{"work":{"slug":"arlt","title":{"source":"Los siete locos","translated":"The Seven Madmen"},"author":"Roberto Arlt","language":"Spanish","languageCode":"es","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/arlt"},"unit":{"kind":"chapter","number":null,"id":"la-revelacion","title":{"source":"La revelación","translated":"The Revelation"},"section":"Part Two","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/arlt/la-revelacion","lines":124},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/arlt/sensacion-de-lo-subconsciente","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/arlt/el-suicida","license":"Source text: public domain (Roberto Arlt, d. 1942). English translation: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC — original draft, pending editorial review. NOTE: this is a minimal seed excerpt to make the app target runnable; full verified content is authored through the content pipeline.","audioBase":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/","lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"la-revelacion-p1-s1","source":"Ínterin ocurrían estos sucesos, en el Hospicio de las Mercedes.","translation":"While these events were taking place, over at the Las Mercedes Asylum.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p1-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Ínterin","title":"«Ínterin» — meanwhile","body":"«Ínterin» is a slightly literary adverb meaning 'meanwhile, in the interim'. Here Arlt cuts away from the main plot: 'while all this was going on, over at the asylum…'. The clause is deliberately left hanging, its sentence finished only by the next two."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ínterin","lemma":"ínterin","morphology":"subordinating conjunction (archaic, = mientras)","role":"introduces the temporal clause (while)","gloss":"While","note":"'Ínterin' is an archaic/literary word for 'mientras' (while)."},{"surface":"ocurrían","lemma":"ocurrir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the clause introduced by Ínterin","gloss":"were taking place"},{"surface":"estos","lemma":"este","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of sucesos","gloss":"these"},{"surface":"sucesos","lemma":"suceso","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of ocurrían","gloss":"events"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Hospicio","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of Hospicio","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Hospicio","lemma":"Hospicio","morphology":"proper noun","role":"oblique complement of ocurrían","gloss":"Asylum"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Mercedes","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"las","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of Mercedes","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Mercedes","lemma":"Mercedes","morphology":"proper noun","role":"part of the name Hospicio","gloss":"Mercedes"}]},{"number":2,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p1-s2","source":"Ergueta entraba en lo que él más tarde llamaría «el conocimiento de Dios».","translation":"Ergueta was entering into what he would later call \"the knowledge of God\".","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p1-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"llamaría","title":"Conditional as 'future-in-the-past'","body":"«llamaría» is the conditional of «llamar». After a past-tense frame it works as a 'future seen from the past': 'what he would (later) call'. It looks ahead from the moment of the story to something still to come."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of entraba","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"entraba","lemma":"entrar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"was entering"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking lo (introduces the lo que clause)","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"forms 'lo que' (what) with que, direct object of llamaría","gloss":"what"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"part of the relative phrase lo que, direct object of llamaría","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, masculine, singular","role":"subject of llamaría","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"más","lemma":"más","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies tarde","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"tarde","lemma":"tarde","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies llamaría","gloss":"later"},{"surface":"llamaría","lemma":"llamar","morphology":"verb, conditional, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause modifying lo (object of en)","gloss":"would call"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of conocimiento","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"conocimiento","lemma":"conocimiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of llamaría","gloss":"knowledge"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Dios","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Dios","lemma":"Dios","morphology":"proper noun","role":"modifies conocimiento","gloss":"God"}]},{"number":3,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p1-s3","source":"Así fue.","translation":"This is how it happened.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p1-s3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Así","lemma":"así","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies fue","gloss":"Thus"},{"surface":"fue","lemma":"ser","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"it happened"}]},{"number":4,"label":"2","id":"la-revelacion-p2-s1","source":"Despertó al amanecer en la sala.","translation":"He woke at daybreak in the ward.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p2-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Despertó","title":"Preterite for a single moment","body":"«Despertó» is the preterite of «despertar» ('to wake'). The preterite frames a single, completed action that opens the scene — 'he woke' — as opposed to the imperfect, which would set an ongoing background state."}],"words":[{"surface":"Despertó","lemma":"despertar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"woke"},{"surface":"al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking amanecer","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"amanecer","lemma":"amanecer","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of Despertó","gloss":"daybreak"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking sala","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of sala","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"sala","lemma":"sala","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of Despertó","gloss":"ward"}]},{"number":5,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p2-s2","source":"Un paralelepípedo de luna ponía un rectángulo azul en el encalado del muro frente a su cama.","translation":"A parallelepiped of moonlight laid a blue rectangle on the whitewash of the wall facing his bed.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p2-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"ponía","title":"Imperfect for the scene","body":"«ponía» (imperfect of «poner») describes a continuous, unfinished state filling the scene — the moonlight was 'laying' a rectangle of blue on the wall. The imperfect paints the backdrop; the preterite «Despertó» named the one action that began it."}],"words":[{"surface":"Un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of paralelepípedo","gloss":"A"},{"surface":"paralelepípedo","lemma":"paralelepípedo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of ponía","gloss":"parallelepiped"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking luna","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"luna","lemma":"luna","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies paralelepípedo","gloss":"moonlight"},{"surface":"ponía","lemma":"poner","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"laid"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of rectángulo","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"rectángulo","lemma":"rectángulo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of ponía","gloss":"rectangle"},{"surface":"azul","lemma":"azul","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies rectángulo","gloss":"blue"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking encalado","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of encalado","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"encalado","lemma":"encalado","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of ponía","gloss":"whitewash"},{"surface":"del","lemma":"del","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking muro","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"muro","lemma":"muro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies encalado","gloss":"wall"},{"surface":"frente","lemma":"frente","morphology":"preposition (frente a = facing)","role":"preposition marking cama (frente a), modifies muro","gloss":"facing"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the phrase frente a","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of cama","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"cama","lemma":"cama","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of a, completes frente a (modifies muro)","gloss":"bed"}]},{"number":6,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p2-s3","source":"A través de los barrotes de la ventana abierta se veía al cielo encuadrado por el contramarco, un cielo poroso y seco de azul como yeso teñido de metileno.","translation":"Through the bars of the open window the sky could be seen framed by the casing, a sky porous and dry with blue like plaster dyed with methylene.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p2-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se veía","title":"Impersonal / passive «se»","body":"«se veía el cielo» uses «se» to leave the seer unnamed: 'the sky could be seen' / 'one saw the sky'. Spanish often prefers this «se» construction where English reaches for a passive, keeping the focus on the thing seen rather than on who sees it."}],"words":[{"surface":"A","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking barrotes","gloss":"through"},{"surface":"través","lemma":"través","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"part of the phrase A","gloss":"way","note":"\"A través de\" is a fixed phrase meaning \"through.\""},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the phrase A","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of barrotes","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"barrotes","lemma":"barrote","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of veía","gloss":"bars"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ventana","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of ventana","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ventana","lemma":"ventana","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies barrotes","gloss":"window"},{"surface":"abierta","lemma":"abierto","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies ventana","gloss":"open"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"impersonal particle of veía","gloss":"(passive)","note":"Impersonal/passive 'se' — 'se veía' means 'could be seen,' not a literal reflexive."},{"surface":"veía","lemma":"ver","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"could be seen"},{"surface":"al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cielo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"cielo","lemma":"cielo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of veía","gloss":"sky"},{"surface":"encuadrado","lemma":"encuadrado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies cielo","gloss":"framed"},{"surface":"por","lemma":"por","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking contramarco","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of contramarco","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"contramarco","lemma":"contramarco","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"agent of encuadrado (object of por)","gloss":"casing"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of cielo","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"cielo","lemma":"cielo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"in apposition to cielo (w13)","gloss":"sky"},{"surface":"poroso","lemma":"poroso","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies cielo","gloss":"porous"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"seco","lemma":"seco","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with poroso","gloss":"dry"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking azul","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"azul","lemma":"azul","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies seco","gloss":"blue"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of yeso","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"yeso","lemma":"yeso","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies cielo (w19)","gloss":"plaster"},{"surface":"teñido","lemma":"teñido","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies yeso","gloss":"dyed"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking metileno","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"metileno","lemma":"metileno","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies teñido","gloss":"methylene"}]},{"number":7,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p2-s4","source":"En el retículo de los hierros temblaban los hilos de agua de una estrella.","translation":"In the lattice of the iron bars trembled the watery threads of a star.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p2-s4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"temblaban los hilos","title":"Verb before subject","body":"The verb «temblaban» ('trembled') comes before its subject «los hilos de agua» ('the watery threads'). After a fronted place-phrase Spanish routinely postpones the subject — literally 'In the lattice trembled the threads'."}],"words":[{"surface":"En","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking retículo","gloss":"In"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of retículo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"retículo","lemma":"retículo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of temblaban","gloss":"lattice"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking hierros","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of hierros","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"hierros","lemma":"hierro","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies retículo","gloss":"iron bars"},{"surface":"temblaban","lemma":"temblar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"trembled"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of hilos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"hilos","lemma":"hilo","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of temblaban","gloss":"threads"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking agua","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"agua","lemma":"agua","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies hilos","gloss":"water"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking estrella","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of estrella","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"estrella","lemma":"estrella","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies hilos","gloss":"star"}]},{"number":8,"label":"3","id":"la-revelacion-p3-s1","source":"Ergueta se rascó concienzudamente la nariz, aunque no sentía mayor preocupación.","translation":"Ergueta scratched his nose conscientiously, though he felt no great concern.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p3-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se rascó la nariz","title":"Reflexive with body parts","body":"With body parts Spanish uses a reflexive pronoun plus the definite article: «se rascó la nariz» = 'he scratched his nose' (literally 'he scratched himself the nose'). The «se» supplies the possessor, so «la» replaces English 'his'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of rascó","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of rascó","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"rascó","lemma":"rascar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"scratched"},{"surface":"concienzudamente","lemma":"concienzudamente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies rascó","gloss":"conscientiously"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of nariz","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"nariz","lemma":"nariz","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of rascó","gloss":"nose"},{"surface":"aunque","lemma":"aunque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of sentía","gloss":"though"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sentía","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"sentía","lemma":"sentir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"adverbial clause on rascó","gloss":"felt"},{"surface":"mayor","lemma":"mayor","morphology":"adjective, singular, comparative","role":"modifies preocupación","gloss":"great","note":"'Mayor' here means 'great/considerable,' not the literal comparative 'greater.'"},{"surface":"preocupación","lemma":"preocupación","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of sentía","gloss":"concern"}]},{"number":9,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p3-s2","source":"Comprendía que se encontraba en la casa de los locos, pero ése «era un asunto que no le concernía».","translation":"He understood that he was in the madhouse, but that \"was a matter that did not concern him\".","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p3-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"le concernía","title":"«concernir» with indirect object","body":"«concernir» ('to concern') takes an indirect-object pronoun for the person involved: «no le concernía» = 'it did not concern him'. The «le» marks 'to him', so the thing that concerns or doesn't is the grammatical subject."}],"words":[{"surface":"Comprendía","lemma":"comprender","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"understood"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of encontraba","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of encontraba","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"encontraba","lemma":"encontrar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of Comprendía","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking casa","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of casa","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"casa","lemma":"casa","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of encontraba","gloss":"house"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking locos","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of locos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"locos","lemma":"loco","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies casa","gloss":"madmen"},{"surface":"pero","lemma":"pero","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"ése","lemma":"ese","morphology":"pronoun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of era","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to asunto","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of asunto","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"asunto","lemma":"asunto","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of era","gloss":"matter"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of concernía","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies concernía","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of concernía","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"concernía","lemma":"concernir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying asunto","gloss":"concerned"}]},{"number":10,"label":"4","id":"la-revelacion-p4-s1","source":"Le preocupaba si hubieran encalabozado su espíritu, pero el que en realidad estaba encarcelado en el manicomio era su cuerpo, su cuerpo que pesaba noventa kilos, y que ahora con cierto resquemor inexplicable recordaba que había rodado por los lupanares.","translation":"It worried him whether they had jailed his spirit, but the thing actually imprisoned in the asylum was his body, his body that weighed ninety kilos, and that now, with a certain inexplicable resentment, recalled having rolled through the brothels.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p4-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"hubieran encalabozado","title":"Pluperfect subjunctive after «si»","body":"«hubieran encalabozado» is the pluperfect (past perfect) subjunctive. After «si» expressing an uncertain, worried supposition — 'whether they had jailed' — the subjunctive marks the possibility as unverified, something he can only wonder about."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"lupanares","title":"«lupanares» — brothels","body":"«lupanar» is a formal, almost Latinate word for a brothel. Arlt mixes this elevated register with the gutter life it names, a clash that runs through the whole chapter as the gambler Ergueta examines his sins."}],"words":[{"surface":"Le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of preocupaba","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"preocupaba","lemma":"preocupar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"worried"},{"surface":"si","lemma":"si","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of encalabozado","gloss":"whether"},{"surface":"hubieran","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, plural","role":"auxiliary of encalabozado","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"encalabozado","lemma":"encalabozar","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"clausal complement of preocupaba","gloss":"jailed","note":"Coined from 'calabozo' (jail cell) — not a standard dictionary 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regodeado.","translation":"And, unable to help it, he kept reviewing, like some shameful spectacle, the sensual life he had wallowed in.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p4-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se había regodeado","title":"Pronominal «regodearse»","body":"«regodearse» is a pronominal verb meaning 'to revel in, to wallow in (with relish)'. The pluperfect «se había regodeado» sets a delight that was already over — the pleasure he had taken before, now looked back on with disgust."}],"words":[{"surface":"Y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"connects to the previous sentence","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"sin","lemma":"sin","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of evitarlo","gloss":"without"},{"surface":"poder","lemma":"poder","morphology":"auxiliary verb, infinitive","role":"auxiliary of evitarlo","gloss":"being able"},{"surface":"evitarlo","lemma":"evitar él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"adverbial clause on revisaba","gloss":"avoid it"},{"surface":"revisaba","lemma":"revisar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"kept reviewing"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of espectáculo","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of espectáculo","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"espectáculo","lemma":"espectáculo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of revisaba (via como)","gloss":"spectacle"},{"surface":"oprobioso","lemma":"oprobioso","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies espectáculo","gloss":"shameful"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of vida","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"vida","lemma":"vida","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of revisaba","gloss":"life"},{"surface":"sensual","lemma":"sensual","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies vida","gloss":"sensual"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking que","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"oblique complement of regodeado","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of regodeado","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"había","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of regodeado","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"regodeado","lemma":"regodear","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"clause modifying vida","gloss":"wallowed"}]},{"number":12,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p4-s3","source":"Mas, ¿qué tenía que ver su espíritu con tal carnaza furiosa?","translation":"But what did his spirit have to do with such furious carnal bait?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p4-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Mas","title":"«Mas» without an accent","body":"«Mas» (no accent) is a literary conjunction meaning 'but' — distinct from «más» ('more'), which carries the accent. Arlt uses it to open a rhetorical question and lift the register a notch."}],"words":[{"surface":"Mas","lemma":"mas","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"But","note":"'Mas' (no accent) is a literary conjunction meaning 'but' — distinct from 'más' ('more')."},{"surface":"qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of ver","gloss":"what"},{"surface":"tenía","lemma":"tener","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"did have"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"links tenía and ver (idiom: tener que ver con = to have to do with)","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"ver","lemma":"ver","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"infinitive complement of tenía (idiom tener que ver con)","gloss":"do","note":"'Tener que ver con' is an idiom meaning 'to have to do with.'"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of espíritu","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"espíritu","lemma":"espíritu","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of tenía","gloss":"spirit"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking carnaza","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"tal","lemma":"tal","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of carnaza","gloss":"such"},{"surface":"carnaza","lemma":"carnaza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of ver (idiom: tener que ver con)","gloss":"bait"},{"surface":"furiosa","lemma":"furioso","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies carnaza","gloss":"furious"}]},{"number":13,"label":"5","id":"la-revelacion-p5-s1","source":"Era ésa una realidad tan evidente para su entendimiento, que lo asombró de que los médicos no repararan aún en tal diferencia.","translation":"That was a reality so evident to his understanding that it amazed him the doctors had still not noticed such a difference.