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# The Lion and the Ass

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The Lion and the Ass of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 7 sentences and 77 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/pg19994/26/1/) — One day as the Lion walked proudly down a forest aisle, and the animals respectfully made way for him, an Ass brayed a scornful remark as he passed.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/26/2/) — The Lion felt a flash of anger.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/26/3/) — But when he turned his head and saw who had spoken, he walked quietly on.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/26/4/) — He would not honor the fool with even so much as a stroke of his claws.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/26/5/) — \_Do not resent the remarks of a fool.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/26/6/) — Ignore them.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/26/7/) — \_

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