--- title: The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2 — The Violet Fairy Book · full text with trees description: The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2, «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: ‘You have done very wrong,’ said the horse sadly. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2 # The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2 The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2 of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole text, 155 sentences and 2584 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 2 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/pg641/20/page/2/) - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/1/) — ‘You have done very wrong,’ said the horse sadly. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/2/) — ‘But it can’t be helped now. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/3/) — Get yourself ready for battle, for here is the Welwa!’ - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/4/) — Hardly had he done speaking, scarcely had Petru twisted his wreath, when a soft breeze arose on all sides at once. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/5/) — Out of the breeze came a storm wind, and the storm wind swelled and swelled till everything around was blotted out in darkness, and darkness covered them as with a thick cloak, while the earth swayed and shook under their feet. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/6/) — ‘Are you afraid?’ asked the horse, shaking his mane. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/7/) — ‘Not yet,’ replied Petru stoutly, though cold shivers were running down his back. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/8/) — ‘What must come will come, whatever it is.’ - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/9/) — ‘Don’t be afraid,’ said the horse. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/10/) — ‘I will help you. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/11/) — Take the bridle from my neck, and try to catch the Welwa with it.’ - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/12/) — The words were hardly spoken, and Petru had no time even to unbuckle the bridle, when the Welwa herself stood before him; and Petru could not bear to look at her, so horrible was she. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/13/) — She had not exactly a head, yet neither was she without one. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/14/) — She did not fly through the air, but neither did she walk upon the earth. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/15/) — She had a mane like a horse, horns like a deer, a face like a bear, eyes like a polecat; while her body had something of each. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/16/) — And that was the Welwa. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/17/) — Petru planted himself firmly in his stirrups, and began to lay about him with his sword, but could feel nothing. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/18/) — A day and a night went by, and the fight was still undecided, but at last the Welwa began to pant for breath. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/19/) — ‘Let us wait a little and rest,’ gasped she. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/20/) — Petru stopped and lowered his sword. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/21/) — ‘You must not stop an instant,’ said the horse, and Petru gathered up all his strength, and laid about him harder than ever. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/22/) — The Welwa gave a neigh like a horse and a howl like a wolf, and threw herself afresh on Petru. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/23/) — For another day and night the battle raged more furiously than before. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/24/) — And Petru grew so exhausted he could scarcely move his arm. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/25/) — ‘Let us wait a little and rest,’ cried the Welwa for the second time, ‘for I see you are as weary as I am.’ - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/26/) — ‘You must not stop an instant,’ said the horse. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/27/) — And Petru went on fighting, though he barely had strength to move his arm. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/28/) — But the Welwa had ceased to throw herself upon him, and began to deliver her blows cautiously, as if she had no longer power to strike. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/29/) — And on the third day they were still fighting, but as the morning sky began to redden Petru somehow managed--how I cannot tell--to throw the bridle over the head of the tired Welwa. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/30/) — In a moment, from the Welwa sprang a horse--the most beautiful horse in the world. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/31/) — ‘Sweet be your life, for you have delivered me from my enchantment,’ said he, and began to rub his nose against his brother’s. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/32/) — And he told Petru all his story, and how he had been bewitched for many years. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/33/) — So Petru tied the Welwa to his own horse and rode on. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/34/) — Where did he ride? - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/35/) — That I cannot tell you, but he rode on fast till he got out of the copper wood. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/36/) — ‘Stay still, and let me look about, and see what I never have seen before,’ said Petru again to his horse. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/37/) — For in front of him stretched a forest that was far more wonderful, as it was made of glistening trees and shining flowers. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/38/) — It was the silver wood. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/39/) — As before, the flowers began to beg the young man to gather them. — checked by a teacher - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/40/) — ‘Do not pluck them,’ warned the Welwa, trotting beside him, ‘for my brother is seven times stronger than I’; but though Petru knew by experience what this meant, it was no use, and after a moment’s hesitation he began to gather the flowers, and to twist himself a wreath. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/41/) — Then the storm wind howled louder, the earth trembled more violently, and the night grew darker, than the first time, and the Welwa of the silver wood came rushing on with seven times the speed of the other. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/42/) — For three days and three nights they fought, but at last Petru cast the bridle over the head of the second Welwa. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/43/) — ‘Sweet be your life, for you have delivered me from enchantment,’ said the second Welwa, and they all journeyed on as before. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/44/) — But soon they came to a gold wood more lovely far than the other two, and again Petru’s companions pleaded with him to ride through it quickly, and to leave the flowers alone. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/45/) — But Petru turned a deaf ear to all they said, and before he had woven his golden crown he felt that something terrible, that he could not see, was coming near him right out of the earth. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/46/) — He drew his sword and made himself ready for the fight. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/47/) — ‘I will die!’ cried he, ‘or he shall have my bridle over his head.’ - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/48/) — He had hardly said the words when a thick fog wrapped itself around him, and so thick was it that he could not see his own hand, or hear the sound of his voice. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/49/) — For a day and a night he fought with his sword, without ever once seeing his enemy, then suddenly the fog began to lighten. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/50/) — By dawn of the second day it had vanished altogether, and the sun shone brightly in the heavens. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/51/) — It seemed to Petru that he had been born again. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/52/) — And the Welwa? - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/53/) — She had vanished. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/54/) — ‘You had better take breath now you can, for the fight will have to begin all over again,’ said the horse. - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/55/) — ‘What was it?’ asked Petru. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/56/) — ‘It was the Welwa,’ replied the horse, ‘changed into a fog ‘Listen! - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/57/) — She is coming!’ - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/58/) — And Petru had hardly drawn a long breath when he felt something approaching from the side, though what he could not tell. - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/59/) — A river, yet not a river, for it seemed not to flow over the earth, but to go where it liked, and to leave no trace of its passage. - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/60/) — ‘Woe be to me!’ cried Petru, frightened at last. - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/61/) — ‘Beware, and never stand still,’ called the brown horse, and more he could not say, for the water was choking him. - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/62/) — The battle began anew. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/63/) — For a day and a night Petru fought on, without knowing at whom or what he struck. — checked by a teacher - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/64/) — At dawn on the second, he felt that both his feet were lame. - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/65/) — ‘Now I am done for,’ thought he, and his blows fell thicker and harder in his desperation. - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/66/) — And the sun came out and the water disappeared, without his knowing how or when. - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/67/) — ‘Take breath,’ said the horse, ‘for you have no time to lose. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/68/) — The Welwa will return in a moment.’ - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/69/) — Petru made no reply, only wondered how, exhausted as he was, he should ever be able to carry on the fight. - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/70/) — But he settled himself in his saddle, grasped his sword, and waited. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/71/) — And then something came to him--WHAT I cannot tell you. - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/72/) — Perhaps, in his dreams, a man may see a creature which has what it has not got, and has not got what it has. - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/73/) — At least, that was what the Welwa seemed like to Petru. - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/74/) — She flew with her feet, and walked with her wings; her head was in her back, and her tail was on top of her body; her eyes were in her neck, and her neck in her forehead, and how to describe her further I do not know. - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/75/) — Petru felt for a moment as if he was wrapped in a garment of fear; then he shook himself and took heart, and fought as he had never yet fought before. - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/76/) — As the day wore on, his strength began to fail, and when darkness fell he could hardly keep his eyes open. - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/77/) — By midnight he knew he was no longer on his horse, but standing on the ground, though he could not have told how he got there. - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/78/) — When the grey light of morning came, he was past standing on his feet, but fought now upon his knees. - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/79/) — ‘Make one more struggle; it is nearly over now,’ said the horse, seeing that Petru’s strength was waning fast. - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/80/) — Petru wiped the sweat from his brow with his gauntlet, and with a desperate effort rose to his feet. - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/81/) — ‘Strike the Welwa on the mouth with the bridle,’ said the horse, and Petru did it. - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/82/) — The Welwa uttered a neigh so loud that Petru thought he would be deaf for life, and then, though she too was nearly spent, flung herself upon her enemy; but Petru was on the watch and threw the bridle over her head, as she rushed on, so that when the day broke there were three horses trotting beside him. - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/83/) — ‘May your wife be the most beautiful of women,’ said the Welwa, ‘for you have delivered me from my enchantment.’ - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/84/) — So the four horses galloped fast, and by nightfall they were at the borders of the golden forest. - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/85/) — Then Petru began to think of the crowns that he wore, and what they had cost him. - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/86/) — ‘After all, what do I want with so many? - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/87/) — I will keep the best,’ he said to himself; and taking off first the copper crown and then the silver, he threw them away. - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/88/) — ‘Stay!’ cried the horse, ‘do not throw them away! - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/89/) — Perhaps we shall find them of use. - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/90/) — Get down and pick them up.’ - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/91/) — So Petru got down and picked them up, and they all went on. - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/92/) — In the evening, when the sun is getting low, and all the midges are beginning to bite, Peter saw a wide heath stretching before him. - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/93/) — At the same instant the horse stood still of itself. - [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/94/) — ‘What is the matter?’ asked Petru. - [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/95/) — ‘I am afraid that something evil will happen to us,’ answered the horse. - [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/96/) — ‘But why should it?’ - [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/97/) — ‘We are going to enter the kingdom of the goddess Mittwoch,(2) and the further we ride into it the colder we shall get. - [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/98/) — But all along the road there are huge fires, and I dread lest you should stop and warm yourself at them.’ - [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/99/) — (2) In German ‘Mittwoch,’ the feminine form of Mercury. - [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/100/) — ‘And why should I not warm myself?’ **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/page/2/) - 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