batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6491-l6513
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6491-l6513
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: SPECIAL NOTE / ALFRED NUTT. / GENERAL NOTES / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN; lines
6491-6513
start: '6491'
end: '6513'
translation: Heroic Romances of Ireland
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A scholarly note to The Courtship of Etain states that Professor Strachan
revised the translations and supplied linguistic notes unless otherwise stated.
It gives literal renderings for two phrases from page 7, line 17, including an
Old Irish phrase glossed as a device of mind and another glossed as the coming
of fatness and form.
language: English with Old Irish lexical notes
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a general note for The Courtship of Etain, attributed under
the heading Alfred Nutt.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The note says Professor Strachan revised the translations of both versions
of the romance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The note says linguistic notes are due to Professor Strachan unless otherwise
stated.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The note says renderings marked doubtful are cases where Professor Strachan
does not assent.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: For page 7, line 17, the phrase translated as devised means is literally glossed
as a device of mind.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The note compares the Old Irish phrase to another phrase cited from Meyer,
Hib. Minora, page 28.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: For page 7, line 17, a phrase about becoming well-nourished is literally glossed
as the coming of fatness and form.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The note proposes that one Old Irish term probably means fatness and another
means form.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Alfred Nutt
description: Named in the heading preceding the general notes.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Professor Strachan
description: Named as the reviser of both translations and as the source of linguistic
notes unless otherwise stated.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Meyer
description: Named in a citation to Hib. Minora, page 28, for comparison with an
Old Irish phrase.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: named note heading figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The heading lists Alfred Nutt immediately before General Notes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: translation reviser
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage states that Professor Strachan revised the translations of both
versions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: linguistic note source
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage states that the linguistic notes are due to Professor Strachan
unless otherwise stated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: cited comparative source author
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage cites Meyer, Hib. Minora, page 28, in a comparison of Old Irish
phrasing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Scholarly translation and linguistic note
summary: The passage records editorial information about the translation and gives
literal linguistic glosses for phrases from page 7, line 17 of The Courtship of
Etain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note explicitly compares one Old Irish phrase from The Courtship of Etain
with a phrase cited from Meyer, Hib. Minora, page 28.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Old Irish phrase cited as airecc memman aith in Meyer, Hib. Minora, p. 28
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is a linguistic comparison only; the passage does not establish
a mythological motif or narrative parallel.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: citation
locator: lines 6491-6495
quote_or_summary: 'Heading sequence: Alfred Nutt; General Notes; The Courtship of
Etain.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short heading summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 6497-6501
quote_or_summary: The note states that Professor Strachan revised both versions
of the romance, supplied linguistic notes unless otherwise stated, and did not
assent to renderings marked doubtful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 6504-6507
quote_or_summary: For page 7, line 17, an expression rendered as devised means is
literally glossed as a device of mind and compared with a phrase cited from Meyer,
Hib. Minora, p. 28.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 6509-6513
quote_or_summary: For page 7, line 17, the wording about becoming well-nourished
is literally glossed as the coming of fatness and form; the note says one term
probably means fatness and another form.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is a scholarly note rather than a narrative episode. No mythological
symbols or motifs are extracted; one explicit linguistic comparison is recorded
with caution.
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 available taxonomy motif or symbol references were assigned because the passage contains editorial and lexical commentary only.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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