batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l4819-l4939
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l4819-l4939
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
label: THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER
/ THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH
AND THE MONKEY; lines 4819-4939
start: '4819'
end: '4939'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The Dragon King of the Sea rules a splendid underwater kingdom and possesses
jewels controlling the tides. He marries a young dragon princess, but after a
short happy period she falls ill. A fish doctor says she can recover only with
the liver of a live monkey, which must be obtained from Monkey Island on dry land.
The chief steward suggests sending the jelly fish, who can walk on land, and advises
that strength will not work; the jelly fish must trick a monkey.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Kingdom of the Sea is ruled by Rin Jin, the Dragon King, who has authority
over sea creatures and keeps the Jewels of the Ebb and Flow of the Tide.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The tide jewels can make the sea recede or rise into mountain-high waves flowing
onto the shore.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Dragon King’s palace is located at the bottom of the sea and is described
as made of coral, jadestone, chrysoprase, and mother-of-pearl.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The Dragon King seeks a wife, marries a young dragon bride, and sea creatures
gather to celebrate the wedding.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: After two months, the Dragon Queen becomes ill and does not recover despite
nursing and medicine.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The fish doctor states that the Queen needs the liver of a live monkey, which
cannot be found in the sea.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The doctor identifies a Monkey Island to the south where many monkeys live,
but the Dragon King notes that his sea subjects are powerless on dry land.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The chief steward proposes sending the jelly fish, described as ugly but able
to walk on land with four legs like a tortoise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The jelly fish is troubled by the mission and says he lacks experience catching
monkeys.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The chief steward says a monkey cannot be caught by strength or dexterity
and that the jelly fish must play a trick.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rin Jin, Dragon King of the Sea
description: Ruler of all sea creatures, keeper of the tide jewels, husband of the
Dragon Queen.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Dragon Queen / young dragon bride
description: A lovely young dragon with glittering green scales, fiery eyes, and
jeweled robes; she becomes the Dragon King’s wife and later falls ill.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Fish doctor
description: A doctor in the sea kingdom who says the Queen can recover if given
the liver of a live monkey.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Chief steward
description: The Dragon King’s steward, consulted about how to obtain a monkey,
who suggests sending the jelly fish and using trickery.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jelly fish / kurage
description: A sea creature said to be ugly, able to walk on land with four legs
like a tortoise, and selected to catch a monkey.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Monkeys of Monkey Island
description: Monkeys living on an island to the south; one is sought for its live
liver.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Fish retainers and sea creatures
description: The Dragon King’s subjects and servants, including ambassadors and
wedding celebrants from whales to shrimps.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sea ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He governs the Kingdom of the Sea and rules all sea creatures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: keeper of tide-controlling jewels
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Jewels of the Ebb and Flow of the Tide are in his keeping.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: husband seeking cure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He marries the Dragon Queen and urgently seeks the medicine needed to cure
her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: royal bride
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She is brought to the palace as the Dragon King’s bride and marries him in
a splendid ceremony.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: ailing queen
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She falls ill and grows worse despite care and medicine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: diagnostician prescribing difficult remedy
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He identifies the desired medicine as the liver of a live monkey, unavailable
in the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: strategic adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He proposes sending the jelly fish and recommends trickery rather than force.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: land-capable emissary
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He is selected because he can walk on land with four legs like a tortoise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: reluctant agent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He says he has not been to the island and does not know how to catch monkeys.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: sought victim or source of remedy
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: A live monkey’s liver is required, and Monkey Island is named as the place
where monkeys live.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: royal subjects and celebrants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sea creatures serve the king, act as ambassadors, and attend the wedding
celebration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sea kingdom
literal_form: underwater kingdom and palace at the bottom of the sea
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: Jewels of the Ebb and Flow of the Tide
literal_form: two jewels that make the sea recede or rise in great waves
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: coral palace
literal_form: palace walls of coral, roof of jadestone and chrysoprase, floors of
mother-of-pearl
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: live monkey liver
literal_form: the liver of a live monkey prescribed as medicine
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Monkey Island
literal_form: island to the south where many monkeys live on dry land
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: land-water boundary
literal_form: sea creatures live in water and are powerless on dry land; monkeys
live on land
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Undersea rule and tide jewels
summary: Rin Jin rules the sea kingdom, keeps the tide jewels, and lives in a splendid
palace under the sea.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Marriage of the Dragon King
summary: The Dragon King sends fish retainers to find a bride, marries a young dragon,
and receives congratulations from sea creatures.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Illness and prescription
summary: The Dragon Queen falls ill; the fish doctor says the needed cure is the
liver of a live monkey, which cannot be found in the sea.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Problem of reaching Monkey Island
summary: The doctor names Monkey Island as the source of monkeys, but the Dragon
King recognizes the difficulty because sea creatures are powerless on dry land.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Jelly fish chosen and trick proposed
summary: The chief steward selects the land-walking jelly fish for the mission;
the jelly fish hesitates, and the steward says a monkey must be caught by trickery.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ruler’s bride becomes ill and requires a rare impossible remedy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Dragon Queen falls ill, and the fish doctor says her cure requires the
liver of a live monkey, unavailable in the sea kingdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only the opening of the quest for the remedy; it does
not yet show whether the cure is obtained.
