said the reindeer; ‘see how they shine!’ - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/59/) — And then he ran faster still, day and night. - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/60/) — The loaves were eaten, and the sausage also, and then they came to Lapland. - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/61/) — They stopped by a wretched little house; the roof almost touched the ground, and the door was so low that you had to creep in and out. - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/62/) — There was no one in the house except an old Lapland woman who was cooking fish over an oil-lamp. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/63/) — The reindeer told Gerda’s whole history, but first he told his own, for that seemed to him much more important, and Gerda was so cold that she could not speak. - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/64/) — ‘Ah, you poor creatures!’ said the Lapland woman; ‘you have still further to go! - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/65/) — You must go over a hundred miles into Finland, for there the Snow-queen lives, and every night she burns Bengal lights. - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/66/) — I will write some words on a dried stock-fish, for I have no paper, and you must give it to the Finland woman, for she can give you better advice than I can.’ - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/67/) — And when Gerda was warmed and had had something to eat and drink, the Lapland woman wrote on a dried stock-fish, and begged Gerda to take care of it, tied Gerda securely on the reindeer’s back, and away they went again. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/68/) — The whole night was ablaze with northern lights, and then they came to Finland and knocked at the Finland woman’s chimney, for door she had none. - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/69/) — Inside it was so hot that the Finland woman wore very few clothes; she loosened Gerda’s clothes and drew off her fur gloves and boots. - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/70/) — She laid a piece of ice on the reindeer’s head, and then read what was written on the stock-fish. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/71/) — She read it over three times till she knew it by heart, and then put the fish in the saucepan, for she never wasted anything. — checked by a teacher - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/72/) — Then the reindeer told his story, and afterwards little Gerda’s and the Finland woman blinked her eyes but said nothing. - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/73/) — ‘You are very clever,’ said the reindeer. - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/74/) — ‘I know. - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/75/) — Cannot you give the little girl a drink so that she may have the strength of twelve men and overcome the Snow-queen?’ - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/76/) — ‘The strength of twelve men!’ said the Finland woman; ‘that would not help much. - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/77/) — Little Kay is with the Snow-queen and he likes everything there very much and thinks it the best place in the world. - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/78/) — But that is because he has a splinter of glass in his heart and a bit in his eye. - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/79/) — If these do not come out, he will never be free, and the Snow-queen will keep her power over him.’ - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/80/) — ‘But cannot you give little Gerda something so that she can have power over her?’ - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/81/) — ‘I can give her no greater power than she has already; don’t you see how great it is? - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/82/) — Don’t you see how men and beasts must help her when she wanders into the wide world with her bare feet? - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/83/) — She is powerful already, because she is a dear little innocent child. - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/84/) — If she cannot by herself conquer the Snow-queen and take away the glass splinters from little Kay, we cannot help her! - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/85/) — The Snow-queen’s garden begins two miles from here. - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/86/) — You can carry the little maiden so far; put her down by the large bush with red berries growing in the snow. - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/87/) — Then you must come back here as fast as you can.’ - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/88/) — Then the Finland woman lifted little Gerda on the reindeer and away he sped. - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/89/) — ‘Oh, I have left my gloves and boots behind!’ cried Gerda. - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/90/) — She missed them in the piercing cold, but the reindeer did not dare to stop. - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/91/) — On he ran till he came to the bush with red berries. - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/92/) — Then he set Gerda down and kissed her mouth, and great big tears ran down his cheeks, and then he ran back. - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/93/) — There stood poor Gerda, without shoes or gloves in the middle of the bitter cold of Finland. - [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/94/) — She ran on as fast as she could. - [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/95/) — A regiment of gigantic snowflakes came against her, but they melted when they touched her, and she went on with fresh courage. - [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/96/) — And now we must see what Kay was doing. - [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/97/) — He was not thinking of Gerda, and never dreamt that she was standing outside the palace. - [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/98/) — The walls of the palace were built of driven snow, and the doors and windows of piercing winds. - [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/99/) — There were more than a hundred halls in it all of frozen snow. - [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/100/) — The largest was several miles long; the bright Northern lights lit them up, and very large and empty and cold and glittering they were! **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/10/page/2/) - ← previous: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/)