batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l413-l505
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l413-l505
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
passage_locator:
label: THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE
AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 413-505
start: '413'
end: '505'
translation: The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A poor young man seeking his fortune is shipwrecked and cast alone onto
a small island. A flying wild pig lands there with a magnificent diamond. The
man takes the diamond and discovers that wishing while holding it can move him
through space. The pig is revealed as a wicked magician in pig shape whose power
lies in the diamond. From a tree, the man provokes the pig until its tusks stick
in the trunk, then kills it. He uses the diamond and sunlight to roast the pig,
eats it, and finally wishes himself through the air to the nearest land.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A poor young man leaves home by ship to seek his fortune.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A storm drives the ship off course and the ship is wrecked on a reef at night.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Everyone aboard is drowned except the poor young man, who is washed ashore.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The young man finds himself on a small island with fruit trees, coconuts,
bananas, springs of water, and no birds or land animals.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A large wild pig without wings flies through the air and lands on the island.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A magnificent diamond lies beside the sleeping pig and is described as blazing
and sparkling in the sun.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The young man takes the diamond and, after thinking of being in a tree, finds
himself in the treetop.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The young man tests the diamond by wishing himself down and then up into the
tree again.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The pig is said to be a great magician who flies about in the shape of a pig.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The pig’s power is said to lie in the diamond, and without it he is only like
any other pig.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The young man drops nuts from the tree onto the pig, and the pig angrily charges
the tree, sticking its tusks in the trunk.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The young man comes down and kills the trapped pig with a stone.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The young man uses the diamond to reflect sunlight over the pig until it is
roasted, then cuts and eats the pork.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Holding the diamond, the young man wishes to fly to the nearest land and is
carried through the air over the sea to a sandy beach.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: poor young man
description: A poor young man who goes out to seek his fortune, survives a shipwreck,
takes the magic diamond, defeats the pig-magician, and flies away from the island.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: flying wild pig / great magician
description: A large wild pig that flies without wings; the passage states that
he is really a great magician in pig shape, wicked, and dependent on the diamond
for power.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: fortune seeker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The young man goes out into the world to seek his fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: shipwreck survivor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: All aboard are drowned except him, and he is washed ashore on the island.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: holder and user of magic diamond
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He takes the diamond, discovers its power to move him by wishing, and later
uses it to fly away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: shapeshifting magician
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The pig is identified as a great magician who flies about in the shape of
a pig.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: antagonistic former owner of power object
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The pig becomes furious when the diamond is gone because all his power lies
in it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: magic diamond
literal_form: A magnificent diamond that blazes in the sun, grants movement according
to wishes, contains the pig-magician’s power, reflects sunlight strongly enough
to roast the pig, and carries the man through the air.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: small island
literal_form: A small isolated island with trees, fruit, flowers, coconuts, bananas,
and springs, but no birds or land animals.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: ocean and shipwreck waters
literal_form: The ocean crossing, storm waves, reef, and surrounding sea that isolate
the survivor and are later crossed by flight.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: tree refuge and trap
literal_form: A tree into which the young man is transported by the diamond; he
shelters there from the pig, drops nuts, and the pig’s tusks become stuck in the
trunk.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: flying pig shape
literal_form: The pig form used by the magician, including flight through the air
and animal tusks that become trapped in the tree.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Departure and shipwreck
summary: The poor young man sails across the ocean seeking fortune; a storm wrecks
the ship on a reef, and only he survives.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Isolation on the island
summary: The young man wakes on a small island and lives on available fruits, roots,
coconuts, and water.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Discovery and testing of the diamond
summary: A wingless flying pig lands and sleeps; the young man takes the diamond
beside it and discovers that wishes made with it can move him up and down from
a tree.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Defeat of the pig-magician
summary: The pig is revealed as a magician whose power is in the diamond. From the
tree the young man provokes him until his tusks stick in the trunk, then kills
him with a stone.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Use of the diamond for food and escape
summary: The young man uses the diamond to roast the pig with sunlight, eats the
meat, and then uses the diamond to fly over the sea to the nearest land.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: lone shipwreck survivor on an isolated island
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The young man leaves to seek fortune, is caught in a storm, survives when
all others drown, and is cast onto a small isolated island.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage emphasizes shipwreck and
isolation more than a formal departure cycle.
- id: motif:2
label: magical power object taken from a dangerous being
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_theft
basis: The young man takes the diamond from beside the sleeping pig-magician, and
the passage states that the pig’s power lies in that diamond.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The diamond is magical and powerful, but the passage does not call it
sacred; the theft label should be reviewed.
- id: motif:3
label: shapeshifting magician in animal form
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: The wingless flying pig is explicitly identified as a great magician who
uses the shape of a pig.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:4
label: clever weak figure defeats stronger magical antagonist
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
- wisdom
basis: The young man uses the diamond, tree position, and dropped nuts to provoke
and trap the pig-magician before killing him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents practical cleverness, but does not explicitly identify
the young man as a trickster or sage.
- id: motif:5
label: magical flight by wish-granting object
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Holding the diamond, the young man wishes to fly to the nearest land and
is carried through the air over the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly names magical flight by talisman.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 413-428
quote_or_summary: A poor young man seeking his fortune boards a ship; after a year
and a day a storm drives it off course, it wrecks on a reef, and all drown except
him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 429-439
quote_or_summary: The survivor is washed ashore on a small island with fruit trees,
flowers, bananas, coconuts, and springs of water, but no birds or land animals.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 440-460
quote_or_summary: A wingless flying wild pig lands and sleeps; a magnificent diamond
lies beside it. The man takes the diamond and, after thinking of being in a tree,
finds himself in the treetop.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 461-467
quote_or_summary: The man tests whether the diamond caused the miracle by wishing
himself down and then back up into the tree, confirming that it is magical.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 468-481
quote_or_summary: The pig wakes after the man drops a nut on its nose; it is explained
that the pig is really a wicked great magician in pig shape, and that all his
power lies in the diamond.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 482-491
quote_or_summary: The pig rages below the tree; the man drops more nuts; the pig
charges and sticks its tusks in the trunk, after which the man descends and kills
it with a stone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 492-499
quote_or_summary: The man holds the diamond so sunlight reflects through it and
roasts the pig; he cuts the pork with a shell and eats it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 500-505
quote_or_summary: The man reasons that since the pig flew there, he can fly away;
holding the diamond, he wishes to fly to the nearest land and is carried over
the sea to a sandy beach.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Some motif
taxonomy assignments are broad and should be reviewed by a human.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly support comparison to another named text, tradition, or motif family beyond candidate taxonomy mapping.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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