{"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":"die-marienprozession","title":{"source":"Die Marienprozession","translated":"The Procession of the Virgin"},"section":"New Poems","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/die-marienprozession","lines":39},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/beguinage","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/die-insel","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":"die-marienprozession-s1-l1","source":"Aus allen Türmen stürzt sich, Fluß um Fluß,","translation":"From every tower it hurls itself, stream upon stream,","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"stürzt sich","title":"A reflexive verb of motion","body":"Sich stürzen means 'to plunge, to hurl oneself'. Stürzt is the finite verb and sich its reflexive pronoun, both third-person singular. The grammatical subject is not named yet; Fluß um Fluß, 'stream upon stream', is an adverbial phrase, not the subject."}],"words":[{"surface":"Aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on stürzt","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"allen","lemma":"aller","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Türmen","gloss":"every"},{"surface":"Türmen","lemma":"Turm","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Aus","gloss":"towers"},{"surface":"stürzt","lemma":"stürzen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"hurls"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on stürzt","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"Fluß","lemma":"Fluß","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on stürzt","gloss":"stream"},{"surface":"um","lemma":"um","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Fluß","gloss":"upon"},{"surface":"Fluß","lemma":"Fluß","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on um","gloss":"stream","note":"'X um X' is an idiom for endless repetition: 'X upon X.'"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"die-marienprozession-s1-l2","source":"hinwallendes Metall in solchen Massen,","translation":"down-surging metal in such masses,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"hinwallendes","title":"Wallen with a directional prefix","body":"Wallen means 'to billow, surge, seethe'. The prefix hin- adds direction away from the speaker, so hinwallend means 'surging away and down'. It is nominative neuter singular, describing Metall, 'metal', in solchen Massen, 'in such masses'."}],"words":[{"surface":"hinwallendes","lemma":"hinwallend","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"down-surging"},{"surface":"Metall","lemma":"Metall","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on hinwallendes","gloss":"metal"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on hinwallendes","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"solchen","lemma":"solcher","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Massen","gloss":"such"},{"surface":"Massen","lemma":"Masse","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on in","gloss":"masses"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"die-marienprozession-s1-l3","source":"als sollte drunten in der Form der Gassen","translation":"as though down there, in the mould of the alleys,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als sollte","title":"An unreal comparison with sollte","body":"Als with a subjunctive verb introduces an unreal comparison, meaning 'as though'. Sollte is the past subjunctive of sollen, 'were to, was supposed to'. It is the main verb, with drunten, 'down there', and in der Form der Gassen, 'in the mold of the alleys', depending on it."}],"words":[{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on sollte","gloss":"as though"},{"surface":"sollte","lemma":"sollen","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"were to"},{"surface":"drunten","lemma":"drunten","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sollte","gloss":"down there"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sollte","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Form","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Form","lemma":"Form","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"mould"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Gassen","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"Gassen","lemma":"Gasse","morphology":"noun, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Form","gloss":"alleys"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"die-marienprozession-s1-l4","source":"ein blanker Tag erstehn aus Bronzeguß,","translation":"a bright day were to rise up out of bronze-casting,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"erstehn","title":"A verb meaning to arise","body":"Erstehn, an older infinitive form of erstehen, means 'to arise, come into being'. It depends on sollte from the line above, so 'a bright day were to arise'. Aus Bronzeguß, 'out of bronze casting', is dative, depending on erstehn."}],"words":[{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Tag","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"blanker","lemma":"blank","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Tag","gloss":"bright"},{"surface":"Tag","lemma":"Tag","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of sollte","gloss":"day"},{"surface":"erstehn","lemma":"erstehen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on sollte","gloss":"rise up"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on erstehn","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"Bronzeguß","lemma":"Bronzeguß","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"bronze-casting"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"die-marienprozession-s2-l1","source":"an dessen Rand, gehämmert und erhaben,","translation":"on whose rim, hammered and raised in relief,","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"dessen","title":"A genitive relative pronoun","body":"Dessen is the masculine or neuter genitive of the relative pronoun der, meaning 'whose, of which'. It depends on Rand, 'rim', and refers back to Tag, 'day', from the previous stanza. A genitive relative clause can span a stanza break."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"erhaben","title":"Raised, and also sublime","body":"Erhaben literally means 'raised, embossed', the term for figures standing out from a metal surface. It also means 'sublime, exalted'. Here it is coordinate with gehämmert, 'hammered', both depending on und, describing Rand, 'rim'."