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# The Frog and the Mouse

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The Frog and the Mouse of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 16 sentences and 227 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/pg19994/94/1/) — A young Mouse in search of adventure was running along the bank of a pond where lived a Frog.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/2/) — When the Frog saw the Mouse, he swam to the bank and croaked:
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/3/) — "Won't you pay me a visit?
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/4/) — I can promise you a good time if you do."
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/5/) — The Mouse did not need much coaxing, for he was very anxious to see the world and everything in it.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/6/) — But though he could swim a little, he did not dare risk going into the pond without some help.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/7/) — The Frog had a plan.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/8/) — He tied the Mouse's leg to his own with a tough reed.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/9/) — Then into the pond he jumped, dragging his foolish companion with him.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/10/) — The Mouse soon had enough of it and wanted to return to shore; but the treacherous Frog had other plans.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/11/) — He pulled the Mouse down under the water and drowned him.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/12/) — But before he could untie the reed that bound him to the dead Mouse, a Hawk came sailing over the pond.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/13/) — Seeing the body of the Mouse floating on the water, the Hawk swooped down, seized the Mouse and carried it off, with the Frog dangling from its leg.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/14/) — Thus at one swoop he had caught both meat and fish for his dinner.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/15/) — \_Those who seek to harm others often come to harm themselves through their own deceit.
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/94/16/) — \_

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