batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6928-l6950
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6928-l6950
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PAGE 25 / PAGE 26 / PAGE 27 / PAGE 28.; lines 6928-6950
start: '6928'
end: '6950'
translation: Heroic Romances of Ireland
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: '"He ascended."'
summary: The passage consists of translator or editor notes on several lines, giving
glosses and conjectures for phrases including an ascent or mounting on heights,
shoulder edges, light cast in every direction, obtaining a forfeit of a stake,
and uncertain readings such as “eager” and “easily stopped.”
language: English with Old Irish lexical notes
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note glosses a phrase as “He ascended” and discusses a possible reading
meaning “mounted on the heights.”
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note translates an Old Irish phrase as “to the edges of his two shoulders.”
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note explains a phrase translated as “Casting their light on every side”
as meaning “in every direction.”
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A note glosses a conditional phrase about obtaining the forfeit of a stake.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Several notes discuss uncertain or conjectural lexical readings, including
“eager” and “easily stopped.”
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: unnamed male subject
description: The grammatical subject of the quoted phrase “He ascended.”
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: ascender
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The quoted note says “He ascended,” with a possible interpretation as mounting
on heights.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: light cast in every direction
literal_form: light
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: stake and forfeit
literal_form: stake / forfeit
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: heights
literal_form: heights
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: ascent or mounting on heights
summary: A referenced line is glossed as an ascent, with a conjectural alternative
meaning mounting on heights.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ascent or mounting to heights
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The note directly glosses the referenced phrase as “He ascended” and gives
a possible reading “mounted on the heights.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: low
cautions: This passage is an editorial note rather than a full narrative scene;
the surrounding story context is not included in the supplied passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 6928-6931
quote_or_summary: 'Line 23 notes: “He ascended,” with discussion of an unknown compound
and a possible reading “mounted on the heights.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for identification.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 6933-6934
quote_or_summary: Line 29 gives an Old Irish phrase and translates it as reaching
to the edges of his two shoulders.
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: quote
locator: lines 6938-6939
quote_or_summary: Line 19 notes “Casting their light on every side” and explains
the phrase as “in every direction.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for identification.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 6941-6942
quote_or_summary: Line 25 explains a conditional phrase about obtaining the forfeit
of a stake and cites a lexical reference for the term.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 6944-6950
quote_or_summary: Lines 29-30 discuss uncertain or conjectural readings for “Eager”
and “Easily stopped,” with references to Bruiden da Derga and a note that one
conjecture lacks Strachan’s authority.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The supplied passage is primarily philological commentary, so motif extraction
is limited and the ascent motif is only weakly supported without surrounding narrative
context.
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 support comparison beyond the available ascent taxonomy reference.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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