{"work":{"slug":"baudelaire","title":{"source":"Les Fleurs du mal","translated":"The Flowers of Evil"},"author":"Charles Baudelaire","language":"French","languageCode":"fr","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"le-serpent-qui-danse","title":{"source":"Le Serpent qui danse","translated":"The Dancing Serpent"},"section":"Spleen and Ideal","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/le-serpent-qui-danse","lines":36},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/avec-ses-vetements-ondoyants-et-nacres","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/une-charogne","license":"Source text: public domain (Charles Baudelaire, d. 1867). English translation: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC — original draft, pending editorial review.","audioBase":null,"lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s1-l1","source":"Que j'aime voir, chère indolente,","translation":"How I love to see, dear indolent one,","stanza":1,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"chère indolente","title":"«indolent(e)» as a substantive","body":"«indolent(e)» = 'languid, listless, idle'. Here the adjective stands in for a noun — «chère indolente» = 'dear indolent one' — addressing the languorous woman directly. The opening «Que j'aime voir» is an exclamatory 'how I love to see', setting the whole poem as one long admiring look."}],"words":[{"surface":"Que","lemma":"que","morphology":"adverb, exclamative","role":"introduces the exclamative clause with aime","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"j'","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of aime","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"aime","lemma":"aimer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"love"},{"surface":"voir","lemma":"voir","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of aime","gloss":"to see"},{"surface":"chère","lemma":"cher","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies indolente","gloss":"dear"},{"surface":"indolente","lemma":"indolent","morphology":"adjective used as noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative address","gloss":"indolent one"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s1-l2","source":"De ton corps si beau,","translation":"Of your body so lovely,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"De","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking corps","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ton","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of corps","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"corps","lemma":"corps","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"body"},{"surface":"si","lemma":"si","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies beau","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"beau","lemma":"beau","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies corps","gloss":"lovely"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s1-l3","source":"Comme une étoffe vacillante,","translation":"Like a shimmering cloth,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking étoffe","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"une","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of étoffe","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"étoffe","lemma":"étoffe","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"cloth"},{"surface":"vacillante","lemma":"vacillant","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies étoffe","gloss":"shimmering"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s1-l4","source":"Miroiter la peau!","translation":"The skin glint and waver!","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Miroiter la peau","title":"«miroiter» — to shimmer","body":"«miroiter» (from «miroir», mirror) is 'to shimmer, to glint, to play with reflected light'. It is the infinitive completing «j'aime voir … la peau miroiter» — 'I love to see the skin shimmer'. The verb makes the skin behave like the «étoffe vacillante» (wavering cloth) of the line above: light slides over it as over water."}],"words":[{"surface":"Miroiter","lemma":"miroiter","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of voir (s1-l1)","gloss":"glimmer","note":"'voir' + infinitive + subject: 'to see the skin glimmer' (the subject follows the infinitive)."},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of peau","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"peau","lemma":"peau","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of Miroiter","gloss":"skin"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s2-l1","source":"Sur ta chevelure profonde","translation":"Over your deep head of hair","stanza":2,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Sur","lemma":"sur","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking chevelure","gloss":"over"},{"surface":"ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of chevelure","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"chevelure","lemma":"chevelure","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"head of hair"},{"surface":"profonde","lemma":"profond","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies chevelure","gloss":"deep"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s2-l2","source":"Aux âcres parfums,","translation":"With its acrid perfumes,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"âcres parfums","title":"«âcre» — acrid","body":"«âcre» = 'acrid, pungent, harsh to the senses'. «aux âcres parfums» = 'with acrid perfumes': the «aux» (= «à les») marks a defining trait, 'the one having…'. Baudelaire prefers the biting word to a sweet one — the hair's scent stings, the same heavy, animal perfume that runs through the Jeanne Duval poems."