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p5-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"no repararan","title":"Subjunctive after «que» of emotion","body":"«repararan» is the imperfect subjunctive. Because the main clause expresses astonishment — «lo asombró... que» ('it amazed him that') — the dependent verb goes subjunctive. «reparar en» also means 'to notice, take note of'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to realidad","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"ésa","lemma":"ese","morphology":"pronoun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of Era","gloss":"That"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of realidad","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"realidad","lemma":"realidad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"predicate complement of Era","gloss":"reality"},{"surface":"tan","lemma":"tanto","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies evidente","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"evidente","lemma":"evidente","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies realidad","gloss":"evident"},{"surface":"para","lemma":"para","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking entendimiento","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of entendimiento","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"entendimiento","lemma":"entendimiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies evidente","gloss":"understanding"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the result clause (tan...que), modifies evidente","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of asombró","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"asombró","lemma":"asombrar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the result clause","gloss":"amazed"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of repararan","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of repararan","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of médicos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"médicos","lemma":"médico","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of repararan","gloss":"doctors"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies repararan","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"repararan","lemma":"reparar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, plural","role":"clausal complement of asombró","gloss":"noticed","note":"'Reparar en algo' is an idiom meaning 'to notice something.'"},{"surface":"aún","lemma":"aún","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies repararan","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking diferencia","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"tal","lemma":"tal","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of diferencia","gloss":"such"},{"surface":"diferencia","lemma":"diferencia","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of repararan","gloss":"difference"}]},{"number":14,"label":"6","id":"la-revelacion-p6-s1","source":"Ergueta se sintió maravillado de su descubrimiento.","translation":"Ergueta felt marveled by his discovery.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p6-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of sintió","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of sintió","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"sintió","lemma":"sentir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"felt"},{"surface":"maravillado","lemma":"maravillado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of sintió","gloss":"marveled"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking descubrimiento","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of descubrimiento","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"descubrimiento","lemma":"descubrimiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of maravillado","gloss":"discovery"}]},{"number":15,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p6-s2","source":"El ya no era un hombre, sino un espíritu, «sensación pura de alma», con riberas nítidamente recortadas dentro de la carnicera armazón de su físico, como las nubes en los espacios infinitos.","translation":"He was no longer a man, but a spirit, \"pure sensation of soul\", with banks sharply cut out within the butcher's framework of his body, like the clouds in infinite space.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p6-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"no... sino","title":"«no... sino» — not X but Y","body":"«no era un hombre, sino un espíritu» = 'he was not a man, but a spirit'. 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he had the certainty that he could step out of his body, leave it discarded like a suit.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p7-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"apartarse de su cuerpo","title":"Pronominal «apartarse»","body":"«apartarse de» is a pronominal verb meaning 'to move away from, to separate oneself from'. 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The attached pronoun «-la» ('it') points back to «esta súbita seguridad», the certainty he has just uncovered."}],"words":[{"surface":"Al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking descubrirla","gloss":"On"},{"surface":"descubrirla","lemma":"descubrir él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"adverbial clause on proporcionó","gloss":"discovering it"},{"surface":"esta","lemma":"este","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of seguridad","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"súbita","lemma":"súbito","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies seguridad","gloss":"sudden"},{"surface":"seguridad","lemma":"seguridad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of proporcionó","gloss":"certainty"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of proporcionó","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"proporcionó","lemma":"proporcionar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"gave"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of miedo","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"miedo","lemma":"miedo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of proporcionó","gloss":"fear"},{"surface":"liviano","lemma":"liviano","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies miedo","gloss":"light"}]},{"number":19,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p7-s4","source":"Hasta en determinados momentos tuvo en la epidermis la sensación que sólo se tocaba con los bordes de su alma, de forma que el equilibrio de su cuerpo próximo a caer, y el de su piel, le causaba náuseas.","translation":"At certain moments he even had on his skin the sensation that he touched only with the edges of his soul, so that the balance of his body, on the verge of falling, and that of his skin, made him nauseous.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p7-s4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"de forma que","title":"«de forma que» — so that","body":"«de forma que» is a connector meaning 'so that, in such a way that', introducing a result. It links the strange sensation to its consequence — the dizziness and nausea that follow from it."}],"words":[{"surface":"Hasta","lemma":"hasta","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies tuvo","gloss":"Even"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking momentos","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"determinados","lemma":"determinado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies momentos","gloss":"certain"},{"surface":"momentos","lemma":"momento","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of tuvo","gloss":"moments"},{"surface":"tuvo","lemma":"tener","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking epidermis","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of epidermis","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"epidermis","lemma":"epidermis","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of tuvo","gloss":"skin"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of sensación","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"sensación","lemma":"sensación","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of tuvo","gloss":"sensation"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of tocaba","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"sólo","lemma":"sólo","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies tocaba","gloss":"only"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"impersonal particle of tocaba","gloss":"(reflexive)","note":"'Se tocaba' reads almost passively here ('was touched'); 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Here the imperfect frames an unreal comparison simultaneous with the main verb."}],"words":[{"surface":"Era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of descendiera","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"si","lemma":"si","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of descendiera","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"descendiera","lemma":"descender","morphology":"verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of Era","gloss":"were dropping"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking velocidad","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"suma","lemma":"sumo","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies velocidad","gloss":"top"},{"surface":"velocidad","lemma":"velocidad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of descendiera","gloss":"speed"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ascensor","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of ascensor","gloss":"an"},{"surface":"ascensor","lemma":"ascensor","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of descendiera","gloss":"elevator"}]},{"number":21,"label":"8","id":"la-revelacion-p8-s1","source":"Además tenía miedo de tener voluntad de abandonar su cuerpo, pues si se lo destruían, ¿cómo podría entrar en él?","translation":"Besides, he was afraid of having the will to abandon his body, for if they destroyed it on him, how could he get back into it?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p8-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"si se lo destruían","title":"«se» of involvement (dative of harm)","body":"In «si se lo destruían», the «se» stands for 'on him / to his detriment' and «lo» is 'it' (the body): 'if they destroyed it on him'. This ethical dative adds the affected person to a verb that wouldn't otherwise need one."}],"words":[{"surface":"Además","lemma":"además","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies tenía","gloss":"besides"},{"surface":"tenía","lemma":"tener","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"miedo","lemma":"miedo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of tenía","gloss":"fear"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of tener","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"tener","lemma":"tener","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"clause modifying miedo","gloss":"having"},{"surface":"voluntad","lemma":"voluntad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of tener","gloss":"will"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of abandonar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"abandonar","lemma":"abandonar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"clause modifying voluntad","gloss":"abandon"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of cuerpo","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"cuerpo","lemma":"cuerpo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of abandonar","gloss":"body"},{"surface":"pues","lemma":"pues","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of entrar","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"si","lemma":"si","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of destruían","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative","role":"indirect object of destruían","gloss":"on him"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of destruían","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"destruían","lemma":"destruir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"adverbial clause on entrar","gloss":"destroyed"},{"surface":"cómo","lemma":"cómo","morphology":"adverb, interrogative","role":"modifies podría","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"podría","lemma":"poder","morphology":"auxiliary verb, conditional, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of entrar","gloss":"could"},{"surface":"entrar","lemma":"entrar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of podría","gloss":"enter"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking él","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of entrar","gloss":"it"}]},{"number":22,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p8-s2","source":"El enfermero tenía cara de bellaco, y aunque él le hubiera hablado de unas redoblonas para la próxima «reunión», no se sentía del todo seguro.","translation":"The orderly had the face of a scoundrel, and although he had spoken to him about some parlay bets for the next \"meeting\", he did not feel entirely safe.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p8-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"redoblonas","title":"«redoblonas» — lunfardo for parlay bets","body":"«redoblona» is a turf-and-gambling term from Buenos Aires «lunfardo»: a parlay or accumulator bet, where winnings ride forward onto the next race. Ergueta is a compulsive gambler, and the racetrack slang leaks even into his vision of God."}],"words":[{"surface":"El","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of enfermero","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"enfermero","lemma":"enfermero","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of tenía","gloss":"orderly"},{"surface":"tenía","lemma":"tener","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"cara","lemma":"cara","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of tenía","gloss":"face"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking bellaco","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"bellaco","lemma":"bellaco","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies cara","gloss":"scoundrel"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"aunque","lemma":"aunque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of hablado","gloss":"although"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, masculine, singular","role":"subject of hablado","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of hablado","gloss":"to him"},{"surface":"hubiera","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of hablado","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"hablado","lemma":"hablar","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"concessive clause modifying sentía","gloss":"spoken"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking redoblonas","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"unas","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of redoblonas","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"redoblonas","lemma":"redoblona","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"oblique complement of hablado","gloss":"parlay bets","note":"Lunfardo racetrack slang: a parlay bet linking two races."},{"surface":"para","lemma":"para","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking reunión","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of reunión","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"próxima","lemma":"próximo","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies reunión","gloss":"next"},{"surface":"reunión","lemma":"reunión","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of hablado","gloss":"meeting"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sentía","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of sentía","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"sentía","lemma":"sentir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with tenía","gloss":"felt"},{"surface":"del","lemma":"del","morphology":"preposition","role":"modifies seguro","gloss":"of the","note":"'del todo' is a fixed idiom meaning 'entirely, completely.'"},{"surface":"todo","lemma":"todo","morphology":"pronoun, masculine, singular","role":"part of the phrase del","gloss":"completely"},{"surface":"seguro","lemma":"seguro","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of sentía","gloss":"safe"}]},{"number":23,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p8-s3","source":"Mas pasada esta primera impresión se complacía en creer que era un niño débil, lo cual no le impedía reírse desde su cama de la comedia con que trataba de tranquilizar sus noventa kilos, descontando que él podía ir a donde quisiera... pero no... no era cuestión de jugar.","translation":"But once this first impression had passed, he took pleasure in believing he was a weak child, which did not stop him laughing from his bed at the comedy with which he tried to soothe his ninety kilos, taking for granted that he could go wherever he wanted... but no... it was no time to gamble.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p8-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"a donde quisiera","title":"Subjunctive in an open relative","body":"«quisiera» is the imperfect subjunctive after «a donde» ('wherever'). When the place is indefinite — anywhere at all, not a specific spot — Spanish uses the subjunctive: «a donde quisiera» = 'wherever he might want'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Mas","lemma":"mas","morphology":"conjunction, adversative","role":"introduces the sentence","gloss":"but","note":"Unaccented 'mas' is a literary word for 'but,' distinct from 'más' (more)."},{"surface":"pasada","lemma":"pasar","morphology":"verb, past, participle, feminine, singular","role":"adverbial clause on complacía","gloss":"passed"},{"surface":"esta","lemma":"este","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of impresión","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"primera","lemma":"primero","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies impresión","gloss":"first"},{"surface":"impresión","lemma":"impresión","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of pasada","gloss":"impression"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive 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adjective","body":"«¡qué hermoso era...!» = 'how beautiful it was...!'. Exclamatory «qué» before an adjective or noun forms emphatic exclamations; note the accent on «qué», which distinguishes it from the unstressed relative «que»."}],"words":[{"surface":"Y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"introduces the exclamation","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"adverb, exclamatory","role":"modifies hermoso","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"hermoso","lemma":"hermoso","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of era","gloss":"beautiful"},{"surface":"era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to hermoso","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"sentirse","lemma":"sentir él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"subject of era","gloss":"to feel"},{"surface":"así","lemma":"así","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sentirse","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"colmado","lemma":"colmar","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"complement of sentirse","gloss":"filled"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking caridad","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"caridad","lemma":"caridad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of colmado","gloss":"charity"}]},{"number":26,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p8-s6","source":"Su misericordia se ensanchaba sobre el mundo, como una nube sobre los techos de la ciudad.","translation":"His mercy spread out over the world, like a cloud over the rooftops of the city.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p8-s6.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of misericordia","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"misericordia","lemma":"misericordia","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of ensanchaba","gloss":"mercy"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of ensanchaba","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"ensanchaba","lemma":"ensanchar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"spread"},{"surface":"sobre","lemma":"sobre","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking mundo","gloss":"over"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of mundo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"mundo","lemma":"mundo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of ensanchaba","gloss":"world"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of nube","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of nube","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"nube","lemma":"nube","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of ensanchaba","gloss":"cloud"},{"surface":"sobre","lemma":"sobre","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking techos","gloss":"over"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of techos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"techos","lemma":"techo","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies nube","gloss":"rooftops"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ciudad","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of ciudad","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ciudad","lemma":"ciudad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies techos","gloss":"city"}]},{"number":27,"label":"9","id":"la-revelacion-p9-s1","source":"Su cuerpo quedaba cada vez más abajo.","translation":"His body was being left further and further below.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p9-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"cada vez más","title":"«cada vez más» — more and more","body":"«cada vez más» means 'more and more, increasingly' (literally 'each time more'). With «abajo» it gives 'further and further below', tracking how Ergueta feels his body sink away beneath his rising spirit."}],"words":[{"surface":"Su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of cuerpo","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"cuerpo","lemma":"cuerpo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of quedaba","gloss":"body"},{"surface":"quedaba","lemma":"quedar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"was left"},{"surface":"cada","lemma":"cada","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of vez","gloss":"each"},{"surface":"vez","lemma":"vez","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies abajo","gloss":"time","note":"'cada vez más' is a fixed idiom meaning 'more and more, increasingly.'"},{"surface":"más","lemma":"más","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies abajo","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"abajo","lemma":"abajo","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies quedaba","gloss":"below"}]},{"number":28,"label":"10","id":"la-revelacion-p10-s1","source":"Ahora lo veía como en el fondo de un cajón, el sanatorio entre los blancos cubos de las casas era otro cubo, las calles azuleaban entre sábanas de sombra, las luces verdes de los semáforos del F.C.S. lucieron débilmente, y el espacio entró en él como el océano en una esponja, mientras el tiempo dejaba de existir.","translation":"Now he saw it as if at the bottom of a drawer; the sanatorium, among the white cubes of the houses, was another cube; the streets turned blue between sheets of shadow; the green lights of the Southern Railway's signals shone faintly, and space entered into him as the ocean enters a sponge, while time ceased to exist.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p10-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"azuleaban / lucieron","title":"Imperfect vs. preterite together","body":"Within one sentence Arlt mixes imperfect «azuleaban» ('were turning blue' — an ongoing state) with preterite «lucieron» ('shone' — a single completed flash) and preterite «entró» ('entered'). The imperfect holds the scene open while the preterites mark the events that punctuate it."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ahora","lemma":"ahora","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies veía","gloss":"now"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of veía","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"veía","lemma":"ver","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"saw"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of fondo","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking fondo","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of fondo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"fondo","lemma":"fondo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of 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Here it frames an imagined parallel — 'this is how the dry pond would delight in the rain' — comparing Ergueta's quiet bliss to a hypothetical scene."}],"words":[{"surface":"Así","lemma":"así","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies gozaría","gloss":"Just so"},{"surface":"gozaría","lemma":"gozar","morphology":"verb, conditional, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"would delight"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of estanque","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"estanque","lemma":"estanque","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of gozaría","gloss":"pond"},{"surface":"seco","lemma":"seco","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies estanque","gloss":"dry"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking lluvia","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of lluvia","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"lluvia","lemma":"lluvia","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of gozaría","gloss":"rain"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"direct object of envía","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of envía","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"envía","lemma":"enviar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying lluvia","gloss":"sends"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of cielo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"cielo","lemma":"cielo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of envía","gloss":"sky"}]},{"number":32,"label":"12","id":"la-revelacion-p12-s1","source":"De la tierra hacia la cual se volvía su caridad, veía los redondeados bordes verdosos lamidos por el éter azul.","translation":"Of the earth toward which his charity turned, he saw the rounded greenish edges licked by the blue ether.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p12-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"hacia la cual","title":"«la cual» after a preposition","body":"«hacia la cual» = 'toward which'. 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was:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p12-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"atinaba a decir","title":"«atinar a» + infinitive","body":"«atinar a» plus an infinitive means 'to manage to, to be able to get out (doing something)' — often when one is overwhelmed. «sólo atinaba a decir» = 'all he could manage to say', in the imperfect for the lingering effort."}],"words":[{"surface":"Y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"coordinating conjunction introducing the sentence","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the causal clause era natural","gloss":"since"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies era","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to natural","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"natural","lemma":"natural","morphology":"adjective, 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Lord.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p13-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Gracias","lemma":"Gracias","morphology":"interjection","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"Thank you"},{"surface":"gracias","lemma":"gracias","morphology":"interjection","role":"coordinated with Gracias","gloss":"thank you"},{"surface":"mi","lemma":"mi","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of Señor","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"Señor","lemma":"Señor","morphology":"proper noun","role":"vocative address","gloss":"Lord"}]},{"number":35,"label":"14","id":"la-revelacion-p14-s1","source":"No experimentaba curiosidad alguna.","translation":"He felt no curiosity at all.