Books Whole books read in parts: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland chapter by chapter and the Just So Stories, with questions on every part. The texts are from Project Gutenberg; the course teaches Mova to keep track of characters, places and events across a long story.
The books course of Mova's primary school: 97 lessons, 2385 sentences, each sentence with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Mova corpus 0.4).
1 Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall) 22 sentences · Alice is sitting on a grassy bank next to her big sister on a hot, sleepy day, bored stiff, because her sist… 2 Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors, DRINK ME and EAT ME 17 sentences · Alice jumps up after her fall, sees the White Rabbit hurrying down a passage and races after him, but he tur… 3 Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and curiouser (who am I?) 20 sentences · The cake works: Alice shoots up like a pulled-out telescope until her feet seem miles away, and she jokes ab… 4 Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse 22 sentences · Alice notices she has slipped on one of the Rabbit's tiny gloves: she is shrinking again, and fast, because… 5 Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race 22 sentences · Alice and the animals climb out of the pool onto the bank, soaking wet, cross and uncomfortable, and argue a… 6 Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again 22 sentences · Everybody has won the race, so everybody needs a prize, and the Dodo says Alice must give them; luckily she… 7 Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house 26 sentences · The White Rabbit comes back hunting for his lost fan and gloves, mistakes Alice for his housemaid Mary Ann,… 8 Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy 20 sentences · Outside the house a whole crowd arrives with ladders, and after a lot of shouting they decide that poor Bill… 9 Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar 21 sentences · The Caterpillar and Alice stare at each other in silence until it slowly asks, "Who are you?", and Alice, af… 10 Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon 21 sentences · The mushroom is perfectly round, so Alice cannot tell which side is which; she breaks off a bit from each si… 11 Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen 25 sentences · Nine-inch Alice watches a footman with a face like a fish hand a giant letter to a footman with a face like… 12 Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat 21 sentences · The Duchess flings the baby at Alice and rushes off to get ready for croquet with the Queen; Alice carries t… 13 Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time) 23 sentences · Alice reaches the March Hare's house and finds a tea-table under a tree. 14 Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party (the treacle-well and the garden at last) 21 sentences · The Hatter finishes his tale: the Queen screamed «He's murdering the time! 15 Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red) 30 sentences · Just inside the garden, three gardeners shaped like playing cards are painting white roses red. 16 Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (a head without a body) 23 sentences · Croquet with live animals is hopeless. 17 Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals) 22 sentences · Out of prison, the Duchess is suddenly sweet to Alice: «You dear old thing!» She tucks her arm into Alice's… 18 Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's Story (school under the sea) 21 sentences · The Queen wakes a Gryphon sleeping in the sun (a creature that is half eagle, half lion), orders it to take… 19 Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise) 20 sentences · The Mock Turtle sobs so hard he can't speak, and the Gryphon thumps him on the back as if he had a bone stuc… 20 Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadrille (poems gone wrong and Beautiful Soup) 22 sentences · Now the creatures want Alice's adventures. 21 Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness) 21 sentences · Alice arrives at a court of justice. 22 Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness) 25 sentences · In the middle of the trial Alice feels a curious sensation: she is growing again. 23 Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter) 22 sentences · It reminds her of the goldfish bowl she upset last week, and she quickly scoops them back in, so quickly tha… 24 Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence (sentence first, a pack of cards, and waking up) 27 sentences · The White Rabbit reads the verses: six muddled verses full of «he», «she», «they» and «you», where you can n… 25 The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat) 24 sentences · The Mole has been spring-cleaning his little underground home all morning, until he is covered in dust and w… 26 The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World) 27 sentences · Before they set off, the Rat climbs up into his hole and comes back staggering under a fat wicker picnic bas… 27 The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat) 33 sentences · While they eat, the Mole notices a line of bubbles moving along the water. 28 The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins) 31 sentences · Rowing home in the evening sun, the Rat is murmuring poetry to himself. 29 The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall) 30 sentences · One bright summer morning the Rat has been swimming with the ducks, tickling their necks whenever they stand… 30 The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road (Toad's canary-coloured caravan) 36 sentences · They find Toad in a garden chair with a big map on his knees. 