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title: The Goatherd and the Goat — The Aesop for Children · full text with trees
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# The Goatherd and the Goat

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The Goatherd and the Goat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 9 sentences and 72 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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- [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/1/) — A Goat strayed away from the flock, tempted by a patch of clover.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/2/) — The Goatherd tried to call it back, but in vain.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/3/) — It would not obey him.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/4/) — Then he picked up a stone and threw it, breaking the Goat's horn.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/5/) — The Goatherd was frightened.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/6/) — "Do not tell the master," he begged the Goat.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/7/) — "No," said the Goat, "that broken horn can speak for itself!"
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/8/) — \_Wicked deeds will not stay hid.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/105/9/) — \_

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