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p14-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"curiosidad alguna","title":"Postposed «alguno» = emphatic 'none'","body":"After a noun in a negative sentence, «alguno/alguna» reverses sense and intensifies the negation: «no... curiosidad alguna» = 'no curiosity whatsoever'. It is stronger and more literary than the plain «ninguna curiosidad»."}],"words":[{"surface":"No","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies experimentaba","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"experimentaba","lemma":"experimentar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"felt"},{"surface":"curiosidad","lemma":"curiosidad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of experimentaba","gloss":"curiosity"},{"surface":"alguna","lemma":"alguno","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies curiosidad","gloss":"any"}]},{"number":36,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p14-s2","source":"Su humildad se fortalecía en el acatamiento.","translation":"His humility grew stronger in submission.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p14-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of humildad","gloss":"His"},{"surface":"humildad","lemma":"humildad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of fortalecía","gloss":"humility"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of fortalecía","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"fortalecía","lemma":"fortalecer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"grew stronger"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking acatamiento","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of acatamiento","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"acatamiento","lemma":"acatamiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of fortalecía","gloss":"submission"}]},{"number":37,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p14-s3","source":"En la tersura celeste atisbó de pronto el escalonamiento de un roquedal.","translation":"In the smooth sky-blue he suddenly glimpsed the terracing of a rocky crag.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p14-s3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"En","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking tersura","gloss":"In"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of tersura","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"tersura","lemma":"tersura","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of atisbo","gloss":"smoothness"},{"surface":"celeste","lemma":"celeste","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies tersura","gloss":"sky-blue"},{"surface":"atisbó","lemma":"atisbar","morphology":"verb, preterite, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"he glimpsed","note":"Lacks its accent in the source; here it is the preterite verb atisbó ('he glimpsed'), not the noun atisbo ('a glimpse') — the following el escalonamiento has no linking de, so it must be a direct object, not a second noun in apposition."},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"forms the idiom 'de pronto', modifies atisbo","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"pronto","lemma":"pronto","morphology":"adverb","role":"forms the idiom 'de pronto', modifies atisbo","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of escalonamiento","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"escalonamiento","lemma":"escalonamiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of atisbo","gloss":"terracing"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking roquedal","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of roquedal","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"roquedal","lemma":"roquedal","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies escalonamiento","gloss":"rocky crag"}]},{"number":38,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p14-s4","source":"Una luz de oro bañaba el pedrerío a pesar de la noche, y lo azul en la distancia caía en profundos barrancos de lomas doradas.","translation":"A golden light bathed the stones despite the night, and the blue in the distance fell away into deep ravines of gilded hills.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p14-s4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"lo azul","title":"«lo» + adjective = abstract noun","body":"«lo azul» means 'the blue (part / quality)', 'the blueness'. Neuter «lo» before an adjective makes an abstract noun out of it — a favorite of Arlt's here, where colors become things in their own right."}],"words":[{"surface":"Una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of luz","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"luz","lemma":"luz","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of bañaba","gloss":"light"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking oro","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"oro","lemma":"oro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies luz","gloss":"gold"},{"surface":"bañaba","lemma":"bañar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"bathed"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of pedrerío","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"pedrerío","lemma":"pedrerío","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of bañaba","gloss":"stones"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the idiomatic phrase a pesar de","gloss":"despite","note":"\"a pesar de\" is a fixed idiom meaning \"despite / in spite of.\""},{"surface":"pesar","lemma":"pesar","morphology":"noun","role":"part of the idiomatic phrase a pesar de","gloss":"spite"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the idiomatic phrase a pesar de","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of noche","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"noche","lemma":"noche","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of a pesar de (concessive, modifies bañaba)","gloss":"night"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, neuter, singular","role":"neuter article on azul","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"azul","lemma":"azul","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"subject of caía","gloss":"blue"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking distancia","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of distancia","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"distancia","lemma":"distancia","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies azul","gloss":"distance"},{"surface":"caía","lemma":"caer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with bañaba (main verb of the second clause)","gloss":"fell"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking barrancos","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"profundos","lemma":"profundo","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies barrancos","gloss":"deep"},{"surface":"barrancos","lemma":"barranco","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of caía","gloss":"ravines"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking lomas","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"lomas","lemma":"loma","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"modifies barrancos","gloss":"hills"},{"surface":"doradas","lemma":"dorado","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies lomas","gloss":"gilded"}]},{"number":39,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p14-s5","source":"Ergueta con su cuerpo restituido avanzó a pasos prudentes, tiesa la pupila fiera en su perfil de gavilán.","translation":"Ergueta, his body restored to him, advanced with cautious steps, the fierce pupil rigid in his hawk-like profile.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p14-s5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"tiesa la pupila","title":"Adjective-first absolute phrase","body":"«tiesa la pupila fiera» fronts the adjective «tiesa» ('rigid') before its noun «la pupila»: 'the fierce pupil (held) rigid'. This terse absolute construction, with no verb, describes his bearing as he moves — a vivid, almost cinematic close-up."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of avanzó","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cuerpo","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of cuerpo","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"cuerpo","lemma":"cuerpo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of con","gloss":"body"},{"surface":"restituido","lemma":"restituido","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies cuerpo","gloss":"restored"},{"surface":"avanzó","lemma":"avanzar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"advanced"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking pasos","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"pasos","lemma":"paso","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of avanzó","gloss":"steps"},{"surface":"prudentes","lemma":"prudente","morphology":"adjective, plural","role":"modifies pasos","gloss":"cautious"},{"surface":"tiesa","lemma":"tieso","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"predicate adjective of pupila (absolute construction)","gloss":"rigid"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of pupila","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"pupila","lemma":"pupila","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of tiesa","gloss":"pupil"},{"surface":"fiera","lemma":"fiero","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies pupila","gloss":"fierce"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking perfil","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of perfil","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"perfil","lemma":"perfil","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of tiesa","gloss":"profile"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking gavilán","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"gavilán","lemma":"gavilán","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies perfil","gloss":"hawk"}]},{"number":40,"label":"15","id":"la-revelacion-p15-s1","source":"Naturalmente, no se sentía tranquilo porque su cuerpo había pecado innumerables veces, y porque comprendía que su rostro, a pesar de la actual expresión grave, tenía las rayas enérgicas y la fiereza de los malevos, que cuando él era mocito imitaba en el arrabal y con las patotas.","translation":"Naturally, he did not feel at ease, because his body had sinned countless times, and because he understood that his face, despite its present grave expression, had the forceful lines and the fierceness of the toughs whom, as a young lad, he used to imitate in the outskirts and with the street gangs.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p15-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"malevos / patotas","title":"«malevos» and «patotas» — Buenos Aires toughs","body":"Both are «lunfardo». A «malevo» is a knife-carrying tough or hoodlum of the old arrabal (the city's edge); a «patota» is a roving gang of young rowdies. Ergueta admits he once aped their swagger as a «mocito» ('young lad')."}],"words":[{"surface":"Naturalmente","lemma":"naturalmente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sentía","gloss":"Naturally"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sentía","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of sentía","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"sentía","lemma":"sentir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"felt"},{"surface":"tranquilo","lemma":"tranquilo","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate adjective of sentía","gloss":"at ease"},{"surface":"porque","lemma":"porque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of pecado","gloss":"because"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of 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phrase a pesar de","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of expresión","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"actual","lemma":"actual","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies expresión","gloss":"present","note":"False friend: Spanish \"actual\" means \"present/current,\" not English \"actual.\""},{"surface":"expresión","lemma":"expresión","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of a pesar de (concessive, modifies tenía)","gloss":"expression"},{"surface":"grave","lemma":"grave","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies expresión","gloss":"grave"},{"surface":"tenía","lemma":"tener","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of comprendía","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"las","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of rayas","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"rayas","lemma":"raya","morphology":"noun, feminine, 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thug."},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"relative pronoun","role":"direct object of imitaba (refers to malevos)","gloss":"whom"},{"surface":"cuando","lemma":"cuando","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of mocito","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of mocito","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to mocito","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"mocito","lemma":"mocito","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"predicate noun of era (temporal clause modifying imitaba)","gloss":"young lad"},{"surface":"imitaba","lemma":"imitar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause (refers to malevos)","gloss":"imitated"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking arrabal","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of arrabal","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"arrabal","lemma":"arrabal","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of imitaba","gloss":"outskirts"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking patotas","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"las","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of patotas","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"patotas","lemma":"patota","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"oblique complement of imitaba, coordinated with arrabal","gloss":"gangs","note":"\"patota\" is lunfardo for a rowdy street gang of youths."}]},{"number":41,"label":"16","id":"la-revelacion-p16-s1","source":"Pero su espíritu estaba contrito y quizá eso fuera suficiente, lo que no le impedía decirse:","translation":"But his spirit was contrite, and perhaps that was enough, which did not stop him saying to himself:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p16-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"quizá eso fuera","title":"Subjunctive after «quizá»","body":"«quizá» ('perhaps') often takes the subjunctive to mark genuine uncertainty: «quizá eso fuera suficiente» = 'perhaps that was/might be enough'. The imperfect subjunctive «fuera» keeps the judgment tentative, just a hope."}],"words":[{"surface":"Pero","lemma":"pero","morphology":"conjunction","role":"connects to the previous sentence","gloss":"But"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of espíritu","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"espíritu","lemma":"espíritu","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of estaba","gloss":"spirit"},{"surface":"estaba","lemma":"estar","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to contrito","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"contrito","lemma":"contrito","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate adjective of estaba","gloss":"contrite"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"quizá","lemma":"quizá","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies fuera","gloss":"perhaps"},{"surface":"eso","lemma":"ese","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of fuera","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"fuera","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to suficiente","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"suficiente","lemma":"suficiente","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"predicate adjective of fuera","gloss":"enough"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"el","morphology":"pronoun, neuter, singular","role":"part of the relative pronoun lo que (subject of impedía)","gloss":"which","note":"\"lo que\" is a neuter relative pronoun referring back to the whole preceding clause, = \"which.\""},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"part of the relative pronoun lo que (subject of impedía)","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies impedía","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of impedía","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"impedía","lemma":"impedir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause (modifies the preceding clause)","gloss":"stop"},{"surface":"decirse","lemma":"decirse","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of impedía","gloss":"say to himself"}]},{"number":42,"label":"17","id":"la-revelacion-p17-s1","source":"–¿Qué dirá el Señor de mi «pinta»?","translation":"–What will the Lord say about my \"look\"?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p17-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"pinta","title":"«pinta» — one's look, appearance","body":"«pinta» is colloquial for someone's appearance or 'look' — how one comes across. Ergueta worries about his «pinta» the way a tough would: whether he cuts a respectable figure before God, scuffed shoes and all."}],"words":[{"surface":"Qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of dirá","gloss":"What"},{"surface":"dirá","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"will say"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of Señor","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Señor","lemma":"Señor","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of dirá","gloss":"Lord"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking pinta","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"mi","lemma":"mi","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of pinta","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"pinta","lemma":"pinta","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of dirá","gloss":"look","note":"\"pinta\" is porteño slang for one's look, appearance, or style."}]},{"number":43,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p17-s2","source":"¿Cómo puedo presentarme ante él?","translation":"How can I present myself before him?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p17-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Cómo","lemma":"cómo","morphology":"pronoun","role":"oblique complement of presentarme","gloss":"How"},{"surface":"puedo","lemma":"poder","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of presentarme","gloss":"can"},{"surface":"presentarme","lemma":"presentarse","morphology":"verb, infinitive, reflexive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"present myself"},{"surface":"ante","lemma":"ante","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking él","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of presentarme","gloss":"him"}]},{"number":44,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p17-s3","source":"–Y al mirarse maquinalmente los botines comprobó que estaban deslustrados, lo que acrecentó su confusión–.","translation":"–And on mechanically looking at his boots he found they were dull and unpolished, which heightened his confusion–.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p17-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"al mirarse los botines","title":"Reflexive «mirarse» with body/possessions","body":"«al mirarse... los botines» uses the reflexive «se» with the article «los» to mean 'on looking at his (own) boots'. As with body parts, the reflexive supplies the possessor, so «los» does the work of English 'his'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"connects to comprobó","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking mirarse","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"mirarse","lemma":"mirarse","morphology":"verb, infinitive, reflexive","role":"adverbial clause on comprobó","gloss":"looking at","note":"\"mirarse los botines\" uses a reflexive/dative construction: literally \"to look at oneself's boots,\" i.e. his own."},{"surface":"maquinalmente","lemma":"maquinalmente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies mirarse","gloss":"mechanically"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of botines","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"botines","lemma":"botín","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of mirarse","gloss":"boots"},{"surface":"comprobó","lemma":"comprobar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"found"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of deslustrados","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"estaban","lemma":"estar","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"copula linking to deslustrados","gloss":"were"},{"surface":"deslustrados","lemma":"deslustrado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"clausal complement of comprobó","gloss":"dull, unpolished"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"el","morphology":"pronoun, neuter, singular","role":"part of the relative pronoun lo que (subject of acrecentó)","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"part of the relative pronoun lo que (subject of acrecentó)","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"acrecentó","lemma":"acrecentar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause (modifies the preceding clause)","gloss":"heightened"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of confusión","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"confusión","lemma":"confusión","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of acrecentó","gloss":"confusion"}]},{"number":45,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p17-s4","source":"¿Qué dirá el Señor de mi «pinta» y de esta cara de burrero y de cafishio?","translation":"What will the Lord say about my \"look\" and this face of a horseplayer and a pimp?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p17-s4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"burrero / cafishio","title":"«burrero» and «cafishio» — lunfardo insults","body":"More «lunfardo»: a «burrero» is a habitual racetrack gambler (from «burros», slang for racehorses), and a «cafishio» (also «cafisho») is a pimp who lives off a prostitute. Ergueta names his own face with these gutter words."}],"words":[{"surface":"Qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of dirá","gloss":"What"},{"surface":"dirá","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"will say"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of Señor","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Señor","lemma":"Señor","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of dirá","gloss":"Lord"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking pinta","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"mi","lemma":"mi","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of pinta","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"pinta","lemma":"pinta","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of dirá","gloss":"look"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cara","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"esta","lemma":"este","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of cara","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"cara","lemma":"cara","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"coordinated with pinta (oblique complement of dirá)","gloss":"face"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking burrero","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"burrero","lemma":"burrero","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies cara","gloss":"horseplayer","note":"\"burrero\" is slang for someone who bets on horse races."},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cafishio","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"cafishio","lemma":"cafishio","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with burrero","gloss":"pimp","note":"\"cafishio\" is lunfardo for a pimp."}]},{"number":46,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p17-s5","source":"Me preguntará de mis pecados... se acordará de todas las macanas que hice... ¿y yo qué le voy a contestar?... que no sabía, pero ¿cómo le voy a decir eso, si él dejó testimonio de ser en todos sus profetas?","translation":"He'll ask me about my sins... he'll remember all the blunders I made... and what am I going to answer him?... that I didn't know — but how am I going to tell him that, if he left testimony of his being in all his prophets?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p17-s5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"macanas","title":"«macanas» — blunders, foolish things","body":"«macana» is widespread River Plate slang for a blunder, a stupid mistake, or nonsense; «hacer macanas» is 'to mess up, do dumb things'. Ergueta's confession of his sins keeps slipping into this everyday porteño register."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"voy a contestar","title":"«ir a» + infinitive = near future","body":"«voy a contestar» ('I'm going to answer') and «voy a decir» use «ir a» plus an infinitive to express the near or intended future — the everyday spoken equivalent of the simple future, here driving his anxious inner monologue."}],"words":[{"surface":"Me","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of preguntará","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"preguntará","lemma":"preguntar","morphology":"verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"will ask"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking pecados","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"mis","lemma":"mi","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of pecados","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"pecados","lemma":"pecado","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of preguntará","gloss":"sins"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of acordará","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"acordará","lemma":"acordar","morphology":"verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with preguntará","gloss":"will remember"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking macanas","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"todas","lemma":"todo","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of macanas","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"las","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of macanas","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"macanas","lemma":"macana","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"oblique complement of acordará","gloss":"blunders","note":"\"macana\" is lunfardo for a blunder or foolish mistake."