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# The Lion and the Gnat

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The Lion and the Gnat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 13 sentences and 184 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/pg19994/39/1/) — "Away with you, vile insect!" said a Lion angrily to a Gnat that was buzzing around his head.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/2/) — But the Gnat was not in the least disturbed.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/3/) — "Do you think," he said spitefully to the Lion, "that I am afraid of you because they call you king?"
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/4/) — The next instant he flew at the Lion and stung him sharply on the nose.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/5/) — Mad with rage, the Lion struck fiercely at the Gnat, but only succeeded in tearing himself with his claws.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/6/) — Again and again the Gnat stung the Lion, who now was roaring terribly.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/7/) — At last, worn out with rage and covered with wounds that his own teeth and claws had made, the Lion gave up the fight.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/8/) — The Gnat buzzed away to tell the whole world about his victory, but instead he flew straight into a spider's web.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/9/) — And there, he who had defeated the King of beasts came to a miserable end, the prey of a little spider.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/10/) — \_The least of our enemies is often the most to be feared.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/11/) — \_
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/12/) — \_Pride over a success should not throw us off our guard.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/13/) — \_

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