I'm pretty sure if someone would try to explain Monads without actually using Haskell syntax it might actually be possible to understand. This explained nothing

I'm pretty sure if someone would try to explain Monads without actually using Haskell syntax it might actually be possible to understand. This explained nothing. Haskell advocates mention pure code and monads as pros of Haskell and typical Haskell conventions. But I'm simply not willing to learn a language's full syntax to learn about some generic computing concept and how it is employed in a specific language. If I need to learn the language you are trying to sell me to understand the concept your are trying to explain me in order to sell me the language, don't expect to get very far.