},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"direct object of hice","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"hice","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"verb of the relative clause (modifies macanas)","gloss":"made"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of voy","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of contestar","gloss":"what"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of contestar","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"voy","lemma":"ir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of contestar","gloss":"am going"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the periphrasis voy a contestar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"contestar","lemma":"contestar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the question (periphrasis with voy a)","gloss":"answer"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of sabía","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sabía","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"sabía","lemma":"saber","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"verb of the fragment \"no sabía\" (continues contestar)","gloss":"knew"},{"surface":"pero","lemma":"pero","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"cómo","lemma":"cómo","morphology":"pronoun","role":"oblique complement of decir","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of decir","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"voy","lemma":"ir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of decir","gloss":"am going"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the periphrasis voy a decir","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"decir","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the question (periphrasis with voy a)","gloss":"tell"},{"surface":"eso","lemma":"ese","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of decir","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"si","lemma":"si","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of dejó","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of dejó","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"dejó","lemma":"dejar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"verb of the si-clause (modifies decir)","gloss":"left"},{"surface":"testimonio","lemma":"testimonio","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of dejó","gloss":"testimony"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the complement of testimonio","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ser","lemma":"ser","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"infinitive complement of testimonio, linking to profetas","gloss":"being"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking profetas","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"todos","lemma":"todo","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of profetas","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"sus","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of profetas","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"profetas","lemma":"profeta","morphology":"noun, plural","role":"object of en","gloss":"prophets"}]},{"number":47,"label":"18","id":"la-revelacion-p18-s1","source":"Nuevamente volvió a examinar sus botines, sucios y descalabrados.","translation":"Once again he looked over his boots, dirty and battered.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p18-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"volvió a examinar","title":"«volver a» + infinitive = to do again","body":"«volver a» plus an infinitive means 'to do (something) again': «volvió a examinar» = 'he examined again'. It is the standard Spanish way to say 're-' or 'once more', here doubled by «Nuevamente» for emphasis."}],"words":[{"surface":"Nuevamente","lemma":"nuevamente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies volvió","gloss":"Again"},{"surface":"volvió","lemma":"volver","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"went back"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the periphrasis volvió a examinar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"examinar","lemma":"examinar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of volvió","gloss":"examine"},{"surface":"sus","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of botines","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"botines","lemma":"botín","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of examinar","gloss":"boots"},{"surface":"sucios","lemma":"sucio","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies botines","gloss":"dirty"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"descalabrados","lemma":"descalabrado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"coordinated with sucios","gloss":"battered"}]},{"number":48,"label":"19","id":"la-revelacion-p19-s1","source":"–Y me dirá: «Hasta estás hecho un turro... un vago vergonzoso y eso que fuiste a la universidad...","translation":"–And he'll say to me: \"You've even turned into a bum... a shameful idler, and that despite your having gone to the university...","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p19-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"turro","title":"«turro» — a no-good, a lowlife","body":"«turro» is «lunfardo» for a worthless, contemptible person — a bum or scoundrel. «estar hecho un turro» = 'to have become a complete lowlife'. Ergueta imagines God scolding him in his own slang."}],"words":[{"surface":"Y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"modifies dirá","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of dirá","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"dirá","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"will say"},{"surface":"Hasta","lemma":"hasta","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies estás hecho (intensifier \"even\")","gloss":"even","note":"Here \"hasta\" means \"even,\" not its more common sense \"until.\""},{"surface":"estás","lemma":"estar","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"copula linking to hecho","gloss":"you've"},{"surface":"hecho","lemma":"hecho","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate adjective of estás (estar hecho un/una = \"to have turned into\")","gloss":"turned into"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of turro","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"turro","lemma":"turro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"predicate noun of hecho","gloss":"bum","note":"\"turro\" is lunfardo for a worthless bum or lowlife."},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of vago","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"vago","lemma":"vago","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with turro (predicate noun of hecho)","gloss":"idler"},{"surface":"vergonzoso","lemma":"vergonzoso","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies vago","gloss":"shameful"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"eso","lemma":"ese","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"part of the idiom eso que (concessive, modifies dirá)","gloss":"that","note":"\"eso que\" is a colloquial concessive idiom meaning \"even though / despite the fact that.\""},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause (part of idiom eso que)","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"fuiste","lemma":"ir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"verb of the concessive clause (eso que fuiste)","gloss":"went"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking universidad","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of universidad","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"universidad","lemma":"universidad","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of fuiste","gloss":"university"}]},{"number":49,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p19-s2","source":"Te jugaste a los «burros» lo que pudo ser consuelo del huérfano y de la vida... y enfangaste en orgías el alma inmortal que yo te di, y arrastrastes a tu ángel guardián por los lupanares y él lloraba tras tuyo, mientras tu bocaza carnicera se llenaba de abominaciones...» Y lo peor es que yo no se lo voy a poder negar...","translation":"You gambled away on the \"nags\" what could have been the comfort of the orphan and of life... and you mired in orgies the immortal soul I gave you, and you dragged your guardian angel through the brothels while he wept behind you, as your butcher's big mouth filled itself with abominations...\" And the worst of it is that I'm not going to be able to deny it to him...","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p19-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"burros","title":"«burros» — the racehorses","body":"«los burros» (literally 'the donkeys') is River Plate slang for racehorses, and «jugarse a los burros» is 'to bet on the horses'. The gambling that ruined Ergueta surfaces even in God's imagined rebuke."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"arrastrastes","title":"«arrastrastes» — a nonstandard preterite","body":"«arrastrastes» is the colloquial 'tú' preterite with an extra «-s» (standard would be «arrastraste», 'you dragged'). This very common spoken error is reproduced on purpose to keep even God speaking in Ergueta's own untutored voice."}],"words":[{"surface":"Te","lemma":"tú","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive, singular","role":"reflexive particle of jugaste","gloss":"yourself"},{"surface":"jugaste","lemma":"jugar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"gambled"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking burros","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of burros","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"burros","lemma":"burro","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of jugaste (object of a)","gloss":"nags"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"el","morphology":"pronoun, neuter, singular","role":"part of the relative pronoun lo que (direct object of 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masculine, plural","role":"determiner of lupanares","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"lupanares","lemma":"lupanar","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of arrastrastes","gloss":"brothels"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of lloraba","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"lloraba","lemma":"llorar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with arrastrastes","gloss":"wept"},{"surface":"tras","lemma":"tras","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking tuyo","gloss":"behind"},{"surface":"tuyo","lemma":"tuyo","morphology":"possessive pronoun, masculine, singular","role":"object of tras (colloquial possessive construction = \"behind you\")","gloss":"you","note":"\"tras tuyo\" is colloquial Rioplatense for standard \"detrás de ti/vos,\" placing the possessive pronoun after the preposition."},{"surface":"mientras","lemma":"mientras","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of llenaba","gloss":"while"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of bocaza","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"bocaza","lemma":"bocaza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of llenaba","gloss":"big mouth"},{"surface":"carnicera","lemma":"carnicero","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies bocaza","gloss":"butcher's"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of llenaba","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"llenaba","lemma":"llenar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"verb of the mientras-clause (modifies arrastrastes)","gloss":"filled"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking abominaciones","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"abominaciones","lemma":"abominación","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of llenaba","gloss":"abominations"},{"surface":"Y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"introduces the sentence, links to es","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, neuter, singular","role":"neuter article on peor","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"peor","lemma":"peor","morphology":"adjective, singular, comparative","role":"subject of es","gloss":"worst"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"ser","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of negar","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of negar","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies negar","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of negar","gloss":"him","note":"\"le\" becomes \"se\" before another third-person clitic (\"lo\"): \"se lo\" = \"it to him.\""},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of negar","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"voy","lemma":"ir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of negar","gloss":"am going"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the periphrasis voy a poder negar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"poder","lemma":"poder","morphology":"auxiliary verb, infinitive","role":"auxiliary of negar","gloss":"be able"},{"surface":"negar","lemma":"negar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the que-clause (complement of es)","gloss":"deny"}]},{"number":50,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p19-s3","source":"¿Cómo le voy a negar el pecado?","translation":"How am I going to deny the sin to him?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p19-s3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Cómo","lemma":"cómo","morphology":"pronoun","role":"oblique complement of negar","gloss":"How"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of negar","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"voy","lemma":"ir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of negar","gloss":"am going"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the periphrasis voy a negar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"negar","lemma":"negar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"deny"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of pecado","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"pecado","lemma":"pecado","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of negar","gloss":"sin"}]},{"number":51,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p19-s4","source":"¡Qué macana, Dios mío!","translation":"What a mess, my God!","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p19-s4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"determiner","role":"determiner of macana","gloss":"What (a)"},{"surface":"macana","lemma":"macana","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"mess"},{"surface":"Dios","lemma":"Dios","morphology":"proper noun","role":"vocative, addressing Dios (separate from macana)","gloss":"God"},{"surface":"mío","lemma":"mío","morphology":"possessive pronoun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Dios (possessive, vocative)","gloss":"my"}]},{"number":52,"label":"20","id":"la-revelacion-p20-s1","source":"El cielo era sobre su cabeza una cúpula de yeso azul.","translation":"The sky over his head was a dome of blue plaster.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p20-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"El","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of cielo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"cielo","lemma":"cielo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of era","gloss":"sky"},{"surface":"era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking cielo to cúpula","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"sobre","lemma":"sobre","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cabeza, modifies era","gloss":"over"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of cabeza","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"cabeza","lemma":"cabeza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of preposition sobre","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of cúpula","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"cúpula","lemma":"cúpula","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"predicate complement of era","gloss":"dome"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking yeso","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"yeso","lemma":"yeso","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition de, modifies cúpula","gloss":"plaster"},{"surface":"azul","lemma":"azul","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies yeso","gloss":"blue"}]},{"number":53,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p20-s2","source":"Giraban en las elípticas remotos planetas como naranjas, y Ergueta miró humildemente el pedregal dorado.","translation":"Remote planets like oranges turned in their elliptical orbits, and Ergueta gazed humbly at the golden stony ground.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p20-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Giraban... remotos planetas","title":"Subject after the verb","body":"«Giraban... remotos planetas» = 'remote planets were turning', with the verb «Giraban» ahead of its subject. Spanish freely puts the subject last, especially in vivid description; the imperfect «Giraban» keeps the planets in continuous motion."}],"words":[{"surface":"Giraban","lemma":"girar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"turned"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking elípticas","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"las","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of elípticas","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"elípticas","lemma":"elíptica","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"object of preposition en","gloss":"orbits"},{"surface":"remotos","lemma":"remoto","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies planetas","gloss":"remote"},{"surface":"planetas","lemma":"planeta","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of Giraban","gloss":"planets"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"comparative marker, introduces naranjas, modifies planetas","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"naranjas","lemma":"naranja","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"object of como, compares to planetas","gloss":"oranges"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of miró","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"miró","lemma":"mirar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with Giraban","gloss":"gazed"},{"surface":"humildemente","lemma":"humildemente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies miró","gloss":"humbly"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of pedregal","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"pedregal","lemma":"pedregal","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of miró","gloss":"stony ground"},{"surface":"dorado","lemma":"dorado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies pedregal","gloss":"golden"}]},{"number":54,"label":"21","id":"la-revelacion-p21-s1","source":"De pronto una gran turbación desazonó su modestia.","translation":"Suddenly a great disturbance unsettled his modesty.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p21-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"De pronto","title":"«De pronto» — suddenly","body":"«de pronto» is a fixed adverbial phrase meaning 'suddenly, all at once'. It marks the turn in the scene — the calm vision is about to break as Ergueta lifts his eyes and sees a figure."}],"words":[{"surface":"De","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"forms the idiom 'de pronto', modifies desazonó","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"pronto","lemma":"pronto","morphology":"adverb","role":"forms the idiom 'de pronto', modifies desazonó","gloss":"suddenly","note":"'De pronto' is a fixed idiom meaning 'suddenly.'"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of turbación","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"gran","lemma":"gran","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies turbación","gloss":"great"},{"surface":"turbación","lemma":"turbación","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of desazonó","gloss":"disturbance"},{"surface":"desazonó","lemma":"desazonar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"unsettled"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of modestia","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"modestia","lemma":"modestia","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of desazonó","gloss":"modesty"}]},{"number":55,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p21-s2","source":"Levantó la cabeza y a su izquierda, detenido a diez pasos, vio al Hijo del Hombre.","translation":"He raised his head and, to his left, stopped ten paces off, he saw the Son of Man.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p21-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"vio al Hijo del Hombre","title":"Personal «a» before a person","body":"«vio al Hijo del Hombre» = 'he saw the Son of Man', with the 'personal a' («a» + «el» = «al») marking a human direct object. Spanish inserts this «a» before a definite person, where English uses nothing."}],"words":[{"surface":"Levantó","lemma":"levantar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with vio","gloss":"raised"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of cabeza","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"cabeza","lemma":"cabeza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of Levantó","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking izquierda","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of izquierda","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"izquierda","lemma":"izquierda","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of preposition a, adverbial phrase modifying 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well-dressed man who lives the good life and keeps up appearances. Ergueta's grotesque pride — refusing to kneel before Christ because a «bacán» must 'keep the line' (stay cool) — is pure porteño swagger."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"le retorcía el alma","title":"Indirect object + article for the soul","body":"«le retorcía el alma» = 'wrung his soul', literally 'wrung him the soul'. The indirect-object «le» names the person affected and the article «el» replaces the possessive — the same possessor-by-pronoun pattern Spanish uses with body parts."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of sufrió","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"sufrió","lemma":"sufrir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"suffered"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of desconsuelo","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"gran","lemma":"gran","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies desconsuelo","gloss":"great"},{"surface":"desconsuelo","lemma":"desconsuelo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of sufrió","gloss":"desolation"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies podía","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"podía","lemma":"poder","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, 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plural","role":"object of preposition por, modifies unidos","gloss":"fingers"},{"surface":"hacia","lemma":"hacia","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking dios","gloss":"toward"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of dios","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"dios","lemma":"dios","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition hacia, modifies extendió","gloss":"god"},{"surface":"silencioso","lemma":"silencioso","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies dios","gloss":"silent"}]},{"number":58,"label":"24","id":"la-revelacion-p24-s1","source":"Sentía que toda su caradura se impregnaba de devoción hacia él.","translation":"He felt his whole brazen face soaking with devotion toward him.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p24-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"caradura","title":"«caradura» — brazen cheek","body":"«caradura» (literally 'hard face') means shamelessness, nerve, brazen cheek — and by extension the cheeky person himself. Here it stands for Ergueta's own insolent face, now improbably flooding with devotion."}],"words":[{"surface":"Sentía","lemma":"sentir","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"felt"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of impregnaba","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"toda","lemma":"todo","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"modifies caradura (quantifier 'whole')","gloss":"whole"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of caradura","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"caradura","lemma":"caradura","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of impregnaba","gloss":"brazen face","note":"'Caradura' literally means 'hard face'; here it stands for his whole cheeky, brazen countenance."},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of impregnaba","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"impregnaba","lemma":"impregnar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of Sentía","gloss":"was soaking"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"object marking devoción, complement of impregnaba","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"devoción","lemma":"devoción","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of preposition de, complement of impregnaba","gloss":"devotion"},{"surface":"hacia","lemma":"hacia","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking él","gloss":"toward"},{"surface":"él","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition hacia, modifies devoción","gloss":"him"}]},{"number":59,"label":"25","id":"la-revelacion-p25-s1","source":"Así callado lo miraba a Jesús detenido en el roquedal.","translation":"Thus, silent, he watched Jesus, halted upon the crag.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p25-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"lo miraba a Jesús","title":"Redundant object pronoun","body":"«lo miraba a Jesús» doubles the object: the pronoun «lo» and the full phrase «a Jesús» both name the same thing ('he watched him, Jesus'). This redundant or 'clitic-doubled' object is normal in River Plate Spanish and adds emphasis."}],"words":[{"surface":"Así","lemma":"así","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies callado","gloss":"thus"},{"surface":"callado","lemma":"callado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicative adjective describing the subject of miraba","gloss":"silent"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of miraba, doubling a Jesús","gloss":"him","note":"'Lo' redundantly doubles 'a Jesús' as the direct object — common clitic doubling in Rioplatense Spanish."},{"surface":"miraba","lemma":"mirar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"watched"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"personal a marking Jesús as direct object","gloss":"object marker"},{"surface":"Jesús","lemma":"Jesús","morphology":"proper noun","role":"direct object of miraba","gloss":"Jesus"},{"surface":"detenido","lemma":"detenido","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Jesús","gloss":"halted"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking roquedal","gloss":"upon"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of roquedal","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"roquedal","lemma":"roquedal","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition en, modifies detenido","gloss":"crag"}]},{"number":60,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p25-s2","source":"Los ojos de Ergueta se llenaron de lágrimas.","translation":"Ergueta's eyes filled with tears.