batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l2098-l2112
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l2098-l2112
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: A WORD TO THE WISE / THE EXPLICIT BEGGAR / PHANTOM RELATIONS / AN OLD HAG
WHO DESIRED ONLY PLEASURE; lines 2098-2112
start: '2098'
end: '2112'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A man prays to enter Paradise and be delivered from Hell. An old woman
behind him asks God to let her share in his supplication. The man then prays for
hanging and death by scourging; the woman asks to be spared from that request.
The man rebukes her for wanting to share only in pleasure and not in distress.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A man says prayers and begins supplications for entry into Paradise and deliverance
from the fire of Hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: An old woman is positioned behind the man and hears his supplication.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The old woman asks the Lord to cause her to share in whatever the man supplicates
for.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The man then asks the Lord to hang him on a gibbet and cause him to die by
scourging.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The old woman asks to be pardoned and preserved from what the man has asked
for.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The man says the old woman wants partnership in rest and pleasure but refuses
partnership in distress and misery.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the man
description: A man who prays, makes supplications, changes the content of his prayer,
and then rebukes the old woman.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the old woman / hag
description: An old woman behind the man who first asks to share in his supplication
and then asks to be spared from his later request for suffering.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the Lord
description: The divine addressee invoked in the man’s and old woman’s supplications.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: supplicant for Paradise and deliverance from Hell
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The man prays to enter Paradise and be delivered from the fire of Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: imitative sharer in another’s supplication
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The old woman asks to share in whatever the man supplicates for.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: tester or exposer of selective partnership
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: After hearing her, the man changes his prayer to suffering and then comments
on her refusal to share distress.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: selective partner in pleasure only
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She accepts association with requests for rest and pleasure but asks to be
preserved from the request for suffering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: divine addressee of prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Both figures address requests to the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Paradise
literal_form: afterlife place desired in supplication
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: fire of Hell
literal_form: fire associated with Hell, from which deliverance is requested
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: gibbet
literal_form: instrument or place of hanging requested by the man
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Prayer for reward and deliverance
summary: The man prays to enter Paradise and be delivered from the fire of Hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Old woman asks to share the prayer
summary: The old woman behind the man hears him and asks the Lord to let her share
in whatever he supplicates for.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Changed supplication to suffering
summary: The man asks for hanging on a gibbet and death by scourging, prompting
the old woman to ask to be spared from that request.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Rebuke of selective partnership
summary: The man rebukes the old woman as a partner who wants to share pleasure
but not distress.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Selective sharing of another’s good fortune but not suffering
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The anecdote culminates in the man’s explicit observation that the old woman
seeks partnership in rest and pleasure but refuses distress and misery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy link to wisdom is broad and based on the didactic structure
and final rebuke.
- id: motif:2
label: Prayer for afterlife reward and escape from punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The man’s initial supplication asks for entry into Paradise and deliverance
from the fire of Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions afterlife outcomes but does not narrate an actual
judgment scene.
- id: motif:3
label: Testing a companion through reversal of the requested fate
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the old woman asks to share the man’s request, he alters the supplication
from pleasure to violent suffering, revealing her selectivity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No specific supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2098-2102
quote_or_summary: A man prays and supplicates, asking to enter Paradise and be delivered
from the fire of Hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2102-2105
quote_or_summary: An old woman behind him hears the prayer and asks the Lord to
let her share in whatever he supplicates for.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2105-2108
quote_or_summary: 'The man says a new supplication: he asks to be hanged on a gibbet
and to die by scourging.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2108-2109
quote_or_summary: The old woman asks to be pardoned and preserved from what the
man has just asked for.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2109-2112
quote_or_summary: The man calls her an unpleasant partner because she wishes to
share rest and pleasure but refuses distress and misery.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are cautious, with one
broad taxonomy mapping to wisdom and one to divine judgment because the passage
refers to Paradise and Hell but does not narrate judgment.
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 explicitly support comparison to another text, tradition, or motif family beyond supplied taxonomy tagging.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l2098-l2112
passage_sha256=013dbb625271cd8fa801bc10cfab1b6e1ef78fc51062672aeb70695a652c2dcf