batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l47022-l47074
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record_id: batch.motif.hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg-l47022-l47074
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
passage_locator:
label: Canto XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV.
The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy.; lines 47022-47074
start: '47022'
end: '47074'
translation: The Ramayan of Valmiki
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Sita gives Hanuman a sign for Rama by recalling an intimate episode at
Chitrakuta in which a crow wounded her and Rama sent a magically pursuing arrow
after it. She contrasts Rama's action against the crow with the need to punish
the Rakshasa who stole her, urges Rama to rescue her, and gives Hanuman a gem
from her hair as a token Rama will recognize. A bracketed note summarizes omitted
repeated dialogue in which Sita again asks Hanuman to urge Rama to hasten, and
Hanuman reassures her that Rama will destroy Ravana.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Maithil lady speaks while crying and identifies a recalled private memory
as a sign to convey to Rama.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The recalled place is Chitrakuta's peak, beside a rill and shaded greenery,
where the speaker and Rama had wandered together.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: In the remembered episode, the speaker sat on grass with her head on Rama's
knee.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A crow repeatedly circled and pecked the speaker, eventually wounding her
breast with beak and claw.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Rama saw the wounds, placed an arrow on his bow, and launched it at the crow.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The arrow is described as magically empowered and as pursuing the crow wherever
it flew until the crow returned and bowed at Rama's feet.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker asks why Rama could launch a dire shaft at a bird for her sake
but has not yet punished the one who stole her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker urges Rama to come with the thunder of his bow and strike down
the Rakshasa foe.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker removes a sparkling gem from her hair as a token her husband will
recognize.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The Vanar envoy bows reverently and binds the gem on his finger.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: A bracketed note states that omitted dialogue repeats Sita's request that
Hanuman tell Rama to hasten to rescue her and Hanuman's assurance that Rama will
come and destroy Ravana.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Maithil lady / Sita
description: Female speaker who gives Hanuman a message and token for Rama and describes
herself as stolen and needing rescue.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rama / Raghu's son
description: Sita's husband, remembered as lying with Sita at Chitrakuta, avenging
the crow's attack with an arrow, and expected to rescue her.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Crow
description: A greedy bird that pecks Sita, is pursued by Rama's arrow, and bows
at Rama's feet.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Vanar envoy / Hanuman
description: Messenger who receives Sita's token, bows to her, and is named in the
note as the one to convey her message to Rama.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Rakshasa foe / Ravana
description: The foe identified as the one who stole Sita; the note names Ravana
as the one Rama will destroy.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: speaker and message-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She speaks the message to be carried to Rama and supplies a sign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: stolen beloved needing rescue
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She describes herself as the darling stolen from Rama and asks Rama to come
save her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: husband and recognizer of token
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The gem is called a token her husband's eyes would recognize.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: avenger and rescuer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He previously avenged the crow's attack and is asked to come save Sita and
strike the Rakshasa foe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: animal offender submitting to hero
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The crow wounds Sita, is pursued by the arrow, and bows at Rama's feet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: reverent envoy and message-bearer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He is called the Vanar envoy, bows, receives the gem, and is to convey Sita's
message.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: abductor and enemy
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Sita refers to the one who stole her and calls him the Rakshasa foe; the
note names Ravana.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Chitrakuta peak
literal_form: mountain peak recalled as part of a private sign for Rama
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: rill beside the hill
literal_form: flowing water near Chitrakuta's peak
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: magic pursuing arrow
literal_form: arrow placed on Rama's bow and endowed with magic power
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: recognition gem
literal_form: sparkling gem removed from Sita's hair and given to the envoy as a
token
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: thunderous bow
literal_form: Rama's bow, invoked as coming with thunders to defeat the Rakshasa
foe
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Private memory at Chitrakuta
summary: Sita recalls being with Rama near Chitrakuta's peak and a flowing rill,
resting with her head on his knee.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Crow punished by the pursuing arrow
summary: A crow wounds Sita; Rama sees the injury and shoots a magically empowered
arrow that follows the crow until it submits at Rama's feet.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Appeal for rescue and vengeance
summary: Sita contrasts Rama's earlier anger at the crow with the need to punish
the abductor and asks Rama to come save her and defeat the Rakshasa foe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Token entrusted to the envoy
summary: Sita removes a gem from her hair for Rama to recognize, and the Vanar envoy
bows and binds it on his finger.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: stolen beloved awaiting rescue
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Sita describes herself as the beloved stolen from Rama and asks him to come
save her from the Rakshasa foe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a small excerpt and does not narrate the abduction itself,
only refers back to it.
- id: motif:2
label: recognition token sent through a messenger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sita gives Hanuman a gem from her hair as a token that Rama will recognize.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names this motif.
- id: motif:3
label: magical weapon pursues offender until submission
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rama's arrow, described as magically empowered, pursues the crow wherever
it flees until it returns and bows at Rama's feet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy list has no direct weapon-pursuit motif category.
- id: motif:4
label: intimate memory as authentication sign
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sita instructs Hanuman to recount a private shared episode at Chitrakuta
as the surest sign for Rama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: This is treated as a passage-level motif candidate without a supplied
taxonomy reference.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage participates in the stolen-beloved rescue pattern because Sita
explicitly frames herself as stolen from Rama and asks him to come save her from
the Rakshasa foe.
claim_level: same_motif
target: stolen_beloved motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The excerpt contains the appeal and recognition token, not the full
abduction or rescue sequence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 47022-47034
quote_or_summary: Sita says the surest sign is to remind Rama of Chitrakuta's peak,
the rill beside it, their wandering in the shade, and her resting with her head
on his knee.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 47035-47049
quote_or_summary: A greedy crow pecks at Sita despite thrown clods, wounds her breast,
and Rama wakes, sees the scratches, and shoots an arrow at it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 47050-47054
quote_or_summary: '"That shaft, with magic power endued, / The bird, where’er he
flew, pursued" until it fled back and bowed at Rama''s feet.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 47055-47064
quote_or_summary: Sita asks why Rama could launch a dire shaft at a bird for her
but pardon the one who stole his darling, and she urges him to come save her and
strike down the Rakshasa foe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 47065-47072
quote_or_summary: Sita takes a sparkling gem from her hair as a token her husband
will recognize; the Vanar envoy bows and binds it on his finger.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 47073-47074 and bracketed note
quote_or_summary: The note states that omitted dialogue repeats Sita's instruction
for Hanuman to tell Rama to hasten to rescue her, and Hanuman's reply that Rama
will come and destroy Ravana.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/hindu/project-gutenberg/ramayana-griffith.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Some line locators are
approximate within the provided line span because the excerpt does not include
per-line numbering.
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 external comparison or taxonomy IDs beyond those supplied were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:hindu-ramayana-griffith-gutenberg__l47022-l47074
passage_sha256=ca8cabd465d1aec02959ac956ed37e666b777e8fb8379ef13c631b71376058e8