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p25-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se llenaron de","title":"Pronominal «llenarse de»","body":"«llenarse de» is the pronominal form of «llenar», meaning 'to fill up with'. The «se» makes it intransitive — the eyes fill of themselves: «se llenaron de lágrimas» = 'filled with tears'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of ojos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ojos","lemma":"ojo","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of llenaron","gloss":"eyes"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Ergueta","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"modifies ojos","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of llenaron","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"llenaron","lemma":"llenar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"filled"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking lágrimas","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"lágrimas","lemma":"lágrima","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"oblique complement of llenaron","gloss":"tears"}]},{"number":61,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p25-s3","source":"Lamentábase de que no hubiese allí alguien con quien golpearse para demostrarle al Señor cuánto lo quería, y ya el silencio le pareció tan insoportable que venciendo el terrible anonadamiento, humildemente suplicó:","translation":"He lamented that there was no one there to come to blows with, to show the Lord how much he loved him, and by now the silence struck him as so unbearable that, overcoming the terrible annihilation, he humbly begged:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p25-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Lamentábase","title":"Enclitic pronoun on the verb","body":"«Lamentábase» is «se lamentaba» ('he lamented') with the pronoun attached to the end of the verb. This enclitic placement is a literary, somewhat old-fashioned style; today «se lamentaba» is the everyday word order."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"no hubiese allí alguien","title":"Subjunctive after a negative emotion","body":"«hubiese» is the imperfect subjunctive of «haber». After «Lamentábase de que» ('he lamented that'), the verb goes subjunctive because the main clause expresses feeling — 'he was sorry that there was no one there'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Lamentábase","lemma":"lamentar él","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"he lamented","note":"Archaic/literary word order: the reflexive 'se' is attached after the verb, equivalent to modern 'se lamentaba.'"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"governed by Lamentábase, precedes the que-clause of hubiese","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of hubiese","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies hubiese","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"hubiese","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of Lamentábase","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"allí","lemma":"allí","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies hubiese","gloss":"there"},{"surface":"alguien","lemma":"alguien","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of hubiese","gloss":"anyone"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking quien","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"quien","lemma":"quien","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"oblique complement of golpearse","gloss":"whom"},{"surface":"golpearse","lemma":"golpear él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"clause modifying alguien","gloss":"come to blows"},{"surface":"para","lemma":"para","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of demostrarle","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"demostrarle","lemma":"demostrar él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"adverbial clause on golpearse","gloss":"show him"},{"surface":"al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"indirect object marker of demostrarle (doubling le)","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Señor","lemma":"señor","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"indirect object of demostrarle, doubling le","gloss":"Lord"},{"surface":"cuánto","lemma":"cuánto","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies quería (degree)","gloss":"how much"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of quería","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"quería","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of demostrarle","gloss":"loved"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ya","lemma":"ya","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies pareció","gloss":"by now"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of silencio","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"silencio","lemma":"silencio","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of pareció","gloss":"silence"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of pareció (experiencer)","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"pareció","lemma":"parecer","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with Lamentábase","gloss":"seemed"},{"surface":"tan","lemma":"tanto","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies insoportable","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"insoportable","lemma":"insoportable","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"predicate complement of pareció","gloss":"unbearable"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the result clause of suplicó","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"venciendo","lemma":"vencer","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial gerund modifying suplicó","gloss":"overcoming"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of anonadamiento","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"terrible","lemma":"terrible","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies anonadamiento","gloss":"terrible"},{"surface":"anonadamiento","lemma":"anonadamiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of venciendo","gloss":"annihilation"},{"surface":"humildemente","lemma":"humildemente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies suplicó","gloss":"humbly"},{"surface":"suplicó","lemma":"suplicar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"begged"}]},{"number":62,"label":"26","id":"la-revelacion-p26-s1","source":"–Yo quisiera ser diferente, pero no puedo.","translation":"–I would like to be different, but I can't.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p26-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"quisiera","title":"«quisiera» — a polite, softened wish","body":"«quisiera» is the imperfect subjunctive of «querer», used on its own to soften a wish into 'I would like'. It is gentler and more wistful than «quiero» ('I want') — the right register for Ergueta's humbled plea."}],"words":[{"surface":"Yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of quisiera","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"quisiera","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"would like"},{"surface":"ser","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, infinitive","role":"copula linking to diferente","gloss":"to be"},{"surface":"diferente","lemma":"diferente","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"predicate complement of ser","gloss":"different"},{"surface":"pero","lemma":"pero","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies puedo","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"puedo","lemma":"poder","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"coordinated with quisiera","gloss":"can"}]},{"number":63,"label":"27","id":"la-revelacion-p27-s1","source":"Jesús lo miraba.","translation":"Jesus watched him.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p27-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Jesús","lemma":"Jesús","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of miraba","gloss":"Jesus"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of miraba","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"miraba","lemma":"mirar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"watched"}]},{"number":64,"label":"28","id":"la-revelacion-p28-s1","source":"–Créame... me da no sé qué decirle que lo quiero mucho.","translation":"–Believe me... it gives me a strange feeling to tell you that I love you very much.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p28-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"me da no sé qué","title":"«dar no sé qué» — an indescribable feeling","body":"«me da no sé qué» is a colloquial idiom — literally 'it gives me I-don't-know-what' — meaning it stirs an awkward, hard-to-name feeling (embarrassment, unease). Ergueta can't quite say how strange it feels to confess his love."}],"words":[{"surface":"Créame","lemma":"creer yo","morphology":"verb, imperative, formal, second-person, singular","role":"independent imperative addressing the listener","gloss":"believe me"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of da","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"da","lemma":"dar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"gives"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"part of the idiom 'no sé qué', modifies sé","gloss":"don't"},{"surface":"sé","lemma":"saber","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"idiom 'no sé qué', direct object of da","gloss":"know"},{"surface":"qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"complement of sé, idiom 'no sé qué'","gloss":"what","note":"'No sé qué' is an idiom for 'a certain something' — an indescribable feeling."},{"surface":"decirle","lemma":"decir él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"subject clause of da","gloss":"to tell you"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of quiero","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of quiero","gloss":"you","note":"'Lo' refers to formal 'usted' as the direct object of querer ('to love'), which normally takes an accusative object for a person — this is standard usage, not loísmo."},{"surface":"quiero","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of decirle","gloss":"love"},{"surface":"mucho","lemma":"mucho","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies quiero","gloss":"very much"}]},{"number":65,"label":"29","id":"la-revelacion-p29-s1","source":"Ergueta le volvió la espalda, caminó tres pasos, luego, volviéndose, se detuvo.","translation":"Ergueta turned his back on him, walked three paces, then, turning around, stopped.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p29-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"le volvió la espalda","title":"«volver la espalda a alguien»","body":"«volver la espalda a alguien» means 'to turn one's back on someone'. The indirect-object «le» names the person ('on him'), and «la espalda» takes the article rather than a possessive — the usual Spanish pattern for body parts."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of volvió","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of volvió","gloss":"on him"},{"surface":"volvió","lemma":"volver","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"turned"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of espalda","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"espalda","lemma":"espalda","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of volvió","gloss":"back"},{"surface":"caminó","lemma":"caminar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with volvió","gloss":"walked"},{"surface":"tres","lemma":"tres","morphology":"numeral, plural","role":"quantifies pasos","gloss":"three"},{"surface":"pasos","lemma":"paso","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of caminó","gloss":"paces"},{"surface":"luego","lemma":"luego","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies detuvo","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"volviéndose","lemma":"volver él","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on detuvo","gloss":"turning around"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of detuvo","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"detuvo","lemma":"detener","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with volvió","gloss":"stopped"}]},{"number":66,"label":"30","id":"la-revelacion-p30-s1","source":"–He cometido todos los pecados y muchas maca... disparates... quisiera arrepentirme y no puedo... quisiera arrodillarme... cierto, besarle los pies a usted, que fue crucificado por nosotros...","translation":"–I've committed every sin and many blun... follies... I'd like to repent and I can't... I'd like to kneel... yes, to kiss your feet, you who were crucified for us...","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p30-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"He cometido","title":"Present perfect for life's tally","body":"«He cometido todos los pecados» = 'I have committed every sin'. The present perfect («haber» + past participle) sums up experience reaching into the present — the running total of a life, fitting for a confession."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"maca... disparates","title":"He swallows «macanas»","body":"Ergueta starts to say «macanas» (slang 'blunders') but checks himself mid-word and corrects to the more decorous «disparates» ('follies'). Even at this exalted moment he is policing his own gutter vocabulary before the Lord."}],"words":[{"surface":"He","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of cometido","gloss":"have"},{"surface":"cometido","lemma":"cometer","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"committed"},{"surface":"todos","lemma":"todo","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"modifies pecados (quantifier 'all')","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of pecados","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"pecados","lemma":"pecado","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of cometido","gloss":"sins"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"muchas","lemma":"mucho","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of maca","gloss":"many"},{"surface":"maca","lemma":"macana","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of cometido, coordinated with pecados","gloss":"blun-","note":"'Maca...' is a self-interrupted fragment of 'macanas' (lunfardo for blunders/nonsense) — he cuts himself off mid-word."},{"surface":"disparates","lemma":"disparate","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of cometido, self-corrected replacement for maca","gloss":"follies"},{"surface":"quisiera","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"I'd like"},{"surface":"arrepentirme","lemma":"arrepentir yo","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of quisiera","gloss":"to repent"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies puedo","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"puedo","lemma":"poder","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"coordinated with quisiera (elliptical: no puedo [arrepentirme])","gloss":"I can"},{"surface":"quisiera","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"I'd like"},{"surface":"arrodillarme","lemma":"arrodillar yo","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of quisiera","gloss":"to kneel"},{"surface":"cierto","lemma":"cierto","morphology":"interjection","role":"discourse marker affirming, introduces besarle","gloss":"yes"},{"surface":"besarle","lemma":"besar él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"coordinated with arrodillarme, complement of quisiera","gloss":"to kiss"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of pies","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"pies","lemma":"pie","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of besarle","gloss":"feet"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"marks usted as possessor of pies","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"indirect object of besarle (possessor of pies)","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of crucificado","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"fue","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of crucificado","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"crucificado","lemma":"crucificar","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"clause modifying usted","gloss":"crucified"},{"surface":"por","lemma":"por","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking nosotros","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"nosotros","lemma":"nosotros","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, masculine, plural","role":"object of preposition por, modifies crucificado","gloss":"us"}]},{"number":67,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p30-s2","source":"¡Ah! si usted supiera todas las cosas que quise decirle y se me escapan... y lo quiero sin embargo.","translation":"Ah! if you only knew all the things I meant to tell you and that slip away from me... and I love you all the same.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p30-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"si usted supiera","title":"«si» + imperfect subjunctive wish","body":"«si usted supiera» = 'if you (only) knew'. «si» with the imperfect subjunctive «supiera» frames an unreal or wished-for condition — half a sentence whose unspoken other half is 'how much I'd want to tell you'."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"se me escapan","title":"«se me escapan» — accidental «se»","body":"«se me escapan» = 'they escape on me / slip away from me'. The «se» + «me» pair frames the loss as accidental and beyond his control: the words get away from him rather than his losing them on purpose."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ah","lemma":"ah","morphology":"interjection","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"ah"},{"surface":"si","lemma":"si","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of supiera","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"subject of supiera","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"supiera","lemma":"saber","morphology":"verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"conditional clause (si-clause) associated with Ah","gloss":"knew"},{"surface":"todas","lemma":"todo","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"modifies cosas (quantifier 'all')","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"las","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of cosas","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"cosas","lemma":"cosa","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of supiera","gloss":"things"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"relative pronoun, direct object of decirle, refers to cosas","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"quise","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"relative clause modifying cosas","gloss":"meant"},{"surface":"decirle","lemma":"decir él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of quise","gloss":"to tell you"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of escapan","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"dative of experiencer, marks me as affected by escapan","gloss":"from me"},{"surface":"escapan","lemma":"escapar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"coordinated with quise, relative clause modifying cosas","gloss":"slip away"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of quiero","gloss":"you","note":"'Lo' again refers to formal 'usted' as the direct object of querer — standard accusative usage, not loísmo."},{"surface":"quiero","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of a new independent clause","gloss":"love"},{"surface":"sin","lemma":"sin","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking embargo, idiom 'sin embargo'","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"embargo","lemma":"embargo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition sin, idiom 'sin embargo'","gloss":"the same","note":"'Sin embargo' is a fixed idiom meaning 'nevertheless' / 'all the same.'"}]},{"number":68,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p30-s3","source":"¿Será porque estamos de hombre a hombre?","translation":"Could it be because we're here man to man?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p30-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"¿Será...?","title":"Future of conjecture","body":"«¿Será porque...?» uses the future tense not for the future but to guess about the present: 'could it be / I wonder if it's because...'. This 'future of probability' lets Spanish muse aloud about a likely reason."}],"words":[{"surface":"Será","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"could it be"},{"surface":"porque","lemma":"porque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of estamos","gloss":"because"},{"surface":"estamos","lemma":"estar","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, plural","role":"copula linking to hombre","gloss":"we are"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"forms the idiom 'de hombre a hombre', modifies estamos","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"hombre","lemma":"hombre","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition de, idiom 'de hombre a hombre'","gloss":"man","note":"'De hombre a hombre' is an idiom meaning 'man to man' — frankly, as equals."},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking hombre, idiom 'de hombre a hombre'","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"hombre","lemma":"hombre","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of preposition a, completes idiom 'de hombre a hombre'","gloss":"man"}]},{"number":69,"label":"31","id":"la-revelacion-p31-s1","source":"Jesús lo miraba.","translation":"Jesus watched him.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p31-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Jesús","lemma":"Jesús","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of miraba","gloss":"Jesus"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of miraba","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"miraba","lemma":"mirar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"watched"}]},{"number":70,"label":"32","id":"la-revelacion-p32-s1","source":"Una sonrisa nueva agració el rostro de Jesús.","translation":"A new smile graced the face of Jesus.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p32-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of sonrisa","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"sonrisa","lemma":"sonrisa","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of agració","gloss":"smile"},{"surface":"nueva","lemma":"nuevo","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies sonrisa","gloss":"new"},{"surface":"agració","lemma":"agraciar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"graced"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of rostro","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"rostro","lemma":"rostro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of agració","gloss":"face"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Jesús","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Jesús","lemma":"Jesús","morphology":"proper noun","role":"modifies rostro","gloss":"Jesus"}]},{"number":71,"label":"33","id":"la-revelacion-p33-s1","source":"Ergueta calló un instante, luego ruborizado murmuró tímidamente:","translation":"Ergueta fell silent a moment, then, blushing, murmured timidly:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p33-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"calló","title":"«callar» — to fall silent","body":"«callar» means 'to go quiet, fall silent'; the preterite «calló» marks the single moment he stops speaking. Beware the look-alike «cayó» ('he fell', from «caer») — different verb, different spelling, no double «l»."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of calló","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"calló","lemma":"callar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"fell silent"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of instante","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"instante","lemma":"instante","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of calló (duration)","gloss":"moment"},{"surface":"luego","lemma":"luego","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies murmuró","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"ruborizado","lemma":"ruborizado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Ergueta (predicative), describing his state during murmuró","gloss":"blushing"},{"surface":"murmuró","lemma":"murmurar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with calló","gloss":"murmured"},{"surface":"tímidamente","lemma":"tímidamente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies murmuró","gloss":"timidly"}]},{"number":72,"label":"34","id":"la-revelacion-p34-s1","source":"–¡Oh! qué bueno que es usted –exclamó enajenado Ergueta–.","translation":"–Oh! how good you are –Ergueta exclaimed, beside himself–.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p34-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Oh","lemma":"Oh","morphology":"interjection","role":"exclamation, part of exclamó's quoted speech","gloss":"oh"},{"surface":"qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"determiner","role":"modifies bueno (exclamative 'how')","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"bueno","lemma":"bueno","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of es (via qué...que construction)","gloss":"good"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"linking conjunction, introduces clause 'es usted' within the exclamative","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking usted to bueno (predicate adjective fronted in the exclamative)","gloss":"are"},{"surface":"usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"subject of es","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"exclamó","lemma":"exclamar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"exclaimed"},{"surface":"enajenado","lemma":"enajenado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Ergueta (predicative)","gloss":"beside himself"},{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of exclamó","gloss":"Ergueta"}]},{"number":73,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p34-s2","source":"¡Qué bueno!","translation":"How good!","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p34-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"determiner","role":"modifies bueno (exclamative 'how')","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"bueno","lemma":"bueno","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"good"}]},{"number":74,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p34-s3","source":"Usted se ha dignado sonreírme a mí, pecador... ¿Se da cuenta usted?","translation":"You have deigned to smile at me, a sinner... Do you realize?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p34-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"darse cuenta","title":"«darse cuenta» — to realize","body":"«darse cuenta (de)» is the everyday verb for 'to realize, to notice'. «¿Se da cuenta usted?» = 'Do you realize?'. Don't confuse it with «dar cuenta de» ('to account for'); the reflexive «se» is what makes it 'to become aware'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"subject of dignado","gloss":"You"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of dignado","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"ha","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of dignado","gloss":"have"},{"surface":"dignado","lemma":"dignar","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"deigned"},{"surface":"sonreírme","lemma":"sonreír yo","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of dignado","gloss":"smile at me"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking mí","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"mí","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"emphatic doubling of me (object of sonreírme)","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"pecador","lemma":"pecador","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"in apposition to mí","gloss":"sinner"},{"surface":"Se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of da","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"da","lemma":"dar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"realize","note":"'Darse cuenta' is an idiom meaning 'to realize'; ¿Se da cuenta usted? = 'Do you realize?'"