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# Another Story of Kenkebe.

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Another Story of Kenkebe. of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal: the whole text, 22 sentences and 257 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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At a certain time, Kenkebe went to get his wife at the place of her parents.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") When he was on the way, he met a crow.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") He borrowed its eyes.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he arrived at his wife’s parents’ place with the eyes of the crow.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics")

When he arrived, his wife said: “Where are your own eyes?”[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics")

He replied: “My eyes have been taken away by the crows.”[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics")

Then his wife said: “Let us go home.”[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics")

When they reached home, his wife said: “Take those eyes, you silly one, to their owner, and bring back your own.”[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics")

Accordingly Kenkebe went for his eyes and got them back.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics")

Then, as he was returning, he met an ant, and exchanged stomachs with it.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") When he arrived at his house, his wife gave him food.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") After he had finished eating, he went to milk a cow.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics")

When he was gone out, his little boy went to the place where he had been sitting.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") He said, “Mother, this food that is spilt here, whose is it?”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics")

His mother replied: “Perhaps it has been spilt by your father.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") You must not eat it until your father comes.”[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics")

When Kenkebe came in, his wife said: “Where does this food come from?”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics")

The man replied: “My stomach has been borrowed by an ant.”[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics")

His wife said: “You must go and take this stomach back to-morrow.”[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics")

He went to do so.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") When he arrived at the ant’s place, he demanded his stomach.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") His stomach was given to him, and then he went home.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics")

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