The Monkey and the Cat The Monkey and the Cat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 16 sentences and 231 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 1 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model.
1 Once upon a time a Cat and a Monkey lived as pets in the same house. 2 They were great friends and were constantly in all sorts of mischief together. 3 What they seemed to think of more than anything else was to get something to eat, and it did not matter much to them how they got it. 4 One day they were sitting by the fire, watching some chestnuts roasting on the hearth. 5 How to get them was the question. 6 "I would gladly get them," said the cunning Monkey, "but you are much more skillful at such things than I am. 7 Pull them out and I'll divide them between us." 8 Pussy stretched out her paw very carefully, pushed aside some of the cinders, and drew back her paw very quickly. 9 Then she tried it again, this time pulling a chestnut half out of the fire. checked by a teacher 10 A third time and she drew out the chestnut. 11 This performance she went through several times, each time singeing her paw severely. 12 As fast as she pulled the chestnuts out of the fire, the Monkey ate them up. 13 Now the master came in, and away scampered the rascals, Mistress Cat with a burnt paw and no chestnuts. 14 From that time on, they say, she contented herself with mice and rats and had little to do with Sir Monkey. 15 _The flatterer seeks some benefit at your expense. 16 _ ← previous The Wolf and the Assnext → The Dogs and the Fox↑ back to The Aesop for Children This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/63/