{"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":"der-ball","title":{"source":"Der Ball","translated":"The Ball"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-ball","lines":17},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-berg","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/das-kind","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":"der-ball-s1-l1","source":"Du Runder, der das Warme aus zwei Händen","translation":"You round one, who the warmth out of two hands","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Du Runder","title":"An adjective used as a noun","body":"Runder is the adjective rund, 'round', used as a noun of direct address: Du Runder means 'you round one'. der introduces the relative clause that follows, describing what the ball does."}],"words":[{"surface":"Du","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on Runder","gloss":"You"},{"surface":"Runder","lemma":"rund","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"in apposition to Du","gloss":"round one"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Runder","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Warme","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Warme","lemma":"warm","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"object of fortgibt (der-ball-s1-l2-w4)","gloss":"warmth"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Warme","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"zwei","lemma":"zwei","morphology":"numeral","role":"depends on Händen","gloss":"two"},{"surface":"Händen","lemma":"Hand","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"hands"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"der-ball-s1-l2","source":"im Fliegen oben fortgibt, sorglos wie","translation":"in flying, up above, gives away, carefree as","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"fortgibt","title":"Separable verb staying joined","body":"fortgibt is the present tense, third-person singular, of fortgeben, 'to give away'. As a separable verb it could split in other positions, but here, at the end of its clause, prefix and stem stay joined."}],"words":[{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on fortgibt","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Fliegen","lemma":"Fliegen","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"flying"},{"surface":"oben","lemma":"oben","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on fortgibt","gloss":"up above"},{"surface":"fortgibt","lemma":"fortgeben","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause (subject: der)","gloss":"gives away"},{"surface":"sorglos","lemma":"sorglos","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on fortgibt","gloss":"carefree"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on fortgibt","gloss":"as"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"der-ball-s1-l3","source":"sein Eigenes; was in den Gegenständen","translation":"as its own; what, in the objects,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"sein Eigenes","title":"A noun meaning its own","body":"Eigenes is the adjective eigen, 'own', used as a noun meaning 'what is one's own'. sein Eigenes means 'its own [warmth]', referring back to das Warme, 'the warmth', from the line before."}],"words":[{"surface":"sein","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Eigenes","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Eigenes","lemma":"eigen","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"compared to das Warme via wie, object of implied fortgibt","gloss":"own"},{"surface":"was","lemma":"was","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of kann (der-ball-s1-l4-w3)","gloss":"what"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bleiben (der-ball-s1-l4-w2)","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Gegenständen","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Gegenständen","lemma":"Gegenstand","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on in","gloss":"objects"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"der-ball-s1-l4","source":"nicht bleiben kann, zu unbeschwert für sie,","translation":"cannot stay, too unburdened for them,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"unbeschwert","title":"Un- prefix makes unburdened","body":"unbeschwert means 'unburdened, carefree', combining the negating prefix un- with beschwert, 'burdened, weighed down'. zu unbeschwert für sie means 'too unburdened for them'."}],"words":[{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on kann","gloss":"cannot"},{"surface":"bleiben","lemma":"bleiben","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on kann","gloss":"stay"},{"surface":"kann","lemma":"können","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the was-clause (der-ball-s1-l3-w3)","gloss":"can"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on unbeschwert","gloss":"too"},{"surface":"unbeschwert","lemma":"unbeschwert","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on bleiben","gloss":"unburdened"},{"surface":"für","lemma":"für","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on unbeschwert","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural","role":"depends on für","gloss":"them"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"der-ball-s2-l1","source":"zu wenig Ding und doch noch Ding genug,","translation":"too little a thing, and yet still thing enough,","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"zu wenig Ding … Ding genug","title":"Noun repeated, too little enough","body":"zu wenig Ding und doch noch Ding genug means 'too little a thing, and yet still thing enough'. Ding, 'thing', appears twice, once qualified by zu wenig, 'too little', and once by genug, 'enough', placed after the noun."}],"words":[{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on wenig","gloss":"too"},{"surface":"wenig","lemma":"wenig","morphology":"determiner","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"little"},{"surface":"Ding","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"a thing"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"doch","lemma":"doch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"Ding","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"thing"},{"surface":"genug","lemma":"genug","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"enough"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"der-ball-s2-l2","source":"um nicht aus allem draußen Aufgereihten","translation":"so as not, out of all the things ranged outside,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"um nicht … einzugleiten","title":"A negated purpose clause","body":"um nicht ... einzugleiten means 'so as not to glide in'. um ... zu forms a purpose clause; adding nicht before the infinitive negates the purpose, so as to avoid the action named."