--- title: The Fox and the Horse — Grimms' Fairy Tales · full text with trees description: The Fox and the Horse, «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: A farmer had a horse that had been an excellent faithful servant to him: but he was now grown too old to work; so the farmer would give him nothing more --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / The Fox and the Horse # The Fox and the Horse The Fox and the Horse of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm: the whole text, 18 sentences and 498 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/1/) — A farmer had a horse that had been an excellent faithful servant to him: but he was now grown too old to work; so the farmer would give him nothing more to eat, and said, ‘I want you no longer, so take yourself off out of my stable; I shall not take you back again until you are stronger than a lion.’ - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/2/) — Then he opened the door and turned him adrift. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/3/) — The poor horse was very melancholy, and wandered up and down in the wood, seeking some little shelter from the cold wind and rain. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/4/) — Presently a fox met him: ‘What’s the matter, my friend?’ said he, ‘why do you hang down your head and look so lonely and woe-begone?’ - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/5/) — ‘Ah!’ replied the horse, ‘justice and avarice never dwell in one house; my master has forgotten all that I have done for him so many years, and because I can no longer work he has turned me adrift, and says unless I become stronger than a lion he will not take me back again; what chance can I have of that? he knows I have none, or he would not talk so.’ - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/6/) — However, the fox bid him be of good cheer, and said, ‘I will help you; lie down there, stretch yourself out quite stiff, and pretend to be dead.’ - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/7/) — The horse did as he was told, and the fox went straight to the lion who lived in a cave close by, and said to him, ‘A little way off lies a dead horse; come with me and you may make an excellent meal of his carcase.’ - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/8/) — The lion was greatly pleased, and set off immediately; and when they came to the horse, the fox said, ‘You will not be able to eat him comfortably here; I’ll tell you what--I will tie you fast to his tail, and then you can draw him to your den, and eat him at your leisure.’ - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/9/) — This advice pleased the lion, so he laid himself down quietly for the fox to make him fast to the horse. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/10/) — But the fox managed to tie his legs together and bound all so hard and fast that with all his strength he could not set himself free. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/11/) — When the work was done, the fox clapped the horse on the shoulder, and said, ‘Jip! - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/12/) — Dobbin! - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/13/) — Jip!’ - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/14/) — Then up he sprang, and moved off, dragging the lion behind him. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/15/) — The beast began to roar and bellow, till all the birds of the wood flew away for fright; but the horse let him sing on, and made his way quietly over the fields to his master’s house. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/16/) — ‘Here he is, master,’ said he, ‘I have got the better of him’: and when the farmer saw his old servant, his heart relented, and he said. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/17/) — ‘Thou shalt stay in thy stable and be well taken care of.’ - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/45/18/) — And so the poor old horse had plenty to eat, and lived--till he died. - ← previous: [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/) - next →: [The Blue Light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/46/) - ↑ back to [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/)