diff --git a/src/model/example.py b/src/model/example.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e465b8a..0000000
--- a/src/model/example.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-from model.data import Data as Editable
-from model.translation import from_container_list
-from model.example_clusters import ExampleClusters
-from lib.snabbdom import h
-
-
-class Example(Editable):
-    def __init__(self, example_xml):
-        self.translations = from_container_list(example_xml.querySelectorAll("translationContainer"))
-        
-        inner_xml = example_xml.querySelector("corpusExample")
-        if inner_xml is not None:
-            self.inner = CorpusExample(inner_xml)
-        else:
-            inner_xml = example_xml.querySelector("multiwordExample") 
-            self.inner = MultiwordExample(inner_xml)
-            
-        all_components = [ComponentLexeme(el) for el in inner_xml.childNodes]
-        self.components = [comp for comp in all_components if comp.isValid()]
-    
-        
-    def export(self, doc):
-        result = doc.createElement("exampleContainer")
-        
-        inner = self.inner.export(doc)
-        # TODO: bad quick fix
-        for comp in self.components:
-            inner.appendChild(comp.export(doc))
-        
-        result.appendChild(inner)
-        return result
-    
-    def view(self):
-        return self.inner.view(self.components)
-        
-    def get_cluster(self):
-        return self.inner.get_cluster()
-    
-    def set_cluster(self, cluster):
-        self.inner.cluster = cluster
-    
-    def get_structure(self):
-        return self.inner.get_structure()
-    
-    def is_collocation(self):
-        return self.get_view_type() == 2
-    
-    def is_multiword(self):
-        return self.get_view_type() != 1
-    
-    def get_view_type(self):
-        # as per the bosses, these are the rules for different colors
-        if type(self.inner) is CorpusExample:
-            return 1
-        elif self.inner.type == "collocation":
-            return 2
-        else:
-            return 3
-    
-    def get_other_attributes(self):
-        return self.inner.other_attributes
-            
-            
-class CorpusExample:
-    def __init__(self, example_xml):
-        self.other_attributes = {}
-        for oth_attr in ["example_id", "modified", "lexical_unit_id", "audio"]:
-            if example_xml.hasAttribute(oth_attr):
-                self.other_attributes[oth_attr] = example_xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
-            
-    def export(self, doc):
-        result = doc.createElement("corpusExample")
-        for key, value in self.other_attributes.items():
-            result.setAttribute(key, value)
-        return result
-    
-    def get_cluster(self):
-        return None
-    
-    def get_structure(self):
-        return None
-    
-    def view(self, components):
-        return [h("span" + comp.view_style(), {}, comp.text) for comp in components]
-    
-
-class MultiwordExample:
-    def __init__(self, example_xml):
-        self.other_attributes = {}
-        for oth_attr in ["lexical_unit_id", "structure_id", "structureName", "audio", "frequency", "logDice"]:
-            if example_xml.hasAttribute(oth_attr):
-                self.other_attributes[oth_attr] = example_xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
-        
-        self.cluster = MultiwordExample._determine_cluster_number(example_xml)
-        
-        if example_xml.hasAttribute("type"):
-            self.type = example_xml.getAttribute("type")
-        else:
-            self.type = None
-            
-    @staticmethod
-    def _determine_cluster_number(example_xml):
-        if not example_xml.hasAttribute("cluster"):
-            return ExampleClusters.first_empty_cluster()
-        else:
-            cluster = int(example_xml.getAttribute("cluster"))
-            ExampleClusters.register_cluster(cluster)
-            return cluster
-            
-    def export(self, doc):
-        result = doc.createElement("multiwordExample")
-            
-        for key, value in self.other_attributes.items():
-            result.setAttribute(key, value)
-        
-        result.setAttribute("cluster", str(self.cluster))
-        
-        if self.type is not None:
-            result.setAttribute("type", self.type)
-        
-        return result
-        
-    def get_cluster(self):
-        return self.cluster
-    
-    def get_structure(self):
-        if "structureName" in self.other_attributes:
-            return self.other_attributes["structureName"]
-        else:
-            return None
-    
-    def view(self, components):
-        return " ".join([comp.text for comp in components])
-
-
-class ComponentLexeme(Editable):
-    def __init__(self, xml):
-        self.other_attributes = {}
-        
-        if xml.nodeName == "#text":
-            self.text = xml.data
-            self.role = None
-        else:
-            self.text = xml.textContent
-            self.role = xml.getAttribute("role")
-
-            for oth_attr in ["lexical_unit_lexeme_id", "slolex", "kol"]:
-                if xml.hasAttribute(oth_attr):
-                    self.other_attributes[oth_attr] = xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
-        
-        self.text = self.text.strip()
-    
-    def isValid(self):
-        return len(self.text) > 0
-    
-    def export(self, doc):
-        if self.role is None:
-            return doc.createTextNode(self.text)
-        
-        result = doc.createElement("comp")
-        result.setAttribute("role", self.role)
-        result.textContent = self.text
-        
-        for key, value in self.other_attributes.items():
-            result.setAttribute(key, value)
-        
-        return result
-    
-    def view_style(self):
-        result = ".comp-text"
-        if self.role is not None:
-            result += ".comp-role"
-            if self.role == "headword":
-                result += ".comp-role-headword"
-                
-        return result
-        
-
diff --git a/src/model/example/__init__.py b/src/model/example/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eb4295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/example/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from model.example.example import Example
diff --git a/src/model/example/component_lexeme.py b/src/model/example/component_lexeme.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6070d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/example/component_lexeme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from model.data import Data
+
+class ComponentLexeme(Data):
+    def __init__(self, xml):
+        self.other_attributes = {}
