{"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":"in-einem-fremden-park","title":{"source":"In einem fremden Park","translated":"In a Strange Park"},"section":"New Poems","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park","lines":18},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/die-erblindende","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/abschied","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":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l1","source":"Zwei Wege sinds. Sie führen keinen hin.","translation":"Two paths there are. They lead no one anywhere.","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"sinds","title":"A contraction of sind es","body":"sinds contracts sind es, 'are it, there are'. Zwei Wege sinds means 'Two paths there are', an inverted way of saying 'there are two paths', with sind agreeing with the plural Wege even though es is grammatically singular."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"führen … hin","title":"führen... hin, leading nowhere","body":"führen means 'to lead'; hin, the separable prefix meaning 'toward, along', is placed at the end of the clause. keinen hin means 'no one anywhere', so führen keinen hin means 'they lead no one anywhere'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Zwei","lemma":"zwei","morphology":"numeral","role":"depends on Wege","gloss":"Two"},{"surface":"Wege","lemma":"Weg","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on sinds","gloss":"paths"},{"surface":"sinds","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"there are","note":"'sinds' is a contraction of 'sind es' (are it/there)."},{"surface":"Sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on führen","gloss":"They"},{"surface":"führen","lemma":"führen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lead"},{"surface":"keinen","lemma":"keiner","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on führen","gloss":"no one","note":"'keinen' here is the pronoun 'no one', not the determiner 'kein' — matches the dataset's own convention of citing pronominal forms as 'einer'/'welcher' elsewhere in this same batch (e.g. eine->einer, welche->welcher)."},{"surface":"hin","lemma":"hin","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on führen","gloss":"anywhere"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l2","source":"Doch manchmal, in Gedanken, läßt der eine","translation":"Yet sometimes, lost in thought, the one of them lets","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"läßt","title":"lassen plus infinitive, letting happen","body":"lassen plus an infinitive means 'to let, allow (something to happen)'. läßt der eine dich weitergehn means 'the one [path] lets you walk on', with weitergehn, 'to walk on', as the infinitive lassen governs."}],"words":[{"surface":"Doch","lemma":"doch","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on läßt","gloss":"Yet"},{"surface":"manchmal","lemma":"manchmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on läßt","gloss":"sometimes"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on läßt","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Gedanken","lemma":"Gedanke","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on in","gloss":"thought"},{"surface":"läßt","lemma":"lassen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lets"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on eine","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"eine","lemma":"einer","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on läßt","gloss":"one"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l3","source":"dich weitergehn. Es ist, als gingst du fehl;","translation":"you walk on. It seems as though you'd lost your way;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als gingst du fehl","title":"als plus a verb, no dass needed","body":"als, 'as though', can be followed directly by the verb, without dass, when it introduces this kind of comparison: als gingst du fehl means 'as though you had lost your way'. fehl is the detached prefix of fehlgehen, 'to go astray'."}],"words":[{"surface":"dich","lemma":"dich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular","role":"depends on läßt","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"weitergehn","lemma":"weitergehen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on läßt","gloss":"walk on"},{"surface":"Es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"It"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"seems"},{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on gingst","gloss":"as though"},{"surface":"gingst","lemma":"gehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"went"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on gingst","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"fehl","lemma":"fehl","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on gingst","gloss":"astray","note":"'fehlgehen' (to lose one's way) is a separable verb; 'fehl' is its detached prefix."}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l4","source":"aber auf einmal bist du im Rondel","translation":"but all at once you stand within the roundel","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Rondel","title":"A garden loanword","body":"das Rondel means a round, enclosed space in a garden, often with a path circling it, a roundel. It is a French loanword in German garden vocabulary, naming the place where the path unexpectedly delivers you."}],"words":[{"surface":"aber","lemma":"aber","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on bist","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bist","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"einmal","lemma":"einmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"once"},{"surface":"bist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"are"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on bist","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bist","gloss":"in the"},{"surface":"Rondel","lemma":"Rondel","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"roundel"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l5","source":"alleingelassen wieder mit dem Steine","translation":"left alone once more beside the stone","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"alleingelassen","title":"Left by yourself again","body":"alleingelassen is the past participle of alleinlassen, 'to leave alone', a compound of allein, 'alone', and lassen, 'to leave, let'. It describes the state of being left by yourself, here again, beside the stone."