}],"words":[{"surface":"Aux","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking parfums, modifies chevelure (s2-l1)","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"âcres","lemma":"âcre","morphology":"adjective, plural","role":"modifies parfums","gloss":"acrid"},{"surface":"parfums","lemma":"parfum","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase, modifies chevelure (s2-l1)","gloss":"perfumes"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s2-l3","source":"Mer odorante et vagabonde","translation":"Fragrant and roving sea","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Mer","lemma":"mer","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to chevelure (s2-l1)","gloss":"sea"},{"surface":"odorante","lemma":"odorant","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies Mer","gloss":"fragrant"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"vagabonde","lemma":"vagabond","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"coordinated with Mer","gloss":"roving"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s2-l4","source":"Aux flots bleus et bruns,","translation":"With its blue and brown waves,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Aux","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking flots, modifies Mer (s2-l3)","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"flots","lemma":"flot","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"waves"},{"surface":"bleus","lemma":"bleu","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies flots","gloss":"blue"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"bruns","lemma":"brun","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"coordinated with bleus","gloss":"brown"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s3-l1","source":"Comme un navire qui s'éveille","translation":"Like a ship that wakes","stanza":3,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"qui s'éveille","title":"Pronominal «s'éveiller» — to awaken","body":"«s'éveiller» is the pronominal verb 'to wake (oneself), to come awake'. The reflexive «se» makes the ship wake of its own accord — «un navire qui s'éveille / Au vent du matin» = 'a ship that wakes to the morning wind'. The hair-as-sea now carries a vessel that stirs, launching the soul's voyage in the next stanza."}],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking navire","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of navire","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"navire","lemma":"navire","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"ship"},{"surface":"qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of éveille","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"s'","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on éveille","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"éveille","lemma":"éveiller","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"relative clause on navire","gloss":"wakes"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s3-l2","source":"Au vent du matin,","translation":"To the morning wind,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Au","lemma":"au","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking vent","gloss":"to the"},{"surface":"vent","lemma":"vent","morphology":"noun, masculine","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"wind"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking matin","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"matin","lemma":"matin","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies vent","gloss":"morning"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s3-l3","source":"Mon âme rêveuse appareille","translation":"My dreaming soul sets sail","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"appareille","title":"«appareiller» — to set sail","body":"«appareiller» is the nautical verb 'to weigh anchor, to get under way, to set sail'. «Mon âme rêveuse appareille / Pour un ciel lointain» = 'my dreaming soul sets sail for a far-off sky'. The sea-imagery of the hair becomes literal departure: the body's swaying launches the poet toward an imagined elsewhere."}],"words":[{"surface":"Mon","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of âme","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"âme","lemma":"âme","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of appareille","gloss":"soul"},{"surface":"rêveuse","lemma":"rêveur","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies âme","gloss":"dreaming"},{"surface":"appareille","lemma":"appareiller","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"sets sail"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s3-l4","source":"Pour un ciel lointain.","translation":"For a far-off sky.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Pour","lemma":"pour","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ciel","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of ciel","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"ciel","lemma":"ciel","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"sky"},{"surface":"lointain","lemma":"lointain","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies ciel","gloss":"far-off"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s4-l1","source":"Tes yeux, où rien ne se révèle","translation":"Your eyes, where nothing reveals itself","stanza":4,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"rien ne se révèle","title":"Pronominal «se révéler» — to reveal itself","body":"«se révéler» is the pronominal 'to reveal itself, to show'. With «rien … ne» it becomes 'nothing reveals itself': «où rien ne se révèle / De doux ni d'amer» = 'where nothing of sweet or bitter shows'. The eyes give nothing away — neither tenderness nor malice — which is why the next line can call them cold jewels of gold and iron."}],"words":[{"surface":"Tes","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of yeux","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"yeux","lemma":"oeil","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of Sont (s4-l3)","gloss":"eyes"},{"surface":"où","lemma":"où","morphology":"adverb, relative","role":"introduces the relative clause modifying yeux","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"rien","lemma":"rien","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of révèle","gloss":"nothing"},{"surface":"ne","lemma":"ne","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies révèle","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on révèle","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"révèle","lemma":"révéler","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"verb of the relative clause on yeux","gloss":"reveals"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s4-l2","source":"De doux ni d'amer,","translation":"Of sweet or bitter,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"De","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking doux, modifies rien (s4-l1)","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"doux","lemma":"doux","morphology":"adjective used as noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"sweet"},{"surface":"ni","lemma":"ni","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"or"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking amer","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"amer","lemma":"amer","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with doux","gloss":"bitter"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s4-l3","source":"Sont deux bijoux froids où se mêle","translation":"Are two cold jewels where mingle","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Sont","lemma":"être","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"copula linking yeux (s4-l1) to bijoux","gloss":"are"},{"surface":"deux","lemma":"deux","morphology":"numeral","role":"quantifies bijoux","gloss":"two"},{"surface":"bijoux","lemma":"bijou","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"jewels"},{"surface":"froids","lemma":"froid","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies bijoux","gloss":"cold"},{"surface":"où","lemma":"où","morphology":"adverb, relative","role":"introduces the clause of mêle, modifies bijoux","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on mêle","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"mêle","lemma":"mêler","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"relative clause on bijoux","gloss":"mingle"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s4-l4","source":"L'or avec le fer.","translation":"Gold with iron.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"L'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of or","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"or","lemma":"or","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of mêle (s4-l3)","gloss":"gold"},{"surface":"avec","lemma":"avec","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking fer","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of fer","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"fer","lemma":"fer","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies or","gloss":"iron"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s5-l1","source":"À te voir marcher en cadence,","translation":"Seeing you walk in measured step,","stanza":5,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"À te voir marcher en cadence","title":"«à» + infinitive — 'on / from doing'","body":"«à» + infinitive here means 'on / from / by doing': «à te voir marcher» = 'on seeing you walk, from the sight of you walking'. «en cadence» = 'in rhythm, in measured time'. The construction sets up the simile that follows — the rhythmic walk is what makes one think of a dancing serpent."}],"words":[{"surface":"À","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of voir","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"te","lemma":"te","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of voir; subject of marcher","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"voir","lemma":"voir","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"see"},{"surface":"marcher","lemma":"marcher","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of voir","gloss":"walk"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cadence","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"cadence","lemma":"cadence","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"depends on marcher","gloss":"rhythm"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s5-l2","source":"Belle d'abandon,","translation":"Lovely with abandon,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Belle","lemma":"beau","morphology":"adjective used as noun, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to the addressee","gloss":"lovely one"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking abandon","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"abandon","lemma":"abandon","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Belle","gloss":"abandon"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s5-l3","source":"On dirait un serpent qui danse","translation":"One would say a serpent that dances","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"On dirait un serpent qui danse","title":"«on dirait» — 'one would say / it looks like'","body":"«on dirait» is the conditional of «dire» used idiomatically: 'one would say, you'd think, it looks like'. «On dirait un serpent qui danse / Au bout d'un bâton» = 'you'd think it a serpent dancing at the end of a stick'. This is the line that names the poem — the swaying walk likened to a charmer's snake rising along its rod."}],"words":[{"surface":"On","lemma":"on","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of dirait","gloss":"one"},{"surface":"dirait","lemma":"dire","morphology":"verb, conditional, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"would say"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of serpent","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"serpent","lemma":"serpent","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of dirait","gloss":"serpent"},{"surface":"qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of danse","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"danse","lemma":"danser","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"relative clause on serpent","gloss":"dances"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s5-l4","source":"Au bout d'un bâton.","translation":"At the end of a stick.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Au","lemma":"au","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking bout","gloss":"at the"},{"surface":"bout","lemma":"bout","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"end"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking bâton","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of bâton","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"bâton","lemma":"bâton","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies bout","gloss":"stick"}]},{"number":21,"label":"21","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s6-l1","source":"Sous le fardeau de ta paresse","translation":"Beneath the burden of your idleness","stanza":6,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Sous","lemma":"sous","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking fardeau","gloss":"beneath"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of fardeau","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"fardeau","lemma":"fardeau","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"burden"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking paresse","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of paresse","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"paresse","lemma":"paresse","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies