batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l3924-l4008
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l3924-l4008
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3924-4008
start: '3924'
end: '4008'
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: Sindbad is recognized by the captain who had abandoned him, receives his
goods and profits, completes his third voyage with wealth, gives to the poor,
and later begins a fourth voyage. A hurricane wrecks his ship near an island.
He and other survivors are captured by inhabitants who feed them herbs and rice
to make them mad and fatten them for eating. Sindbad avoids eating much, grows
thin, escapes into the forest, survives on coconuts, reaches the seashore, meets
Arabic-speaking pepper gatherers, and is taken to their king, who receives him
hospitably.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Sindbad identifies himself to the captain as the man who fell asleep on the
island and was abandoned.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The captain is convinced, rejoices at Sindbad's escape, and returns Sindbad's
goods with the profit made on them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Sindbad travels from island to island, acquiring cloves, cinnamon, and other
spices.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Sindbad reports seeing a very large tortoise and fish-like creatures resembling
a cow and a camel.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Sindbad returns to Bagdad with great wealth, gives largely to the poor, and
buys land.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Sindbad gives Hindbad another hundred sequins after finishing the story of
the third voyage.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Sindbad begins a fourth voyage because of his love of trading and interest
in what is new and strange.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: A violent hurricane wrecks the vessel, many people perish, and Sindbad with
a few others reaches an island by clinging to pieces of wreckage.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Island inhabitants surround the survivors, take them to huts, divide them
among captors, and give them herbs to eat.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Sindbad pretends to taste the herbs because the inhabitants do not eat them,
while his companions eat them and become mad.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The captors give the maddened companions rice prepared with cocoanut oil in
order to fatten them for eating.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Sindbad eats very little, grows lean, is allowed to wander, and escapes when
only an old man is left to guard him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Sindbad travels for seven days through the forest, living chiefly on coconuts,
then reaches the seashore.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Sindbad meets Arabic-speaking white men gathering pepper and tells them of
the shipwreck and capture.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: The pepper gatherers take Sindbad to their country and present him to their
king, who receives him hospitably and orders that he be supplied with food and
clothing.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Sindbad
description: The narrator of the voyage accounts; he survives abandonment, shipwreck,
capture, and escape.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Captain
description: The captain who had left Sindbad behind and later returns Sindbad's
goods and profits.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Hindbad
description: A guest who receives another hundred sequins after Sindbad finishes
the third-voyage story.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sindbad's shipwrecked companions
description: Other survivors who eat the herbs and rice, become mad, are fattened,
and are eaten.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Island inhabitants / captors
description: Black inhabitants who surround the survivors, divide them among houses,
drug and fatten captives, and devour men.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Old guard
description: An old man left to guard Sindbad when the other captors go away.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Arabic-speaking pepper gatherers
description: White men gathering pepper at the seashore who speak Arabic, question
Sindbad, and take him to their country.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: King of the pepper gatherers' country
description: A king who receives Sindbad hospitably and orders that he be supplied
with food and raiment.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: voyager and merchant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sindbad resumes travel for trading and sends goods ahead before taking ship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: shipwreck survivor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sindbad survives the hurricane and is washed ashore clinging to wreckage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: escapee from captors
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Sindbad avoids the food, grows lean, and escapes into the forest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: remorseful captain and restorer of goods
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The captain says he is glad to have his carelessness off his conscience and
gives Sindbad his goods and profit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: recipient guest
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Hindbad receives another hundred sequins after Sindbad's story.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: drugged captives
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The companions eat the herbs, lose reason, eat greedily, become fat, and
are killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: human-eating captors
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The captors feed captives to fatten them, and the pepper gatherers state
that they devour men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: guard
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The old man is left to guard Sindbad but cannot prevent his escape.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: rescuing traders or gatherers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They gather pepper, speak Arabic, hear Sindbad's story, and take him to their
country.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:10
label: hospitable ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The king receives Sindbad hospitably and orders provisions and clothing for
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: returned goods and profit
literal_form: Sindbad's goods and the profit made on them
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: spices of trade
literal_form: cloves, cinnamon, and other spices
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: marvelous large animals
literal_form: a tortoise twenty cubits long and broad; fish resembling a cow and
a camel
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: storm waves and sea passage
literal_form: hurricane, waves, seashore, and sea travel
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: wreckage fragments
literal_form: pieces of the wreck used by survivors to reach shore
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: madness-inducing herbs
literal_form: herbs given by the captors to the survivors
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: fattening rice with cocoanut oil
literal_form: large bowls of rice prepared with cocoanut oil
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: forest escape route
literal_form: forest through which Sindbad runs and travels for seven days
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:9
label: coconuts as survival food
literal_form: coconuts providing both meat and drink
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: pepper harvest
literal_form: pepper growing abundantly and gathered by men at the seashore
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Recognition and restitution after abandonment
summary: Sindbad reveals his identity to the captain, who accepts the truth, expresses
relief, and returns Sindbad's goods and profits.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Completion of third voyage
summary: Sindbad trades in spices, observes marvelous animals, returns to Bagdad
rich, gives to the poor, and adds to his lands.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Storytelling frame and gift to Hindbad
summary: After Sindbad finishes the third-voyage story, he gives Hindbad another
hundred sequins, and the guests return the next day for more adventures.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Departure on the fourth voyage
summary: Sindbad's desire for trade and novelty leads him to arrange his affairs,
send goods ahead, and take ship from a distant seaport.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Hurricane and shipwreck near an island
summary: A violent hurricane wrecks the ship, many perish, and Sindbad with a few
survivors reaches an island by clinging to wreckage.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Capture and drugging by island inhabitants
summary: The survivors find huts, are surrounded and divided among captors, and
are offered herbs that make Sindbad's companions mad while Sindbad only pretends
to eat.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Fattening of captives and Sindbad's avoidance
summary: The captors feed maddened prisoners rice with cocoanut oil to fatten them;
Sindbad eats little and becomes too lean to be desirable.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Escape through the forest
summary: When only an old man guards him, Sindbad escapes, runs into the forest,
and travels for seven days living on coconuts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:9
label: Encounter with Arabic-speaking pepper gatherers
summary: Sindbad reaches the seashore, finds men gathering pepper, is reassured
by their occupation, and speaks with them in Arabic about his ordeal.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:10
label: Reception by a hospitable king
summary: The pepper gatherers take Sindbad to their country and present him to a
king, who hears his story and orders food, clothing, and consideration for him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: return from voyage with restored goods and wealth
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Sindbad is recognized after an earlier abandonment, receives his goods and
profit, returns to Bagdad wealthy, gives alms, and buys land.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents a practical homecoming and restitution rather than
a ritual or cosmic return.
