batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l8287-l8305
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l8287-l8305
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / PAGE 118 / PAGE 121 / PAGE 124; lines 8287-8305
start: '8287'
end: '8305'
translation: Heroic Romances of Ireland
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“distressful will be thy departure / to encounter the Rock of Ulster”"
summary: The passage gives corrections to a translated stanza. It warns an addressed
person that it would be better to stay, that threats will have consequences, that
departure to encounter the Rock of Ulster will be distressful, and that woe will
come to the one who goes on that journey. A separate correction mentions taking
the point of a weapon through him.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A corrected line states that someone may take the point of a weapon through
him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The poem advises the addressed person that it would be better to stay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed person’s threats are described as not gentle.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The stanza predicts that someone will have sickness on account of the situation.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The stanza describes the addressed person’s departure as distressful.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The departure is described as going to encounter the Rock of Ulster.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The stanza predicts that the venture may turn out ill, be long remembered,
and bring woe to the one who goes on the journey.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:8
text: Another corrected line says, “I will not keep back to please you.”
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: addressed person
description: The person addressed as “thee” and warned to stay rather than depart.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rock of Ulster
description: The named figure or entity that the addressed person is said to go
to encounter.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: speaker of refusal
description: The speaker of the corrected line, “I will not keep back to please
you.”
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: warned journey-taker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The stanza tells the addressed person it would be better to stay and describes
the departure and journey as harmful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: encountered opponent or endpoint
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The stanza says the departure is “to encounter the Rock of Ulster.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: one who refuses to hold back
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The corrected line states, “I will not keep back to please you.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: weapon point
literal_form: the point of a weapon
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: journey
literal_form: departure and journey to encounter the Rock of Ulster
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Rock of Ulster
literal_form: Rock of Ulster
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: warning before a dangerous departure
summary: An addressed person is warned that it would be better to stay, because
the departure to encounter the Rock of Ulster will bring sickness, distress, ill
outcome, lasting remembrance, and woe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: corrected weapon-line
summary: A corrected line states that someone may receive the point of a weapon
through him.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:3
label: refusal to hold back
summary: A corrected line records a speaker saying that he will not keep back to
please the addressee.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ominous departure toward confrontation
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The stanza explicitly frames a departure or journey toward an encounter and
surrounds it with warnings of distress, sickness, ill outcome, lasting remembrance,
and woe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a translation note and corrected stanza excerpt, not a
full narrative episode; the identities and larger context of the journey are not
supplied here.
- id: motif:2
label: forewarned combat injury
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A corrected line mentions receiving the point of a weapon through the body,
while the stanza warns of an encounter with harmful consequences.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: low
cautions: The passage does not narrate the combat itself; it only gives corrected
wording and warnings.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 8287-8289
quote_or_summary: "“So that he may take the point of a weapon through him.”"
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 evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 8293-8302
quote_or_summary: The corrected stanza says it would be better for the addressed
person to stay; threats will not be gentle; someone will have sickness; the departure
to encounter the Rock of Ulster will be distressful; the venture may turn out
ill, be long remembered, and bring woe to the one who goes on the journey.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 8304-8305
quote_or_summary: "“I will not keep back to please you.”"
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 evidence.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is brief and consists of translation corrections rather than
a continuous narrative; extraction is limited to the literal warnings, weapon
image, journey, and named encounter.
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 a comparative link beyond the local motif candidate of an ominous departure.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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