}],"words":[{"surface":"um","lemma":"um","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on einzugleiten (der-ball-s2-l3-w5)","gloss":"so as"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on einzugleiten (der-ball-s2-l3-w5)","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on einzugleiten (der-ball-s2-l3-w5)","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"allem","lemma":"aller","morphology":"pronoun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Aufgereihten","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"draußen","lemma":"draußen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Aufgereihten","gloss":"outside"},{"surface":"Aufgereihten","lemma":"aufgereiht","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"things ranged"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"der-ball-s2-l3","source":"unsichtbar plötzlich in uns einzugleiten:","translation":"suddenly, invisibly, to glide into us:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"einzugleiten","title":"Infinitive completes a purpose clause","body":"einzugleiten is the infinitive of eingleiten, 'to glide in', with zu inserted between prefix and stem: ein-zu-gleiten. It completes the um nicht ... zu construction begun in the line before."}],"words":[{"surface":"unsichtbar","lemma":"unsichtbar","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on einzugleiten","gloss":"invisibly"},{"surface":"plötzlich","lemma":"plötzlich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on einzugleiten","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on einzugleiten","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"uns","lemma":"wir","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural","role":"depends on in","gloss":"us"},{"surface":"einzugleiten","lemma":"eingleiten","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"completes the um-clause (der-ball-s2-l2-w1), purpose infinitive","gloss":"to glide"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"der-ball-s2-l4","source":"das glitt in dich, du zwischen Fall und Flug","translation":"that glided into you, you between fall and flight","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"glitt","title":"Simple past, glided","body":"glitt is the simple past, third-person singular, of gleiten, 'to glide'. das glitt in dich means 'that glided into you', with das referring back to something named earlier in the poem."}],"words":[{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of glitt","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"glitt","lemma":"gleiten","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"glided"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on glitt","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"dich","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"vocative, addressing the ball","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"zwischen","lemma":"zwischen","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on du","gloss":"between"},{"surface":"Fall","lemma":"Fall","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on zwischen","gloss":"fall"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Fall","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"Flug","lemma":"Flug","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"flight"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"der-ball-s3-l1","source":"noch Unentschlossener, der, wenn er steigt,","translation":"still an undecided one, who, when he rises,","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Unentschlossener","title":"An undecided one, as noun","body":"Unentschlossener is the adjective unentschlossen, 'undecided', used as a noun, 'an undecided one'. noch Unentschlossener means 'still an undecided one', describing the ball's uncertain motion."}],"words":[{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Unentschlossener","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"Unentschlossener","lemma":"unentschlossen","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"in apposition to du (der-ball-s2-l4-w5)","gloss":"undecided one"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on steigt","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"wenn","lemma":"wenn","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on steigt","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of steigt","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"steigt","lemma":"steigen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the wenn-clause","gloss":"rises"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"der-ball-s3-l2","source":"als hätte er ihn mit hinaufgehoben,","translation":"as though it had carried him up along with it,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als hätte er","title":"Subjunctive after als, as though","body":"als hätte er uses hätte, the Konjunktiv II (subjunctive) of haben, 'to have'. mit is a stranded separable prefix of mit ... hinaufheben, 'to lift up along with', not the preposition 'with' here."}],"words":[{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on hätte","gloss":"as though"},{"surface":"hätte","lemma":"haben","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of hätte","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of hinaufgehoben","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"particle, separable verb prefix","role":"depends on hinaufgehoben","gloss":"along","note":"Stranded separable prefix: 'mit...hinaufheben' means to lift up along with itself, not 'mit' as a preposition."},{"surface":"hinaufgehoben","lemma":"hinaufheben","morphology":"verb, past participle","role":"depends on hätte","gloss":"carried up"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"der-ball-s3-l3","source":"den Wurf entführt und freiläßt–, und sich neigt","translation":"carries the throw off and sets it free–, and inclines,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"entführt und freiläßt","title":"Two verbs, carries off and frees","body":"entführt and freiläßt are present tense, third-person singular, of entführen, 'to carry off, to abduct', and freilassen, 'to release, to set free'. freiläßt is the old spelling of freilässt."}],"words":[{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Wurf","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Wurf","lemma":"Wurf","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on entführt","gloss":"throw"},{"surface":"entführt","lemma":"entführen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"carries off"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on entführt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"freiläßt–","lemma":"freilassen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"sets free","note":"Old spelling ('ß' for 'ss') of 'freilässt', present tense of 'freilassen', to release."