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# The Old Lion and the Fox

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The Old Lion and the Fox of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 11 sentences and 177 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.

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- [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/1/) — An old Lion, whose teeth and claws were so worn that it was not so easy for him to get food as in his younger days, pretended that he was sick.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/2/) — He took care to let all his neighbors know about it, and then lay down in his cave to wait for visitors. — checked by a teacher
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/3/) — And when they came to offer him their sympathy, he ate them up one by one.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/4/) — The Fox came too, but he was very cautious about it.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/5/) — Standing at a safe distance from the cave, he inquired politely after the Lion's health.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/6/) — The Lion replied that he was very ill indeed, and asked the Fox to step in for a moment.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/7/) — But Master Fox very wisely stayed outside, thanking the Lion very kindly for the invitation.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/8/) — "I should be glad to do as you ask," he added, "but I have noticed that there are many footprints leading into your cave and none coming out.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/9/) — Pray tell me, how do your visitors find their way out again?"
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/10/) — \_Take warning from the misfortunes of others.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/11/) — \_

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