{"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-reliquienschrein","title":{"source":"Der Reliquienschrein","translated":"The Reliquary"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-reliquienschrein","lines":23},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-alchimist","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/das-gold","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-reliquienschrein-s1-l1","source":"Draußen wartete auf alle Ringe","translation":"Outside, on every ring there waited","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"warten auf","title":"Waiting for, with accusative","body":"warten means 'to wait'; naming what is waited for takes auf plus the accusative, warten auf alle Ringe, 'to wait for all the rings'. The verb wartete opens the sentence before its subject, Schicksal, appears two lines later."}],"words":[{"surface":"Draußen","lemma":"draußen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wartete","gloss":"outside"},{"surface":"wartete","lemma":"warten","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"waited"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on wartete","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"alle","lemma":"aller","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Ringe","gloss":"every"},{"surface":"Ringe","lemma":"Ring","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"rings"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l2","source":"und auf jedes Kettenglied","translation":"and on each link of chain","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"das Kettenglied","title":"The noun for a chain link","body":"das Kettenglied is a compound of die Kette, 'chain', and das Glied, 'limb, link, member', meaning 'a link of chain'. jedes Kettenglied, 'each link of chain', is accusative, joined by und to alle Ringe as another object of auf from the line before."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"connects Ringe (der-reliquienschrein-s1-l1) and Kettenglied","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on wartete in der-reliquienschrein-s1-l1","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"jedes","lemma":"jeder","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kettenglied","gloss":"each"},{"surface":"Kettenglied","lemma":"Kettenglied","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"link of chain"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l3","source":"Schicksal, das nicht ohne sie geschieht.","translation":"fate, which does not come to pass without them.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"geschieht","title":"The verb for happening","body":"geschieht is the third-person present of geschehen, 'to happen, to occur', a verb that takes no object. das nicht ohne sie geschieht means 'which does not happen without them', with das a relative pronoun referring to Schicksal, 'fate'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Schicksal","lemma":"Schicksal","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"in apposition to Ringe and Kettenglied","gloss":"fate"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on geschieht","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on geschieht","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"ohne","lemma":"ohne","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on geschieht","gloss":"without"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural","role":"depends on ohne","gloss":"them"},{"surface":"geschieht","lemma":"geschehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on Schicksal","gloss":"comes to pass"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l4","source":"Drinnen waren sie nur Dinge, Dinge,","translation":"Inside they were only things, things,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"drinnen","title":"Inside, opposite of outside","body":"drinnen means 'inside, indoors', answering the question where. It answers draußen, 'outside', from the poem's first line. Drinnen waren sie nur Dinge means 'inside they were only things', with Dinge the predicate complement of waren."}],"words":[{"surface":"Drinnen","lemma":"drinnen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on waren","gloss":"inside"},{"surface":"waren","lemma":"sein","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"were"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"subject of waren","gloss":"they"},{"surface":"nur","lemma":"nur","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Dinge","gloss":"only"},{"surface":"Dinge","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, plural","role":"predicate complement of waren","gloss":"things"},{"surface":"Dinge","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, plural","role":"repeats Dinge","gloss":"things"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l5","source":"die er schmiedete; denn vor dem Schmied","translation":"that he forged; for before the smith","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"denn","title":"A coordinating word for because","body":"denn means 'for, because'. Unlike the subordinating conjunction weil, denn is a coordinating conjunction and does not send the verb to the end of its clause; normal word order continues after it. vor dem Schmied, 'before the smith', uses the dative dem after vor."}],"words":[{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural","role":"depends on schmiedete","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on schmiedete","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"schmiedete","lemma":"schmieden","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"forged"},{"surface":"denn","lemma":"denn","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on war in der-reliquienschrein-s1-l6","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"vor","lemma":"vor","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on war in der-reliquienschrein-s1-l6","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Schmied","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Schmied","lemma":"Schmied","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on vor","gloss":"smith"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l6","source":"war sogar die Krone, die er bog,","translation":"even the crown that he bent","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"bog","title":"Past tense of biegen","body":"bog is the simple past of the strong verb biegen, 'to bend, to curve'. die Krone, die er bog means 'the crown that he bent', a relative clause with die as its object and bog as its verb, placed at the clause's end as German requires."