--- title: King Alfred and the Beggar. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: King Alfred and the Beggar., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: At one time the Danes drove King Alfred from his kingdom, and he had to lie hidden for a long time on a little is-land in a river. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/) [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/) / King Alfred and the Beggar. # King Alfred and the Beggar. King Alfred and the Beggar. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 29 sentences and 551 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/pg18442/4/1/) — At one time the Danes drove King Alfred from his kingdom, and he had to lie hidden for a long time on a little is-land in a river. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/2/) — One day, all who were on the is-land, except the king and queen and one servant, went out to fish. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/3/) — It was a very lonely place, and no one could get to it except by a boat. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/4/) — About noon a ragged beggar came to the king's door, and asked for food. — checked by a teacher - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/5/) — The king called the servant, and asked, "How much food have we in the house?" - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/6/) — "My lord," said the servant, "we have only one loaf and a little wine." - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/7/) — Then the king gave thanks to God, and said, "Give half of the loaf and half of the wine to this poor man." - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/8/) — The servant did as he was bidden. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/9/) — The beggar thanked the king for his kindness, and went on his way. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/10/) — In the after-noon the men who had gone out to fish came back. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/11/) — They had three boats full of fish, and they said, "We have caught more fish to-day than in all the other days that we have been on this island." - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/12/) — The king was glad, and he and his people were more hopeful than they had ever been before. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/13/) — When night came, the king lay awake for a long time, and thought about the things that had happened that day. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/14/) — At last he fancied that he saw a great light like the sun; and in the midst of the light there stood an old man with black hair, holding an open book in his hand. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/15/) — It may all have been a dream, and yet to the king it seemed very real indeed. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/16/) — He looked and wondered, but was not afraid. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/17/) — "Who are you?" he asked of the old man. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/18/) — "Alfred, my son, be brave," said the man; "for I am the one to whom you gave this day the half of all the food that you had. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/19/) — Be strong and joyful of heart, and listen to what I say. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/20/) — Rise up early in the morning and blow your horn three times, so loudly that the Danes may hear it. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/21/) — By nine o'clock, five hundred men will be around you ready to be led into battle. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/22/) — Go forth bravely, and within seven days your en-e-mies shall be beaten, and you shall go back to your kingdom to reign in peace." - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/23/) — Then the light went out, and the man was seen no more. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/24/) — In the morning the king arose early, and crossed over to the mainland. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/25/) — Then he blew his horn three times very loudly; and when his friends heard it they were glad, but the Danes were filled with fear. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/26/) — At nine o'clock, five hundred of his bravest soldiers stood around him ready for battle. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/27/) — He spoke, and told them what he had seen and heard in his dream; and when he had fin-ished, they all cheered loudly, and said that they would follow him and fight for him so long as they had strength. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/28/) — So they went out bravely to battle; and they beat the Danes, and drove them back into their own place. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/29/) — And King Alfred ruled wisely and well over all his people for the rest of his days. - ← previous: [King Alfred and the Cakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/3/) - next →: [King Canute on the Seashore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/5/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)