}],"words":[{"surface":"alleingelassen","lemma":"alleinlassen","morphology":"verb, past participle","role":"depends on bist","gloss":"left alone"},{"surface":"wieder","lemma":"wieder","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on alleingelassen","gloss":"once more"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on alleingelassen","gloss":"beside"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Steine","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Steine","lemma":"Stein","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"stone"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l6","source":"und wieder auf ihm lesend: Freiherrin","translation":"and reading on it once again: Baroness","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l6.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on lesend","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"wieder","lemma":"wieder","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on lesend","gloss":"again"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on lesend","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"ihm","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"lesend","lemma":"lesen","morphology":"verb, present participle","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"reading"},{"surface":"Freiherrin","lemma":"Freiherrin","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on lesend","gloss":"Baroness"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l7","source":"Brite Sophie–und wieder mit dem Finger","translation":"Brite Sophie—and once again with a finger","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l7.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Brite","lemma":"Brite","morphology":"proper noun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on lesend","gloss":"Brite"},{"surface":"wieder","lemma":"wieder","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"again"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on abfühlend","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Finger","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Finger","lemma":"Finger","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"finger"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l8","source":"abfühlend die zerfallne Jahreszahl–.","translation":"feeling out the crumbled-away year—.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l8.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"abfühlend","title":"Tracing something with the fingers","body":"abfühlen means 'to feel out, trace with the fingers', from fühlen, 'to feel', with the prefix ab-, suggesting a careful, tracing motion. abfühlend is its present participle, describing the ongoing act of tracing the worn inscription."}],"words":[{"surface":"abfühlend","lemma":"abfühlen","morphology":"verb, present participle","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"feeling out"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on zerfallne","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"zerfallne","lemma":"zerfallen","morphology":"adjective, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Jahreszahl–.","gloss":"crumbled-away"},{"surface":"Jahreszahl–.","lemma":"Jahreszahl","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on abfühlend","gloss":"year"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l9","source":"Warum wird dieses Finden nicht geringer?","translation":"Why does this finding never grow less keen?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s1-l9.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"dieses Finden","title":"An infinitive turned into a noun","body":"Finden is the infinitive of finden, 'to find', used here as a neuter noun with a capital letter: 'this finding, this act of finding'. German freely turns any infinitive into a noun this way, always neuter and always capitalized."}],"words":[{"surface":"Warum","lemma":"warum","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"Why"},{"surface":"wird","lemma":"werden","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"grow"},{"surface":"dieses","lemma":"dieser","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Finden","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"Finden","lemma":"Finden","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"finding"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"never"},{"surface":"geringer","lemma":"gering","morphology":"adverb, comparative","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"less"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s2-l1","source":"Was zögerst du ganz wie zum erstenmal","translation":"Why do you hesitate, just as the first time,","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"zum erstenmal","title":"A fixed phrase for the first time","body":"zum erstenmal means 'for the first time', a fixed phrase built from zu dem, 'to the', plus erstenmal, 'first time'. ganz wie zum erstenmal means 'just as though for the first time'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Was","lemma":"was","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on zögerst","gloss":"why"},{"surface":"zögerst","lemma":"zögern","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"hesitate"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on zögerst","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"ganz","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"just"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on zum","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"zum","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on zögerst","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"erstenmal","lemma":"erstenmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on zum","gloss":"first time"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s2-l2","source":"erwartungsvoll auf diesem Ulmenplatz,","translation":"full of expectancy in this elm-shaded place,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Ulmenplatz","title":"A compound place name","body":"Ulmenplatz is a compound of Ulme, 'elm', and Platz, 'place, square', naming a spot shaded by elm trees. Compounds like this, noun plus noun, are the ordinary way German names a specific kind of place."