--- title: The Inchcape Rock. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: The Inchcape Rock., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: In the North Sea there is a great rock called the Inch-cape Rock. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/) [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 Inchcape Rock. # The Inchcape Rock. The Inchcape Rock. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 52 sentences and 677 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/pg18442/48/1/) — In the North Sea there is a great rock called the Inch-cape Rock. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/2/) — It is twelve miles from any land, and is covered most of the time with water. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/3/) — Many boats and ships have been wrecked on that rock; for it is so near the top of the water that no vessel can sail over it without striking it. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/4/) — More than a hundred years ago there lived not far away a kind-heart-ed man who was called the Abbot of Ab-er-broth-ock. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/5/) — "It is a pity," he said, "that so many brave sailors should lose their lives on that hidden rock." - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/6/) — So the abbot caused a buoy to be fastened to the rock. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/7/) — The buoy floated back and forth in the shallow water. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/8/) — A strong chain kept it from floating away. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/9/) — On the top of the buoy the abbot placed a bell; and when the waves dashed against it, the bell would ring out loud and clear. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/10/) — Sailors, now, were no longer afraid to cross the sea at that place. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/11/) — When they heard the bell ringing, they knew just where the rock was, and they steered their vessels around it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/12/) — "God bless the good Abbot of Ab-er-broth-ock!" they all said. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/13/) — One calm summer day, a ship with a black flag happened to sail not far from the Inch-cape Rock. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/14/) — The ship belonged to a sea robber called Ralph the Rover; and she was a terror to all honest people both on sea and shore. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/15/) — There was but little wind that day, and the sea was as smooth as glass. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/16/) — The ship stood almost still; there was hardly a breath of air to fill her sails. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/17/) — Ralph the Rover was walking on the deck. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/18/) — He looked out upon the glassy sea. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/19/) — He saw the buoy floating above the Inchcape Rock. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/20/) — It looked like a big black speck upon the water. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/21/) — But the bell was not ringing that day. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/22/) — There were no waves to set it in motion. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/23/) — "Boys!" cried Ralph the Rover; "put out the boat, and row me to the Inchcape Rock. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/24/) — We will play a trick on the old abbot." - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/25/) — The boat was low-ered. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/26/) — Strong arms soon rowed it to the Inchcape Rock. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/27/) — Then the robber, with a heavy ax, broke the chain that held the buoy. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/28/) — He cut the fas-ten-ings of the bell. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/29/) — It fell into the water. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/30/) — There was a gur-gling sound as it sank out of sight. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/31/) — "The next one that comes this way will not bless the abbot," said Ralph the Rover. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/32/) — Soon a breeze sprang up, and the black ship sailed away. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/33/) — The sea robber laughed as he looked back and saw that there was nothing to mark the place of the hidden rock. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/34/) — For many days, Ralph the Rover scoured the seas, and many were the ships that he plun-dered. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/35/) — At last he chanced to sail back toward the place from which he had started. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/36/) — The wind had blown hard all day. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/37/) — The waves rolled high. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/38/) — The ship was moving swiftly. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/39/) — But in the evening the wind died away, and a thick fog came on. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/40/) — Ralph the Rover walked the deck. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/41/) — He could not see where the ship was going. " - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/42/) — If the fog would only clear away!" he said. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/43/) — "I thought I heard the roar of breakers," said the pilot. " - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/44/) — We must be near the shore." - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/45/) — "I cannot tell," said Ralph the Rover; "but I think we are not far from the Inchcape Rock. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/46/) — I wish we could hear the good abbot's bell." - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/47/) — The next moment there was a great crash. " - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/48/) — It is the Inchcape Rock!" the sailors cried, as the ship gave a lurch to one side, and began to sink. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/49/) — "Oh, what a wretch am I!" cried Ralph the Rover. " - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/50/) — This is what comes of the joke that I played on the good abbot!" - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/51/) — What was it that he heard as the waves rushed over him? - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/48/52/) — Was it the abbot's bell, ringing for him far down at the bottom of the sea? - ← previous: [Maximilian and the Goose Boy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/47/) - next →: [I. the City.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/49/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)