- id: motif:2
label: mission across water-land boundary
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sea beings must obtain a monkey from dry land, where they are normally powerless,
so a land-capable jelly fish is selected.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage has not yet narrated the actual journey to the island.
- id: motif:3
label: trickery proposed as substitute for force
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The chief steward says strength or dexterity will not catch a monkey and
that the jelly fish must play a trick.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The trick is proposed but not yet performed in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: royal sea marriage
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: The Dragon King marries a dragon bride in a lavish ceremony attended by the
creatures of the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: The marriage is royal and marvelous, but the passage does not explicitly
present it as sacred or cosmological.
- id: motif:5
label: tide-controlling royal objects
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Dragon King keeps jewels whose use controls the ebb and flow of the tide.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the jewels but does not show them being used in
the narrated action.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The planned use of deception to bring a monkey from land into a sea-being’s
mission has the same function as a trickster-boundary pattern, because it addresses
a crossing between incompatible realms through cunning rather than force.
claim_level: same_function
target: motif_family:trickster_boundary
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: Only the plan for deception appears in this passage; the actual trick
and its outcome are outside the supplied excerpt.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4819-4939, opening paragraph
quote_or_summary: Rin Jin, the Dragon King of the Sea, governs sea creatures and
keeps the Jewels of the Ebb and Flow of the Tide, which can make the sea recede
or rise in great waves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4819-4939, palace description
quote_or_summary: The Dragon King’s palace lies at the bottom of the sea and is
described with coral walls, a jadestone and chrysoprase roof, and mother-of-pearl
floors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 4819-4939, bride search and wedding
quote_or_summary: The king sends fish ambassadors to find a dragon bride; he marries
the young dragon, and sea creatures gather in ceremonial celebration.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 4819-4939, queen’s illness
quote_or_summary: After two months of happiness, the Dragon Queen falls ill, stays
in bed, and grows worse despite nursing and the fish doctor’s medicine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 4819-4939, doctor’s prescription
quote_or_summary: "“I want the liver of a live monkey!”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 4819-4939, Monkey Island and land-water problem
quote_or_summary: The doctor says monkeys live on an island to the south; the Dragon
King says monkeys live on dry land, while sea beings live in water and are powerless
out of their element.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 4819-4939, steward’s proposal
quote_or_summary: The chief steward proposes sending the kurage, or jelly fish,
because it is proud of being able to walk on land with four legs like a tortoise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 4819-4939, jelly fish’s hesitation and advice to trick
quote_or_summary: The jelly fish says he has no experience catching monkeys; the
steward replies that strength will not work and that the only way is to trick
one.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif labels
involving trickery and boundary crossing are well supported as proposed actions,
while broader taxonomy links are cautious because the excerpt ends before the
trick is carried out.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy references were limited to available refs and included only where directly supportable or cautiously marked.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l4819-l4939
passage_sha256=05ec8b1d643bcf6287f7e27f752da765385141c9809c7cfc52c459cf602113b6