民話をさがす ／ スリランカ
The Margosa Tree
スリランカ(Sri Lanka) ／ 本文の言語 英語 ／ 原話の言語 si ／ 出典の刊年 1910 ／ 308 語
出典と権利
| 出典の本 | Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 1 |
|---|---|
| 提供 | Project Gutenberg ／ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56614 |
| 採集・編者 | Henry Parker |
| 翻訳 | Henry Parker |
| 刊年の根拠 | 扉に『LONDON LUZAC & CO … 1910』 |
| 権利状態 | Public Domain (United States)(US)／確認日 2026-09-14 |
| 地図上の位置 | 緯度 7.9 / 経度 80.7(精度 culture_region)。話の舞台でも採集地でもなく、この本が扱う文化圏のおおよその中心である。 |
本文
Project Gutenberg の本文から、PG のヘッダ・フッタ・商標文言を除いたもの。段落は原文のままである。
In a certain city there is a King, it is said. The King thought of growing a Margosa tree without bitterness [in the fruit], so one day he made proclamation accordingly by beat of tom-toms.
While two friends of one village were coming to seek a means of subsistence they heard this sound of tom-toms. When they asked at the hand of a tom-tom beater, "What is the sound of tom-toms for?" he said, "What is it? His Majesty our King will give presents to any person who should grow and give him a Margosa tree without bitterness." One of the friends, saying, "I can [do it]," went to the royal palace.
"Canst thou grow and give me a Margosa tree without bitterness?" the King asked.
"Yes, your Majesty," he said.
"What things dost thou want for it?" the King asked.
"I want monthly a hundred-weight of sugar and a large pot of cow's butter," he said.
After that, the King asked, "Where wilt thou grow it?"
"I must grow it on the edge of a river," he said.
Having built and given him a house on the edge of the river, he gave him a hundred-weight of sugar and a large pot of butter monthly.
Seven times in succession he planted seven trees. Seven times the seven trees were washed away by the river.
During the time while he was there in that way, the other friend having come, asked, "Where is the tree?"
Then the friend who had planted the tree says, "Either the King, or I, or the river." [120]
The words that he said meant, "Either His Majesty the King will die; if not, I shall die, because of no means of subsistence."
"Having cheated the King I get a living. When it is so, the foolish King has been caught by my trick."
本に付いていた註
Duraya. North-western Province.
緊張のうつりかわり
本文を 12 等分し、張りつめた語(死・血・恐れ・剣…)から和らいだ語(祝い・眠り・ 婚礼…)を引いて、話の中で 0〜1 に均したもの。自前の辞書である。翻訳を経た本文を測っているので、これは原話ではなくこの訳の性質である。
出来事の並び(数え上げ)
区画ごとに、コーパス全体の出現率に対して不釣り合いに多く出た引き金語を採っている。 生の回数で採ると、`father`/`mother` を持つ Family がほぼ全区画で勝つ(実測)。
Gift→Trial→Gift
似ている民話
多言語 Embedding のコサイン近傍。類似度は歴史的な起源や伝播を証明する値ではない。同じ本の話は文体を共有するぶん必ず似るので、そう分かるよう印を付けてある。
| # | 題名 | 文化圏 | 類似度 | 出典 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead | ベンガル | 0.926 | 別の本 |
| 2 | Strike but Hear | ベンガル | 0.924 | 別の本 |
| 3 | The Wicked King | スリランカ | 0.921 | 同じ本 |
| 4 | The Glass Princess | スリランカ | 0.920 | 同じ本 |
| 5 | The Prince and the Princess | スリランカ | 0.920 | 同じ本 |
| 6 | The Boy whom Seven Mothers suckled | ベンガル | 0.918 | 別の本 |
| 7 | The Turtle Dove | スリランカ | 0.918 | 同じ本 |
| 8 | The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots | フランス | 0.918 | 別の本 |
| 9 | The Aet-kanda Leniya [103] | スリランカ | 0.918 | 同じ本 |
| 10 | The Prince who Did Not Go to School | スリランカ | 0.917 | 同じ本 |
| 11 | The Man who wished to be Perfect | ベンガル | 0.917 | 別の本 |
| 12 | Lord Peter | ノルウェー | 0.916 | 別の本 |