}],"words":[{"surface":"war","lemma":"sein","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"was"},{"surface":"sogar","lemma":"sogar","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Krone","gloss":"even"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Krone","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Krone","lemma":"Krone","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of war","gloss":"crown"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on bog","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on bog","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"bog","lemma":"biegen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on Krone","gloss":"bent"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l7","source":"nur ein Ding, ein zitterndes und eines,","translation":"only a thing, a trembling thing, and one","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"ein zitterndes","title":"Present participle used as adjective","body":"zitternd, 'shaking, quivering', is the present participle of zittern, 'to shake, to quiver', used here as an adjective with a neuter ending, zitterndes. German forms such adjectives from most verbs. ein zitterndes [Ding] means 'a shaking thing'."}],"words":[{"surface":"nur","lemma":"nur","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"only"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Ding","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"predicate complement of war in der-reliquienschrein-s1-l6","gloss":"thing"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on zitterndes","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"zitterndes","lemma":"zitternd","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"trembling"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on zitterndes","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"eines","lemma":"einer","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"one"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l8","source":"das er finster wie im Zorn erzog","translation":"that he, grim as if in anger, schooled","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l8.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"erziehen","title":"The verb for raising or educating","body":"erzog is the simple past of erziehen, normally 'to raise, to educate, to bring up a child'. das ... er ... erzog means 'that he raised', a relative clause with das referring to Ding from an earlier line. zu dem Tragen names the goal stated in the next line."}],"words":[{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on erzog","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of erzog","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"finster","lemma":"finster","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on er","gloss":"grim"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on im","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on erzog","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Zorn","lemma":"Zorn","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"anger"},{"surface":"erzog","lemma":"erziehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"schooled"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s1-l9","source":"zu dem Tragen eines reinen Steines.","translation":"to the bearing of a pure stone.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s1-l9.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"das Tragen","title":"Infinitive used as a noun","body":"das Tragen is the infinitive tragen, 'to carry, to bear', used as a neuter noun, 'the carrying, the bearing'. zu dem Tragen eines reinen Steines means 'to the bearing of a pure stone', with eines reinen Steines in the genitive after Tragen."}],"words":[{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on erzog in der-reliquienschrein-s1-l8","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Tragen","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Tragen","lemma":"tragen","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"bearing"},{"surface":"eines","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Steines","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"reinen","lemma":"rein","morphology":"adjective, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Steines","gloss":"pure"},{"surface":"Steines","lemma":"Stein","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Tragen","gloss":"stone"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s2-l1","source":"Seine Augen wurden immer kälter","translation":"His eyes grew ever colder","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"immer kälter","title":"Ever with a comparative","body":"immer before a comparative adjective means 'ever more, increasingly'; immer kälter means 'colder and colder, ever colder'. wurden is the past tense of werden, 'to become', so Seine Augen wurden immer kälter means 'his eyes grew ever colder'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Seine","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Augen","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"Augen","lemma":"Auge","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, plural","role":"subject of wurden","gloss":"eyes"},{"surface":"wurden","lemma":"werden","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"grew"},{"surface":"immer","lemma":"immer","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on kälter","gloss":"ever"},{"surface":"kälter","lemma":"kalt","morphology":"adjective, comparative","role":"depends on wurden","gloss":"colder"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s2-l2","source":"von dem kalten täglichen Getränk;","translation":"from the cold daily drink;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"das Getränk","title":"The noun for a drink","body":"das Getränk means 'drink, beverage, draught', formed from trinken, 'to drink'. von dem kalten täglichen Getränk means 'from the cold daily drink', with von plus the dative dem Getränk giving the cause named in the line before."}],"words":[{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on kälter in der-reliquienschrein-s2-l1","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Getränk","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"kalten","lemma":"kalt","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Getränk","gloss":"cold"},{"surface":"täglichen","lemma":"täglich","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Getränk","gloss":"daily"},{"surface":"Getränk","lemma":"Getränk","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"drink"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s2-l3","source":"aber als der herrliche Behälter","translation":"but when the glorious vessel","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als","title":"When, for one past event","body":"als means 'when' for a single completed event in the past, unlike wenn, which marks repeated occasions. As a subordinating conjunction it sends its verb to the end of its clause. Here that verb, stand, does not appear until two lines later."