batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l5939-l6063
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l5939-l6063
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5939-6063
start: '5939'
end: '6063'
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 princess awakens beside the magically sleeping Prince Camaralzaman, admires
him, notices her ring on his finger, kisses him, and falls asleep. Maimoune claims
victory in a comparison between prince and princess and orders Caschcasch and
Danhasch to return the princess home. The next morning Camaralzaman seeks the
vanished lady. His slave, then the grand-vizir, deny that any woman could have
entered the tower; the prince responds violently. The king finally hears Camaralzaman's
account, sees the ring, believes his son, and acknowledges the affair as mysterious.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The princess wakes beside a young man, admires him, urges him to wake, and
says she will love him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Camaralzaman remains asleep because of Maimoune's spells.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The princess finds her own ring on Camaralzaman's finger, kisses his cheek,
and falls asleep.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Maimoune orders Caschcasch and Danhasch to carry the princess back to her
home, and then returns to her well.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: On waking, Camaralzaman looks for the lady and questions the slave who attended
him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The slave says he knows nothing of any lady entering the tower; Camaralzaman
beats him and ducks him in the well.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The slave reports to the king that the prince has lost his senses because
he claims to have seen a lady sleeping on his couch.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The grand-vizir tells Camaralzaman that a woman could not have entered the
room and suggests he was impressed by a dream.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Camaralzaman attacks the grand-vizir and sends a message that he consents
to marry the lady he believes the king sent or brought.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The king questions Camaralzaman, hears his account, sees the ring, and concludes
he can no longer doubt his son's word, though the event remains unexplained.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Princess
description: A princess who wakes beside Camaralzaman, admires him, sees her ring
on his finger, kisses him, and is later carried home by genii.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Prince Camaralzaman
description: A prince kept asleep by Maimoune's spells, later seeking the vanished
lady and showing a ring as evidence.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Maimoune
description: A supernatural being whose spells prevent Camaralzaman from waking
and who orders the princess's return home.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Danhasch
description: A genie ordered with Caschcasch to bear the princess back home.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Caschcasch
description: A genie thanked by Maimoune and ordered with Danhasch to bear the princess
home.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Slave
description: The attendant at Camaralzaman's door who denies knowledge of the lady
and reports the prince's behavior to the king.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: King
description: Camaralzaman's father, who receives reports, questions his son, and
accepts that the affair is mysterious after seeing the ring.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Grand-vizir
description: The king's minister who investigates Camaralzaman's claim, denies that
a woman could have entered the room, and is beaten by the prince.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sleeping lovers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Both figures are shown asleep in the same room after the princess interacts
with the prince.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: supernatural transport agents
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Maimoune controls the magical sleep and commands the genii to return the
princess home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: seeker of vanished beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Camaralzaman wakes and immediately looks for the lady, then asks others where
she is.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: vanished beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The princess is present at night but removed before Camaralzaman wakes and
searches for her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: bearer of recognition token
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Camaralzaman has the princess's ring on his finger and later shows it to
his father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: skeptical witness or investigator
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:8
basis: The slave and grand-vizir deny knowledge or possibility of the lady's presence
and treat the claim as madness or dream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: royal authority responding to mystery
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: The king orders inquiry through the vizir and then personally questions Camaralzaman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ring as token
literal_form: The princess's ring on Camaralzaman's finger
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: tower room
literal_form: Camaralzaman's room in the tower
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: well
literal_form: Maimoune's well and the well in which the slave is ducked
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: magical sleep
literal_form: Sleep maintained by Maimoune's spells
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Princess awakens beside sleeping prince
summary: The princess wakes, admires Camaralzaman, notices her ring on his finger,
kisses him, and falls asleep while he remains under Maimoune's spells.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Genii return the princess
summary: Maimoune claims her prince surpasses the princess and orders Caschcasch
and Danhasch to carry the princess home before returning to her well.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Camaralzaman interrogates the slave
summary: Camaralzaman wakes, searches for the lady, questions his slave, and violently
punishes him when the slave denies knowledge.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Vizir investigates and is forced to carry a marriage message
summary: The grand-vizir suggests the prince's experience was a dream; Camaralzaman
angrily insists the lady existed, beats the vizir, and sends word that he consents
to marry her.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: King hears the prince's account
summary: The king questions Camaralzaman, who recounts the encounter, shows the
ring, asks for help finding the bride, and gains his father's belief that the
matter is mysterious.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: supernatural nocturnal encounter with sleeping beloved
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A princess and prince are placed together at night while the prince is magically
asleep; the princess sees and loves him before both sleep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage excerpt does not show the earlier supernatural setup in full,
only its immediate effects and reversal.
- id: motif:2
label: recognition token proving an otherwise denied encounter
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The ring found on Camaralzaman's finger supports his account after others
deny that the lady could have entered the tower.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The ring's exchange mechanism is not fully described within this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: vanished beloved sought after magical removal
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The princess is carried away by genii before Camaralzaman wakes; he searches
for her and asks his father to help find and marry her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate because the princess is returned
home by supernatural agents rather than explicitly abducted as a hostile theft.
- id: motif:4
label: true magical event mistaken for dream or madness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The slave reports the prince has lost his senses, and the vizir suggests
the lady was a dream, though the ring later persuades the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The interpretation as a true magical event rests on the passage's references
to spells, genii, and the ring.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 5939-5960
quote_or_summary: The princess wakes beside Camaralzaman, admires him, says she
will love him, shakes him without waking him because of Maimoune's spells, notices
her ring on his finger, kisses him, and falls asleep.
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: 5961-5968
quote_or_summary: Maimoune asserts that her prince surpasses the princess, thanks
Caschcasch, orders Caschcasch and Danhasch to bear the princess home, and returns
to her well.
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: 5969-5991
quote_or_summary: Camaralzaman wakes, looks for the lady, questions the slave, beats
him and ducks him in the well; the slave reports to the king that the prince claims
to have seen a lady and has lost his senses.
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: 5992-6030
quote_or_summary: The grand-vizir investigates, tells Camaralzaman that no woman
could have entered and that it must have been a dream; Camaralzaman beats him
and sends the king a message that he consents to marry the lady.
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: 6031-6063
quote_or_summary: The king questions Camaralzaman, hears that he wants to marry
the lovely girl, receives his full account, sees the ring, accepts that he cannot
doubt his son, and calls the affair mysterious.
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 strongly supported by the provided passage. Motif labels
are candidate abstractions and should be reviewed, especially the approximate
use of 'stolen_beloved'.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not make a comparison to another tradition or motif family beyond the supplied taxonomy candidates.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg__l5939-l6063
passage_sha256=4bbd5961dac666e5cbabb71153197e12eeba5b107035234e36bd5f6d261a779d