batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l10514-l10616
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l10514-l10616
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10514-10616
start: '10514'
end: '10616'
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: A second royal infant and then a third are sent adrift and rescued by the
intendant of the gardens. The Sultan, angered by repeated events, condemns the
Sultana to public humiliation at the mosque instead of execution after the grand-vizir
and courtiers intercede. The three rescued children are adopted, educated, and
raised in a country estate; their foster-father dies before revealing their royal
birth. Later, while the princes are hunting, an old female devotee visits the
princess's house and gardens for prayer and is brought before her.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A second prince is born, sent adrift, found by the intendant of the gardens
near the canal, and carried home.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: In the third year the repeated event leads the Sultan to command that the
Sultana be executed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The grand-vizir and courtiers kneel before the Sultan and plead for the Sultana's
life.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The Sultan commutes the sentence to confinement in a box at the principal
mosque, with public spitting ordered for every mosque-goer.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The jealous sisters take joy in the punishment, while the Sultana bears it
with dignity and meekness and gains sympathy from some in the crowd.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The third baby is a princess; like her brothers, she is found by the intendant
and adopted by him and his wife.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The three children grow in beauty and distinction, with manners suited to
high birth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The boys are named Bahman and Perviz after ancient Persian kings, and the
girl is named Parizade, glossed as child of the genii.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The intendant arranges education for the princes, and the princess joins their
lessons until she knows as much as they do.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The children study fine arts, geography, poetry, history, science, and rarer
sciences; the princess also excels in music, riding, driving, archery, and javelin
throwing.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The intendant buys a country house with a large park stocked with wild beasts
for hunting.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The intendant retires from service and later dies suddenly without revealing
the children's birth secret.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: After his death, the children remain unaware of their higher birth and live
quietly away from court.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: While the princes go hunting, their sister remains alone; an old female Mussulman
devotee comes to the door at prayer time.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: The princess orders the old woman taken to the private oratory, then shown
the house and gardens, and finally brought before her.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sultana
description: Royal wife condemned first to execution and then to public humiliation;
she endures the punishment with dignity and meekness.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sultan
description: Ruler who becomes furious at the repeated events and imposes punishment
on the Sultana.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Grand-vizir and courtiers
description: Court figures who plead with the Sultan not to execute the Sultana.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Jealous sisters
description: Sisters who rejoice at the Sultana's punishment and watch the building
of the box.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Intendant of the gardens
description: Official who finds the infants by the canal, adopts them with his wife,
educates them according to their rank, buys an estate for them, retires, and dies
before revealing their birth.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Intendant's wife
description: Foster mother who accepts the baby with joy and adopts the three children
with the intendant.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:16
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Bahman
description: One of the adopted princes, named after an ancient king of Persia and
educated with his siblings.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Perviz
description: One of the adopted princes, named after an ancient king of Persia and
educated with his siblings.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Parizade
description: Adopted princess, named child of the genii; she studies with her brothers
and is skilled in music, riding, driving, archery, and javelin throwing.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Old Mussulman devotee
description: Pious old woman who comes to the princess's door at prayer time, prays
in the oratory, admires the house and gardens, and is brought before the princess.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:17
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: People at the mosque
description: People who jeer at the helpless Sultana, while some among the better
part of the crowd come to sympathize with her.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: wrongly punished royal woman
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Sultana is condemned for events described as not her fault and is subjected
to public humiliation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: punishing ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Sultan orders execution and then imposes a harsh public penalty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: intercessors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They plead at the Sultan's feet to spare the Sultana's life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: hostile relatives
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are called jealous sisters and rejoice at the Sultana's punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: rescuer of exposed infants
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He repeatedly finds babies by the canal and carries or adopts them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: foster parent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The intendant and his wife adopt the children and raise them with care.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: hidden royal child
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: The children have royal birth but are raised in another household and later
remain unaware of their higher station.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:8
label: accomplished princess
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The princess learns with her brothers and excels in studies, music, and martial
skills.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: pious visitor
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The old woman asks to enter at prayer time and is taken to the oratory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:10
label: public witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The people jeer at the Sultana, while some later sympathize with her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: canal water
literal_form: canal beside which the exposed babies are found
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: punishment box at mosque door
literal_form: box built at the door of the principal mosque with an open window
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: principal mosque
literal_form: mosque entrance where the Sultana is publicly exposed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: country house and park
literal_form: splendid country house surrounded by an immense park stocked with
wild beasts
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:5
label: private oratory
literal_form: private prayer-place in the grounds where the old devotee is sent
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:6
label: hunting weapons and skills
literal_form: bow and arrow, javelin, riding, driving, and hunting in the park
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:14
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Repeated exposure and rescue of royal infants
summary: A second prince and then a princess are sent adrift; the intendant finds
them by the canal and adopts them with his wife.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: scene:2
label: Sultana condemned and publicly humiliated
summary: The Sultan, angered by the repeated events, orders the Sultana executed,
then spares her after intercession but confines her in a box at the mosque for
public humiliation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Hidden royal children educated in foster household
summary: The adopted children grow in beauty and distinction, receive elite instruction,
and develop many accomplishments; the princess learns alongside her brothers.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Move to country estate and loss of birth secret
summary: The intendant buys a country house and park, retires, and later dies suddenly
without revealing the children's true birth.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:5
label: Old devotee visits Parizade
summary: While the princes are hunting, Parizade receives an old female devotee,
sends her to pray in the oratory, has the house and gardens shown to her, and
then has her brought before her.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:17
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: exposed royal infants rescued and fostered
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Royal children are sent adrift, found by a garden intendant, adopted, and
later remain unaware of their higher birth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy does not include a specific exposed-infant motif;
royal_legitimacy is used because the passage stresses concealed higher birth.