},{"surface":"cuenta","lemma":"cuenta","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"compound with da","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"subject of da","gloss":"you"}]},{"number":75,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p34-s4","source":"Ha sonreído.","translation":"You have smiled.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p34-s4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ha","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of sonreído","gloss":"have"},{"surface":"sonreído","lemma":"sonreír","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"smiled"}]},{"number":76,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p34-s5","source":"A su lado, créame, me siento un muchacho, un «purrete».","translation":"At your side, believe me, I feel like a boy, a \"purrete\".","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p34-s5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"purrete","title":"«purrete» — a kid","body":"«purrete» is affectionate River Plate slang for a small child or 'kid'. Beside Jesus, the hulking gambler feels reduced to a little boy — and reaches, as always, for the porteño word."}],"words":[{"surface":"A","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking lado","gloss":"At"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of lado","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"lado","lemma":"lado","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of siento","gloss":"side"},{"surface":"créame","lemma":"creer yo","morphology":"verb, imperative, formal, singular","role":"parenthetical imperative clause","gloss":"believe me","note":"'Créame' = formal imperative 'crea' + enclitic 'me' — 'believe me,' interjected as an aside."},{"surface":"me","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of siento","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"siento","lemma":"sentir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"feel"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of muchacho","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"muchacho","lemma":"muchacho","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of siento","gloss":"boy"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of purrete","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"purrete","lemma":"purrete","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"in apposition to muchacho","gloss":"kid","note":"'Purrete' is Rioplatense lunfardo slang for a young boy or street kid; the translation keeps the original word in quotes."}]},{"number":77,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p34-s6","source":"Quisiera adorarlo toda la vida, ser su guardaespalda.","translation":"I'd like to adore you all my life, to be your bodyguard.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p34-s6.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Quisiera","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"I would like"},{"surface":"adorarlo","lemma":"adorar él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of Quisiera","gloss":"adore you"},{"surface":"toda","lemma":"todo","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"modifies vida","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of vida","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"vida","lemma":"vida","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"adverbial complement of adorarlo (toda la vida = all my life)","gloss":"life"},{"surface":"ser","lemma":"ser","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"coordinated with adorarlo (second complement of Quisiera)","gloss":"to be"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of guardaespalda","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"guardaespalda","lemma":"guardaespalda","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"complement of Quisiera","gloss":"bodyguard"}]},{"number":78,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p34-s7","source":"Ahora no pecaré más, toda la vida voy a pensar en usted, y pobre del que dude de usted... le rompo el alma... Jesús lo miraba.","translation":"Now I'll sin no more, all my life I'm going to think of you, and woe to anyone who doubts you... I'll beat the hell out of him... Jesus watched him.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p34-s7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"pobre del que dude","title":"Subjunctive in «el que dude»","body":"«pobre del que dude de usted» = 'woe to whoever doubts you'. «el que» followed by the subjunctive «dude» refers to no specific person — anyone at all who might doubt — so the verb is subjunctive, as with all indefinite relatives."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ahora","lemma":"ahora","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies pecaré","gloss":"Now"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies pecaré","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"pecaré","lemma":"pecar","morphology":"verb, future, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"will sin"},{"surface":"más","lemma":"más","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies pecaré","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"toda","lemma":"todo","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"modifies vida","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of vida","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"vida","lemma":"vida","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"temporal adverbial modifying pensar (toda la vida = all my life)","gloss":"life"},{"surface":"voy","lemma":"ir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of pensar","gloss":"am going"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of pensar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"pensar","lemma":"pensar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of voy","gloss":"think"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking usted","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"oblique complement of pensar","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"pobre","lemma":"pobre","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"head of the exclamatory phrase","gloss":"woe to","note":"'Pobre del que dude de usted' is an idiom meaning 'woe to whoever doubts you' — literally 'poor is the one who doubts you.'"},{"surface":"del","lemma":"del","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking que","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of dude","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"dude","lemma":"dudar","morphology":"verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying pobre","gloss":"doubts"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking usted","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"oblique complement of dude","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of rompo","gloss":"his","note":"'Le rompo el alma' uses a dative pronoun (le = to him) where English uses a possessive: literally 'I break the soul to him.'"},{"surface":"rompo","lemma":"romper","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"smash"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of alma","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"alma","lemma":"alma","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of rompo","gloss":"soul"},{"surface":"Jesús","lemma":"Jesús","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of miraba","gloss":"Jesus"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of miraba","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"miraba","lemma":"mirar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"watched"}]},{"number":79,"label":"35","id":"la-revelacion-p35-s1","source":"Entonces Ergueta, queriendo ofrecer lo mejor de sí mismo, dijo:","translation":"Then Ergueta, wanting to offer the best of himself, said:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p35-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"lo mejor de sí mismo","title":"«lo mejor» — the best part","body":"«lo mejor de sí mismo» = 'the best of himself', 'his best part'. Neuter «lo» + a superlative forms an abstract noun ('the best thing'), and «sí mismo» is the stressed reflexive 'himself' used after a preposition."}],"words":[{"surface":"Entonces","lemma":"entonces","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies dijo","gloss":"Then"},{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of dijo","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"queriendo","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on dijo","gloss":"wanting"},{"surface":"ofrecer","lemma":"ofrecer","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of queriendo","gloss":"to offer"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"lo","morphology":"determiner, neuter, singular","role":"determiner of mejor","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"mejor","lemma":"mejor","morphology":"adjective, singular, comparative","role":"direct object of ofrecer","gloss":"best"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking sí","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"sí","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"modifies mejor","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"mismo","lemma":"mismo","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies sí","gloss":"self"},{"surface":"dijo","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"said"}]},{"number":80,"label":"36","id":"la-revelacion-p36-s1","source":"–Yo me arrodillo ante usted.","translation":"–I kneel before you.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p36-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"me arrodillo","title":"Pronominal «arrodillarse»","body":"«arrodillarse» ('to kneel') is the standard pronominal form — it carries the reflexive pronoun. «me arrodillo» = 'I kneel (myself) down'. While the plain «arrodillar» does exist as a rare transitive ('to cause someone to kneel'), the self-directed pronominal «arrodillarse» is the everyday verb."}],"words":[{"surface":"Yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of arrodillo","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of arrodillo","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"arrodillo","lemma":"arrodillar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"kneel"},{"surface":"ante","lemma":"ante","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking usted","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"usted","lemma":"usted","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, singular","role":"oblique complement of arrodillo","gloss":"you"}]},{"number":81,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p36-s2","source":"–Avanzó unos pasos y llegando frente a Jesús inclinó la cabeza, apoyó una rodilla en el pedregal dorado, iba a prosternarse cuando Jesús avanzó su mano taladrada, la apoyó en su hombro, y dijo:","translation":"–He stepped forward a few paces and, coming before Jesus, bowed his head, set one knee on the golden stones, and was about to prostrate himself when Jesus put forward his pierced hand, laid it on his shoulder, and said:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p36-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"iba a prosternarse","title":"«iba a» + infinitive — about to","body":"«iba a prosternarse» = 'he was about to prostrate himself'. The imperfect of «ir a» plus an infinitive describes an action on the point of happening in the past — set up here precisely so that «cuando» ('when') can interrupt it."}],"words":[{"surface":"Avanzó","lemma":"avanzar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stepped forward"},{"surface":"unos","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of pasos","gloss":"a few"},{"surface":"pasos","lemma":"paso","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of Avanzó","gloss":"paces"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"llegando","lemma":"llegar","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on inclinó","gloss":"coming"},{"surface":"frente","lemma":"frente","morphology":"noun, part of the compound preposition frente a","role":"head of the compound preposition frente a, marking Jesús","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the compound preposition frente a","gloss":"(part of frente a)"},{"surface":"Jesús","lemma":"Jesús","morphology":"proper noun","role":"oblique complement of llegando","gloss":"Jesus"},{"surface":"inclinó","lemma":"inclinar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with Avanzó","gloss":"bowed"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of cabeza","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"cabeza","lemma":"cabeza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of inclinó","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"apoyó","lemma":"apoyar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with Avanzó","gloss":"set"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of rodilla","gloss":"one"},{"surface":"rodilla","lemma":"rodilla","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of apoyó","gloss":"knee"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking pedregal","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of pedregal","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"pedregal","lemma":"pedregal","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of apoyó","gloss":"stones"},{"surface":"dorado","lemma":"dorado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies pedregal","gloss":"golden"},{"surface":"iba","lemma":"ir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with Avanzó","gloss":"was about to"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of prosternarse","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"prosternarse","lemma":"prosternar él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of iba","gloss":"prostrate himself"},{"surface":"cuando","lemma":"cuando","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of avanzó","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"Jesús","lemma":"Jesús","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of avanzó","gloss":"Jesus"},{"surface":"avanzó","lemma":"avanzar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"adverbial clause on iba","gloss":"put forward"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of mano","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"mano","lemma":"mano","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of avanzó","gloss":"hand"},{"surface":"taladrada","lemma":"taladrado","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies mano","gloss":"pierced"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of apoyó","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"apoyó","lemma":"apoyar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with avanzó","gloss":"laid"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking hombro","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of hombro","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"hombro","lemma":"hombro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of apoyó","gloss":"shoulder"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dijo","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with avanzó","gloss":"said"}]},{"number":82,"label":"37","id":"la-revelacion-p37-s1","source":"–Vente.","translation":"–Come.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p37-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Vente","title":"Affirmative command + attached pronoun","body":"«Vente» is the affirmative «tú» command of «venirse» ('come along'), with the pronoun «-te» fastened to the end. In positive commands the pronoun always attaches to the verb; the pronominal «venirse» adds a nuance of 'come on over, come with me'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Vente","lemma":"venir tú","morphology":"verb, imperative, second-person, singular, reflexive (enclitic te)","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"Come","note":"'Vente' = imperative 'ven' + enclitic reflexive 'te' — an informal command meaning 'come (here/along).'"}]},{"number":83,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p37-s2","source":"Sígueme siempre y no peques más, porque tu alma es hermoso como la de los ángeles que alaban al Señor.","translation":"Follow me always and sin no more, for your soul is beautiful like that of the angels who praise the Lord.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p37-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Sígueme / no peques","title":"Positive vs. negative commands","body":"«Sígueme» (positive command, pronoun attached) contrasts with «no peques» (negative command). In the affirmative the pronoun joins the verb; in the negative the verb takes the subjunctive form «peques» and any pronoun would go in front. «alma» is grammatically feminine, so the standard form would be «hermosa» — Arlt leaves the agreement as «hermoso»."}],"words":[{"surface":"Sígueme","lemma":"seguir yo","morphology":"verb, imperative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"Follow me"},{"surface":"siempre","lemma":"siempre","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies Sígueme","gloss":"always"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies peques","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"peques","lemma":"pecar","morphology":"verb, present, subjunctive, second-person, singular (negative imperative)","role":"coordinated with Sígueme","gloss":"sin"},{"surface":"más","lemma":"más","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies peques","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"porque","lemma":"porque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of es","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of alma","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"alma","lemma":"alma","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of hermoso","gloss":"soul"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to hermoso","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"hermoso","lemma":"hermoso","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of es (reason for Sígueme)","gloss":"beautiful"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the comparison with alma (like that of the angels)","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"stands for alma (elliptical), compared via como","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ángeles","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of ángeles","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ángeles","lemma":"ángel","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"object of de, modifies la","gloss":"angels"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of alaban","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"alaban","lemma":"alabar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"clause modifying ángeles","gloss":"praise"},{"surface":"al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Señor","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Señor","lemma":"Señor","morphology":"proper noun","role":"direct object of alaban","gloss":"Lord"}]},{"number":84,"label":"38","id":"la-revelacion-p38-s1","source":"Quiso hablar, pero ya el vacío y el silencio lo rodeaban vertiginosamente.","translation":"He tried to speak, but already the void and the silence were whirling dizzily around him.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p38-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Quiso hablar","title":"«querer» in the preterite = tried","body":"In the preterite, «querer» often shades from 'wanted' to 'tried (and failed)': «Quiso hablar» = 'he tried to speak'. The preterite marks the single attempt, against the imperfect «rodeaban» that holds the surrounding vertigo open."}],"words":[{"surface":"Quiso","lemma":"querer","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"tried"},{"surface":"hablar","lemma":"hablar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of Quiso","gloss":"to speak"},{"surface":"pero","lemma":"pero","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"ya","lemma":"ya","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies rodeaban","gloss":"already"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of vacío","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"vacío","lemma":"vacío","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of rodeaban","gloss":"void"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of silencio","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"silencio","lemma":"silencio","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with vacío","gloss":"silence"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of rodeaban","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"rodeaban","lemma":"rodear","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"were whirling"},{"surface":"vertiginosamente","lemma":"vertiginosamente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies rodeaban","gloss":"dizzily"}]},{"number":85,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p38-s2","source":"Ergueta comprendió que había entrado en el conocimiento de Dios.","translation":"Ergueta understood that he had entered into the knowledge of God.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p38-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of comprendió","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"comprendió","lemma":"comprender","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"understood"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of entrado","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"había","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of entrado","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"entrado","lemma":"entrar","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"clausal complement of comprendió","gloss":"entered"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking conocimiento","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of conocimiento","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"conocimiento","lemma":"conocimiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of entrado","gloss":"knowledge"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Dios","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Dios","lemma":"Dios","morphology":"proper noun","role":"modifies conocimiento","gloss":"God"}]},{"number":86,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p38-s3","source":"Ello era bien claro, porque al volverse a una voces que sonaban en la sala oscura, un loco mudo de nacimiento exclamó, mirándolo con extrañeza:","translation":"This was quite clear, because, on turning toward some voices that were sounding in the dark ward, a madman mute from birth exclaimed, looking at him with bewilderment:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p38-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"al volverse a unas voces","title":"«Al» + reflexive infinitive","body":"«al volverse a...» = 'on turning (himself) toward...'. «Al» + infinitive marks the moment, and «volverse» is pronominal — to turn oneself around. (The source reads «una voces»; standard agreement would be «unas voces».)"}],"words":[{"surface":"Ello","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, acc,nom, masculine, singular","role":"subject of claro","gloss":"This"},{"surface":"era","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to claro","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"bien","lemma":"bien","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies claro","gloss":"quite"},{"surface":"claro","lemma":"claro","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"clear"},{"surface":"porque","lemma":"porque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of volverse","gloss":"because"},{"surface":"al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking volverse","gloss":"upon"},{"surface":"volverse","lemma":"volver él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"adverbial clause on exclamó","gloss":"turning"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking voces","gloss":"toward"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of voces","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"voces","lemma":"voz","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"oblique complement of volverse","gloss":"voices"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of sonaban","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"sonaban","lemma":"sonar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"clause modifying voces","gloss":"were sounding"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking sala","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of sala","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"sala","lemma":"sala","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of sonaban","gloss":"ward"},{"surface":"oscura","lemma":"oscuro","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies sala","gloss":"dark"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of loco","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"loco","lemma":"loco","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of exclamó","gloss":"madman"},{"surface":"mudo","lemma":"mudo","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies loco","gloss":"mute"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking nacimiento","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"nacimiento","lemma":"nacimiento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies mudo","gloss":"birth"},{"surface":"exclamó","lemma":"exclamar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the clause introduced by porque","gloss":"exclaimed"},{"surface":"mirándolo","lemma":"mirar él","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on exclamó","gloss":"looking at him"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking extrañeza","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"extrañeza","lemma":"extrañeza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of mirándolo","gloss":"bewilderment"}]},{"number":87,"label":"39","id":"la-revelacion-p39-s1","source":"–Parece que venís del cielo.","translation":"–It seems you've come from heaven.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p39-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"venís","title":"«vos» form «venís»","body":"«venís» is the «voseo» present of «venir» for «vos», the River Plate 'you'. Where Spain uses «tú vienes», Buenos Aires uses «vos venís» — the everyday second person the madmen speak in."}],"words":[{"surface":"Parece","lemma":"parecer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"It seems"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of venís","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"venís","lemma":"venir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular (voseo)","role":"clausal complement of Parece","gloss":"you've come"},{"surface":"del","lemma":"del","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cielo","gloss":"from the"},{"surface":"cielo","lemma":"cielo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of venís","gloss":"heaven"}]},{"number":88,"label":"40","id":"la-revelacion-p40-s1","source":"Ergueta lo miró asombrado.","translation":"Ergueta looked at him, amazed.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p40-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of miró","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of miró","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"miró","lemma":"mirar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"looked at"},{"surface":"asombrado","lemma":"asombrado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Ergueta (predicate adjective)","gloss":"amazed"}]},{"number":89,"label":"41","id":"la-revelacion-p41-s1","source":"–Sí, porque, como los santos, tenés una rueda de luz en la cabeza.","translation":"–Yes, because, like the saints, you have a wheel of light around your head.