}],"words":[{"surface":"an","lemma":"an","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"dessen","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Rand","gloss":"whose"},{"surface":"Rand","lemma":"Rand","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on an","gloss":"rim"},{"surface":"gehämmert","lemma":"hämmern","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Rand","gloss":"hammered"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on gehämmert","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"erhaben","lemma":"erhaben","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"raised in relief"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"die-marienprozession-s2-l2","source":"zu sehen ist der buntgebundne Zug","translation":"there is to be seen the brightly-bound procession","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"zu sehen ist","title":"Sein plus zu plus infinitive","body":"Sein combined with zu and an infinitive expresses what can be done: zu sehen ist means 'is to be seen, can be seen'. Ist is the main verb; its subject, der buntgebundne Zug, 'the brightly bound procession', is named at the end of the line."}],"words":[{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on sehen","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"sehen","lemma":"sehen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"be seen"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is","note":"'sein + zu + infinitive' expresses possibility/obligation: 'is to be seen.'"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Zug","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"buntgebundne","lemma":"buntgebunden","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Zug","gloss":"brightly-bound"},{"surface":"Zug","lemma":"Zug","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"procession"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"die-marienprozession-s2-l3","source":"der leichten Mädchen und der neuen Knaben,","translation":"of the light-footed girls and the new-made boys,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"der leichten Mädchen und der neuen Knaben","title":"Two genitive plurals in parallel","body":"Der leichten Mädchen, 'of the light-footed girls', and der neuen Knaben, 'of the new boys', are both genitive plural, depending on Zug, 'procession'. Knabe is an elevated word for 'boy'. Together they name who makes up the procession."}],"words":[{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Mädchen","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"leichten","lemma":"leicht","morphology":"adjective, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Mädchen","gloss":"light-footed"},{"surface":"Mädchen","lemma":"Mädchen","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Zug","gloss":"girls"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Mädchen","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Knaben","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"neuen","lemma":"neu","morphology":"adjective, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Knaben","gloss":"new-made"},{"surface":"Knaben","lemma":"Knabe","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on und","gloss":"boys"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"die-marienprozession-s2-l4","source":"und wie er Wellen schlug und trieb und trug,","translation":"and how it struck up waves and drifted and bore on,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"trieb und trug","title":"Three past-tense verbs in sequence","body":"Schlug, 'struck', trieb, 'drifted', and trug, 'bore on', are third-person singular simple past forms, coordinate with each other by und. Wellen schlagen is an idiom for 'to make waves'; treiben and tragen extend the image of the crowd as moving water."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Zug","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on schlug","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on schlug","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"Wellen","lemma":"Welle","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on schlug","gloss":"waves"},{"surface":"schlug","lemma":"schlagen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"struck up"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on schlug","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"trieb","lemma":"treiben","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"drifted"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on trieb","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"trug","lemma":"tragen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"bore on"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"die-marienprozession-s2-l5","source":"hinabgehalten von dem ungewissen","translation":"held back below by the uncertain","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s2-l5.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"hinabgehalten","lemma":"hinabhalten","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"held back below"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on hinabgehalten","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gewicht","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ungewissen","lemma":"ungewiß","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gewicht","gloss":"uncertain"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"die-marienprozession-s2-l6","source":"Gewicht der Fahnen und von Hindernissen","translation":"weight of the banners, and by obstacles","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s2-l6.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Gewicht","lemma":"Gewicht","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"weight"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Fahnen","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"Fahnen","lemma":"Fahne","morphology":"noun, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Gewicht","gloss":"banners"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Gewicht","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on und","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"Hindernissen","lemma":"Hindernis","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on von","gloss":"obstacles"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"die-marienprozession-s2-l7","source":"gehemmt, unsichtbar wie die Hand des Herrn;","translation":"checked — invisible as the hand of the Lord;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s2-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"hinabgehalten … gehemmt","title":"A second stacked participle","body":"Gehemmt is the past participle of hemmen, 'to check, impede'. It depends on hinabgehalten, the participle from the line before, both describing the restrained crowd. Unsichtbar wie die Hand des Herrn, 'invisible as the hand of the Lord', names the comparison."