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# Master of All Masters

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Master of All Masters of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs: the whole text, 26 sentences and 299 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/pg7439/48/1/) — A girl once went to the fair to hire herself for servant.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/2/) — At last a funny-looking old gentleman engaged her, and took her home to his house.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/3/) — When she got there, he told her that he had something to teach her, for that in his house he had his own names for things.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/4/) — He said to her: “What will you call me?”
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/5/) — “Master or mister, or whatever you please sir,” says she.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/6/) — He said: “You must call me 'master of all masters.'
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/7/) — And what would you call this?” pointing to his bed.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/8/) — “Bed or couch, or whatever you please, sir.”
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/9/) — “No, that's my 'barnacle.'
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/10/) — And what do you call these?” said he pointing to his pantaloons.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/11/) — “Breeches or trousers, or whatever you please, sir.”
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/12/) — “You must call them 'squibs and crackers.'
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/13/) — And what would you call her?” pointing to the cat.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/14/) — “Cat or kit, or whatever you please, sir.”
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/15/) — “You must call her 'white-faced simminy.'
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/16/) — And this now,” showing the fire, “what would you call this?”
- [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/17/) — “Fire or flame, or whatever you please, sir.”
- [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/18/) — “You must call it 'hot cockalorum,' and what this?” he went on, pointing to the water.
- [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/19/) — “Water or wet, or whatever you please, sir.”
- [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/20/) — “No, 'pondalorum' is its name.
- [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/21/) — And what do you call all this?” asked he, as he pointed to the house.
- [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/22/) — “House or cottage, or whatever you please, sir.”
- [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/23/) — “You must call it 'high topper mountain.'”
- [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/24/) — That very night the servant woke her master up in a fright and said: “Master of all masters, get out of your barnacle and put on your squibs and crackers.
- [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/25/) — For white-faced simminy has got a spark of hot cockalorum on its tail, and unless you get some pondalorum high topper mountain will be all on hot cockalorum.” ....
- [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/26/) — That's all.

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