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# George Washington and His Hatchet.

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George Washington and His Hatchet. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 16 sentences and 246 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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- [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/1/) — When George Wash-ing-ton was quite a little boy, his father gave him a hatchet.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/2/) — It was bright and new, and George took great delight in going about and chopping things with it.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/3/) — He ran into the garden, and there he saw a tree which seemed to say to him, "Come and cut me down!"
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/4/) — George had often seen his father's men chop down the great trees in the forest, and he thought that it would be fine sport to see this tree fall with a crash to the ground.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/5/) — So he set to work with his little hatchet, and, as the tree was a very small one, it did not take long to lay it low.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/6/) — Soon after that, his father came home.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/7/) — "Who has been cutting my fine young cherry tree?" he cried. "
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/8/) — It was the only tree of its kind in this country, and it cost me a great deal of money."
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/9/) — He was very angry when he came into the house.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/10/) — "If I only knew who killed that cherry tree," he cried, "I would--yes, I would"--
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/11/) — "Father!" cried little George. "
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/12/) — I will tell you the truth about it.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/13/) — I chopped the tree down with my hatchet."
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/14/) — His father forgot his anger.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/15/) — "George," he said, and he took the little fellow in his arms, "George, I am glad that you told me about it.
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/16/) — I would rather lose a dozen cherry trees than that you should tell one false-hood."

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