--- title: The Ungrateful Guest. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: The Ungrateful Guest., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Among the soldiers of King Philip there was a poor man who had done some brave deeds. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/) [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 Ungrateful Guest. # The Ungrateful Guest. The Ungrateful Guest. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 23 sentences and 360 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/1/) — Among the soldiers of King Philip there was a poor man who had done some brave deeds. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/2/) — He had pleased the king in more ways than one, and so the king put a good deal of trust in him. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/3/) — One day this soldier was on board of a ship at sea when a great storm came up. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/4/) — The winds drove the ship upon the rocks, and it was wrecked. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/5/) — The soldier was cast half-drowned upon the shore; and he would have died there, had it not been for the kind care of a farmer who lived close by. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/6/) — When the soldier was well enough to go home, he thanked the farmer for what he had done, and promised that he would repay him for his kindness. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/7/) — But he did not mean to keep his promise. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/8/) — He did not tell King Philip about the man who had saved his life. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/9/) — He only said that there was a fine farm by the seashore, and that he would like very much to have it for his own. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/10/) — Would the king give it to him? - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/11/) — "Who owns the farm now?" asked Philip. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/12/) — "Only a churlish farmer, who has never done anything for his country," said the soldier. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/13/) — "Very well, then," said Philip. " - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/14/) — You have served me for a long time, and you shall have your wish. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/15/) — Go and take the farm for yourself." - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/16/) — And so the soldier made haste to drive the farmer from his house and home. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/17/) — He took the farm for his own. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/18/) — The poor farmer was stung to the heart by such treat-ment. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/19/) — He went boldly to the king, and told the whole story from beginning to end. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/20/) — King Philip was very angry when he learned that the man whom he had trusted had done so base a deed. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/21/) — He sent for the soldier in great haste; and when he had come, he caused these words to be burned in his forehead:-- - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/22/) — "THE UNGRATEFUL GUEST." - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/23/) — Thus all the world was made to know of the mean act by which the soldier had tried to enrich himself; and from that day until he died all men shunned and hated him. - ← previous: [A Laconic Answer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/35/) - next →: [Alexander and Bucephalus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)