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title: Mr. Fox — English Fairy Tales · full text with trees
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# Mr. Fox

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Mr. Fox of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs: the whole text, 9 sentences and 194 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/pg7439/29/1/) — Lady Mary was young, and Lady Mary was fair.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/2/) — She had two brothers, and more lovers than she could count.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/3/) — But of them all, the bravest and most gallant, was a Mr. Fox, whom she met when she was down at her father's country-house.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/4/) — No one knew who Mr. Fox was; but he was certainly brave, and surely rich, and of all her lovers, Lady Mary cared for him alone.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/5/) — At last it was agreed upon between them that they should be married.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/6/) — Lady Mary asked Mr. Fox where they should live, and he described to her his castle, and where it was; but, strange to say, did not ask her, or her brothers to come and see it.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/7/) — So one day, near the wedding-day, when her brothers were out, and Mr. Fox was away for a day or two on business, as he said, Lady Mary set out for Mr. Fox's castle.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/8/) — And after many searchings, she came at last to it, and a fine strong house it was, with high walls and a deep moat.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/9/) — And when she came up to the gateway she saw written on it:

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