fardeau","gloss":"idleness"}]},{"number":22,"label":"22","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s6-l2","source":"Ta tête d'enfant","translation":"Your child's head","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of tête","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"tête","lemma":"tête","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of balance (s6-l3)","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking enfant","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"enfant","lemma":"enfant","morphology":"noun, singular","role":"modifies tête","gloss":"child"}]},{"number":23,"label":"23","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s6-l3","source":"Se balance avec la mollesse","translation":"Sways with the softness","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Se balance","title":"Pronominal «se balancer» — to sway","body":"«se balancer» is the pronominal 'to sway, to rock, to swing to and fro'. «Ta tête d'enfant / Se balance avec la mollesse / D'un jeune éléphant» = 'your child's head sways with the softness of a young elephant'. The same rocking motion («balancement») threads through the poem — the cloth, the ship, the snake, and now the heavy, gentle nod of the head."}],"words":[{"surface":"Se","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on balance","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"balance","lemma":"balancer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"sways"},{"surface":"avec","lemma":"avec","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking mollesse","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of mollesse","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"mollesse","lemma":"mollesse","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique argument of balance","gloss":"softness"}]},{"number":24,"label":"24","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s6-l4","source":"D'un jeune éléphant,","translation":"Of a young elephant,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"D'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking éléphant, modifies mollesse (s6-l3)","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of éléphant","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"jeune","lemma":"jeune","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies éléphant","gloss":"young"},{"surface":"éléphant","lemma":"éléphant","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"elephant"}]},{"number":25,"label":"25","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s7-l1","source":"Et ton corps se penche et s'allonge","translation":"And your body leans and stretches out","stanza":7,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se penche et s'allonge","title":"Paired pronominals «se pencher» / «s'allonger»","body":"Two pronominal verbs in a row: «se pencher» = 'to lean, to tilt', and «s'allonger» = 'to stretch out, to lengthen'. «ton corps se penche et s'allonge / Comme un fin vaisseau» = 'your body leans and stretches like a slender vessel'. The doubled reflexives keep the motion self-driven — the body moves on its own, like a ship rolling «bord sur bord» (side to side)."}],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ton","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of corps","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"corps","lemma":"corps","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of penche","gloss":"body"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on penche","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"penche","lemma":"pencher","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"leans"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"s'","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on allonge","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"allonge","lemma":"allonger","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with penche","gloss":"stretches out"}]},{"number":26,"label":"26","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s7-l2","source":"Comme un fin vaisseau","translation":"Like a slender vessel","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking vaisseau","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of vaisseau","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"fin","lemma":"fin","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies vaisseau","gloss":"slender"},{"surface":"vaisseau","lemma":"vaisseau","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"vessel"}]},{"number":27,"label":"27","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s7-l3","source":"Qui roule bord sur bord et plonge","translation":"That rolls side to side and plunges","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of roule","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"roule","lemma":"rouler","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"rolls"},{"surface":"bord","lemma":"bord","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"adverbial, part of idiom bord sur bord (side to side)","gloss":"side"},{"surface":"sur","lemma":"sur","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking bord","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"bord","lemma":"bord","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique argument of roule, part of idiom bord sur bord","gloss":"side"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"plonge","lemma":"plonger","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with roule","gloss":"plunges"}]},{"number":28,"label":"28","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s7-l4","source":"Ses vergues dans l'eau.","translation":"Its yardarms into the water.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Ses vergues","title":"«la vergue» — the yardarm","body":"«la vergue» is the yard, the horizontal spar slung across a mast to carry a sail. «Qui roule bord sur bord et plonge / Ses vergues dans l'eau» = 'that rolls from side to side and plunges its yardarms into the water'. The ship heels so far over that its rigging dips into the sea — the most extreme of the poem's swaying images."