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# The Travelers and the Purse

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The Travelers and the Purse of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 16 sentences and 181 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/pg19994/25/1/) — Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/2/) — "How lucky I am!" he said. "
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/3/) — I have found a purse.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/4/) — Judging by its weight it must be full of gold."
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/5/) — "Do not say '\_I\_ have found a purse,'" said his companion. "
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/6/) — Say rather '\_we\_ have found a purse' and 'how lucky \_we\_ are.'
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/7/) — Travelers ought to share alike the fortunes or misfortunes of the road."
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/8/) — "No, no," replied the other angrily. "
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/9/) — \_I\_ found it and \_I\_ am going to keep it."
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/10/) — Just then they heard a shout of "Stop, thief!" and looking around, saw a mob of people armed with clubs coming down the road.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/11/) — The man who had found the purse fell into a panic.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/12/) — "We are lost if they find the purse on us," he cried.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/13/) — "No, no," replied the other, "You would not say 'we' before, so now stick to your 'I'.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/14/) — Say '\_I\_ am lost.'"
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/15/) — \_We cannot expect any one to share our misfortunes unless we are willing to share our good fortune also.
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/25/16/) — \_

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