batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l173-l206
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l173-l206
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
passage_locator:
label: AS COLLECTED BY THEIR HISTORIAN, / JAMES W. REDHOUSE, M.R.A.S., ETC. / CONTENTS.
/ INTRODUCTION.--PLAINT OF THE REED-FLUTE 1; lines
173-206
start: '173'
end: '206'
translation: The Mesnevi
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A table of contents lists an introduction titled “Plaint of the Reed-Flute”
and sixteen tale titles with page numbers, including stories named for a prince
and handmaid, an oilman and parrot, persecuting Jewish kings, a lion and beasts,
spiritual warfare, a merchant and parrot, a harper, an Arab and his wife, patience
and perseverance, Joseph and the mirror, a prophet’s amanuensis, Chinese and Roman
artists, Zeyd’s inspiration, and ‘Ali’s forbearance.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a contents listing rather than a narrative episode.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The introduction is titled “Plaint of the Reed-Flute.”
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Sixteen numbered tale titles are listed with page numbers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Several titles name human, animal, or collective figures, including a prince,
handmaid, oilman, parrot, Jewish king, Christians, lion, beasts, merchant, harper,
Arab and wife, Joseph, a prophet’s amanuensis, Chinese and Roman artists, Zeyd,
and ‘Ali.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Prince
description: Named in the title “The Prince and the Handmaid.”
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Handmaid
description: Named in the title “The Prince and the Handmaid.”
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Oilman
description: Named in the title “The Oilman and the Parrot.”
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Parrot
description: Named in the titles “The Oilman and the Parrot” and “The Merchant and
the Parrot.”
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jewish King
description: Named in titles as a persecutor of Christians; a second title names
another Jewish king.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Christians
description: Named as those persecuted in the titles about Jewish kings.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lion
description: Named in the titles “The Lion and the Beasts” and “The Lion’s Hunt.”
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Beasts
description: Named in the title “The Lion and the Beasts.”
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Merchant
description: Named in the title “The Merchant and the Parrot.”
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Harper
description: Named in the title “The Harper.”
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Poor Scenite Arab
description: Named in the title “The Poor Scenite Arab and his Wife.”
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Wife
description: Named in the title “The Poor Scenite Arab and his Wife.”
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Joseph
description: Named in the title “Joseph and the Mirror.”
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Prophet’s Amanuensis
description: Named in the title “The Prophet’s Amanuensis.”
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Chinese Artists
description: Named in the title “The Chinese and Roman Artists.”
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Roman Artists
description: Named in the title “The Chinese and Roman Artists.”
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Zeyd
description: Named in the title “Zeyd’s Inspiration.”
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: "‘Ali"
description: Named in the title “‘Ali’s Forbearance.”
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
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label: prince
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The title identifies this figure as a prince.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: handmaid
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The title identifies this figure as a handmaid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: oilman
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The title identifies this figure as an oilman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: parrot
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The parrot is named in two tale titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: persecutor of Christians
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The titles identify Jewish kings as persecutors of Christians.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: persecuted group in title
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Christians are named as the group persecuted in the Jewish king titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: lion
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- fig:7
basis: The lion is named in two titles, including one about a hunt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: beasts
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The beasts are named in the title “The Lion and the Beasts.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: merchant
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The title identifies this figure as a merchant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: harper
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The title identifies this figure as a harper.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:11
label: poor Scenite Arab
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The title identifies this figure as a poor Scenite Arab.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: wife
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The title identifies this figure as the Arab’s wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:13
label: named figure associated with mirror
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Joseph is named in the title “Joseph and the Mirror.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:14
label: amanuensis
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The title identifies this figure as the Prophet’s amanuensis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:15
label: artists
assigned_to:
- fig:15
- fig:16
basis: Chinese and Roman artists are named in one title.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:16
label: inspired figure in title
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Zeyd is named in the title “Zeyd’s Inspiration.”
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:17
label: forbearing figure in title
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: "‘Ali is named in the title “‘Ali’s Forbearance.”"
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
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- id: sym:1
label: reed-flute
literal_form: reed-flute
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: mirror
literal_form: mirror
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: spiritual warfare
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: One title is “The Greater (Spiritual) Warfare,” which explicitly frames a
tale around spiritual warfare.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: Only a table-of-contents title is present; no narrative action or doctrinal
explanation is supplied in the passage.
- id: motif:2
label: patience and perseverance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: One title is “Patience and Perseverance,” suggesting a didactic theme.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The passage supplies only the title, not the tale content.
- id: motif:3
label: forbearance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: One title is “‘Ali’s Forbearance,” naming a virtue associated with the figure
‘Ali.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The passage supplies only the title, so the motif cannot be developed
beyond the named theme.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 173-174
quote_or_summary: "“INTRODUCTION.--PLAINT OF THE REED-FLUTE”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for identification.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 176-185
quote_or_summary: The contents list Tale I, “The Prince and the Handmaid”; Tale
II, “The Oilman and the Parrot”; Tale III, “The Jewish King, Persecutor of Christians”;
and Tale IV, “Another Jewish King, Persecutor of Christians.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 187-195
quote_or_summary: The contents list Tale V, “The Lion and the Beasts”; Tale VI,
“The Greater (Spiritual) Warfare”; Tale VII, “The Merchant and the Parrot”; and
Tale VIII, “The Harper.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 197-206
quote_or_summary: 'The contents list Tale IX through Tale XVI: the poor Scenite
Arab and his wife, patience and perseverance, the lion’s hunt, Joseph and the
mirror, the Prophet’s amanuensis, Chinese and Roman artists, Zeyd’s inspiration,
and ‘Ali’s forbearance.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is a contents list, so figures and motifs are inferred only from
titles. No narrative scenes or comparison claims are supported.
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 extracted because the passage itself does not support cross-textual comparison.
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