31 The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car) 32 sentences · First they must catch the old grey horse, who was never asked and would much rather stay in his field. 32 The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze) 30 sentences · The frightened old horse rears and backs, and drags the cart into the deep ditch: crash! 33 The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone) 15 sentences · The Mole has long wanted to meet the famous Badger, whom everyone talks about and nobody sees. 34 The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Wood (the faces, the whistling, the pattering and the Rat sets out) — 27 sentences · Dusk falls fast. 35 The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Wood (the Rat finds the Mole, and the snow comes) 35 sentences · The Rat marches into the darkening wood. 36 The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door) 34 sentences · In the lumpy little valley the Mole trips and falls with a squeal — he's cut his shin. 37 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen) 20 sentences · The moment he hears it is Ratty, the Badger's voice changes completely: «Come along in, both of you, at once… 38 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs) 28 sentences · Full and warm by the fire, the friends chat, and Badger asks how old Toad is getting on. 39 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground) 21 sentences · The front-door bell clangs, and in bursts the Otter, hugging the Rat so hard he splutters through his butter… 40 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home) 30 sentences · While the Rat and the Otter argue about eels by the fire, the Badger takes the Mole on a tour with a lantern. 41 The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of home) 22 sentences · It is mid-December, nearly dark, and Rat and Mole are tramping home across frosty fields after a long day ou… 42 The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End) 31 sentences · The Rat chatters away about the fire and the supper waiting at home and doesn't notice how quiet the Mole ha… 43 The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside) 23 sentences · Inside, the Mole sees dust everywhere, a cold, small, shabby, long-forgotten house — and flops onto a hall-c… 44 The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to) 31 sentences · The field-mice sing an old carol about standing in the cold and snow, about Joseph and Mary finding a stable… 45 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!) 26 sentences · It is early summer. 46 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom) 35 sentences · «Talking to Toad'll never cure him,» says the Rat. 47 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets) 31 sentences · One fine morning it's the Rat's turn to guard Toad. 48 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon) 30 sentences · Toad struts along the high road, miles from home, singing his own praises: brain has beaten brute force! 49 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing) 19 sentences · On a hot midsummer night, well past ten o'clock, the Mole lies on cool dock-leaves by the river and waits fo… 50 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island) 17 sentences · As dawn creeps closer, a breeze stirs the reeds and the Rat suddenly hears far-off piping, music so beautifu… 51 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness) 11 sentences · The sun's golden disc rises over the horizon and dazzles the two friends; when they can see again, the Visio… 52 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast) 23 sentences · The gaoler's kind daughter, who loves animals, asks to look after him. 53 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress) 20 sentences · One morning the gaoler's daughter is thoughtful: «I have an aunt who is a washerwoman.» Toad, not really lis… 54 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver) 15 sentences · Free but dizzy with success, Toad hurries away from the town where the real washerwoman is so well known, an… 55 The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood) 19 sentences · The train rattles off with Toad in the engine's cab; fields, cows and hedges fly past, and he skips and sing… 56 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air) 19 sentences · The author says the countryside is like a big hotel at the end of the holiday season: the guests pack, pay a… 57 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All (the swallows and the call of the South) 23 sentences · The Rat begs them to stay just this year; one swallow tells how she once tried staying, and the long sunless… 58 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople) 19 sentences · As the Rat lies by the lane, a tired, dusty traveller comes along: another rat, lean and sharp-faced, with g… 59 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road) 14 sentences · The Sea Rat goes on with his voyage: down the coast of Italy to Palermo and happy weeks with friends in Sici… 60 The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure) 15 sentences · After lunch the Sea Rat leans close, his sea-grey eyes and the red glow of his glass holding the Water Rat «… 61 The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing) 23 sentences · Toad wakes in the hollow tree where he hid after jumping off the train. 62 The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg») 32 sentences · Laughed at, Toad loses his temper completely. 63 The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car) 23 sentences · Full of stew and with money in his pocket, Toad marches along with his chin in the air, telling himself the… 64 The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank) 35 sentences · Sitting by the driver, Toad asks sweetly if «she» may try driving, just to tell her friends. 