--- title: The Miller of the Dee. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: The Miller of the Dee., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Once upon a time there lived on the banks of the River Dee a miller, who was the hap-pi-est man in England. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/) / The Miller of the Dee. # The Miller of the Dee. The Miller of the Dee. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 27 sentences and 403 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/1/) — Once upon a time there lived on the banks of the River Dee a miller, who was the hap-pi-est man in England. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/2/) — He was always busy from morning till night, and he was always singing as merrily as any lark. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/3/) — He was so cheerful that he made everybody else cheerful; and people all over the land liked to talk about his pleasant ways. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/4/) — At last the king heard about him. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/5/) — "I will go down and talk with this won-der-ful miller," he said. " - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/6/) — Perhaps he can tell me how to be happy." - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/7/) — As soon as he stepped inside of the mill, he heard the miller singing:-- - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/8/) — "I envy no-body--no, not I!-- For I am as happy as I can be; And nobody envies me." - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/9/) — "You're wrong, my friend," said the king. " - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/10/) — You're wrong as wrong can be. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/11/) — I envy you; and I would gladly change places with you, if I could only be as light-hearted as you are." - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/12/) — The miller smiled, and bowed to the king. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/13/) — "I am sure I could not think of changing places with you, sir," he said. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/14/) — "Now tell me," said the king, "what makes you so cheerful and glad here in your dusty mill, while I, who am king, am sad and in trouble every day." - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/15/) — The miller smiled again, and said, "I do not know why you are sad, but I can eas-i-ly tell why I am glad. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/16/) — I earn my own bread; I love my wife and my children; I love my friends, and they love me; and I owe not a penny to any man. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/17/) — Why should I not be happy? - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/18/) — For here is the River Dee, and every day it turns my mill; and the mill grinds the corn that feeds my wife, my babes, and me." - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/19/) — "Say no more," said the king. " - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/20/) — Stay where you are, and be happy still. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/21/) — But I envy you. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/22/) — Your dusty cap is worth more than my golden crown. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/23/) — Your mill does more for you than my kingdom can do for me. — checked by a teacher - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/24/) — If there were more such men as you, what a good place this world would be! - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/25/) — Good-by, my friend!" - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/26/) — The king turned about, and walked sadly away; and the miller went back to his work singing:-- - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/16/27/) — "Oh, I'm as happy as happy can be, For I live by the side of the River Dee!" - ← previous: [Other Wise Men of Gotham.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/15/) - next →: [Sir Philip Sidney.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/17/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)