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# The Monkey and the Cat

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The Monkey and the Cat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 16 sentences and 231 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/pg19994/63/1/) — Once upon a time a Cat and a Monkey lived as pets in the same house.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/2/) — They were great friends and were constantly in all sorts of mischief together.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/3/) — What they seemed to think of more than anything else was to get something to eat, and it did not matter much to them how they got it.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/4/) — One day they were sitting by the fire, watching some chestnuts roasting on the hearth.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/5/) — How to get them was the question.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/6/) — "I would gladly get them," said the cunning Monkey, "but you are much more skillful at such things than I am.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/7/) — Pull them out and I'll divide them between us."
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/8/) — Pussy stretched out her paw very carefully, pushed aside some of the cinders, and drew back her paw very quickly.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/9/) — Then she tried it again, this time pulling a chestnut half out of the fire. — checked by a teacher
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/10/) — A third time and she drew out the chestnut.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/11/) — This performance she went through several times, each time singeing her paw severely.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/12/) — As fast as she pulled the chestnuts out of the fire, the Monkey ate them up.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/13/) — Now the master came in, and away scampered the rascals, Mistress Cat with a burnt paw and no chestnuts.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/14/) — From that time on, they say, she contented herself with mice and rats and had little to do with Sir Monkey.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/15/) — \_The flatterer seeks some benefit at your expense.
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/16/) — \_

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