}],"words":[{"surface":"gehemmt","lemma":"hemmen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on hinabgehalten","gloss":"checked"},{"surface":"unsichtbar","lemma":"unsichtbar","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on gehemmt","gloss":"invisible"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on unsichtbar","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hand","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Hand","lemma":"Hand","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"hand"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Herrn","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"Herrn","lemma":"Herr","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Hand","gloss":"Lord"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"die-marienprozession-s3-l1","source":"und drüben plötzlich beinah mitgerissen","translation":"and over yonder suddenly almost swept along","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"mitgerissen","title":"A participle meaning swept along","body":"Mitgerissen is the past participle of the separable verb mitreißen, literally 'to tear along with'. It depends on gehemmt from the previous note, continuing the description of the crowd. Beinah, 'nearly', softens it, and plötzlich, 'suddenly', marks the moment."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on mitgerissen","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"drüben","lemma":"drüben","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on mitgerissen","gloss":"over yonder"},{"surface":"plötzlich","lemma":"plötzlich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on mitgerissen","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"beinah","lemma":"beinah","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on mitgerissen","gloss":"almost"},{"surface":"mitgerissen","lemma":"mitreißen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on gehemmt","gloss":"swept along"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"die-marienprozession-s3-l2","source":"vom Aufstieg aufgescheuchter Räucherbecken,","translation":"by the upswing of startled censers,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"aufgescheucht","title":"A participle meaning startled upward","body":"Aufgescheucht is the past participle of aufscheuchen, 'to startle into flight', normally said of birds or game. It is genitive plural, depending on Aufstieg, 'upswing', and describes Räucherbecken, 'censers'. Vom, 'by the', marks the agent of mitgerissen above."}],"words":[{"surface":"vom","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on mitgerissen","gloss":"by the"},{"surface":"Aufstieg","lemma":"Aufstieg","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on vom","gloss":"upswing"},{"surface":"aufgescheuchter","lemma":"aufgescheucht","morphology":"adjective, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Räucherbecken","gloss":"startled"},{"surface":"Räucherbecken","lemma":"Räucherbecken","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Aufstieg","gloss":"censers"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"die-marienprozession-s3-l3","source":"die fliegend, alle sieben, wie im Schrecken","translation":"which, flying, all seven of them, as if in fright,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on fliegend","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"fliegend","lemma":"fliegend","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"flying"},{"surface":"alle","lemma":"aller","morphology":"determiner, nominative, plural","role":"depends on sieben","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"sieben","lemma":"sieben","morphology":"numeral","role":"depends on fliegend","gloss":"seven"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on zerrn","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Schrecken","lemma":"Schrecken","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"fright"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"die-marienprozession-s3-l4","source":"an ihren Silberketten zerrn.","translation":"tug hard at their silver chains.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"zerrn","title":"A verb meaning to tug hard","body":"Zerrn is a clipped form of zerren, 'to tug or wrench hard', stronger than ziehen, 'to pull'. It is the main verb, third-person plural present. An ihren Silberketten, 'at their silver chains', is the dative object governed by an, depending on zerrn."}],"words":[{"surface":"an","lemma":"an","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on zerrn","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"ihren","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Silberketten","gloss":"their"},{"surface":"Silberketten","lemma":"Silberkette","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on an","gloss":"silver chains"},{"surface":"zerrn","lemma":"zerren","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"tug hard"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"die-marienprozession-s4-l1","source":"Die Böschung Schauender umschließt die Schiene,","translation":"The bank of onlookers encloses the track","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Schauender","title":"A nominalized present participle","body":"Schauend, 'gazing, looking on', is turned into a noun and put in the genitive plural: Schauender, 'of onlookers'. It depends on Böschung, 'bank, embankment', the nominative subject of umschließt, 'encloses'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Böschung","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Böschung","lemma":"Böschung","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of umschließt","gloss":"bank"},{"surface":"Schauender","lemma":"Schauender","morphology":"noun, genitive, plural","role":"depends on Böschung","gloss":"of onlookers"},{"surface":"umschließt","lemma":"umschließen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"encloses"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Schiene","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Schiene","lemma":"Schiene","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on umschließt","gloss":"track"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"die-marienprozession-s4-l2","source":"in der das alles stockt und rauscht und rollt:","translation":"in which all this falters and rushes and rolls:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"stockt und rauscht und rollt","title":"Three verbs of motion and sound","body":"Stockt, 'falters', rauscht, 'rushes', and rollt, 'rolls', are third-person singular present, coordinated by und. Stocken means 'to stall or come to a halt'; rauschen means 'to rush or roar'. Das alles, 'all this', is their shared subject."