batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l3250-l3355
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l3250-l3355
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3250-3355
start: '3250'
end: '3355'
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 passage closes a Calender''s account of punishment after opening a
forbidden Golden Door and his later arrival in Bagdad. It then begins the tale
of Hindbad and Sindbad: a poor porter rests outside Sindbad''s luxurious house,
complains aloud about unequal fortune, is summoned inside, honored with food and
wine, and asked to repeat his complaint.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The narrator watches a horse soaring into the clouds and returns to a hall
marked by ten blue sofas.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Ten young men state that they also opened the Golden Door while the princesses
were absent and suffered the same punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The young men say they cannot receive the narrator among them and instruct
him to go to the Court of Bagdad, where someone can decide his destiny.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: On the road, the narrator shaves his beard and eyebrows and puts on a Calender's
habit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The narrator meets other Calenders at the city gate, and they notice they
are all blind in the same eye.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Zobeida pardons all three but orders them to leave the house immediately.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Hindbad is a poor porter in Bagdad who carries a heavy load on a very hot
day.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Hindbad rests in the shade of a grand house beside pavement sprinkled with
rose water, with cool air, perfume, music, birdsong, and smells of food coming
from within.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: A servant identifies the mansion as the house of Sindbad the Sailor, a wealthy
and famous traveler.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Hindbad speaks aloud to the Creator, contrasting his own hardship with Sindbad's
wealth and ease.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: A servant summons Hindbad into the palace because Sindbad wishes to speak
with him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Sindbad seats Hindbad at his right hand, gives him choice food and wine, and
later asks his name and occupation.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Sindbad had heard Hindbad's street complaint through the open window before
the feast began.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Narrating Calender
description: The first-person speaker who has suffered punishment, leaves the hall,
shaves his beard and eyebrows, puts on a Calender's habit, and arrives in Bagdad.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ten young men
description: A group accompanied by an old man; they have undergone the same punishment
after opening the Golden Door and perform penance.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Old man
description: An old man accompanying the ten young men when they enter the hall.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Princesses
description: Absent women during whose absence the Golden Door was opened.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Other Calenders
description: Calenders met at the gate, strangers like the narrator and blind in
the same eye.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Zobeida
description: Speaker who pardons all three Calenders but commands them to leave
the house.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Hindbad
description: A poor porter in Bagdad who carries a heavy burden, rests outside Sindbad's
house, complains aloud, and is brought inside.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sindbad the Sailor
description: A noble, wealthy, famous traveler in Bagdad who receives Hindbad at
a banquet and asks about his complaint.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Servants of Sindbad
description: Splendidly dressed servants at the door and a servant or lackey who
summons Hindbad and promises to care for his burden.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Banquet company
description: A great company seated around a table covered with delicacies in Sindbad's
room.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Punished transgressor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The young men say the narrator suffered the same punishment after being no
wiser than they were.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: Fellow penitents
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They say they opened the Golden Door, suffered the same punishment, and perform
penance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: Calender wanderer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:5
basis: The narrator adopts a Calender's habit and meets brother Calenders who share
a similar visible calamity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: Pardoning householder
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Zobeida pardons all three and orders them to depart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: Poor complainant
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Hindbad is a poor porter who complains aloud about hardship and unequal fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: Wealthy host and famous traveler
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: A servant identifies Sindbad as a noble famous traveler, and Sindbad hosts
Hindbad at the banquet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: Messenger-servant
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: A servant comes out, takes Hindbad by the arm, and tells him Sindbad wishes
to speak to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: Banquet witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The company is present at the table when Hindbad is brought in and addressed
by Sindbad.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Golden Door
literal_form: A Golden Door opened while the princesses were absent.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Horse soaring into the clouds
literal_form: A horse seen soaring into the clouds.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Ten blue sofas
literal_form: Ten blue sofas against the wall of the hall.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: Calender's habit and shaved face
literal_form: The narrator has his beard and eyebrows shaved and puts on a Calender's
habit.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: Shared blindness of one eye
literal_form: The Calenders are all blind of the same eye.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: Rose-water pavement
literal_form: Pavement sprinkled with rose water outside the grand house.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: Banquet table
