batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l6065-l6192
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record_id: batch.motif.islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg-l6065-l6192
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
passage_locator:
label: The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6065-6192
start: '6065'
end: '6192'
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: Camaralzaman falls into despair after separation and is moved with his
father to an island castle. The Princess of China is returned by genii to her
own bed, wakes alone, insists that a young man slept beside her, and shows a ring
as proof. Her parents treat her claim as madness and confine her. The king offers
her hand and succession to anyone who cures her, with death as the penalty for
failure; suitors die. Marzavan, the nurse's son and the princess's foster-brother,
secretly visits her, hears her account, and departs to search other countries
for the absent beloved.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Camaralzaman takes to his bed in despair, and King Schahzaman shuts himself
up with him and neglects affairs of state.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The prime minister urges the king to move with the prince to a nearby island
where the king can attend audiences and the prince may benefit from the setting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Two genii carry the Princess of China back to her own palace and replace her
in bed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: On waking alone, the princess asks her attendants where the young man she
loves, who slept near her, has gone.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The princess strikes her nurse after the nurse denies knowledge of the young
man; the nurse then reports to the queen that the princess seems out of her mind.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The princess tells the queen she will marry only the young man she saw and
threatens to kill herself if not allowed to do so.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The princess shows the ring on her finger as proof of her account, and the
king orders her closer confinement with her nurse and a strong guard at the door.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The king promises the princess and heirship to whoever cures her, but makes
failure punishable by death; an elderly emir fails and is beheaded, and many later
suitors also die.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Marzavan returns from travels in many countries, having learned many things
including astrology, and obtains secret access to the princess through his mother
and the eunuch guard.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Marzavan hears the princess's history, tells her to be patient, and leaves
to explore other countries in search of the man for whom she longs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Camaralzaman
description: A prince who takes to his bed and gives himself up to despair after
the events preceding the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: King Schahzaman
description: Camaralzaman's father, who remains with his son, neglects affairs of
state, and later moves with him to an island castle.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Prime minister
description: The minister admitted to the secluded king who advises moving to a
nearby island so public affairs can continue.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Two genii
description: Supernatural beings who bear the Princess of China back to her palace
and replace her in bed.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Princess of China
description: A princess who wakes alone, insists a beautiful young man slept beside
her, shows a ring as proof, rejects other suitors, and is confined.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Nurse
description: The princess's nurse, who denies knowledge of the young man, is struck
by the princess, reports to the queen, and later helps Marzavan gain access.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Queen
description: The princess's mother, who visits her daughter and attempts to pacify
her after hearing the nurse's report.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: King of China
description: The princess's father, who hears her account, confines her, and offers
her marriage and heirship to anyone able to cure her.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Elderly emir and later suitors
description: An emir and subsequent suitors who attempt or are expected to cure
the princess under penalty of death.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Marzavan
description: The nurse's son and the princess's foster-brother, returned from travels,
learned in astrology, who secretly visits the princess and departs to search for
her beloved.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Eunuch guard
description: A guard at the royal apartment whom the nurse persuades not to object
to Marzavan entering.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: despairing separated lover
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He takes to his bed and gives himself up to despair.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: secluded father-king
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He shuts himself up with his son and neglects public affairs except for prescribed
audiences after the move.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: counseling minister
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He tells the king of public complaint and proposes the move to the island.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: supernatural transporters
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They bear the princess back to her palace and bed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: separated beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: She wakes alone and asks for the young man she loves who slept near her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: confined princess
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Her father has her placed in closer confinement with a nurse and guard.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: nurse and access-helper
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: She attends the princess and later helps Marzavan enter the guarded apartment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: pacifying mother
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: She visits, embraces, and tries to pacify the princess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: ruling father and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: He confines the princess, imposes the cure challenge, and orders execution
after failure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: failed cure-suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The emir seeks marriage and rule by attempting a cure but fails and is executed;