+        
+        if xml.nodeName == "#text":
+            self.text = xml.data
+            self.role = None
+        else:
+            self.text = xml.textContent
+            self.role = xml.getAttribute("role")
+
+            for oth_attr in ["lexical_unit_lexeme_id", "slolex", "kol"]:
+                if xml.hasAttribute(oth_attr):
+                    self.other_attributes[oth_attr] = xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
+        
+        self.text = self.text.strip()
+    
+    def isValid(self):
+        return len(self.text) > 0
+    
+    def export(self, doc):
+        if self.role is None:
+            return doc.createTextNode(self.text)
+        
+        result = doc.createElement("comp")
+        result.setAttribute("role", self.role)
+        result.textContent = self.text
+        
+        for key, value in self.other_attributes.items():
+            result.setAttribute(key, value)
+        
+        return result
+    
+    def view_style(self):
+        result = ".comp-text"
+        if self.role is not None:
+            result += ".comp-role"
+            if self.role == "headword":
+                result += ".comp-role-headword"
+                
+        return result
+        
+
+
diff --git a/src/model/example/corpus_example.py b/src/model/example/corpus_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57becb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/example/corpus_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from lib.snabbdom import h
+
+class CorpusExample:
+    def __init__(self, example_xml):
+        self.other_attributes = {}
+        for oth_attr in ["example_id", "modified", "lexical_unit_id", "audio"]:
+            if example_xml.hasAttribute(oth_attr):
+                self.other_attributes[oth_attr] = example_xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
+            
+    def export(self, doc):
+        result = doc.createElement("corpusExample")
+        for key, value in self.other_attributes.items():
+            result.setAttribute(key, value)
+        return result
+    
+    def get_cluster(self):
+        return None
+    
+    def get_structure(self):
+        return None
+    
+    def view(self, components):
+        return [h("span" + comp.view_style(), {}, comp.text) for comp in components]
+    
diff --git a/src/model/example/example.py b/src/model/example/example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a0fc4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/example/example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from model.data import Data as Editable
+from model.translation import from_container_list
+from lib.snabbdom import h
+
+from model.example.component_lexeme import ComponentLexeme
+from model.example.corpus_example import CorpusExample
+from model.example.multiword_example import MultiwordExample
+
+
+class Example(Editable):
+    def __init__(self, example_xml):
+        self.translations = from_container_list(example_xml.querySelectorAll("translationContainer"))
+        
+        inner_xml = example_xml.querySelector("corpusExample")
+        if inner_xml is not None:
+            self.inner = CorpusExample(inner_xml)
+        else:
+            inner_xml = example_xml.querySelector("multiwordExample") 
+            self.inner = MultiwordExample(inner_xml)
+            
+        all_components = [ComponentLexeme(el) for el in inner_xml.childNodes]
+        self.components = [comp for comp in all_components if comp.isValid()]
+    
+        
+    def export(self, doc):
+        result = doc.createElement("exampleContainer")
+        
+        inner = self.inner.export(doc)
+        # TODO: bad quick fix
+        for comp in self.components:
+            inner.appendChild(comp.export(doc))
+        
+        result.appendChild(inner)
+        return result
+    
+    def view(self):
+        return self.inner.view(self.components)
+        
+    def get_cluster(self):
+        return self.inner.get_cluster()
+    
+    def set_cluster(self, cluster):
+        self.inner.cluster = cluster
+    
+    def get_structure(self):
+        return self.inner.get_structure()
+    
+    def is_collocation(self):
+        return self.get_view_type() == 2
+    
+    def is_multiword(self):
+        return self.get_view_type() != 1
+    
+    def get_view_type(self):
+        # as per the bosses, these are the rules for different colors
+        if type(self.inner) is CorpusExample:
+            return 1
+        elif self.inner.type == "collocation":
+            return 2
+        else:
+            return 3
+    
+    def get_other_attributes(self):
+        return self.inner.other_attributes
+            
+            
diff --git a/src/model/example/multiword_example.py b/src/model/example/multiword_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e550658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/example/multiword_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+from model.example_clusters import ExampleClusters
+
+
+class MultiwordExample:
+    def __init__(self, example_xml):
+        self.other_attributes = {}
+        for oth_attr in ["lexical_unit_id", "structure_id", "structureName", "audio", "frequency", "logDice"]:
+            if example_xml.hasAttribute(oth_attr):
+                self.other_attributes[oth_attr] = example_xml.getAttribute(oth_attr)
+        
+        self.cluster = MultiwordExample._determine_cluster_number(example_xml)
+        
+        if example_xml.hasAttribute("type"):
+            self.type = example_xml.getAttribute("type")
+        else:
+            self.type = None
+            
+    @staticmethod
+    def _determine_cluster_number(example_xml):
+        if not example_xml.hasAttribute("cluster"):
+            return ExampleClusters.first_empty_cluster()
+        else:
+            cluster = int(example_xml.getAttribute("cluster"))
+            ExampleClusters.register_cluster(cluster)
+            return cluster
+            
+    def export(self, doc):
+        result = doc.createElement("multiwordExample")
+            
+        for key, value in self.other_attributes.items():
+            result.setAttribute(key, value)
+        
+        result.setAttribute("cluster", str(self.cluster))
+        
+        if self.type is not None:
+            result.setAttribute("type", self.type)
+        
+        return result
+        
+    def get_cluster(self):
+        return self.cluster
+    
+    def get_structure(self):
+        if "structureName" in self.other_attributes:
+            return self.other_attributes["structureName"]
+        else:
+            return None
+    
+    def view(self, components):
+        return " ".join([comp.text for comp in components])
+