}],"words":[{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on stockt","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on alles","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"alles","lemma":"alle","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on stockt","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"stockt","lemma":"stocken","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"falters"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on stockt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"rauscht","lemma":"rauschen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"rushes"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on rauscht","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"rollt","lemma":"rollen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"rolls"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"die-marienprozession-s4-l3","source":"das Kommende, das Chryselephantine,","translation":"the thing approaching, the chryselephantine thing,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kommende","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Kommende","lemma":"kommende","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on rollt","gloss":"approaching thing"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Chryselephantine","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Chryselephantine","lemma":"Chryselephantine","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kommende","gloss":"chryselephantine thing","note":"From Greek 'chrys-' (gold) + 'elephantinos' (ivory): overlaid with gold and ivory, like ancient cult statues."}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"die-marienprozession-s4-l4","source":"aus dem sich zu Balkonen Baldachine","translation":"out of which up toward the balconies canopies","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s4-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on aufbäumen","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural, reflexive","role":"depends on aufbäumen","gloss":"themselves"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on aufbäumen","gloss":"toward"},{"surface":"Balkonen","lemma":"Balkon","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"balconies"},{"surface":"Baldachine","lemma":"Baldachin","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"subject of aufbäumen","gloss":"canopies"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"die-marienprozession-s4-l5","source":"aufbäumen, schwankend im Behang von Gold.","translation":"rear up, swaying in their hangings of gold.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s4-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"aufbäumen","title":"A reflexive verb meaning to rear up","body":"Sich aufbäumen describes what a horse does when it rears, from bäumen, related to Baum, 'tree', with the prefix auf-, 'up'. Aufbäumen is the main verb, third-person plural present. Schwankend, 'swaying', and im Behang von Gold, 'in hangings of gold', depend on it."}],"words":[{"surface":"aufbäumen","lemma":"aufbäumen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"rear up"},{"surface":"schwankend","lemma":"schwankend","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on aufbäumen","gloss":"swaying"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on schwankend","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Behang","lemma":"Behang","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"hangings"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Behang","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Gold","lemma":"Gold","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"gold"}]},{"number":21,"label":"21","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l1","source":"Und sie erkennen über all dem Weißen,","translation":"And above all that whiteness they make her out,","stanza":5,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"erkennen","title":"A verb meaning to recognize","body":"Erkennen means 'to recognize, to make out'. It is the main verb, third-person plural present, with sie, 'they', as its subject. Its object, das alte Standbild, is named two lines later; über all dem Weißen, 'above all that whiteness', depends on erkennen."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on erkennen","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on erkennen","gloss":"they"},{"surface":"erkennen","lemma":"erkennen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"make out"},{"surface":"über","lemma":"über","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on erkennen","gloss":"above"},{"surface":"all","lemma":"all","morphology":"determiner","role":"depends on Weißen","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Weißen","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"Weißen","lemma":"Weiße","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on über","gloss":"whiteness"}]},{"number":22,"label":"22","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l2","source":"getragen und im spanischen Gewand,","translation":"borne aloft and in Spanish vestments,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"getragen","lemma":"tragen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Standbild","gloss":"borne aloft"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on getragen","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on und","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"spanischen","lemma":"spanisch","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gewand","gloss":"Spanish"},{"surface":"Gewand","lemma":"Gewand","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"vestments"}]},{"number":23,"label":"23","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l3","source":"das alte Standbild mit dem kleinen heißen","translation":"the old statue with the small, hot","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Standbild","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"alte","lemma":"alt","morphology":"adjective, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Standbild","gloss":"old"},{"surface":"Standbild","lemma":"Standbild","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"object of erkennen","gloss":"statue"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Standbild","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesichte","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"kleinen","lemma":"klein","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesichte","gloss":"small"},{"surface":"heißen","lemma":"heiß","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesichte","gloss":"hot"}]},{"number":24,"label":"24","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l4","source":"Gesichte und dem Kinde auf der Hand","translation":"face and the Child upon her hand,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"mit dem … Gesichte und dem Kinde","title":"An older dative ending survives","body":"Mit governs the dative, here Gesichte and Kinde, both dative neuter singular. The final -e is an older dative singular ending, mostly dropped in modern speech. Auf der Hand uses the article der where English uses 'her', so der Hand means 'her hand'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Gesichte","lemma":"Gesicht","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"face","note":"'Gesichte' is an older poetic dative singular of 'Gesicht' (face)."