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ses","lemma":"son","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of vergues","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"vergues","lemma":"vergue","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of plonge (s7-l3)","gloss":"yardarms"},{"surface":"dans","lemma":"dans","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking eau","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of eau","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"eau","lemma":"eau","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies vergues","gloss":"water"}]},{"number":29,"label":"29","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s8-l1","source":"Comme un flot grossi par la fonte","translation":"Like a flood swollen by the melting","stanza":8,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"la fonte / grondants","title":"«la fonte» — the melt; «grondant» — rumbling","body":"«la fonte» is 'melting, thaw' (from «fondre», to melt); «grondant» = 'rumbling, roaring' (present participle of «gronder»). «un flot grossi par la fonte / Des glaciers grondants» = 'a flood swelled by the melt of rumbling glaciers'. The simile prepares the final image: a rising, cold, swelling water — like the moisture welling up to the edge of her teeth."}],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking flot","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of flot","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"flot","lemma":"flot","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"flood"},{"surface":"grossi","lemma":"grossir","morphology":"verb, past participle, masculine, singular","role":"modifies flot","gloss":"swollen"},{"surface":"par","lemma":"par","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking fonte","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of fonte","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"fonte","lemma":"fonte","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"agent of grossi","gloss":"melting"}]},{"number":30,"label":"30","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s8-l2","source":"Des glaciers grondants,","translation":"Of rumbling glaciers,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Des","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking glaciers, modifies fonte (s8-l1)","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"glaciers","lemma":"glacier","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"glaciers"},{"surface":"grondants","lemma":"grondant","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies glaciers","gloss":"rumbling"}]},{"number":31,"label":"31","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s8-l3","source":"Quand l'eau de ta bouche remonte","translation":"When the water of your mouth rises","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Quand","lemma":"quand","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of remonte","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of eau","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"eau","lemma":"eau","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of remonte","gloss":"water"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking bouche","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of bouche","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"bouche","lemma":"bouche","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies eau","gloss":"mouth"},{"surface":"remonte","lemma":"remonter","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"rises"}]},{"number":32,"label":"32","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s8-l4","source":"Au bord de tes dents,","translation":"To the edge of your teeth,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Au","lemma":"au","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking bord, modifies remonte (s8-l3)","gloss":"to the"},{"surface":"bord","lemma":"bord","morphology":"noun, 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crois","gloss":"drink"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of vin","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"vin","lemma":"vin","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of boire","gloss":"wine"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking Bohême","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Bohême","lemma":"Bohême","morphology":"proper noun","role":"modifies vin","gloss":"Bohemia"}]},{"number":34,"label":"34","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s9-l2","source":"Amer et vainqueur,","translation":"Bitter and conquering,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Amer","lemma":"amer","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies vin (s9-l1)","gloss":"bitter"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"vainqueur","lemma":"vainqueur","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with Amer","gloss":"conquering"}]},{"number":35,"label":"35","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s9-l3","source":"Un ciel liquide qui parsème","translation":"A liquid sky that strews","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"qui parsème","title":"«parsemer» — to strew, to sprinkle","body":"«parsemer (qch de qch)» is 'to strew, scatter, sprinkle something with something'. «Un ciel liquide qui parsème / D'étoiles mon coeur!» = 'a liquid sky that strews my heart with stars'. The closing image makes the kiss a drink of sky: the wine becomes a liquid heaven that sows stars across the heart, ending the poem on dizzy exaltation."}],"words":[{"surface":"Un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of ciel","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"ciel","lemma":"ciel","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"sky"},{"surface":"liquide","lemma":"liquide","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies ciel","gloss":"liquid"},{"surface":"qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of parsème","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"parsème","lemma":"parsemer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"relative clause on ciel","gloss":"strews"}]},{"number":36,"label":"36","id":"le-serpent-qui-danse-s9-l4","source":"D'étoiles mon coeur!","translation":"My heart with stars!","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"D'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking étoiles, modifies parsème (s9-l3)","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"étoiles","lemma":"étoile","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"object of preposition D'","gloss":"stars"},{"surface":"mon","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of coeur","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"coeur","lemma":"coeur","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of parsème (s9-l3)","gloss":"heart"}]}]}