65 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news) 29 sentences · The Rat grips Toad by the scruff of the neck and hauls him up into his hall, dripping with mud and weed. 66 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat) 21 sentences · The Rat tells the whole story. 67 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!») 37 sentences · «What's become of them, the dear fellows? 68 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em») 25 sentences · Badger's great secret: there is an underground passage from the river-bank right up into the middle of Toad… 69 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were) 28 sentences · Mole comes tumbling in, very pleased with himself. 70 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad») 31 sentences · At dusk the Rat dresses everybody for the expedition: a belt, a sword, a cutlass, a pair of pistols, a polic… 71 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets) 22 sentences · What a squealing and squeaking fills the hall! 72 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song») 30 sentences · Next morning Toad oversleeps again and finds only egg-shells, cold leathery toast and a coffee-pot three-qua… 73 The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book) 33 sentences · Then he heaves a long, long sigh, flattens his hair down neatly, and goes quietly downstairs to his guests. 74 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got his Throat 23 sentences · A Whale has eaten every fish in the sea except one small, clever 'Stute Fish, who hides behind the Whale's r… 75 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump 20 sentences · When the world was brand new and the animals were just starting to work for Man, the Camel lived alone in th… 76 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin 20 sentences · On a lonely island by the Red Sea lives a Parsee man with nothing but a shining hat, a knife and a cooking-s… 77 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 1 (the game goes into the forest) 19 sentences · Long ago the Leopard lived on the bare, hot, sandy High Veldt, and he was exactly the same sandy-yellow-brow… 78 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 2 (One, two, three, and where's your breakfast?) 24 sentences · The Leopard and the hunter wait for dark, and each grabs something he can smell and feel but not see; they s… 79 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 1 (What does the Crocodile have for dinner?) 24 sentences · Long ago elephants had no trunk, only a bulgy nose as big as a boot, and one young Elephant's Child was so f… 80 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 2 (the tug-of-war and the trunk) 22 sentences · The Snake wraps himself round the Elephant's Child's back legs and pulls too, and at last the Crocodile lets… 81 Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo 21 sentences · Once the Kangaroo was a grey, woolly animal with four short legs and far too much pride, and he went to thre… 82 Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice 26 sentences · On the banks of the muddy Amazon live two friends: Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, who eats snails, and Slow-Solid… 83 Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name 27 sentences · Hedgehog and Tortoise know Jaguar will never forget his rhyme, so they decide to swap skills. 84 Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark 25 sentences · Long, long ago, in the Stone Age, a man called Tegumai lives in a Cave with his wife Teshumai and his little… 85 Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes 21 sentences · Taffy finishes her picture, proud of it, and asks if the Stranger-man understands. 86 Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down 25 sentences · Explain!» shouts the whole Tribe. 87 Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake 17 sentences · A week after the picture-letter muddle, Taffy slips off to go carp-fishing with her Daddy again instead of h… 88 Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water 21 sentences · Tegumai shows Taffy the big secret: put two sound-signs side by side and you get a word. 89 Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began 25 sentences · Her broken-spear drawing becomes the sign for la. 90 Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave 21 sentences · At the Very Beginning the Eldest Magician gets the Earth and the Sea ready and teaches each animal its «play… 91 Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell 29 sentences · The little girl-daughter speaks up: at the Very Beginning she saw one beast slip away into the sea before he… 92 Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work 31 sentences · The Magician makes a deal: Pau Amma gets his hard shell back for eleven months of the year, but in the twelf… 93 Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant 23 sentences · Long ago all the tame animals were wild: Dog, Horse, Cow, Sheep and Pig walked in the Wet Wild Woods, and th… 94 Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby 34 sentences · Wild Cow comes next and promises her milk every day for the wonderful grass; she becomes the Giver of Good F… 95 Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us 29 sentences · Very angry now, the Woman makes a Still Magic so that she will never say a third word of praise. 96 Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wise king, a hungry Animal and a butterfly's boast 25 sentences · His magic ring could call up Djinns, Fairies and even a great angel. 97 Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends 32 sentences · Balkis has heard everything. ← previous Biologynext → Chemistry↑ back to the school This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/