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# The Lion and the Mouse

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The Lion and the Mouse of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 15 sentences and 195 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/pg19994/19/1/) — A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/2/) — A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/3/) — Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/4/) — "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/5/) — Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you."
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/6/) — The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/7/) — But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/8/) — Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/9/) — Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/10/) — The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/11/) — Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/12/) — "You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/13/) — Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/14/) — \_A kindness is never wasted.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/19/15/) — \_

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