batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l10196-l10292
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l10196-l10292
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10196-10292
start: '10196'
end: '10292'
translation: The Arabian Nights Entertainments
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The Sultan of Cashmere summons physicians to cure the Princess of Bengal,
whose madness is feigned to avoid a forced marriage. Prince Firouz Schah hears
of her condition, travels to Cashmere, disguises himself as a physician, observes
her secretly, and gains permission to speak with her alone. He reveals himself
in a whisper, and she explains that she pretended madness to escape marriage to
the Sultan and remain faithful to the prince she loves.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Sultan of Cashmere summons court doctors to consult about the princess's
apparent madness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The princess prevents physicians from examining her pulse by breaking into
violent paroxysms as each approaches.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Sultan extends the search for a cure to city doctors, celebrated physicians
from other towns, and foreign physicians, offering expenses and a reward.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Prince Firouz Schah hears in India that the Princess of Bengal lost her senses
on the day she was to marry the Sultan of Cashmere, and he travels to Cashmere.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The prince obtains a doctor's robe and uses his beard and clothing to present
himself as a physician.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The Sultan allows the disguised prince to observe the princess through an
opening from a room under the roof.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The princess reclines on a sofa with tears in her eyes and sings about being
deprived of someone she loves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The prince concludes that the princess's madness is feigned and asks to speak
with her alone.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: When the princess sees the physician's robe, she behaves furiously and insults
the apparent doctor.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The disguised prince whispers that he is not a doctor but the Prince of Persia
and has come to set her free.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The princess becomes calm and joyful when she recognizes his voice.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The princess explains that she pretended to be mad to escape marriage to the
Sultan, who had not asked her consent.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The princess says she would die rather than be forced into the marriage and
break faith with the prince she loves.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sultan of Cashmere
description: Ruler who seeks physicians to cure the princess and intends to marry
her.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Princess of Bengal
description: Princess in the Sultan of Cashmere's palace who feigns madness to avoid
a forced marriage and remain faithful to Prince Firouz Schah.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Prince Firouz Schah / Prince of Persia
description: Prince who searches for the princess, disguises himself as a physician,
and reveals himself to her in order to rescue her.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Physicians and doctors
description: Court, city, foreign, and celebrated physicians called to diagnose
or cure the princess.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Chief usher
description: Palace official who receives the disguised prince and says the Sultan
will welcome him.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: ruler seeking cure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Sultan summons and receives physicians to cure the princess's apparent
madness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: feigned madwoman
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The princess's madness is stated to be feigned, and she performs violent
paroxysms to avoid examination.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: disguised rescuer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The prince disguises himself as a physician and says he has come to set the
princess free.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: lost beloved seeker
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He has wandered searching for the princess and swore to follow her over the
world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: beloved under constraint
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The princess is in the Sultan's palace, facing a marriage she does not consent
to, while remaining faithful to the prince she loves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: coercive suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The princess says the Sultan intended marriage without asking her consent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: failed healers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The summoned physicians fail because the cure depends on the princess rather
than on their skill.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: palace intermediary
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The chief usher receives the disguised prince and helps bring him before
the Sultan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: physician's robe
literal_form: Doctor's robe worn by Prince Firouz Schah as part of his disguise.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: concealed opening
literal_form: Opening in a room under the roof through which the prince observes
the princess unseen.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: feigned madness
literal_form: Performed violent paroxysms, fury, and insults used by the princess
to prevent examination and avoid marriage.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Failed medical consultations
summary: The Sultan summons physicians to diagnose the princess, but her violent
performance prevents examination and no physician can cure her.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Prince learns of the princess in Cashmere
summary: Prince Firouz Schah hears that the Princess of Bengal has lost her senses
before her intended marriage to the Sultan and travels to Cashmere to plan her
rescue.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Disguised entry into the palace
summary: The prince dons a physician's robe, presents himself as a healer, and is
admitted through the palace hierarchy to the Sultan.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Secret observation of the princess
summary: The Sultan places the disguised prince where he can observe the princess
unseen; the prince sees her weeping and singing of lost love and infers that her
madness is feigned.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Recognition and rescue planning
summary: The princess initially reacts to the physician's robe with fury, but the
prince whispers his true identity, she becomes joyful, and they exchange explanations
about his search and her forced situation.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Feigned madness to avoid forced marriage
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The princess deliberately performs madness to prevent medical examination
and to avoid marriage to the Sultan without her consent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage presents deception
and role-performance, but does not explicitly frame the princess as a trickster.
- id: motif:2
label: Disguised healer as rescuer
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The prince adopts a physician's clothing and professional identity to gain
palace access and speak privately with the princess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is based on disguise and access; no broader comparative claim
is made.
- id: motif:3
label: Beloved held for coercive marriage and recovered by lover
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The prince searches for the princess, finds her in the Sultan's palace, and
she explains that she is resisting a marriage imposed without consent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes coercion and confinement in a palace context but
does not narrate an abduction in this excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: Recognition through hidden identity and voice
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The princess becomes calm and joyful after the disguised prince speaks in
a low whisper and identifies himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this recognition pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10196-10215
quote_or_summary: The Sultan summons court doctors; the princess anticipates that
a pulse examination would reveal her health and performs violent paroxysms so
no doctor dares touch her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10216-10229
quote_or_summary: The Sultan calls physicians from the city, other towns, and neighboring
states, offering expenses and a reward, but none succeeds because the cure depends
on the princess herself.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10230-10239
quote_or_summary: Prince Firouz Schah, wandering in India, hears of the Princess
of Bengal's madness before her intended marriage to the Sultan of Cashmere and
travels to Cashmere to plan her rescue.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10240-10252
quote_or_summary: The prince procures a doctor's robe so that his clothing and long
beard proclaim him a physician, then gains audience through the chief usher by
claiming special remedies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10253-10269
quote_or_summary: The Sultan leads the disguised prince to an upper room with an
opening for unseen observation; the prince sees the princess weeping on a sofa
and singing of separation from one she loves, then asks to speak with her alone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 10270-10279
quote_or_summary: The princess reacts furiously to the physician's robe; the prince
whispers, "I am no doctor, but the Prince of Persia, who has come to set you free."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10280-10289
quote_or_summary: At the sound of his voice, the princess becomes calm and joyful;
the prince explains his despair, oath to follow her over the world, and joy at
finding her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 10290-10292
quote_or_summary: The princess explains that she played the part of a mad woman
to escape marriage with the Sultan, who had not asked her consent, and would die
rather than be forced into the union and break faith with the prince she loved.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the passage. Motif taxonomy assignments
are cautious because the supplied taxonomy contains broad families rather than
exact tale-type labels. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself
does not make a comparative link.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
All observations and motif candidates are based only on the supplied passage and metadata.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg__l10196-l10292
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