many suitors later die similarly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: learned foster-brother
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: He is the nurse's son, the princess's foster-brother, and has learned astrology
during travels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:12
label: questing helper
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: After hearing the princess, he departs to explore other countries and seek
the man she longs for.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: door guard
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: He is the eunuch on guard who permits Marzavan's entry after persuasion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ring as proof of unseen encounter
literal_form: ring on the princess's finger
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: island retreat
literal_form: lovely little island and castle close by
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: guarded confinement
literal_form: closer confinement with nurse and powerful guard at the door
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: fatal cure condition
literal_form: marriage and heirship as reward; death as penalty for failure
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: astrological learning
literal_form: Marzavan's knowledge including astrology
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Prince's despair and island relocation
summary: Camaralzaman despairs in bed; his father neglects rule until the minister
advises relocation to an island castle where public audiences can continue.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Princess wakes after supernatural return
summary: The genii return the princess to her own bed; she wakes alone and asks
attendants for the young man she says slept beside her.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Family denial and confinement
summary: The nurse and queen deny knowledge of the young man; the princess insists
she will marry only him, threatens self-harm, shows a ring, and is confined by
her father.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Fatal suitor-cure challenge
summary: The king offers the princess and succession to anyone who cures her under
penalty of death; an emir fails, is executed, and many suitors later die.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Marzavan's secret visit and departure
summary: Marzavan returns from travel, gains secret access to the princess, hears
her history, and departs to explore other countries for the man she seeks.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: separated lovers in mutual distress after a nocturnal encounter
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: The princess is supernaturally returned from the shared encounter and wakes
alone asking for the young man, while Camaralzaman lies in despair after separation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage shows separation and longing, but the taxonomy label is approximate
because the beloved is not literally described as stolen in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: token proving an otherwise unbelievable encounter
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The princess uses the ring on her finger as proof of her story when others
treat her claim as madness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explain the ring's prior exchange within this line
range.
- id: motif:3
label: fatal suitor test framed as curing a princess
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The king promises marriage to the princess and heirship to whoever cures
her, while failure costs the claimant his life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The test is medical or magical rather than an explicit contest of arms
or riddling.
- id: motif:4
label: helper departs on a search for the absent beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- mystical_quest
basis: Marzavan hears the princess's history, tells her to be patient, and leaves
to explore other countries, saying the man she longs for will not be far off when
he returns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage begins the search but does not yet narrate its outcome.
- id: motif:5
label: learned traveler as problem-solver
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Marzavan has traveled through many countries, learned many things including
astrology, and is presented as someone able to seek a remedy for the princess's
condition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: His actual use of astrology or knowledge is not shown within the excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 6065-6078
quote_or_summary: Camaralzaman lies in despair; Schahzaman neglects rule; the prime
minister advises relocation to a nearby island, and the king and prince move there
with public audiences twice weekly.
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: 6080-6099
quote_or_summary: Two genii return the Princess of China to her own palace and bed;
she wakes alone and asks where the young man she loves, who slept near her, has
gone.
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: 6101-6115
quote_or_summary: The princess strikes the nurse for denying knowledge of the young
man; the nurse reports to the queen; the princess tells her mother she will never
marry anyone except the young man she saw.
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: 6117-6124
quote_or_summary: The princess threatens to kill herself if not allowed to marry
as she wishes; the king hears her account, sees the ring as proof, judges her
mad, and confines her more closely with nurse and guard.
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: 6126-6144
quote_or_summary: The king offers the princess and heirship to whoever cures her,
under penalty of death for failure; an elderly emir attempts the matter, hears
her reject him because of the ring, declines to proceed, and is beheaded.
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: 6146-6162
quote_or_summary: Many suitors die after failing to cure the princess; Marzavan
returns from travels, having learned many things including astrology, and his
mother arranges his secret access to the guarded princess.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 6164-6192
quote_or_summary: Marzavan hears the princess's history and says, "Take patience
yet a little longer," then departs to explore other countries and seek the one
for whom she sighs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamicate-folklore/project-gutenberg/arabian-nights-lang.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the passage. Motif labels are candidate
abstractions from the supplied taxonomy and should be reviewed, especially where
taxonomy terms are approximate.
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 explicitly support comparison to another tradition or corpus beyond candidate motif classification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamicate-folklore-arabian-nights-lang-gutenberg__l6065-l6192
passage_sha256=705975a15bc67a3590423ee6e4a47e833309eb2c8483b094944f375282353651