Belling the Cat Belling the Cat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 14 sentences and 212 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.
1 The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. 2 At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming, so they might have time to run away. 3 Indeed, something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from their dens by night or day. 4 Many plans were discussed, but none of them was thought good enough. 5 At last a very young Mouse got up and said: 6 "I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know it will be successful. 7 All we have to do is to hang a bell about the Cat's neck. 8 When we hear the bell ringing we will know immediately that our enemy is coming." 9 All the Mice were much surprised that they had not thought of such a plan before. 10 But in the midst of the rejoicing over their good fortune, an old Mouse arose and said: 11 "I will say that the plan of the young Mouse is very good. 12 But let me ask one question: Who will bell the Cat?" 13 _It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it. 14 _ ← previous The Dog, the Cock, and the Foxnext → The Eagle and the Jackdaw↑ back to The Aesop for Children This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/8/