The Strange Visitor The Strange Visitor of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs: the whole text, 48 sentences and 537 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.
1 A woman was sitting at her reel one night; And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 2 In came a pair of broad broad soles, and sat down at the fireside; 3 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 4 In came a pair of small small legs, and sat down on the broad broad soles; 5 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 6 In came a pair of thick thick knees, and sat down on the small small legs; 7 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 8 In came a pair of thin thin thighs, and sat down on the thick thick knees; 9 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 10 In came a pair of huge huge hips, and sat down on the thin thin thighs; 11 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 12 In came a wee wee waist, and sat down on the huge huge hips; 13 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 14 In came a pair of broad broad shoulders, and sat down on the wee wee waist; 15 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 16 In came a pair of small small arms, and sat down on the broad broad shoulders; 17 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 18 In came a pair of huge huge hands, and sat down on the small small arms; 19 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 20 In came a small small neck, and sat down on the broad broad shoulders; 21 And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for company. 22 In came a huge huge head, and sat down on the small small neck. 23 “How did you get such broad broad feet?” quoth the woman. 24 “Much tramping, much tramping” (_gruffly_). 25 “How did you get such small small legs?” 26 “Aih-h-h!-late--and wee-e-e--moul” (_whiningly_). 27 “How did you get such thick thick knees?” 28 “Much praying, much praying” (_piously_). 29 “How did you get such thin thin thighs?” 30 “Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul” (_whiningly_). 31 “How did you get such big big hips?” 32 “Much sitting, much sitting” (_gruffly_). 33 “How did you get such a wee wee waist?” 34 “Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e-moul” (_whiningly_). 35 “How did you get such broad broad shoulders?” 36 “With carrying broom, with carrying broom” (_gruffly_). 37 “How did you get such small small arms?” 38 “Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul” (_whiningly_.) 39 “How did you get such huge huge hands?” 40 “Threshing with an iron flail, threshing with an iron flail” (_gruffly_). 41 “How did you get such a small small neck?” 42 “Aih-h-h!--late--wee-e-e--moul” (_pitifully_). 43 “How did you get such a huge huge head?” 44 “Much knowledge, much knowledge” (_keenly_). 45 “What do you come for?” 46 “FOR YOU!” 47 (_At the top of the voice, with a wave of the arm and a stamp of the feet. 48 _) ← previous Whittington and His Catnext → The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh↑ back to English Fairy Tales This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/38/