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title: Opening, part 21 — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · full text with trees · page 2
description: Opening, part 21, «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "My son," she said, "I have a favour to ask of you.
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# Opening, part 21 · page 2

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- [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/101/) — Never shall it be said that I have abandoned you, and I am sure that you, on your part, will never abandon me."
- [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/102/) — "My lord," answered my brother, "I swear that I have not broken my fast this whole day."
- [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/103/) — "What, you are dying of hunger?" exclaimed the Barmecide. "
- [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/104/) — Here, slave; bring water, that we may wash our hands before meat!"
- [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/105/) — No slave appeared, but my brother remarked that the Barmecide did not fail to rub his hands as if the water had been poured over them.
- [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/106/) — Then he said to my brother, "Why don't you wash your hands too?" and Schacabac, supposing that it was a joke on the part of the Barmecide (though he could see none himself), drew near, and imitated his motion.
- [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/107/) — When the Barmecide had done rubbing his hands, he raised his voice, and cried, "Set food before us at once, we are very hungry."
- [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/108/) — No food was brought, but the Barmecide pretended to help himself from a dish, and carry a morsel to his mouth, saying as he did so, "Eat, my friend, eat, I entreat.
- [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/109/) — Help yourself as freely as if you were at home!
- [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/21/110/) — For a starving man, you seem to have a very small appetite."

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