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# The Fox and the Grapes

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The Fox and the Grapes of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 12 sentences and 156 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/pg19994/14/1/) — A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/2/) — The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/3/) — The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/4/) — The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/5/) — So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/6/) — Again and again he tried, but in vain.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/7/) — Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/8/) — "What a fool I am," he said. "
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/9/) — Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for."
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/10/) — And off he walked very, very scornfully.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/11/) — \_There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/12/) — \_

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