--- title: Alexander and Bucephalus. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: Alexander and Bucephalus., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: One day King Philip bought a fine horse called Bu-ceph'a-lus. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/) [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/) / Alexander and Bucephalus. # Alexander and Bucephalus. Alexander and Bucephalus. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 26 sentences and 425 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/pg18442/37/1/) — One day King Philip bought a fine horse called Bu-ceph'a-lus. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/2/) — He was a noble an-i-mal, and the king paid a very high price for him. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/3/) — But he was wild and savage, and no man could mount him, or do anything at all with him. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/4/) — They tried to whip him, but that only made him worse. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/5/) — At last the king bade his servants take him away. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/6/) — "It is a pity to ruin so fine a horse as that," said Al-ex-an'der, the king's young son. " - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/7/) — Those men do not know how to treat him." - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/8/) — "Perhaps you can do better than they," said his father scorn-ful-ly. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/9/) — "I know," said Al-ex-an-der, "that, if you would only give me leave to try, I could manage this horse better than any one else." - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/10/) — "And if you fail to do so, what then?" asked Philip. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/11/) — "I will pay you the price of the horse," said the lad. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/12/) — While everybody was laughing, Alexander ran up to Bu-ceph-a-lus, and turned his head toward the sun. He had noticed that the horse was afraid of his own shadow. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/13/) — He then spoke gently to the horse, and patted him with his hand. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/14/) — When he had qui-et-ed him a little, he made a quick spring, and leaped upon the horse's back. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/15/) — Everybody expected to see the boy killed outright. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/16/) — But he kept his place, and let the horse run as fast as he would. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/17/) — By and by, when Bucephalus had become tired, Alexander reined him in, and rode back to the place where his father was standing. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/18/) — All the men who were there shouted when they saw that the boy had proved himself to be the master of the horse. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/19/) — He leaped to the ground, and his father ran and kissed him. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/20/) — "My son," said the king, "Macedon is too small a place for you. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/21/) — You must seek a larger kingdom that will be worthy of you." - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/22/) — After that, Alexander and Bucephalus were the best of friends. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/23/) — They were said to be always together, for when one of them was seen, the other was sure to be not far away. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/24/) — But the horse would never allow any one to mount him but his master. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/25/) — Alexander became the most famous king and warrior that was ever known; and for that reason he is always called Alexander the Great. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/37/26/) — Bucephalus carried him through many countries and in many fierce battles, and more than once did he save his master's life. - ← previous: [The Ungrateful Guest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/36/) - next →: [Diogenes the Wise Man.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/38/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)