--- title: Aesop's Fables; a new translation, by Aesop — a tale · trees and pragmatics description: 17 sentences of «Aesop's Fables; a new translation, by Aesop» with dependency trees and pragmatics, from Mova's tales treebank. It begins: The truth is, of course, that Æsop's Fables are not Æsop's fables, any more than Grimm's Fairy Tales were ever Grimm's fairy tales. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/) [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/) / Aesop's Fables; a new translation, by… # Aesop's Fables; a new translation, by Aesop 17 sentences of «Aesop's Fables; a new translation, by Aesop» (Project Gutenberg book 11339), a sample the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 annotates, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/25/) — The truth is, of course, that Æsop's Fables are not Æsop's fables, any more than Grimm's Fairy Tales were ever Grimm's fairy tales. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/26/) — But the fable and the fairy tale are things utterly distinct. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/68/) — Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth. - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/81/) — On the contrary, it is a badge of disgrace." Notoriety is often mistaken for fame. - [213](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/213/) — He'll open the door and let you in." The Fox accordingly rapped on the trunk, when out rushed the Dog and tore him in pieces. - [412](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/412/) — Seeing a statue of Jupiter among the rest, he inquired the price of it. - [456](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/456/) — "Was he as big as this?" said she. - [474](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/474/) — One of them ran away, but the other stood his ground, and laid about him so lustily with his sword that the Robber was fain to fly and leave him in peace. - [488](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/488/) — The Satyr got up from the table. - [585](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/585/) — She is only waiting her chance to fly down and carry off one of your little pigs when you take them out, to feed her brood with." She succeeded in frightening the Sow as much as the Eagle. - [682](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/682/) — THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR A very unskilful Cobbler, finding himself unable to make a living at his trade, gave up mending boots and took to doctoring instead. - [769](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/769/) — Not long afterwards there was a festival in the village and every one kept holiday: but, whereas the Ox was turned loose into the pasture, the Heifer was seized and led off to sacrifice. - [920](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/920/) — Before long the bees came back from gathering honey, and, finding their hives overturned and the Keeper standing by, they made for him with their stings. - [1006](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/1006/) — Going up to the Bull in friendly fashion, he said to him, "I cannot help saying how much I admire your magnificent figure. - [1052](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/1052/) — So she sat down not far off and cursed her. - [1107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/1107/) — Come back and show us where we too can drink with safety." But he replied, "I'm afraid I can't yet: I want to go to the seaside, and this current will take me there nicely. - [1190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11339/1190/) — THE TRAVELLER AND FORTUNE A Traveller, exhausted with fatigue after a long journey, sank down at the very brink of a deep well and presently fell asleep. - next →: [Japanese Fairy Tales, by Yei Theodora Ozaki](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg4018/) - ↑ back to [the tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/)