},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Gesichte","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kinde","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Kinde","lemma":"Kind","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"Child"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Kinde","gloss":"upon"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hand","gloss":"her","note":"German uses the definite article where English uses a possessive: 'der Hand' = 'her hand.'"},{"surface":"Hand","lemma":"Hand","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"hand"}]},{"number":25,"label":"25","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l5","source":"und knieen hin, je mehr es naht und naht,","translation":"and they kneel down, the nearer and nearer it comes,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"je mehr es naht und naht","title":"A proportional comparison clause","body":"Je plus a comparative, mehr, sets up a 'the more' clause: je mehr es naht means 'the more it nears'. Naht, 'nears', repeats after und for emphasis. Knieen hin uses the separable verb hinknien, 'to kneel down', with hin as its detached prefix."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on knieen","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"knieen","lemma":"knien","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"kneel down"},{"surface":"hin","lemma":"hin","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on knieen","gloss":"down","note":"'hin' is the separable prefix of 'hinknien' (to kneel down)."},{"surface":"je","lemma":"je","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on mehr","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"mehr","lemma":"mehr","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on naht","gloss":"more","note":"'je mehr' = 'the more,' a correlative comparative."},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on naht","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"naht","lemma":"nahen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"nears"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on naht","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"naht","lemma":"nahen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"nears"}]},{"number":26,"label":"26","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l6","source":"in seiner Krone ahnungslos veraltend","translation":"in its crown growing old, unaware, behind the times,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"veraltend","title":"A participle meaning growing outdated","body":"Veralten means 'to become old-fashioned, obsolete'. Veraltend is its present participle, describing Krone, 'crown', dative feminine singular after in. Ahnungslos, 'unaware, having no inkling', also depends on veraltend."}],"words":[{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on veraltend","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"seiner","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Krone","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Krone","lemma":"Krone","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"crown"},{"surface":"ahnungslos","lemma":"ahnungslos","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on veraltend","gloss":"unaware"},{"surface":"veraltend","lemma":"veraltend","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"growing outdated"}]},{"number":27,"label":"27","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l7","source":"und immer noch das Segnen hölzern haltend","translation":"and still holding the act of blessing woodenly,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"das Segnen","title":"An infinitive made a noun","body":"Any German infinitive can become a neuter noun: segnen, 'to bless', becomes das Segnen, 'the act of blessing'. It is accusative neuter singular, depending on haltend, 'holding'. Hölzern, 'woodenly', also depends on haltend, naming the manner."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on haltend","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"immer","lemma":"immer","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on noch","gloss":"ever"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on haltend","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Segnen","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Segnen","lemma":"Segnen","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on haltend","gloss":"blessing"},{"surface":"hölzern","lemma":"hölzern","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on haltend","gloss":"woodenly"},{"surface":"haltend","lemma":"halten","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on knieen","gloss":"holding"}]},{"number":28,"label":"28","id":"die-marienprozession-s5-l8","source":"aus dem sich groß gebärdenden Brokat.","translation":"out of the brocade that makes its grand display.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s5-l8.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"sich groß gebärdend","title":"A reflexive verb meaning to posture","body":"Sich gebärden means 'to behave or carry on in a marked way, to posture'. Groß gebärdend combines this with groß, 'grandly', as a present participle describing Brokat, 'brocade', dative masculine singular. Sich is the reflexive pronoun of gebärdend."}],"words":[{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on haltend","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Brokat","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on gebärdenden","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"groß","lemma":"groß","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on gebärdenden","gloss":"grandly"},{"surface":"gebärdenden","lemma":"gebärdend","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Brokat","gloss":"gesturing"},{"surface":"Brokat","lemma":"Brokat","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"brocade"}]},{"number":29,"label":"29","id":"die-marienprozession-s6-l1","source":"Da aber, wie es an den Hingeknieten","translation":"But then, as past the ones knelt down","stanza":6,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s6-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"den Hingeknieten","title":"Participle turned into noun","body":"hinknien, 'to kneel down', forms the past participle hingekniet. It is nominalized as die Hingeknieten, 'the ones who have knelt', here dative plural after an. German readily turns participles into nouns naming people by their posture."