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title: The Wolf and the Ass — The Aesop for Children · full text with trees
description: The Wolf and the Ass, «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: An Ass was feeding in a pasture near a wood when he saw a Wolf lurking in the shadows along the hedge.
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# The Wolf and the Ass

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The Wolf and the Ass of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 14 sentences and 202 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 1 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model.

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- [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/1/) — An Ass was feeding in a pasture near a wood when he saw a Wolf lurking in the shadows along the hedge.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/2/) — He easily guessed what the Wolf had in mind, and thought of a plan to save himself.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/3/) — So he pretended he was lame, and began to hobble painfully.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/4/) — When the Wolf came up, he asked the Ass what had made him lame, and the Ass replied that he had stepped on a sharp thorn.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/5/) — "Please pull it out," he pleaded, groaning as if in pain. "
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/6/) — If you do not, it might stick in your throat when you eat me."
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/7/) — The Wolf saw the wisdom of the advice, for he wanted to enjoy his meal without any danger of choking.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/8/) — So the Ass lifted up his foot and the Wolf began to search very closely and carefully for the thorn.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/9/) — Just then the Ass kicked out with all his might, tumbling the Wolf a dozen paces away. — checked by a teacher
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/10/) — And while the Wolf was getting very slowly and painfully to his feet, the Ass galloped away in safety.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/11/) — "Serves me right," growled the Wolf as he crept into the bushes. "
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/12/) — I'm a butcher by trade, not a doctor."
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/13/) — \_Stick to your trade.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/62/14/) — \_

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