},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on entführt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on neigt","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"neigt","lemma":"neigen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"inclines"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"der-ball-s3-l4","source":"und einhält und den Spielenden von oben","translation":"and pauses, and to the players from above","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"den Spielenden","title":"Participle noun for players","body":"Spielenden is the dative plural of Spielende, the present participle of spielen, 'to play', used as a noun meaning 'players'. den Spielenden von oben means 'to the players from above'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on neigt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"einhält","lemma":"einhalten","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"pauses"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on einhält","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, plural","role":"depends on Spielenden","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Spielenden","lemma":"Spielende","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on zeigt","gloss":"players"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Spielenden","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"oben","lemma":"oben","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on von","gloss":"above"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"der-ball-s3-l5","source":"auf einmal eine neue Stelle zeigt,","translation":"all at once shows a new place,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s3-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"auf einmal","title":"An idiom, all at once","body":"auf einmal is an idiom meaning 'all at once, suddenly'. auf, 'at, on', and einmal, 'once', combine to form a fixed phrase rather than a literal 'at one time'."}],"words":[{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on zeigt","gloss":"at","note":"'auf einmal' together is an idiom meaning 'all at once, suddenly.'"},{"surface":"einmal","lemma":"einmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"once"},{"surface":"eine","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Stelle","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"neue","lemma":"neu","morphology":"adjective, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Stelle","gloss":"new"},{"surface":"Stelle","lemma":"Stelle","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on zeigt","gloss":"place"},{"surface":"zeigt","lemma":"zeigen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"shows"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"der-ball-s3-l6","source":"sie ordnend wie zu einer Tanzfigur,","translation":"arranging them as if into a dance-figure,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s3-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"sie ordnend","title":"Present participle, arranging","body":"ordnend is the present participle of ordnen, 'to arrange, to order'. sie ordnend wie zu einer Tanzfigur means 'arranging them as though into a dance-figure', an action alongside the main verb rather than the main verb itself."}],"words":[{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural","role":"depends on ordnend","gloss":"them"},{"surface":"ordnend","lemma":"ordnen","morphology":"verb, present participle","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"arranging"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on ordnend","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"einer","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Tanzfigur","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Tanzfigur","lemma":"Tanzfigur","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"dance-figure"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"der-ball-s4-l1","source":"um dann, erwartet und erwünscht von allen,","translation":"in order then, awaited and longed for by all,","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"erwartet und erwünscht von allen","title":"Two past participles, awaited and desired","body":"erwartet and erwünscht are past participles of erwarten, 'to await', and the adjective erwünscht, 'desired'. erwartet und erwünscht von allen means 'awaited and desired by all'. um here opens a purpose clause completed by zuzufallen two lines later."}],"words":[{"surface":"um","lemma":"um","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on zuzufallen","gloss":"in order","note":"Opens an 'um … zu' (in order to) purpose clause completed by 'zuzufallen' two lines later."},{"surface":"dann","lemma":"dann","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on um","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"erwartet","lemma":"erwarten","morphology":"verb, past participle","role":"depends on zuzufallen","gloss":"awaited"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on erwartet","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"erwünscht","lemma":"erwünscht","morphology":"verb, past participle","role":"depends on und","gloss":"desired"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on erwünscht","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"allen","lemma":"alle","morphology":"pronoun, dative, plural","role":"depends on von","gloss":"all"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"der-ball-s4-l2","source":"rasch, einfach, kunstlos, ganz Natur,","translation":"swift, simple, artless, all nature,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"kunstlos, ganz Natur","title":"Suffix -los makes artless","body":"kunstlos means 'artless, without artifice', combining Kunst, 'art', with the negating suffix -los. rasch, einfach, kunstlos, ganz Natur strings together adjectives describing the ball's motion as swift, simple, artless, all nature."}],"words":[{"surface":"rasch","lemma":"rasch","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"swift"},{"surface":"einfach","lemma":"einfach","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"depends on rasch","gloss":"simple"},{"surface":"kunstlos","lemma":"kunstlos","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"depends on rasch","gloss":"artless"},{"surface":"ganz","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Natur","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"Natur","lemma":"Natur","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on rasch","gloss":"nature"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"der-ball-s4-l3","source":"dem Becher hoher Hände zuzufallen.","translation":"to fall into the cup of upraised hands.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-ball-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"dem Becher … zuzufallen","title":"Infinitive completes a purpose clause","body":"zuzufallen is the infinitive of the separable verb zufallen, 'to fall to, to fall into', with zu inserted between prefix and stem: zu-zu-fallen. It completes the um ... zu construction begun earlier: 'in order to fall into the cup of hands'."}],"words":[{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Becher","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Becher","lemma":"Becher","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on zuzufallen","gloss":"cup"},{"surface":"hoher","lemma":"hoch","morphology":"adjective, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Hände","gloss":"upraised"},{"surface":"Hände","lemma":"Hand","morphology":"noun, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Becher","gloss":"hands"},{"surface":"zuzufallen","lemma":"zufallen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the um...zu clause","gloss":"to fall","note":"Infinitive of separable verb 'zufallen' (to fall to/into), with the infinitive marker 'zu' inserted between prefix and stem: zu-zu-fallen."}]}]}