- id: motif:2
label: persecuted queen or mother spared but humiliated
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Sultana is nearly executed for events described as not her fault and
is instead subjected to humiliating public punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not reveal the full cause of the plot within this extract,
only its effects and the sisters' joy.
- id: motif:3
label: hidden noble children display innate distinction
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The children are raised by foster parents but show beauty, distinction, manners
of high birth, and exceptional success in elite education.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes social and educational excellence, not an explicit
supernatural sign of identity.
- id: motif:4
label: accomplished sister equal to brothers
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Parizade insists on learning with her brothers, keeps pace with them, and
excels in arts, learning, music, riding, archery, and javelin throwing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: Wisdom is a broad taxonomy reference; the passage emphasizes education
and skill rather than a named wisdom tradition.
- id: motif:5
label: pious stranger admitted to secluded noble household
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: An old female devotee arrives at prayer time, is admitted to the oratory,
shown the estate, and brought before the princess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:17
confidence: medium
cautions: Within this passage alone, the visitor's later narrative function is not
yet shown.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 10516-10520
quote_or_summary: The following year another prince is born and sent adrift; the
intendant of the gardens again walks by the canal and carries the child home.
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: 10521-10526
quote_or_summary: After the same event happens in the third year, the Sultan becomes
unable to control himself and commands the Sultana's execution, to the joy of
the jealous sisters.
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: 10526-10534
quote_or_summary: Because the Sultana is beloved at court, the grand-vizir and courtiers
plead at the Sultan's feet, asking that she be banished rather than killed for
what was not her fault.
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: 10535-10545
quote_or_summary: The Sultan grants her life on condition that a box be built at
the principal mosque, with an open window, where she must sit in coarse clothes
and be spat on by each person entering.
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: 10547-10553
quote_or_summary: The sisters watch the box being built and listen to the people's
jeers; the Sultana's dignity and meekness win sympathy from the better part of
the crowd.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 10555-10559
quote_or_summary: The third baby is a princess; like her brothers she is found by
the intendant and adopted by him and his wife, and all three are raised with care
and tenderness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 10561-10563
quote_or_summary: As the children grow, their beauty, distinction, and manners proper
to high birth become increasingly marked.
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: 10563-10566
quote_or_summary: The foster-father names the princes Bahman and Perviz after ancient
Persian kings, and names the princess Parizade, glossed as child of the genii.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 10568-10573
quote_or_summary: The intendant provides tutors to teach the princes; the princess
wants to learn with her brothers, is allowed to join, and soon knows as much as
they do.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 10575-10583
quote_or_summary: The children study many arts and sciences; Parizade is especially
skilled in music and can ride, drive, shoot, and throw a javelin as well as, sometimes
better than, her brothers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 10585-10591
quote_or_summary: The intendant buys a splendid country house a few miles from the
capital, surrounded by a large park that he fills with wild beasts for hunting.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 10593-10602
quote_or_summary: The intendant asks leave to retire, receives permission, asks
for no reward beyond favor, and later death attacks him suddenly before he can
reveal the secret of the children's birth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 10602-10607
quote_or_summary: Since the intendant's wife is already dead, the princes and princess
seem unlikely to learn they were born to a higher station; they mourn their father
and live quietly in their new home.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 10609-10612
quote_or_summary: One day the princes go hunting while their sister remains alone;
an old female Mussulman devotee appears at the door and asks to enter at the hour
of prayer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: 10612-10616
quote_or_summary: The princess orders the old woman taken to the private oratory,
then shown the house and gardens, and afterward brought before her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: 10514-10515
quote_or_summary: The intendant's wife accepts a baby with joy, while the intendant
suspects a royal-palace connection but does not inquire further.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: '10616'
quote_or_summary: The old woman is pious but also admires and understands the magnificence
around her before being led to the princess.
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: Passage-level events and figures are explicit. Motif labels are descriptive
and cautious; taxonomy mapping is limited because the available taxonomy lacks
exact exposed-infant and persecuted-queen categories. No comparison claims were
made because the passage itself does not support a direct comparison to another
tradition or corpus.
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: |-
Used only supplied passage and metadata; quotations avoided in favor of concise summaries.
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