{"work":{"slug":"rilke","title":{"source":"Neue Gedichte","translated":"New Poems"},"author":"Rainer Maria Rilke","language":"German","languageCode":"de","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"das-einhorn","title":{"source":"Das Einhorn","translated":"The Unicorn"},"section":"New Poems","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/das-einhorn","lines":18},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/die-gazelle","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/sankt-sebastian","license":"Source text: public domain (Rainer Maria Rilke, died 1926; Neue Gedichte published 1907 and 1908), from Wikisource. English translation and notes: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC. Narration: synthesized for this edition.","audioBase":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/","lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"das-einhorn-s1-l1","source":"Der Heilige hob das Haupt, und das Gebet","translation":"The holy man lifted his head, and the prayer","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"der Heilige","title":"Adjective used as a noun","body":"der Heilige is the adjective heilig used as a noun, 'the holy man, the saint'. It still declines like an adjective, so the nominative is der Heilige but the genitive is des Heiligen. das Haupt here is the elevated word for head."}],"words":[{"surface":"Der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Heilige","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"Heilige","lemma":"Heilige","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of hob","gloss":"holy man"},{"surface":"hob","lemma":"heben","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lifted"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Haupt","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"Haupt","lemma":"Haupt","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on hob","gloss":"head"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"coordinates with fiel (next line)","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gebet","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Gebet","lemma":"Gebet","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of fiel (next line)","gloss":"prayer"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"das-einhorn-s1-l2","source":"fiel wie ein Helm zurück von seinem Haupte:","translation":"fell back from his head like a helmet:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"fiel … zurück","title":"Separable verb splits in the clause","body":"zurückfallen means 'to fall back', formed from fallen with the prefix zurück. In this main clause the prefix splits off and moves to the end, so fiel and zurück land apart: fiel … zurück."}],"words":[{"surface":"fiel","lemma":"fallen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence (subject: Gebet, das-einhorn-s1-l1)","gloss":"fell"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Helm","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Helm","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Helm","lemma":"Helm","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on fiel","gloss":"helmet"},{"surface":"zurück","lemma":"zurück","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on fiel","gloss":"back"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on fiel","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"seinem","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Haupte","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"Haupte","lemma":"Haupt","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"head"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"das-einhorn-s1-l3","source":"denn lautlos nahte sich das niegeglaubte,","translation":"for soundlessly the never-believed-in drew near,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"nahte sich","title":"sich nahen and word order after denn","body":"sich nahen is a reflexive verb meaning 'to draw near'. denn means 'for, because' but is a coordinating conjunction, so it does not send the verb to the end; nahte stays in second position right after denn."}],"words":[{"surface":"denn","lemma":"denn","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on nahte","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"lautlos","lemma":"lautlos","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nahte","gloss":"soundlessly"},{"surface":"nahte","lemma":"nahen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"drew near"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on nahte","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on niegeglaubte","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"niegeglaubte","lemma":"niegeglaubt","morphology":"noun (substantivized past participle), nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of nahte","gloss":"never-believed one","note":"Rilke's coinage 'nie geglaubt' (never believed), fused and substantivized as a one-off noun."}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"das-einhorn-s1-l4","source":"das weiße Tier, das wie eine geraubte","translation":"the white beast, which like a stolen,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Tier","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"weiße","lemma":"weiß","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Tier","gloss":"white"},{"surface":"Tier","lemma":"Tier","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"in apposition to niegeglaubte (previous line)","gloss":"beast"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, relative, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of fleht (das-einhorn-s1-l5)","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on geraubte","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"eine","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hindin (next line)","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"geraubte","lemma":"geraubt","morphology":"adjective, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hindin (next line)","gloss":"stolen"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"das-einhorn-s1-l5","source":"hilflose Hindin mit den Augen fleht.","translation":"helpless hind pleads with its eyes.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s1-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Hindin","title":"A literary word for a doe","body":"Hindin is a literary word for a female deer, a hind, formed with the feminine suffix -in. Here it depends on wie in the previous line, comparing the unicorn's stance to a hind's. mit den Augen flehen means 'to plead with the eyes'."}],"words":[{"surface":"hilflose","lemma":"hilflos","morphology":"adjective, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hindin","gloss":"helpless"},{"surface":"Hindin","lemma":"Hindin","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on wie (previous line), comparison","gloss":"hind"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on fleht","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Augen","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Augen","lemma":"Auge","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"eyes"},{"surface":"fleht","lemma":"flehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of relative clause (subject: das, das-einhorn-s1-l4)","gloss":"pleads"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"das-einhorn-s2-l1","source":"Der Beine elfenbeinernes Gestell","translation":"The ivory framework of its legs","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"der Beine … Gestell","title":"Fronted genitive before its noun","body":"der Beine is genitive plural of das Bein, 'leg', and belongs to Gestell, 'framework': plain order would be das Gestell der Beine. Rilke moves the genitive to the front of the line. elfenbeinern means 'of ivory'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Beine","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"Beine","lemma":"Bein","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Gestell","gloss":"legs"},{"surface":"elfenbeinernes","lemma":"elfenbeinern","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gestell","gloss":"ivory"},{"surface":"Gestell","lemma":"Gestell","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"framework"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"das-einhorn-s2-l2","source":"bewegte sich in leichten Gleichgewichten,","translation":"moved in light equilibriums,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Gleichgewichten","title":"An uncountable noun put in the plural","body":"Gleichgewicht means 'balance, equilibrium' and is normally uncountable. Here it stands in the dative plural, Gleichgewichten, treating each moment of balance as a separate instance. leichten is the dative plural of leicht, agreeing with it."