The Fox and the Grapes The Fox and the Grapes of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 12 sentences and 156 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.
1 A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. 2 The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them. 3 The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. 4 The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way. 5 So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. 6 Again and again he tried, but in vain. 7 Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust. 8 "What a fool I am," he said. " 9 Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for." 10 And off he walked very, very scornfully. 11 _There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach. 12 _ ← previous The Town Mouse and the Country Mousenext → The Bundle of Sticks↑ back to The Aesop for Children This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/14/