The Lion and the Gnat The Lion and the Gnat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 13 sentences and 184 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.
1 "Away with you, vile insect!" said a Lion angrily to a Gnat that was buzzing around his head. 2 But the Gnat was not in the least disturbed. 3 "Do you think," he said spitefully to the Lion, "that I am afraid of you because they call you king?" 4 The next instant he flew at the Lion and stung him sharply on the nose. 5 Mad with rage, the Lion struck fiercely at the Gnat, but only succeeded in tearing himself with his claws. 6 Again and again the Gnat stung the Lion, who now was roaring terribly. 7 At last, worn out with rage and covered with wounds that his own teeth and claws had made, the Lion gave up the fight. 8 The Gnat buzzed away to tell the whole world about his victory, but instead he flew straight into a spider's web. 9 And there, he who had defeated the King of beasts came to a miserable end, the prey of a little spider. 10 _The least of our enemies is often the most to be feared. 11 _ 12 _Pride over a success should not throw us off our guard. 13 _ ← previous The Ass and the Load of Saltnext → The Leap At Rhodes↑ back to The Aesop for Children This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/39/