}],"words":[{"surface":"aber","lemma":"aber","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on als","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on stand in der-reliquienschrein-s2-l5","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Behälter","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"herrliche","lemma":"herrlich","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Behälter","gloss":"glorious"},{"surface":"Behälter","lemma":"Behälter","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of stand in der-reliquienschrein-s2-l5","gloss":"vessel"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s2-l4","source":"(goldgetrieben, köstlich, vielkarätig)","translation":"(gold-chased, precious, many-carated)","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"goldgetrieben","title":"A compound for gold chasing","body":"goldgetrieben combines Gold with getrieben, the past participle of treiben, which in metalwork means 'to chase, to emboss', raising a relief by hammering from behind. So goldgetrieben means 'worked in chased gold'. It describes Behälter, 'vessel', from the line before."}],"words":[{"surface":"goldgetrieben","lemma":"goldgetrieben","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Behälter in der-reliquienschrein-s2-l3","gloss":"gold-chased"},{"surface":"köstlich","lemma":"köstlich","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on goldgetrieben","gloss":"precious"},{"surface":"vielkarätig","lemma":"vielkarätig","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on köstlich","gloss":"many-carated"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s2-l5","source":"fertig vor ihm stand, das Weihgeschenk,","translation":"stood finished before him, the votive gift,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s2-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"das Weihgeschenk","title":"The noun for a votive gift","body":"das Weihgeschenk combines weihen, 'to consecrate, to dedicate', and das Geschenk, 'gift', meaning 'a votive offering'. It stands in apposition to Behälter, restating the finished vessel as an object given to a shrine."}],"words":[{"surface":"fertig","lemma":"fertig","morphology":"adjective, predicate","role":"depends on stand","gloss":"finished"},{"surface":"vor","lemma":"vor","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on stand","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"ihm","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on vor","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"stand","lemma":"stehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stood"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Weihgeschenk","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Weihgeschenk","lemma":"Weihgeschenk","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"in apposition to Behälter (der-reliquienschrein-s2-l3)","gloss":"votive gift"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s2-l6","source":"daß darin ein kleines Handgelenk","translation":"so that inside it a small wrist","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s2-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"daß","title":"Introducing a purpose clause","body":"daß, spelled dass in current orthography, introduces a subordinate clause and sends its verb to the end. daß darin ein kleines Handgelenk ... means 'so that inside it a small wrist ...', stating a purpose. Its verb, wohne, appears in the next line."}],"words":[{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on wohne in der-reliquienschrein-s2-l7","gloss":"so that"},{"surface":"darin","lemma":"darin","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wohne in der-reliquienschrein-s2-l7","gloss":"inside it"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Handgelenk","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"kleines","lemma":"klein","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Handgelenk","gloss":"small"},{"surface":"Handgelenk","lemma":"Handgelenk","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of wohne in der-reliquienschrein-s2-l7","gloss":"wrist"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s2-l7","source":"fürder wohne, weiß und wundertätig:","translation":"might henceforth dwell, white and miracle-working:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s2-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"wohne","title":"Subjunctive after daß","body":"wohne is the present subjunctive, Konjunktiv I, of wohnen, 'to dwell, to live', used in the purpose clause opened by daß in the line before: 'so that a small wrist might dwell'. fürder is an old adverb meaning 'henceforth, from now on'."}],"words":[{"surface":"fürder","lemma":"fürder","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wohne","gloss":"henceforth"},{"surface":"wohne","lemma":"wohnen","morphology":"verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"might dwell"},{"surface":"weiß","lemma":"weiß","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on wohne","gloss":"white","note":"Not the verb wissen — weiß here is the color adjective, predicative to Handgelenk."},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"wundertätig","lemma":"wundertätig","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"miracle-working"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s3-l1","source":"blieb er ohne Ende auf den Knien,","translation":"he stayed endlessly upon his knees,","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"blieb er","title":"Verb before subject","body":"blieb is the past tense of bleiben, 'to remain, to stay'. Because the preceding aber als clause fills first position, the finite verb blieb takes first position in the main clause and the subject er follows it. auf den Knien, 'on his knees', uses the dative den after auf."}],"words":[{"surface":"blieb","lemma":"bleiben","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stayed"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of blieb","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"ohne","lemma":"ohne","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on blieb","gloss":"without"},{"surface":"Ende","lemma":"Ende","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on ohne","gloss":"end"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on blieb","gloss":"upon"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Knien","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"Knien","lemma":"Knie","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"knees"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s3-l2","source":"hingeworfen, weinend, nicht mehr wagend,","translation":"thrown down, weeping, daring no more,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"hingeworfen","title":"Past participle of hinwerfen","body":"hingeworfen is the past participle of the separable verb hinwerfen, 'to throw down, to fling down', from werfen, 'to throw', with the prefix hin-. Used without an auxiliary, it describes a state, 'thrown down', joining weinend and wagend in a series describing er."