literal_form: A table covered with delicacies, with wine served to Hindbad.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: Heavy burden
literal_form: The heavy load carried by Hindbad across the city.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Return to the hall after punishment
summary: The narrator, stunned by events, watches the horse rise into the clouds
and finds the hall with ten blue sofas.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Explanation of the Golden Door transgression
summary: The ten young men explain that they too opened the Golden Door while the
princesses were absent, lost their former happiness, and suffered punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Departure toward Bagdad and Calender identity
summary: The narrator is sent away toward Bagdad, adopts the Calender's habit, and
meets other one-eyed Calenders at the gate.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Zobeida dismisses the Calenders
summary: After the account is finished, Zobeida pardons all three but commands them
to leave immediately.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Hindbad rests outside Sindbad's house
summary: Hindbad, exhausted by his load, rests near a luxurious house with scented
pavement, music, birdsong, and signs of feasting inside.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Complaint about unequal fortune
summary: After learning the house belongs to Sindbad, Hindbad complains aloud to
the Creator about the contrast between his own misery and Sindbad's ease.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Summons and banquet reception
summary: A servant brings Hindbad into Sindbad's banquet room, where Sindbad seats
him at his right hand, serves him food and wine, and asks about his complaint.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Forbidden door opened during absence and followed by punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: The young men say they lost their happiness and suffered punishment after
opening the Golden Door while the princesses were absent; they say the narrator
suffered the same fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names the door and punishment but does not explain the contents
behind the door in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Penance after shared transgression
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: The young men describe common punishment and penance, and the narrator adopts
the Calender identity after the same calamity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the conduct as penance, but the broader initiation
structure depends on surrounding narrative not included here.
- id: motif:3
label: Compelled departure to seek destiny
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The narrator is told to depart and go to the Court of Bagdad, where someone
can decide his destiny.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The destination and destiny language are explicit, but the passage does
not yet show the decision of destiny.
- id: motif:4
label: Shared bodily mark of calamity among wanderers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The narrator and the other Calenders are strangers to one another but all
are blind in the same eye and recognize a common calamity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No listed taxonomy reference directly matches this pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Poor laborer at the threshold of a wealthy host
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hindbad, a poor porter carrying a heavy load, rests outside Sindbad's luxurious
house and contrasts his misery with Sindbad's wealth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is a narrative-social contrast rather than a listed mythic motif
family.
- id: motif:6
label: Overheard complaint answered by summons and hospitality
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sindbad hears Hindbad's complaint through the window, sends for him, seats
him beside himself, and gives him food and wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not yet include Sindbad's full response or moral explanation.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3250-3256
quote_or_summary: The narrator rises stunned, watches a horse soaring into the clouds,
leaves the terrace, and returns to a hall recognized by its ten blue sofas.
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 3257-3270
quote_or_summary: The ten young men, accompanied by the old man, say they too opened
the Golden Door while the princesses were absent, lost happiness, suffered punishment,
and cannot receive the narrator; they direct him to the Court of Bagdad to meet
one who can decide his destiny.
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 3271-3280
quote_or_summary: On the road the narrator has his beard and eyebrows shaved, wears
a Calender's habit, arrives in the city, and meets other Calenders at the gate;
they are strangers and all blind in the same eye.
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 3281-3285
quote_or_summary: Zobeida tells all three that she pardons them but that they must
depart immediately from the house.
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 3286-3304
quote_or_summary: In Bagdad under Haroun-al-Raschid, Hindbad the poor porter carries
a heavy load on a hot day and rests outside a grand house where rose water, perfume,
music, birds, and food smells suggest feasting.
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: lines 3305-3312
quote_or_summary: A servant says the house belongs to noble Sindbad the Sailor,
a famous traveler who sailed over every sea upon which the sun shines.
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: lines 3313-3325
quote_or_summary: Hindbad envies Sindbad's wealth and speaks to the Creator, contrasting
his own daily hardships and poor food with Sindbad's pleasant and abundant life.
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 3326-3348
quote_or_summary: A servant summons Hindbad inside; Hindbad fears displeasure but
follows. In a vast banquet room, Sindbad sits in honor, has Hindbad seated at
his right hand, gives him food and wine, and asks his name and occupation.
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: lines 3349-3355
quote_or_summary: Sindbad asks Hindbad to repeat what he said in the street, because
Sindbad had heard his complaint through the open window before the feast.
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 actions, figures, and scenes are explicit. Motif candidates
are limited to patterns directly visible in the excerpt; comparison claims are
omitted because the passage itself does not support a specific external comparison.
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: '2026-04-29'
notes: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Line subranges are approximate divisions within the provided stable range.
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