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title: The Girl and the Mbulu. — Kaffir folk-lore · full text with trees
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# The Girl and the Mbulu.

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The Girl and the Mbulu. of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal: the whole text, 3 sentences and 44 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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The mbulu is a fabulous creature, firmly believed in by little folks.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") It can assume the human form, but cannot part with its tail.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") One of its peculiarities is that it never speaks the truth when it is possible to tell a falsehood.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics")

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