}],"words":[{"surface":"bewegte","lemma":"bewegen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"moved"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on bewegte","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bewegte","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"leichten","lemma":"leicht","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Gleichgewichten","gloss":"light"},{"surface":"Gleichgewichten","lemma":"Gleichgewicht","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on in","gloss":"equilibriums"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"das-einhorn-s2-l3","source":"ein weißer Glanz glitt selig durch das Fell,","translation":"a white sheen glided blissfully through the coat,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"glitt","title":"A strong verb's vowel change","body":"glitt is the past tense of the strong verb gleiten, 'to glide', which shifts its vowel from ei to i: gleiten, glitt, geglitten. selig means 'blessed, blissful'. das Fell is an animal's coat, not human hair."}],"words":[{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Glanz","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"weißer","lemma":"weiß","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Glanz","gloss":"white"},{"surface":"Glanz","lemma":"Glanz","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of glitt","gloss":"sheen"},{"surface":"glitt","lemma":"gleiten","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"glided"},{"surface":"selig","lemma":"selig","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on glitt","gloss":"blissfully"},{"surface":"durch","lemma":"durch","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on glitt","gloss":"through"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Fell","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Fell","lemma":"Fell","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on durch","gloss":"coat"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"das-einhorn-s2-l4","source":"und auf der Tierstirn, auf der stillen, lichten,","translation":"and on the beast's brow, on that still and luminous one,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"auf der Tierstirn","title":"auf with the dative for location","body":"auf takes the dative when it marks a fixed location, 'on', so die Tierstirn appears here as der Tierstirn. auf der stillen, lichten repeats the same noun with two adjectives, still and licht, 'luminous', both carrying the dative -en ending."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"connects this phrase to stand (next line)","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on stand (next line)","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Tierstirn","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Tierstirn","lemma":"Tierstirn","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"beast's brow"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on stand (next line), echoing the previous auf","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"stillen","lemma":"still","morphology":"adjective, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"lichten","lemma":"licht","morphology":"adjective, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on stillen","gloss":"luminous"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"das-einhorn-s2-l5","source":"stand, wie ein Turm im Mond, das Horn so hell,","translation":"there stood, like a tower in the moon, the horn so bright,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s2-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"stand … das Horn","title":"Verb-second word order after an adverbial","body":"The line opens with the place phrase auf der Tierstirn, so the finite verb stand comes before its subject das Horn: 'on the brow stood the horn'. German keeps the verb in second position even when an adverbial fills the first slot, not the subject."}],"words":[{"surface":"stand","lemma":"stehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stood"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on stand","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Turm","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Turm","lemma":"Turm","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"tower"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Turm","gloss":"in the"},{"surface":"Mond","lemma":"Mond","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"moon"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Horn","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Horn","lemma":"Horn","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of stand","gloss":"horn"},{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on hell","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"hell","lemma":"hell","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Horn","gloss":"bright"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"das-einhorn-s2-l6","source":"und jeder Schritt geschah, es aufzurichten.","translation":"and every step happened to raise it up.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s2-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"es aufzurichten","title":"zu splits a separable infinitive","body":"aufrichten, 'to raise, set upright', is separable, so the zu of the infinitive slots between prefix and stem: auf-zu-richten. The clause es aufzurichten states purpose, 'to raise it up', with es pointing back to das Horn."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on geschah","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"jeder","lemma":"jeder","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Schritt","gloss":"every"},{"surface":"Schritt","lemma":"Schritt","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of geschah","gloss":"step"},{"surface":"geschah","lemma":"geschehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"happened"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on aufzurichten","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"aufzurichten","lemma":"aufrichten","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on geschah","gloss":"to raise up"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"das-einhorn-s3-l1","source":"Das Maul mit seinem rosagrauen Flaum","translation":"The muzzle, with its rose-grey down,","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Maul / Flaum","title":"Two plain vocabulary words","body":"das Maul is the mouth or muzzle of an animal, coarse if used of a person. der Flaum is soft down or fine fuzz, the first downy hair. rosagrau is a compound color, 'rose-grey'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Maul","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Maul","lemma":"Maul","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"muzzle"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Maul","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"seinem","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Flaum","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"rosagrauen","lemma":"rosagrau","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Flaum","gloss":"rose-grey"},{"surface":"Flaum","lemma":"Flaum","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"down"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"das-einhorn-s3-l2","source":"war leicht gerafft, so daß ein wenig Weiß","translation":"was lightly drawn back, so that a little white","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"so daß","title":"A result clause introduced by so daß","body":"so daß means 'so that' and introduces a clause of result, sending its verb, glänzte, to the very end two lines later. daß is the pre-1996 spelling of dass, kept as printed. gerafft comes from raffen, 'to gather up, draw together'."