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p41-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"tenés","title":"«vos» form «tenés»","body":"«tenés» is the «voseo» present of «tener» ('you have'), against Spain's «tú tienes». The «vos» forms stress the last syllable and drop the diphthong — «tenés», «venís», «hacés» — the hallmark of porteño speech."}],"words":[{"surface":"Sí","lemma":"sí","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"Yes"},{"surface":"porque","lemma":"porque","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of tenés","gloss":"because"},{"surface":"como","lemma":"como","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the comparison (como los santos = like the saints)","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of santos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"santos","lemma":"santo","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"object of the comparison (como los santos)","gloss":"saints"},{"surface":"tenés","lemma":"tener","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular (voseo)","role":"main verb of the clause introduced by porque","gloss":"you have"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of rueda","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"rueda","lemma":"rueda","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of tenés","gloss":"wheel"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking luz","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"luz","lemma":"luz","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies rueda","gloss":"light"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cabeza","gloss":"around"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of cabeza","gloss":"your","note":"Spanish uses the definite article with body parts where English uses a possessive: 'la cabeza' = 'your head' here."},{"surface":"cabeza","lemma":"cabeza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of tenés","gloss":"head"}]},{"number":90,"label":"42","id":"la-revelacion-p42-s1","source":"Ergueta, suavemente atemorizado, se apoyó en el muro.","translation":"Ergueta, gently frightened, leaned against the wall.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p42-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of apoyó","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"suavemente","lemma":"suavemente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies atemorizado","gloss":"gently"},{"surface":"atemorizado","lemma":"atemorizado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Ergueta","gloss":"frightened"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of apoyó","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"apoyó","lemma":"apoyar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"leaned"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking muro","gloss":"against"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of muro","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"muro","lemma":"muro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of apoyó","gloss":"wall"}]},{"number":91,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p42-s2","source":"Un loco tuerto, que hasta entonces permanecía callado, exclamó:","translation":"A one-eyed madman, who until then had stayed silent, exclaimed:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p42-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"tuerto","title":"«tuerto» — one-eyed","body":"«tuerto» means 'one-eyed', a person blind in or missing one eye. This «loco tuerto» becomes a recurring figure in the scene, the one who later claims his sight is restored on the blind side."}],"words":[{"surface":"Un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of loco","gloss":"A"},{"surface":"loco","lemma":"loco","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of exclamó","gloss":"madman"},{"surface":"tuerto","lemma":"tuerto","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies loco","gloss":"one-eyed"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of permanecía","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"hasta","lemma":"hasta","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking entonces","gloss":"until"},{"surface":"entonces","lemma":"entonces","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies permanecía","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"permanecía","lemma":"permanecer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying loco","gloss":"had stayed"},{"surface":"callado","lemma":"callado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"predicate complement of permanecía","gloss":"silent"},{"surface":"exclamó","lemma":"exclamar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"exclaimed"}]},{"number":92,"label":"43","id":"la-revelacion-p43-s1","source":"–Milagros... vos haces milagros.","translation":"–Miracles... you work miracles.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p43-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Milagros","lemma":"milagro","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the exclamatory phrase","gloss":"Miracles"},{"surface":"vos","lemma":"vos","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular (voseo)","role":"subject of haces","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"haces","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"work","note":"Pairs voseo 'vos' with the standard (tuteo) verb form 'haces' rather than voseo 'hacés' — the mixed register is in the source."},{"surface":"milagros","lemma":"milagro","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of haces","gloss":"miracles"}]},{"number":93,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p43-s2","source":"Al mundo le devolviste el habla.","translation":"To the world you gave back speech.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p43-s2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"le devolviste el habla","title":"«devolver» with indirect object","body":"«devolver algo a alguien» is 'to give something back to someone'. «le devolviste el habla» = 'you gave speech back to it (the world)'; the «le» marks the recipient and «devolviste» is the «vos» preterite. (Here «el mundo» stands oddly for «el mudo», the mute man.)"}],"words":[{"surface":"Al","lemma":"al","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking mundo","gloss":"To the"},{"surface":"mundo","lemma":"mundo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"indirect object of devolviste","gloss":"world"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of devolviste (doubles al mundo)","gloss":"to it"},{"surface":"devolviste","lemma":"devolver","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"gave back"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of habla","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"habla","lemma":"habla","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of devolviste","gloss":"speech"}]},{"number":94,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p43-s3","source":"La conversación despertó a un tercer poseído, que se pasaba los días matando imaginarios piojos entre sus callosos dedos desgastados, y el barbudo, volviendo su cara pálida, dijo:","translation":"The talk woke a third possessed man, who spent his days killing imaginary lice between his calloused worn fingers, and the bearded one, turning his pale face, said:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p43-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se pasaba los días","title":"«pasarse + time + gerund»","body":"«se pasaba los días matando...» = 'he spent his days killing...'. The pronominal «pasarse» plus a stretch of time and a gerund describes how someone spends that time; the imperfect «pasaba» makes it a steady habit."}],"words":[{"surface":"La","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of conversación","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"conversación","lemma":"conversación","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of despertó","gloss":"talk"},{"surface":"despertó","lemma":"despertar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"woke"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking poseído (personal a)","gloss":"object marker","note":"The personal 'a' marks a human direct object; it has no separate English translation."},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of poseído","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"tercer","lemma":"tercero","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies poseído","gloss":"third"},{"surface":"poseído","lemma":"poseído","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of despertó","gloss":"possessed man"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of pasaba","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of pasaba","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"pasaba","lemma":"pasar","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying poseído","gloss":"spent"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of días","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"días","lemma":"día","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of pasaba","gloss":"days"},{"surface":"matando","lemma":"matar","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on pasaba","gloss":"killing"},{"surface":"imaginarios","lemma":"imaginario","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies piojos","gloss":"imaginary"},{"surface":"piojos","lemma":"piojo","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of matando","gloss":"lice"},{"surface":"entre","lemma":"entre","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking dedos","gloss":"between"},{"surface":"sus","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of dedos","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"callosos","lemma":"calloso","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies dedos","gloss":"calloused"},{"surface":"dedos","lemma":"dedo","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of matando","gloss":"fingers"},{"surface":"desgastados","lemma":"desgastado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies dedos","gloss":"worn"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of barbudo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"barbudo","lemma":"barbudo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of dijo","gloss":"bearded one"},{"surface":"volviendo","lemma":"volver","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on dijo","gloss":"turning"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of cara","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"cara","lemma":"cara","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of volviendo","gloss":"face"},{"surface":"pálida","lemma":"pálido","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies cara","gloss":"pale"},{"surface":"dijo","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with despertó","gloss":"said"}]},{"number":95,"label":"44","id":"la-revelacion-p44-s1","source":"–Vos viniste a resucitar a los muertos...","translation":"–You came to raise the dead...","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p44-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Vos","lemma":"vos","morphology":"pronoun, second-person, singular (voseo)","role":"subject of viniste","gloss":"You"},{"surface":"viniste","lemma":"venir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"came"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of resucitar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"resucitar","lemma":"resucitar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of viniste","gloss":"raise"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking muertos (personal a)","gloss":"object marker","note":"The personal 'a' marks a human direct object; it has no separate English translation."},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of muertos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"muertos","lemma":"muerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of resucitar","gloss":"dead"}]},{"number":96,"label":"45","id":"la-revelacion-p45-s1","source":"–Y a darle la vista a los ciegos –interrumpió el mundo.","translation":"–And to give sight to the blind –the mute man broke in.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p45-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"el mundo","title":"«el mundo» for «el mudo»","body":"Throughout the scene the source prints «el mundo» ('the world') where context plainly means «el mudo» ('the mute man') — the madman who has just regained speech. We keep the original word but translate the sense."}],"words":[{"surface":"Y","lemma":"Y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of darle","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"darle","lemma":"dar él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"coordinated with resucitar (continues viniste from the previous line)","gloss":"give"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of vista","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"vista","lemma":"vista","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of darle","gloss":"sight"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ciegos","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of ciegos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ciegos","lemma":"ciego","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"indirect object of darle","gloss":"blind"},{"surface":"interrumpió","lemma":"interrumpir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"broke in"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of mundo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"mundo","lemma":"mundo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of interrumpió","gloss":"mute man","note":"Arlt's text literally reads 'mundo' (world), but the established translation renders it 'mute man' — likely a nickname pointing back to 'el loco mudo' introduced earlier in the scene. Flagged for editorial confirmation."}]},{"number":97,"label":"46","id":"la-revelacion-p46-s1","source":"–Y también a los tuertos –aseguró el loco a quien faltaba un ojo–, porque ahora veo de este lado.","translation":"–And the one-eyed too –assured the madman who was missing an eye–, because now I can see on this side.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p46-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"a quien faltaba un ojo","title":"«faltar» with indirect object","body":"«faltar» works like 'to be lacking to someone': «el loco a quien faltaba un ojo» = 'the madman to whom an eye was lacking', i.e. who was missing an eye. The missing thing is the subject; the person appears as an (indirect) object."}],"words":[{"surface":"Y","lemma":"Y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"también","lemma":"también","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies tuertos (elliptical continuation of darle from the previous line: also to the one-eyed)","gloss":"too"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking tuertos","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of tuertos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"tuertos","lemma":"tuerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"indirect object of darle (elliptical, continued from the previous line)","gloss":"one-eyed"},{"surface":"aseguró","lemma":"asegurar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"assured"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, 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God who is in your body.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p47-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"vos no sos","title":"«vos sos» — the voseo of «ser»","body":"«sos» is the «vos» present of «ser» ('you are'), where Spain says «tú eres». «vos no sos vos» = 'you aren't you'. The doubling of «vos» (subject pronoun, then predicate) makes the riddle: the man is not himself but God."}],"words":[{"surface":"Pero","lemma":"pero","morphology":"conjunction","role":"modifies sos","gloss":"But"},{"surface":"vos","lemma":"vos","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, second-person, singular","role":"subject of sos","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sos","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"sos","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"copula linking to vos","gloss":"are","note":"Voseo: Rioplatense second-person-singular present of ser (“vos sos” = “you are”), replacing standard tú eres."},{"surface":"vos","lemma":"vos","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, second-person, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"sino","lemma":"sino","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"Dios","lemma":"Dios","morphology":"proper noun","role":"coordinated with vos","gloss":"God"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of está","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"está","lemma":"estar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying Dios","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cuerpo","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of cuerpo","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"cuerpo","lemma":"cuerpo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of está","gloss":"body"}]},{"number":100,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p47-s2","source":"Ergueta, anonadado, aseveró:","translation":"Ergueta, dumbfounded, affirmed:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p47-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of aseveró","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"anonadado","lemma":"anonadado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Ergueta","gloss":"dumbfounded"},{"surface":"aseveró","lemma":"aseverar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"affirmed"}]},{"number":101,"label":"48","id":"la-revelacion-p48-s1","source":"–Es cierto, hermanos... no soy yo... sino Dios que está en mí... ¿Cómo podría yo, miserable burdelero, hacer milagros?","translation":"–It's true, brothers... it's not I... but God who is in me... How could I, a wretched whoremonger, work miracles?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p48-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"¿Cómo podría yo...?","title":"Conditional «podría» for a rhetorical question","body":"«¿Cómo podría yo... hacer milagros?» = 'How could I work miracles?'. The conditional «podría» softens 'can' into a hypothetical 'could', perfect for the self-deprecating rhetorical question — he means he couldn't."}],"words":[{"surface":"Es","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to cierto","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"cierto","lemma":"cierto","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"true"},{"surface":"hermanos","lemma":"hermano","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"vocative address","gloss":"brothers"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies soy","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"soy","lemma":"ser","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"copula linking to yo","gloss":"am"},{"surface":"yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"sino","lemma":"sino","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"Dios","lemma":"Dios","morphology":"proper noun","role":"coordinated with yo","gloss":"God"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of está","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"está","lemma":"estar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying Dios","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking mí","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"mí","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, first-person, singular","role":"oblique complement of está","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"Cómo","lemma":"cómo","morphology":"adverb","role":"oblique complement of podría","gloss":"How"},{"surface":"podría","lemma":"poder","morphology":"auxiliary verb, conditional, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"could"},{"surface":"yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of podría","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"miserable","lemma":"miserable","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies burdelero","gloss":"wretched"},{"surface":"burdelero","lemma":"burdelero","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"in apposition to yo","gloss":"whoremonger"},{"surface":"hacer","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"clausal complement of podría","gloss":"work"},{"surface":"milagros","lemma":"milagro","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of hacer","gloss":"miracles"}]},{"number":102,"label":"49","id":"la-revelacion-p49-s1","source":"–¿Por qué no haces otro milagro?","translation":"–Why don't you do another miracle?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p49-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Por","lemma":"por","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking qué","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"oblique complement of haces","gloss":"what"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies haces","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"haces","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"do"},{"surface":"otro","lemma":"otro","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of milagro","gloss":"another"},{"surface":"milagro","lemma":"milagro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of haces","gloss":"miracle"}]},{"number":103,"label":"50","id":"la-revelacion-p50-s1","source":"–Yo no vine a eso, sino a predicar el verbo del Dios Vivo.","translation":"–I didn't come for that, but to preach the word of the Living God.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p50-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"no vine a eso, sino a","title":"«no... sino» again","body":"«no vine a eso, sino a predicar» = 'I didn't come for that, but to preach'. After the negation, «sino» introduces the true purpose; both halves use «a» + infinitive of purpose ('came (in order) to...')."}],"words":[{"surface":"Yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of vine","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies vine","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"vine","lemma":"venir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"came"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking eso","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"eso","lemma":"eso","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"oblique complement of vine","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"sino","lemma":"sino","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of predicar","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"predicar","lemma":"predicar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"coordinated with vine","gloss":"preach"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of verbo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"verbo","lemma":"verbo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of predicar","gloss":"word"},{"surface":"del","lemma":"del","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Dios","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"Dios","lemma":"Dios","morphology":"proper noun","role":"modifies verbo","gloss":"God"},{"surface":"Vivo","lemma":"vivo","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Dios","gloss":"Living"}]},{"number":104,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p50-s2","source":"El matador de piojos recogió un pie sobre su rodilla y malévolamente insistió:","translation":"The lice-killer drew one foot up onto his knee and insisted maliciously:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p50-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"El","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of matador","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"matador","lemma":"matador","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of recogió","gloss":"killer"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking piojos","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"piojos","lemma":"piojo","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies matador","gloss":"lice"},{"surface":"recogió","lemma":"recoger","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"drew up"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of pie","gloss":"one"},{"surface":"pie","lemma":"pie","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of recogió","gloss":"foot"},{"surface":"sobre","lemma":"sobre","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking rodilla","gloss":"onto"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of rodilla","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"rodilla","lemma":"rodilla","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of recogió","gloss":"knee"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"malévolamente","lemma":"malévolamente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies insistió","gloss":"maliciously"},{"surface":"insistió","lemma":"insistir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with recogió","gloss":"insisted"}]},{"number":105,"label":"51","id":"la-revelacion-p51-s1","source":"–Debías hacer un milagro.","translation":"–You ought to do a miracle.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p51-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Debías hacer","title":"«deber» for obligation","body":"«deber» + infinitive expresses obligation: «debías hacer un milagro» = 'you ought to / should do a miracle'. The imperfect «debías» softens it into gentle pressure, an expectation laid on him rather than a flat command."}],"words":[{"surface":"Debías","lemma":"deber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of hacer","gloss":"ought to"},{"surface":"hacer","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"do"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of milagro","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"milagro","lemma":"milagro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of hacer","gloss":"miracle"}]},{"number":106,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p51-s2","source":"El mudo colocó su almohada en el piso de la sala y sentándose encima de ella, dijo:","translation":"The mute man set his pillow on the floor of the ward and, sitting down on top of it, said:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p51-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"El","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of mudo","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"mudo","lemma":"mudo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of colocó","gloss":"mute man"},{"surface":"colocó","lemma":"colocar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with dijo","gloss":"set"},{"surface":"su","lemma":"su","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of almohada","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"almohada","lemma":"almohada","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of colocó","gloss":"pillow"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking piso","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of piso","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"piso","lemma":"piso","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of colocó","gloss":"floor"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking sala","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of sala","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"sala","lemma":"sala","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies piso","gloss":"ward"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"sentándose","lemma":"sentar él","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on dijo","gloss":"sitting down"},{"surface":"encima","lemma":"encima","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies sentándose","gloss":"on top"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ella","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ella","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of encima","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"dijo","lemma":"decir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"said"}]},{"number":107,"label":"52","id":"la-revelacion-p52-s1","source":"–Yo no hablo más.","translation":"–I'm not talking anymore.