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# The Eagle and the Kite

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The Eagle and the Kite of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 16 sentences and 178 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/pg19994/123/1/) — An Eagle sat high in the branches of a great Oak.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/2/) — She seemed very sad and drooping for an Eagle.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/3/) — A Kite saw her.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/4/) — "Why do you look so woebegone?" asked the Kite.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/5/) — "I want to get married," replied the Eagle, "and I can't find a mate who can provide for me as I should like."
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/6/) — "Take me," said the Kite; "I am very strong, stronger even than you!"
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/7/) — "Do you really think you can provide for me?" asked the Eagle eagerly.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/8/) — "Why, of course," replied the Kite. "
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/9/) — That would be a very simple matter.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/10/) — I am so strong I can carry away an Ostrich in my talons as if it were a feather!"
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/11/) — The Eagle accepted the Kite immediately.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/12/) — But after the wedding, when the Kite flew away to find something to eat for his bride, all he had when he returned, was a tiny Mouse.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/13/) — "Is that the Ostrich you talked about?" said the Eagle in disgust.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/14/) — "To win you I would have said and promised anything," replied the Kite.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/15/) — \_Everything is fair in love.
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/123/16/) — \_

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