--- title: Opening, part 1 — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · full text with trees · page 2 description: Opening, part 1, «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: The Arabian Nights Entertainments, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / Opening, part 1 # Opening, part 1 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/101/) — But seeing her eyes full of tears, he asked what was the matter. " - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/102/) — Sire," replied Scheherazade, "I have a sister who loves me as tenderly as I love her. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/103/) — Grant me the favour of allowing her to sleep this night in the same room, as it is the last we shall be together." - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/104/) — Schahriar consented to Scheherazade's petition and Dinarzade was sent for. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/105/) — An hour before daybreak Dinarzade awoke, and exclaimed, as she had promised, "My dear sister, if you are not asleep, tell me I pray you, before the sun rises, one of your charming stories. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/106/) — It is the last time that I shall have the pleasure of hearing you." - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/107/) — Scheherazade did not answer her sister, but turned to the Sultan. " - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/108/) — Will your highness permit me to do as my sister asks?" said she. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/109/) — "Willingly," he answered. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/110/) — So Scheherazade began. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/111/) — The Story of the Merchant and the Genius - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/112/) — Sire, there was once upon a time a merchant who possessed great wealth, in land and merchandise, as well as in ready money. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/113/) — He was obliged from time to time to take journeys to arrange his affairs. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/114/) — One day, having to go a long way from home, he mounted his horse, taking with him a small wallet in which he had put a few biscuits and dates, because he had to pass through the desert where no food was to be got. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/115/) — He arrived without any mishap, and, having finished his business, set out on his return. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/116/) — On the fourth day of his journey, the heat of the sun being very great, he turned out of his road to rest under some trees. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/117/) — He found at the foot of a large walnut-tree a fountain of clear and running water. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/118/) — He dismounted, fastened his horse to a branch of the tree, and sat by the fountain, after having taken from his wallet some of his dates and biscuits. - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/119/) — When he had finished this frugal meal he washed his face and hands in the fountain. [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/1/) **2** - next →: [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/2/) - ↑ back to [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/)