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p52-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Yo","lemma":"yo","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of hablo","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies hablo","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"hablo","lemma":"hablar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"talk"},{"surface":"más","lemma":"más","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies hablo","gloss":"anymore"}]},{"number":108,"label":"53","id":"la-revelacion-p53-s1","source":"Ergueta se apretó las sienes, aturdido de lo que veía.","translation":"Ergueta pressed his temples, dazed by what he was seeing.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p53-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se apretó las sienes","title":"Reflexive + article for body parts","body":"«se apretó las sienes» = 'he pressed his temples', literally 'he pressed himself the temples'. The reflexive «se» supplies the possessor and «las» replaces 'his' — the standard body-part construction once more."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"subject of apretó","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of apretó","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"apretó","lemma":"apretar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"pressed"},{"surface":"las","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, plural","role":"determiner of sienes","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"sienes","lemma":"sien","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of apretó","gloss":"temples"},{"surface":"aturdido","lemma":"aturdido","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Ergueta","gloss":"dazed"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of veía","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"part of the phrase lo que","gloss":"what"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"pronoun","role":"direct object of veía","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"veía","lemma":"ver","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying aturdido","gloss":"was seeing"}]},{"number":109,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p53-s2","source":"Meditó amablemente el tuerto:","translation":"The one-eyed man mused amiably:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p53-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Meditó","lemma":"meditar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"mused"},{"surface":"amablemente","lemma":"amablemente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies Meditó","gloss":"amiably"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of tuerto","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"tuerto","lemma":"tuerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of Meditó","gloss":"one-eyed man"}]},{"number":110,"label":"54","id":"la-revelacion-p54-s1","source":"–Sí, vos debías resucitar ese muerto.","translation":"–Yes, you ought to raise that dead man.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p54-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Sí","lemma":"sí","morphology":"adverb","role":"affirmative discourse marker","gloss":"Yes"},{"surface":"vos","lemma":"vos","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, second-person, singular","role":"subject of debías","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"debías","lemma":"deber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of resucitar","gloss":"ought to"},{"surface":"resucitar","lemma":"resucitar","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"raise"},{"surface":"ese","lemma":"ese","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of muerto","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"muerto","lemma":"muerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of resucitar","gloss":"dead man"}]},{"number":111,"label":"55","id":"la-revelacion-p55-s1","source":"–¡Si no hay ningún muerto aquí!","translation":"–But there's no dead man here!","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p55-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"¡Si no hay...!","title":"Exclamatory «si» — 'but'","body":"Sentence-initial «si» in an exclamation does not mean 'if'; it protests or objects: «¡Si no hay ningún muerto aquí!» = 'But there's no dead man here!'. It pushes back against what was just said."}],"words":[{"surface":"Si","lemma":"si","morphology":"conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of hay","gloss":"But","note":"Emphatic si: not conditional “if” here but an intensifying discourse particle used in exclamations, roughly “why—” or “but.”"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies hay","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"hay","lemma":"haber","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"there is"},{"surface":"ningún","lemma":"ninguno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of muerto","gloss":"no"},{"surface":"muerto","lemma":"muerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of hay","gloss":"dead man"},{"surface":"aquí","lemma":"aquí","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies muerto","gloss":"here"}]},{"number":112,"label":"56","id":"la-revelacion-p56-s1","source":"El tuerto avanzó cojeando hasta Ergueta, lo tomó de un brazo y casi arrastrándolo lo llevó hasta una cama frontera, donde yacía inmóvil un hombrecito de cabeza redonda y nariz enorme.","translation":"The one-eyed man came limping up to Ergueta, took him by one arm, and, almost dragging him, led him to a bed across the way, where a little man with a round head and an enormous nose lay motionless.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p56-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"lo tomó de un brazo","title":"«tomar de» a body part","body":"«lo tomó de un brazo» = 'he took him by one arm'. With «tomar», «agarrar», etc., the preposition «de» introduces the part you grab someone by; the person is the direct object «lo», the limb follows with «de»."}],"words":[{"surface":"El","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of tuerto","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"tuerto","lemma":"tuerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of avanzó","gloss":"one-eyed man"},{"surface":"avanzó","lemma":"avanzar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"came"},{"surface":"cojeando","lemma":"cojear","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on avanzó","gloss":"limping"},{"surface":"hasta","lemma":"hasta","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Ergueta","gloss":"up to"},{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"oblique complement of avanzó","gloss":"Ergueta"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of tomó","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"tomó","lemma":"tomar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with avanzó","gloss":"took"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking brazo","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of brazo","gloss":"one"},{"surface":"brazo","lemma":"brazo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of tomó","gloss":"arm"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"casi","lemma":"casi","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies arrastrándolo","gloss":"almost"},{"surface":"arrastrándolo","lemma":"arrastrar él","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on llevó","gloss":"dragging him"},{"surface":"lo","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of llevó","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"llevó","lemma":"llevar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with tomó","gloss":"led"},{"surface":"hasta","lemma":"hasta","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cama","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"una","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of cama","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"cama","lemma":"cama","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of llevó","gloss":"bed"},{"surface":"frontera","lemma":"frontero","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies cama","gloss":"across the way"},{"surface":"donde","lemma":"donde","morphology":"adverb","role":"oblique complement of yacía","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"yacía","lemma":"yacer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clause modifying cama","gloss":"lay"},{"surface":"inmóvil","lemma":"inmóvil","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies hombrecito","gloss":"motionless"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of hombrecito","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"hombrecito","lemma":"hombrecito","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of yacía","gloss":"little man"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cabeza","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"cabeza","lemma":"cabeza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies hombrecito","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"redonda","lemma":"redondo","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies cabeza","gloss":"round"},{"surface":"y","lemma":"y","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"nariz","lemma":"nariz","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"coordinated with cabeza","gloss":"nose"},{"surface":"enorme","lemma":"enorme","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies nariz","gloss":"enormous"}]},{"number":113,"label":"57","id":"la-revelacion-p57-s1","source":"El mundo se acercó apretando los labios.","translation":"The mute man drew near, pressing his lips together.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p57-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"El","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of mundo","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"mundo","lemma":"mudo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of acercó","gloss":"mute man","note":"Source reads “mundo” (“world”), which cannot be right here — almost certainly a printer's error for “mudo” (the mute man), the character in this scene; glossed to match the intended word and our translation."},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of acercó","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"acercó","lemma":"acercar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"drew near"},{"surface":"apretando","lemma":"apretar","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on acercó","gloss":"pressing"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of labios","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"labios","lemma":"labio","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of apretando","gloss":"lips"}]},{"number":114,"label":"58","id":"la-revelacion-p58-s1","source":"–¿No ves que está muerto?","translation":"–Don't you see he's dead?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p58-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"está muerto","title":"«estar» + muerto","body":"Death takes «estar», not «ser»: «está muerto» = 'he is dead'. Though it feels permanent, «estar muerto» describes a resulting state ('is in the condition of being dead'), which is why Spanish uses «estar» here."}],"words":[{"surface":"No","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies ves","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"ves","lemma":"ver","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"see"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of muerto","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"está","lemma":"estar","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to muerto","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"muerto","lemma":"muerto","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"clausal complement of ves","gloss":"dead"}]},{"number":115,"label":"59","id":"la-revelacion-p59-s1","source":"–Se murió esta tarde –rezongó el tuerto.","translation":"–He died this afternoon –grumbled the one-eyed man.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p59-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Se murió","title":"Pronominal «morirse»","body":"«morirse» is the pronominal form of «morir». The added «se» often colors the death as something that simply, sadly happened: «se murió esta tarde» = 'he died this afternoon'. The plain «murió» is more neutral and formal."}],"words":[{"surface":"Se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of murió","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"murió","lemma":"morir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of rezongó","gloss":"died"},{"surface":"esta","lemma":"este","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of tarde","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"tarde","lemma":"tarde","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies murió","gloss":"afternoon"},{"surface":"rezongó","lemma":"rezongar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"grumbled"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of tuerto","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"tuerto","lemma":"tuerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of rezongó","gloss":"one-eyed man"}]},{"number":116,"label":"60","id":"la-revelacion-p60-s1","source":"–Les digo que ese hombre no está muerto –exclamó irritado Ergueta, convencido de que los otros lo burlaban; pero el matador de piojos saltó de su lecho, se acercó a la otra cama, inclinóse sobre el hombrecito de cabeza redonda y de tal forma empujó el cuerpo inmóvil que éste, al caer, resonó opacamente en el piso de la sala, quedando entre las dos camas con las piernas hacia arriba, semejante a la horqueta de un árbol recién podado.","translation":"–I tell you that man is not dead –exclaimed Ergueta, irritated, convinced the others were mocking him; but the lice-killer leapt from his cot, went over to the other bed, bent over the little man with the round head, and shoved the motionless body so hard that it, on falling, thudded dully on the floor of the ward, coming to rest between the two beds with its legs in the air, like the fork of a freshly pruned tree.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p60-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"de tal forma... que","title":"«de tal forma... que» — so... that","body":"«de tal forma empujó... que...» = 'he shoved in such a way / so hard that...'. 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The «horqueta» (forked branch) echoes the dead man's upturned legs from the previous paragraph."}],"words":[{"surface":"Los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of locos","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"cuatro","lemma":"cuatro","morphology":"numeral, plural","role":"quantifies Los","gloss":"four"},{"surface":"locos","lemma":"loco","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of permanecían","gloss":"madmen"},{"surface":"permanecían","lemma":"permanecer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"remained"},{"surface":"consternados","lemma":"consternado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies locos","gloss":"dismayed"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking horqueta","gloss":"around"},{"surface":"torno","lemma":"torno","morphology":"noun","role":"part of the phrase en","gloss":"vicinity"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the phrase en","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of horqueta","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"horqueta","lemma":"horqueta","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique complement of consternados","gloss":"fork"},{"surface":"recuadrados","lemma":"recuadrado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies locos","gloss":"framed"},{"surface":"por","lemma":"por","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking rectángulo","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of rectángulo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"celeste","lemma":"celeste","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies rectángulo","gloss":"sky-blue"},{"surface":"rectángulo","lemma":"rectángulo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of recuadrados","gloss":"rectangle"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking luna","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"luna","lemma":"luna","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies rectángulo","gloss":"moonlight"},{"surface":"con","lemma":"con","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking camisones","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"los","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, plural","role":"determiner of camisones","gloss":"their"},{"surface":"camisones","lemma":"camisón","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique complement of permanecían","gloss":"nightshirts"},{"surface":"inflados","lemma":"inflado","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies camisones","gloss":"billowed"},{"surface":"por","lemma":"por","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking viento","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of viento","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"viento","lemma":"viento","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique complement of inflados","gloss":"wind"}]},{"number":119,"label":"63","id":"la-revelacion-p63-s1","source":"–¿Viste que está muerto? –repitió el barbudo.","translation":"–See that he's dead? –repeated the bearded one.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p63-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Viste","lemma":"ver","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"clausal complement of repitió","gloss":"See","note":"Colloquial preterite of ver (“you saw”), used here as a rhetorical tag question — roughly “see?”/“right?” — not a form of vestir (to dress)."},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of muerto","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"está","lemma":"estar","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"copula linking to muerto","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"muerto","lemma":"muerto","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"clausal complement of Viste","gloss":"dead"},{"surface":"repitió","lemma":"repetir","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"repeated"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of barbudo","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"barbudo","lemma":"barbudo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of repitió","gloss":"bearded one"}]},{"number":120,"label":"64","id":"la-revelacion-p64-s1","source":"–Hacé un milagro –suplicó el tuerto–.","translation":"–Do a miracle –begged the one-eyed man–.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p64-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Hacé","title":"«vos» command «hacé»","body":"«Hacé» is the affirmative «vos» command of «hacer» ('do!'). The «voseo» imperative simply drops the «-r» of the infinitive and stresses the final syllable: «hacer» → «hacé», «mirar» → «mirá». Spain would say «haz»."}],"words":[{"surface":"Hacé","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, imperative, second-person, singular (voseo)","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"Do"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of milagro","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"milagro","lemma":"milagro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of Hacé","gloss":"miracle"},{"surface":"suplicó","lemma":"suplicar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"verb introducing the quotation","gloss":"begged"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of tuerto","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"tuerto","lemma":"tuerto","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of suplicó","gloss":"one-eyed man"}]},{"number":121,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p64-s2","source":"¿Cómo vamos a creer en El si vos no haces un milagro?","translation":"How are we to believe in Him if you don't do a miracle?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p64-s2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Cómo","lemma":"cómo","morphology":"interrogative adverb","role":"adverbial modifier of creer","gloss":"How"},{"surface":"vamos","lemma":"ir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, plural","role":"auxiliary of creer","gloss":"are going"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of creer","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"creer","lemma":"creer","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"believe"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking El","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"El","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, oblique, masculine, singular","role":"object of the preposition en","gloss":"Him"},{"surface":"si","lemma":"si","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of haces","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"vos","lemma":"vos","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"subject of haces","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"no","lemma":"no","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies haces","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"haces","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"adverbial clause on creer","gloss":"do"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"uno","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of milagro","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"milagro","lemma":"milagro","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of haces","gloss":"miracle"}]},{"number":122,"label":"","id":"la-revelacion-p64-s3","source":"¿Qué te cuesta hacerlo?","translation":"What does it cost you to do it?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p64-s3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"¿Qué te cuesta...?","title":"«costar» with indirect object","body":"«costar» takes an indirect-object pronoun for the person: «¿qué te cuesta hacerlo?» = 'what does it cost you to do it?', i.e. 'would it be so hard for you?'. A common idiom for coaxing someone into a small effort."}],"words":[{"surface":"Qué","lemma":"qué","morphology":"interrogative pronoun, singular","role":"complement of cuesta","gloss":"What"},{"surface":"te","lemma":"tú","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of cuesta","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"cuesta","lemma":"costar","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"cost"},{"surface":"hacerlo","lemma":"hacer él","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"subject of cuesta","gloss":"to do it"}]},{"number":123,"label":"65","id":"la-revelacion-p65-s1","source":"El mudo, inclinando repentinamente la cabeza, le hacía señales de aquiescencia a Ergueta.","translation":"The mute man, suddenly tilting his head, was making signs of assent to Ergueta.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p65-s1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"El","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of mudo","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"mudo","lemma":"mudo","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of hacía","gloss":"mute man"},{"surface":"inclinando","lemma":"inclinar","morphology":"verb, gerund","role":"adverbial clause on hacía","gloss":"tilting"},{"surface":"repentinamente","lemma":"repentinamente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies inclinando","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of cabeza","gloss":"his","note":"Spanish uses the definite article, not a possessive, with body parts ('la cabeza' = 'his head')."},{"surface":"cabeza","lemma":"cabeza","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"direct object of inclinando","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"indirect object of hacía","gloss":"to him"},{"surface":"hacía","lemma":"hacer","morphology":"verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"was making"},{"surface":"señales","lemma":"señal","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of hacía","gloss":"signs"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking aquiescencia","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"aquiescencia","lemma":"aquiescencia","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies señales","gloss":"assent"},{"surface":"a","lemma":"a","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Ergueta","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"Ergueta","lemma":"Ergueta","morphology":"proper noun","role":"indirect object of hacía (doubling le)","gloss":"Ergueta"}]},{"number":124,"label":"66","id":"la-revelacion-p66-s1","source":"Gravemente se inclinó sobre el cadáver, iba a pronunciar las palabras de Vida, mas súbitamente los muros de la sala giraron los planos del cubo ante sus ojos, un viento oscuro aulló en sus orejas y otra vez tuvo tiempo de ver los tres locos recuadrados por el celeste rectángulo de luna, con los camisones inflados por el viento, mientras que él resbalaba por una tangente que cortaba el girante torbellino de tinieblas, en la inconsciencia.","translation":"Gravely he bent over the corpse, was about to pronounce the words of Life, but suddenly the walls of the ward spun the planes of the cube before his eyes, a dark wind howled in his ears, and once again he had time to see the three madmen framed by the sky-blue rectangle of moonlight, their nightshirts billowed by the wind, while he slid down a tangent that cut across the spinning whirlwind of darkness, into unconsciousness.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/arlt/la-revelacion-p66-s1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"tuvo tiempo de ver","title":"«tener tiempo de» + infinitive","body":"«tuvo tiempo de ver» = 'he had time to see'. «tener tiempo de (or para)» + infinitive means 'to have time to do (something)'. The preterite «tuvo» frames it as a single, fleeting window before he blacks out."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"mientras que él resbalaba","title":"«mientras que» + imperfect","body":"«mientras que él resbalaba» = 'while he was sliding'. «mientras (que)» with the imperfect frames a background action unfolding at the same time — here the slow slide into the vortex, set against the sudden events of the scene."}],"words":[{"surface":"Gravemente","lemma":"gravemente","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies inclinó","gloss":"Gravely"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"él","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of inclinó","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"inclinó","lemma":"inclinar","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"bent over"},{"surface":"sobre","lemma":"sobre","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cadáver","gloss":"over"},{"surface":"el","lemma":"el","morphology":"determiner, 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