--- title: «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin — the whole book with trees and pragmatics description: The whole of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, chapter by chapter: 2251 sentences, every one with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause, parsed by Mova. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/) [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/) / Fifty Famous Stories Retold # «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin The whole of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (public domain in the USA): 54 chapters, 2251 sentences. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Mova parsed them all itself; 35 are also in the tales treebank of release 0.3 and keep the tree a teacher model checked, the others say plainly that no teacher has checked them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/1/) — Opening — 59 sentences · Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://ww… - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/2/) — Concerning These Stories. — 15 sentences · There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of… - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/3/) — King Alfred and the Cakes. — 33 sentences · Many years ago there lived in Eng-land a wise and good king whose name was Al-fred. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/) — King Alfred and the Beggar. — 29 sentences · At one time the Danes drove King Alfred from his kingdom, and he had to lie hidden for a long time on a litt… - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/5/) — King Canute on the Seashore. — 29 sentences · A hundred years or more after the time of Alfred the Great there was a king of England named Ca-nute. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/6/) — The Sons of William the Conqueror. — 43 sentences · There was once a great king of England who was called Wil-liam the Con-quer-or, and he had three sons. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/7/) — The White Ship. — 43 sentences · King Henry, the Handsome Scholar, had one son, named William, whom he dearly loved. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/8/) — He Never Smiled Again. — 9 sentences · The bark that held the prince went down, The sweeping waves rolled on; And what was England's glorious crown… - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/9/) — I. the Three Questions. — 34 sentences · There was once a king of England whose name was John. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/10/) — II. the Three Answers. — 49 sentences · As the abbot was riding up the lane which led to his grand house, he met his shep-herd going to the fields. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/11/) — A Story of Robin Hood. — 65 sentences · In the rude days of King Rich-ard and King John there were many great woods in England. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/12/) — Bruce and the Spider. — 26 sentences · There was once a king of Scot-land whose name was Robert Bruce. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/13/) — The Black Douglas. — 36 sentences · In Scotland, in the time of King Robert Bruce, there lived a brave man whose name was Doug-las. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/14/) — Three Men of Gotham. — 29 sentences · There is a town in England called Go-tham, and many merry stories are told of the queer people who used to l… - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/15/) — Other Wise Men of Gotham. — 69 sentences · One day, news was brought to Gotham that the king was coming that way, and that he would pass through the to… - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/) — The Miller of the Dee. — 27 sentences · Once upon a time there lived on the banks of the River Dee a miller, who was the hap-pi-est man in England. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/17/) — Sir Philip Sidney. — 22 sentences · A cruel battle was being fought. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/18/) — The Ungrateful Soldier. — 25 sentences · Here is another story of the bat-tle-field, and it is much like the one which I have just told you. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/19/) — Sir Humphrey Gilbert. — 20 sentences · More than three hundred years ago there lived in England a brave man whose name was Sir Humphrey Gil-bert. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/20/) — Sir Walter Raleigh. — 78 sentences · There once lived in England a brave and noble man whose name was Walter Ra-leigh. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/) — George Washington and His Hatchet. — 16 sentences · When George Wash-ing-ton was quite a little boy, his father gave him a hatchet. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/) — Grace Darling. — 38 sentences · It was a dark Sep-tem-ber morning. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/23/) — The Story of William Tell. — 32 sentences · The people of Swit-zer-land were not always free and happy as they are to-day. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/24/) — Arnold Winkelried. — 40 sentences · A great army was marching into Swit-zer-land. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/25/) — The Bell of Atri. — 87 sentences · A-tri is the name of a little town in It-a-ly. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/26/) — How Napoleon Crossed the Alps. — 16 sentences · About a hundred years ago there lived a great gen-er-al whose name was Na-po'le-on Bo'na-parte. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/27/) — The Story of Cincinnatus. — 56 sentences · There was a man named Cin-cin-na'tus who lived on a little farm not far from the city of Rome. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/28/) — The Story of Regulus. — 40 sentences · On the other side of the sea from Rome there was once a great city named Car-thage. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/29/) — Cornelia's Jewels. — 33 sentences · It was a bright morning in the old city of Rome many hundred years ago. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/) — Androclus and the Lion. — 45 sentences · In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was An'dro-clus. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/31/) — Horatius At the Bridge. — 43 sentences · Once there was a war between the Roman people and the E-trus'cans who lived in the towns on the other side o… - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/32/) — Julius Caesar. — 29 sentences · Nearly two thousand years ago there lived in Rome a man whose name was Julius Cae'sar. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/33/) — The Sword of Damocles. — 37 sentences · There was once a king whose name was Di-o-nys'i-us. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/34/) — Damon and Pythias. — 30 sentences · A young man whose name was Pyth'i-as had done something which the tyrant Dionysius did not like. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/35/) — A Laconic Answer. — 14 sentences · Many miles beyond Rome there was a famous country which we call Greece. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/) — The Ungrateful Guest. — 23 sentences · Among the soldiers of King Philip there was a poor man who had done some brave deeds. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/) — Alexander and Bucephalus. — 26 sentences · One day King Philip bought a fine horse called Bu-ceph'a-lus. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/38/) — Diogenes the Wise Man. — 24 sentences · At Cor-inth, in Greece, there lived a very wise man whose name was Di-og'e-nes. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/39/) — The Brave Three Hundred. — 30 sentences · All Greece was in danger. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/40/) — Socrates and His House. — 5 sentences · There once lived in Greece a very wise man whose name was Soc'ra-tes. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/41/) — The King and His Hawk. — 73 sentences · Gen'ghis Khan was a great king and war-rior. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/42/) — Doctor Goldsmith. — 24 sentences · There was once a kind man whose name was Oliver Gold-smith. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/43/) — The Kingdoms. — 45 sentences · There was once a king of Prussia whose name was Frederick William. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/44/) — The Barmecide Feast. — 62 sentences · There was once a rich old man who was called the Bar-me-cide. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/45/) — The Endless Tale. — 43 sentences · In the Far East there was a great king who had no work to do. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/46/) — The Blind Men and the Elephant. — 31 sentences · There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side every day, and begged from the people who passed. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/47/) — Maximilian and the Goose Boy. — 77 sentences · One summer day King Max-i-mil'ian of Ba-va'ri-a was walking in the country. - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/) — The Inchcape Rock. — 52 sentences · In the North Sea there is a great rock called the Inch-cape Rock. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/49/) — I. the City. — 24 sentences · There was once a little boy whose name was Richard Whit'ting-ton; but everybody called him Dick. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/50/) — II. the Kitchen. — 35 sentences · By and by Dick grew so faint and tired that he could go no farther. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/51/) — III. the Venture. — 31 sentences · Some time after that, a ship that belonged to Mr. Fitzwarren was about to start on a voyage across the sea. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/52/) — IV. the Cat. — 29 sentences · Mr. Fitzwarren's ship made a long voyage, and at last reached a strange land on the other side of the sea. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/53/) — V. the Fortune. — 87 sentences · One morning Mr. Fitzwarren was sitting at his desk in his office. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/54/) — Antonio Canova. — 234 sentences · A good many years ago there lived in Italy a little boy whose name was An-to'ni-o Ca-no'va.