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# The Dog in the Manger

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The Dog in the Manger of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 9 sentences and 133 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/pg19994/71/1/) — A Dog asleep in a manger filled with hay, was awakened by the Cattle, which came in tired and hungry from working in the field.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/2/) — But the Dog would not let them get near the manger, and snarled and snapped as if it were filled with the best of meat and bones, all for himself.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/3/) — The Cattle looked at the Dog in disgust. "
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/4/) — How selfish he is!" said one. "
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/5/) — He cannot eat the hay and yet he will not let us eat it who are so hungry for it!"
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/6/) — Now the farmer came in.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/7/) — When he saw how the Dog was acting, he seized a stick and drove him out of the stable with many a blow for his selfish behavior.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/8/) — \_Do not grudge others what you cannot enjoy yourself.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/71/9/) — \_

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