- id: motif:2
label: renewed departure driven by trade and wonder
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Sindbad leaves home again despite wealth because of trading interests and
pleasure in strange novelties.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The motive is commercial and adventurous, not explicitly sacred or initiatory.
- id: motif:3
label: storm shipwreck and survival on an island
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: A hurricane destroys the vessel, many die, and Sindbad survives by clinging
to wreckage until washed ashore on an island.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific shipwreck motif; the reference
to departure is broad.
- id: motif:4
label: captive avoids drugged food and escapes cannibal fattening
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Sindbad notices the captors do not eat the herbs, pretends to taste them,
avoids madness and fattening, and escapes while guarded by an old man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The trickster-boundary taxonomy fit is cautious; the passage emphasizes
prudence and survival more than trickery as a social role.
- id: motif:5
label: forest flight and subsistence on wild food
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After escaping captivity, Sindbad travels for seven days through the forest
and lives chiefly on coconuts until reaching the seashore.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this survival motif.
- id: motif:6
label: rescue by familiar-speaking strangers and presentation to king
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Sindbad hears Arabic from the pepper gatherers, tells his story, and is taken
to a king who receives him hospitably and supplies him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The return taxonomy is used broadly for reintegration into a hospitable
human society, not for final return home.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 3924-3935
quote_or_summary: Sindbad identifies himself to the captain as the abandoned passenger;
the captain is convinced, rejoices, and gives him his goods and profits.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 3936-3942
quote_or_summary: Sindbad gathers cloves, cinnamon, and other spices while traveling
among islands, and sees a giant tortoise and fish-like creatures resembling a
cow and a camel.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 3942-3947
quote_or_summary: Sindbad returns to Bagdad with uncountable money and treasures,
gives largely to the poor, buys land, and ends the third voyage.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 3948-3954
quote_or_summary: Sindbad gives Hindbad another hundred sequins; the guests depart
and reassemble the next day after the banquet for the continuation of the adventures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 3956-3964
quote_or_summary: After the third voyage, Sindbad cannot remain at home; love of
trading and pleasure in strange things lead him to arrange his affairs and take
ship again.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 3964-3972
quote_or_summary: A violent hurricane wrecks the ship; many perish, while Sindbad
and a few others are washed ashore near an island clinging to pieces of wreckage.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 3973-3983
quote_or_summary: At daylight the survivors find huts; black inhabitants surround
them, divide them among captors, and give them herbs. Sindbad only pretends to
taste the herbs, while his companions eat and become mad.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 3983-3992
quote_or_summary: The captors produce rice with cocoanut oil, which the maddened
companions eat eagerly; Sindbad understands they are being fattened for eating.
The companions become fat and are killed, while Sindbad grows lean from fear and
eating little.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 3992-3998
quote_or_summary: Because he is not a tempting morsel, Sindbad may wander; when
the captors leave an old man to guard him, he escapes into the forest and outruns
the guard.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 4000-4005
quote_or_summary: For seven days Sindbad travels, resting at night and living chiefly
on coconuts, then reaches the seashore and sees white men gathering abundant pepper.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 4005-4012
quote_or_summary: The pepper gatherers greet Sindbad in Arabic, ask who he is, hear
his account of shipwreck and capture, and are astonished that he escaped the man-eating
savages.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 4012-4017
quote_or_summary: After gathering pepper, the men take Sindbad to their country
and present him to their king, who receives him hospitably and orders food, clothing,
and consideration for him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy
links are cautious where available categories are broad. No comparison claims
were added because the passage itself does not make an explicit comparative connection.
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. Some evidence locators extend slightly beyond the stated end label because the supplied passage text includes the king's reception after line 4008.
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