}],"words":[{"surface":"Da","lemma":"da","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on aber","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"aber","lemma":"aber","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on vorüberkommt","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on vorüberkommt","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"an","lemma":"an","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on vorüberkommt","gloss":"past"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Hingeknieten","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Hingeknieten","lemma":"hingekniet","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on an","gloss":"ones knelt down"}]},{"number":30,"label":"30","id":"die-marienprozession-s6-l2","source":"vorüberkommt, die scheu von unten schaun,","translation":"it passes by — they that gaze up shyly from below —","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s6-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"vorüberkommt","title":"Separable verb sent to clause end","body":"vorüberkommen, 'to come past, pass by', is separable and stands at the end because wie opens a subordinate clause: wie es vorüberkommt, 'as it passes by'. The relative clause die schaun, 'who gaze', refers back to den Hingeknieten."}],"words":[{"surface":"vorüberkommt","lemma":"vorüberkommen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"passes by"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on schaun","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"scheu","lemma":"scheu","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on schaun","gloss":"shyly"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on schaun","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"unten","lemma":"unten","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on von","gloss":"below"},{"surface":"schaun","lemma":"schauen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"depends on vorüberkommt","gloss":"gaze"}]},{"number":31,"label":"31","id":"die-marienprozession-s6-l3","source":"da scheint es seinen Trägern zu gebieten","translation":"it seems to command its bearers","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s6-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"gebieten","title":"To command, elevated verb","body":"gebieten means 'to command, to order' and takes a dative object, here seinen Trägern, 'its bearers'. scheinen zu, 'to seem to', frames the act as only apparent."}],"words":[{"surface":"da","lemma":"da","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on scheint","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"scheint","lemma":"scheinen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"seems"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on scheint","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"seinen","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Trägern","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Trägern","lemma":"Träger","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on gebieten","gloss":"bearers"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on gebieten","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"gebieten","lemma":"gebieten","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on scheint","gloss":"command"}]},{"number":32,"label":"32","id":"die-marienprozession-s6-l4","source":"mit einem Hochziehn seiner Augenbraun,","translation":"with a lift of its eyebrows,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s6-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Hochziehn","title":"Verb turned into a noun","body":"hochziehen, 'to pull or draw up', is nominalized as das Hochziehn, 'a raising, a lift'. mit einem Hochziehn seiner Augenbraun means 'with one lift of its eyebrows'. Augenbraun is a poetic clipping of Augenbrauen, 'eyebrows', for the rhyme."}],"words":[{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on gebieten","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"einem","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Hochziehn","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Hochziehn","lemma":"Hochziehn","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"lift"},{"surface":"seiner","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Augenbraun","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Augenbraun","lemma":"Augenbraue","morphology":"noun, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Hochziehn","gloss":"eyebrows"}]},{"number":33,"label":"33","id":"die-marienprozession-s6-l5","source":"hochmütig, ungehalten und bestimmt:","translation":"haughty, displeased and decisive:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s6-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"ungehalten","title":"Three adjectives of mood","body":"hochmütig means 'haughty, arrogant', ungehalten means 'displeased, annoyed', and bestimmt means 'firm, decisive'. ungehalten literally means 'unrestrained', but it has narrowed to mean 'put out, cross'."}],"words":[{"surface":"hochmütig","lemma":"hochmütig","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ungehalten","gloss":"haughty"},{"surface":"ungehalten","lemma":"ungehalten","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"displeased"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on ungehalten","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"bestimmt","lemma":"bestimmen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on und","gloss":"decisive"}]},{"number":34,"label":"34","id":"die-marienprozession-s6-l6","source":"so daß sie staunen, stehn und überlegen","translation":"so that they marvel, halt and deliberate","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s6-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"so daß","title":"Introduces a result clause","body":"so daß, 'so that', introduces a result and sends its verbs to the end: staunen, stehn und überlegen, 'marvel, stand, ponder'. The three verbs name the bearers' reactions in sequence, before they move on in the next line."