}],"words":[{"surface":"war","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"leicht","lemma":"leicht","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on gerafft","gloss":"lightly"},{"surface":"gerafft","lemma":"raffen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on war","gloss":"drawn back"},{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on daß","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on glänzte (next line)","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Weiß","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"wenig","lemma":"wenig","morphology":"determiner","role":"depends on Weiß","gloss":"little"},{"surface":"Weiß","lemma":"Weiß","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of glänzte (next line)","gloss":"white"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"das-einhorn-s3-l3","source":"(weißer als alles) von den Zähnen glänzte;","translation":"(whiter than anything) gleamed from the teeth;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"weißer als alles","title":"Comparative plus als for the standard","body":"weißer is the comparative of weiß, 'white', and the thing compared follows als, 'than': weißer als alles means 'whiter than anything'. It depends on ein wenig Weiß two lines above, the bit of white that glänzte, 'gleamed', from the teeth."}],"words":[{"surface":"weißer","lemma":"weiß","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Weiß (previous line)","gloss":"whiter"},{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on alles","gloss":"than"},{"surface":"alles","lemma":"alle","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on als","gloss":"anything"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on glänzte","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Zähnen","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Zähnen","lemma":"Zahn","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on von","gloss":"teeth"},{"surface":"glänzte","lemma":"glänzen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"gleamed"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"das-einhorn-s3-l4","source":"die Nüstern nahmen auf und lechzten leis.","translation":"the nostrils took it in and panted softly.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"nahmen auf","title":"Separable verb splits across the clause","body":"The verb is aufnehmen, 'to take in, absorb'; in the main clause its prefix auf splits off and follows, nahmen … auf. die Nüstern are the nostrils. lechzen means 'to pant, gasp'; leis is the short poetic form of leise, 'softly'."}],"words":[{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, plural","role":"depends on Nüstern","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Nüstern","lemma":"Nüster","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"subject of nahmen","gloss":"nostrils"},{"surface":"nahmen","lemma":"aufnehmen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"took","note":"Separable verb 'aufnehmen' (to take in) splits across the clause: nahmen ... auf."},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"particle","role":"separable prefix of nahmen","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on nahmen","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"lechzten","lemma":"lechzen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"coordinated main verb with nahmen","gloss":"panted"},{"surface":"leis","lemma":"leis","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on lechzten","gloss":"softly"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"das-einhorn-s3-l5","source":"Doch seine Blicke, die kein Ding begrenzte,","translation":"Yet its glances, which no thing confined,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s3-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"die kein Ding begrenzte","title":"Object-first order in a relative clause","body":"In die kein Ding begrenzte, die is the object and kein Ding, 'no thing', is the subject: 'which no thing bordered'. begrenzte, from begrenzen, 'to bound, limit', is singular, agreeing with kein Ding, not with die."}],"words":[{"surface":"Doch","lemma":"doch","morphology":"conjunction","role":"connects to warfen (next stanza line)","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"seine","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Blicke","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Blicke","lemma":"Blick","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"subject of warfen (next stanza line)","gloss":"glances"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"object of begrenzte","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"kein","lemma":"kein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"no"},{"surface":"Ding","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of begrenzte","gloss":"thing"},{"surface":"begrenzte","lemma":"begrenzen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause modifying Blicke","gloss":"confined"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"das-einhorn-s3-l6","source":"warfen sich Bilder in den Raum","translation":"cast images for themselves into space","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s3-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"warfen sich … in den Raum","title":"werfen plus a dative reflexive","body":"warfen is the past of the strong verb werfen, 'to throw, cast'; its subject is seine Blicke, from the line above. The reflexive sich reads as a dative here, so the glances cast images for themselves. in den Raum takes the accusative, marking motion into a place."}],"words":[{"surface":"warfen","lemma":"werfen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"cast"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, dative, plural, reflexive","role":"depends on warfen","gloss":"themselves"},{"surface":"Bilder","lemma":"Bild","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on warfen","gloss":"images"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on warfen","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Raum","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Raum","lemma":"Raum","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"space"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"das-einhorn-s3-l7","source":"und schlössen einen blauen Sagenkreis.","translation":"and would close a blue circle of legend.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-einhorn-s3-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"schlössen","title":"Subjunctive II by vowel umlaut","body":"schlössen is Subjunctive II of the strong verb schließen, 'to close', umlauting the past stem schlossen to schlössen. The mood marks the act as unreal or potential rather than plain fact. der Sagenkreis is a 'cycle of legend'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"connects to warfen (previous line)","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"schlössen","lemma":"schließen","morphology":"verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, plural","role":"coordinated main verb with warfen","gloss":"would close"},{"surface":"einen","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Sagenkreis","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"blauen","lemma":"blau","morphology":"adjective, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Sagenkreis","gloss":"blue"},{"surface":"Sagenkreis","lemma":"Sagenkreis","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on schlössen","gloss":"circle of legend"}]}]}