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# The Wolf and the Lion

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The Wolf and the Lion of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 10 sentences and 120 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/pg19994/52/1/) — A Wolf had stolen a Lamb and was carrying it off to his lair to eat it.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/2/) — But his plans were very much changed when he met a Lion, who, without making any excuses, took the Lamb away from him.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/3/) — The Wolf made off to a safe distance, and then said in a much injured tone:
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/4/) — "You have no right to take my property like that!"
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/5/) — The Lion looked back, but as the Wolf was too far away to be taught a lesson without too much inconvenience, he said:
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/6/) — "Your property?
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/7/) — Did you buy it, or did the Shepherd make you a gift of it?
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/8/) — Pray tell me, how did you get it?"
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/9/) — \_What is evil won is evil lost.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/52/10/) — \_

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