}],"words":[{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on staunen","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on staunen","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on staunen","gloss":"they"},{"surface":"staunen","lemma":"staunen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"marvel"},{"surface":"stehn","lemma":"stehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"depends on staunen","gloss":"halt"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on stehn","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"überlegen","lemma":"überlegen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"depends on und","gloss":"deliberate"}]},{"number":35,"label":"35","id":"die-marienprozession-s6-l7","source":"und schließlich zögernd gehn. Sie aber nimmt","translation":"and at last move off, hesitating. But she takes","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s6-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Sie aber nimmt","title":"Contrast particle in second position","body":"aber, 'but, however', stands in second position here as a contrastive particle, not as a clause opener. Sie is the statue, and nimmt, 'takes', is left at the line's end, its object delayed into the next stanza."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on gehn","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"schließlich","lemma":"schließlich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on gehn","gloss":"at last"},{"surface":"zögernd","lemma":"zögernd","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on gehn","gloss":"hesitating"},{"surface":"gehn","lemma":"gehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"move off"},{"surface":"Sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on nimmt","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"aber","lemma":"aber","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nimmt","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"nimmt","lemma":"nehmen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"takes","note":"Idiom: 'in sich nehmen' = to take in, to absorb."}]},{"number":36,"label":"36","id":"die-marienprozession-s7-l1","source":"in sich die Schritte dieses ganzen Stromes","translation":"into herself the footsteps of this whole stream","stanza":7,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s7-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"dieses ganzen Stromes","title":"Strom means stream or throng","body":"Strom means a great current or river, and by extension a flood of people. The genitive dieses ganzen Stromes, 'of this whole stream', names the crowd whose footsteps she takes into herself."}],"words":[{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on nimmt","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on in","gloss":"herself"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Schritte","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Schritte","lemma":"Schritt","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on nimmt","gloss":"footsteps"},{"surface":"dieses","lemma":"dieser","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Stromes","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"ganzen","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adjective, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Stromes","gloss":"whole"},{"surface":"Stromes","lemma":"Strom","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Schritte","gloss":"stream"}]},{"number":37,"label":"37","id":"die-marienprozession-s7-l2","source":"und geht, allein, wie auf erkannten Wegen","translation":"and goes, alone, as if on paths she knows,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s7-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"auf erkannten Wegen","title":"Known paths, dative plural","body":"erkannt is the past participle of erkennen, 'to recognize, to know', used here as an adjective. auf erkannten Wegen means 'on known paths', dative plural after auf, agreeing with Wegen."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on geht","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"geht","lemma":"gehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"goes"},{"surface":"allein","lemma":"allein","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on geht","gloss":"alone"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on geht","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"erkannten","lemma":"erkannt","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Wegen","gloss":"known"},{"surface":"Wegen","lemma":"Weg","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"paths"}]},{"number":38,"label":"38","id":"die-marienprozession-s7-l3","source":"dem Glockendonnern des großoffnen Domes","translation":"toward the thunder of bells of the wide-open cathedral","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s7-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Glockendonnern","title":"Compound nouns and adjectives","body":"Glockendonnern joins Glocken, 'bells', and Donnern, 'thundering', into 'thunder of bells'. großoffnen likewise joins groß and offen, 'wide open', describing the Dom, 'cathedral'."}],"words":[{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Glockendonnern","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Glockendonnern","lemma":"Glockendonner","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on geht","gloss":"thunder of bells"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Domes","gloss":"of the"},{"surface":"großoffnen","lemma":"großoffen","morphology":"adjective, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Domes","gloss":"wide-open"},{"surface":"Domes","lemma":"Dom","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Glockendonnern","gloss":"cathedral"}]},{"number":39,"label":"39","id":"die-marienprozession-s7-l4","source":"auf hundert Schultern frauenhaft entgegen.","translation":"borne on a hundred shoulders, womanly, to meet it.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/die-marienprozession-s7-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"entgegen","title":"Stranded prefix meaning toward","body":"entgegen means 'toward, to meet' and governs the dative, here dem Glockendonnern, 'the thunder of bells'. Placed last, it completes a separable verb begun earlier in the sentence, entgegentragen, 'to carry to meet'."}],"words":[{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"heads the adverbial phrase 'auf hundert Schultern', modifying the verb in the previous line","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"hundert","lemma":"hundert","morphology":"numeral","role":"depends on Schultern","gloss":"a hundred"},{"surface":"Schultern","lemma":"Schulter","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"shoulders"},{"surface":"frauenhaft","lemma":"frauenhaft","morphology":"adjective, used adverbially","role":"depends on the verb in the previous line, describing manner","gloss":"womanly"},{"surface":"entgegen","lemma":"entgegen","morphology":"particle (separable verb prefix)","role":"depends on the verb in the previous line (forms entgegentragen, 'carry to meet')","gloss":"to meet it","note":"A stranded separable prefix; paired with the carrying verb earlier in the sentence it means 'carry toward, carry to meet.'"}]}]}