batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l36863-l36876
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l36863-l36876
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.
/ BOOK IV.; lines 36863-36876
start: '36863'
end: '36876'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: The princes stood by Pampá’s side... There Ráma made his piteous moan.
summary: At the side of Pampá, adorned with lilies, Ráma is overcome with grief
and speaks to Sumitrá’s son.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The princes stand by the side of Pampá.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Pampá is described as glorified by blooming lilies and as a fair flood before
Ráma.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Ráma has a troubled heart, his senses are overthrown, and he makes a piteous
moan.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Tender thoughts wake within Ráma as he speaks to Sumitrá’s son.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ráma
description: A chief and prince who is overcome by grief beside Pampá and speaks
to Sumitrá’s son.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Sumitrá’s son
description: The person addressed by Ráma beside Pampá.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The princes
description: A plural group standing by Pampá’s side.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: lamenting chief
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma is called a chief and is said to make a piteous moan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ráma speaks as tender thoughts wake within him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ráma speaks to Sumitrá’s son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: standing princes
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage says the princes stood by Pampá’s side.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Pampá water
literal_form: Pampá’s side; fair flood
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: blooming lilies
literal_form: blooming lilies
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Ráma laments beside Pampá
summary: The princes stand beside Pampá, which is adorned with lilies. Ráma is emotionally
overcome and speaks to Sumitrá’s son.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: lament beside water
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage places Ráma’s piteous moan and troubled mental state beside Pampá,
described as a fair flood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local passage-level motif label rather than a supplied taxonomy
family; the excerpt gives no explicit cause of the lament.
- id: motif:2
label: grief leading to speech
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ráma’s troubled state and tender thoughts immediately precede his address
to Sumitrá’s son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not include the content of the speech, only its emotional
prelude.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 36863-36866
quote_or_summary: "“The princes stood by Pampá’s side / Which blooming lilies glorified.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 36867-36872
quote_or_summary: "“With troubled heart and sense o’erthrown / There Ráma made his
piteous moan.” The fair flood lies before him and his reason gives way."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation and summary used for extraction
evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 36873-36876
quote_or_summary: "“And tender thoughts within him woke, / As to Sumitrá’s son he
spoke.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied lines. Motif candidates
are descriptive and passage-local because the excerpt contains little narrative
context and no explicit comparative claim.
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 provided passage and metadata; no external Ramayana context added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l36863-l36876
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