}],"words":[{"surface":"hingeworfen","lemma":"hinwerfen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on er in der-reliquienschrein-s3-l1","gloss":"thrown down"},{"surface":"weinend","lemma":"weinen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on hingeworfen","gloss":"weeping"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on wagend","gloss":"no"},{"surface":"mehr","lemma":"mehr","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nicht","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"wagend","lemma":"wagen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on hingeworfen","gloss":"daring"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s3-l3","source":"seine Seele niederschlagend","translation":"casting his soul down low,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"niederschlagend","title":"The verb for casting down","body":"niederschlagend is the present participle of the separable verb niederschlagen, 'to strike down, to cast down, to lower', from schlagen, 'to strike', with the prefix nieder-, 'down'. seine Seele niederschlagend means 'casting his soul down', with Seele as its accusative object."}],"words":[{"surface":"seine","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Seele","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"Seele","lemma":"Seele","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on niederschlagend","gloss":"soul"},{"surface":"niederschlagend","lemma":"niederschlagen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on er in der-reliquienschrein-s3-l1","gloss":"casting down"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s3-l4","source":"vor dem ruhigen Rubin,","translation":"before the tranquil ruby,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"vor dem ruhigen Rubin","title":"Dative after vor for position","body":"vor takes the dative to mark a fixed position, 'before, in front of'. vor dem ruhigen Rubin means 'before the tranquil ruby', with dem and ruhigen in the dative agreeing with Rubin. The phrase depends on niederschlagend from the line before."}],"words":[{"surface":"vor","lemma":"vor","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on niederschlagend in der-reliquienschrein-s3-l3","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Rubin","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ruhigen","lemma":"ruhig","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Rubin","gloss":"tranquil"},{"surface":"Rubin","lemma":"Rubin","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on vor","gloss":"ruby"}]},{"number":21,"label":"21","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s3-l5","source":"der ihn zu gewahren schien","translation":"which seemed to perceive him","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s3-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"gewahren","title":"The verb for perceiving","body":"gewahren means 'to perceive, to become aware of, to notice'. der ihn zu gewahren schien means 'which seemed to perceive him', with der a relative pronoun referring back to Rubin and schien, 'seemed', governing the infinitive zu gewahren."}],"words":[{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on schien","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on gewahren","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on gewahren","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"gewahren","lemma":"gewahren","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on schien","gloss":"perceive"},{"surface":"schien","lemma":"scheinen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"seemed"}]},{"number":22,"label":"22","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s3-l6","source":"und ihn, plötzlich um sein Dasein fragend,","translation":"and, suddenly questioning him about his existence,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s3-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"um sein Dasein fragend","title":"fragen um plus accusative","body":"fragend is the present participle of fragen, 'to ask'; naming what is asked about takes um plus the accusative, um sein Dasein fragend, 'asking about his existence'. das Dasein, from da, 'there', and sein, 'to be', is the noun for 'existence'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on fragend","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on fragend","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"plötzlich","lemma":"plötzlich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on fragend","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"um","lemma":"um","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on fragend","gloss":"about"},{"surface":"sein","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Dasein","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"Dasein","lemma":"Dasein","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on um","gloss":"existence"},{"surface":"fragend","lemma":"fragen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on schien in der-reliquienschrein-s3-l5","gloss":"questioning"}]},{"number":23,"label":"23","id":"der-reliquienschrein-s3-l7","source":"ansah wie aus Dynastien.","translation":"looked at him as if out of dynasties.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-reliquienschrein-s3-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"ansah","title":"Separable verb in the past","body":"ansah is the simple past of the separable verb ansehen, 'to look at, to regard'; the prefix an- rejoins the verb in the simple past. wie aus Dynastien, 'as though out of dynasties', depends on ansah, naming the manner of the look."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Dynastien","title":"The noun for dynasties","body":"die Dynastie, plural Dynastien, means 'dynasty', a line of rulers. wie aus Dynastien means 'as though out of dynasties', with Dynastien dative plural after aus. The phrase describes the manner of ansah, the look given in this line."}],"words":[{"surface":"ansah","lemma":"ansehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"looked at"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction, comparative","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on ansah","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"Dynastien","lemma":"Dynastie","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"dynasties"}]}]}