batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4032-l4047
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-omar-khayyam-sufistic-quatrains-gutenberg-l4032-l4047
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
passage_locator:
label: LXXX. / LXXXI. / LXXXIV. / LXXXV.; lines 4032-4047
start: '4032'
end: '4047'
translation: The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: Ne'er a peevish Boy / Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy
summary: A speaker argues that a boy would not break a bowl from which he drank
joyfully, and that the maker of a vessel would not later destroy it in wrath.
A note identifies the quatrain's inspiration as O. 19, followed by a related version
about a cup, a drinker, and made or broken heads and feet.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A figure called a Second speaks the quatrain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speech says that a peevish boy would not break the bowl from which he
drank in joy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speech says that the one who made the vessel with his hand will not later
destroy it in wrath.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The editorial note states that the quatrain's inspiration comes from O. 19.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The cited related version speaks of the elements of a cup being put together,
their breaking up being disapproved by a drinker, and heads and feet made or broken
by finger-tips.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Second
description: The speaker who utters the quatrain.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: peevish Boy
description: A hypothetical boy who would not break the bowl from which he drank
in joy.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: maker of the Vessel
description: The one who made the vessel with his hand and is said not to destroy
it in later wrath.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: drinker
description: In the related version, a drinker cannot approve the breaking up of
the cup's elements.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage introduces the quatrain with 'Then said a Second'.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: user of vessel
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: The boy drinks from the bowl; the related version mentions a drinker in relation
to a cup.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: maker
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage identifies a figure who made the vessel with his hand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bowl / vessel / cup
literal_form: Bowl, Vessel, cup
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: heads and feet
literal_form: heads and feet
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: hand / finger-tips
literal_form: hand; finger-tips
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Argument from the unbroken bowl
summary: The Second says that a boy would not break a bowl from which he drank joyfully,
and that the maker of a vessel would not later destroy it in wrath.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Related O. 19 cup version
summary: The note presents a related version in which a cup's elements have been
put together, a drinker disapproves of their breaking up, and heads and feet are
described as made or broken by finger-tips.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: maker does not destroy what he made
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The quatrain reasons that one who made the vessel will not afterwards destroy
it in wrath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly name a deity or formal judgment scene;
the taxonomy link rests on the wrath-and-destruction language.
- id: motif:2
label: vessel as analogy for made beings
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The quatrain and its related version use a bowl, vessel, or cup and the act
of making or breaking it as a reflective analogy; the related version extends
this to heads and feet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents the analogy poetically, without an explicit interpretive
explanation.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note explicitly links this quatrain to O. 19, and the cited O. 19 version
repeats the pattern of a cup or vessel made and then questioned as to its breaking.
claim_level: same_motif
target: O. 19
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is limited to the source note and quoted related version
supplied in the passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 4032-4035
quote_or_summary: 'Then said a Second: a peevish boy would not break the bowl from
which he drank in joy.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 4036-4037
quote_or_summary: The one who made the vessel with his hand will not afterwards
destroy it in wrath.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: citation
locator: line 4039
quote_or_summary: The note states that the inspiration for the quatrain comes from
O. 19.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation-level evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 4041-4045
quote_or_summary: A related version says the elements of a cup were put together,
a drinker cannot approve their breaking up, and asks for love or hate of whom
heads and feet were made or broken.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: citation
locator: lines 4047
quote_or_summary: Reference list includes O. 19, C. 64, L. 40, S.P. 37, P. ii. 7,
P. 95, B. ii. 77, T. 309, W. 42, N. 38, V. 220.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/sufistic-quatrains-omar-khayyam.md
rights_note: Public domain source; bibliographic citation evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif taxonomy assignments are cautious
because the passage uses poetic analogy and does not explicitly state a doctrinal
interpretation.
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 text and metadata; no external taxonomy identifiers beyond the provided motif family names were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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