--- title: Opening, part 36 — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · full text with trees · page 2 description: Opening, part 36, «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: The first thing he did was to sell his furniture and the wares he had in his shop, only reserving to himself such goods as he might trade with o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/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 36 # Opening, part 36 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/101/) — "Let us play at being the Cadi," said the brightest and quickest of them all; "I will be the Cadi. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/102/) — Bring before me Ali Cogia, and the merchant who robbed him of the thousand pieces of gold." - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/103/) — The boy's words recalled to the Caliph the petition he had read that morning, and he waited with interest to see what the children would do. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/104/) — The proposal was hailed with joy by the other children, who had heard a great deal of talk about the matter, and they quickly settled the part each one was to play. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/105/) — The Cadi took his seat gravely, and an officer introduced first Ali Cogia, the plaintiff, and then the merchant who was the defendant. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/106/) — Ali Cogia made a low bow, and pleaded his cause point by point; concluding by imploring the Cadi not to inflict on him such a heavy loss. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/107/) — The Cadi having heard his case, turned to the merchant, and inquired why he had not repaid Ali Cogia the sum in question. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/108/) — The false merchant repeated the reasons that the real merchant had given to the Cadi of Bagdad, and also offered to swear that he had told the truth. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/109/) — "Stop a moment!" said the little Cadi, "before we come to oaths, I should like to examine the vase with the olives. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/110/) — Ali Cogia," he added, "have you got the vase with you?" and finding he had not, the Cadi continued, "Go and get it, and bring it to me." - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/111/) — So Ali Cogia disappeared for an instant, and then pretended to lay a vase at the feet of the Cadi, declaring it was his vase, which he had given to the accused for safe custody; and in order to be quite correct, the Cadi asked the merchant if he recognised it as the same vase. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/112/) — By his silence the merchant admitted the fact, and the Cadi then commanded to have the vase opened. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/113/) — Ali Cogia made a movement as if he was taking off the lid, and the little Cadi on his part made a pretence of peering into a vase. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/114/) — "What beautiful olives!" he said, "I should like to taste one," and pretending to put one in his mouth, he added, "they are really excellent! - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/115/) — "But," he went on, "it seems to me odd that olives seven years old should be as good as that! - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/116/) — Send for some dealers in olives, and let us hear what they say!" [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/36/) **2** - ← previous: [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/35/) - next →: [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/37/) - ↑ back to [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/)