}],"words":[{"surface":"erwartungsvoll","lemma":"erwartungsvoll","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"expectantly"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on erwartungsvoll","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"diesem","lemma":"dieser","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Ulmenplatz","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"Ulmenplatz","lemma":"Ulmenplatz","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"elm-shaded place"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s2-l3","source":"der feucht und dunkel ist und niebetreten?","translation":"damp and dark and never trodden upon?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"niebetreten","title":"A coined compound, never trodden","body":"niebetreten is a coined compound of nie, 'never', and betreten, the past participle of betreten, 'to step on, enter'. Together they mean 'never trodden [on]', describing ground no foot has touched."}],"words":[{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"feucht","lemma":"feucht","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"damp"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on feucht","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dunkel","lemma":"dunkel","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on und","gloss":"dark"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"niebetreten","lemma":"betreten","morphology":"verb, past participle","role":"depends on und","gloss":"never trodden"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s3-l1","source":"Und was verlockt dich für ein Gegensatz,","translation":"And what a contradiction lures you on,","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"was … für ein Gegensatz","title":"was... für ein, split across the line","body":"was... für ein is an idiom meaning 'what kind of, what a', with für ein often separated from was by other words, as here: was verlockt dich für ein Gegensatz means 'what a contradiction lures you'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on verlockt","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"was","lemma":"was","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"part of the 'was...für ein' idiom, modifies Gegensatz","gloss":"what","note":"'was...für ein' (split across the line) is an idiom meaning 'what kind of/what a'."},{"surface":"verlockt","lemma":"verlocken","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lures"},{"surface":"dich","lemma":"dich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular","role":"depends on verlockt","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"für","lemma":"für","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the 'was...für ein' idiom","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Gegensatz","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Gegensatz","lemma":"Gegensatz","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on verlockt","gloss":"contradiction"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s3-l2","source":"etwas zu suchen in den sonnigen Beeten,","translation":"to go seeking something in the sunlit beds,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"in den sonnigen Beeten","title":"Dative plural for a location","body":"in takes the dative here because the beds are a location, not a destination reached by motion. den sonnigen Beeten, 'the sunny beds', is dative plural, agreeing in case with in and in number with Beet, 'flower bed'."}],"words":[{"surface":"etwas","lemma":"etwas","morphology":"pronoun, neuter","role":"depends on suchen","gloss":"something"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on suchen","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"suchen","lemma":"suchen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on verlockt","gloss":"seek"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on suchen","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, plural","role":"depends on Beeten","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"sonnigen","lemma":"sonnig","morphology":"adjective, dative, plural","role":"depends on Beeten","gloss":"sunny"},{"surface":"Beeten","lemma":"Beet","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on in","gloss":"beds"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s3-l3","source":"als wärs der Name eines Rosenstocks?","translation":"as if it were the name of a rose-bush?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als wärs","title":"A contraction, it were","body":"wärs contracts wäre es, 'it were'. als wärs der Name means 'as though it were the name', using Subjunctive II after als for an imagined possibility, here about what draws the speaker's attention."}],"words":[{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on wärs","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"wärs","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"it were","note":"'wärs' is a contraction of 'wäre es' (it were)."},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Name","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Name","lemma":"Name","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on wärs","gloss":"name"},{"surface":"eines","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Rosenstocks","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Rosenstocks","lemma":"Rosenstock","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Name","gloss":"rose-bush"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s4-l1","source":"Was stehst du oft? Was hören deine Ohren?","translation":"Why do you often stop? What do your ears hear?","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Was stehst du oft?","title":"Two direct questions","body":"Was stehst du oft? means 'Why do you often stop?', with was used adverbially for 'why' rather than as an object. Was hören deine Ohren? means 'What do your ears hear?', where deine Ohren, 'your ears', plural, is the subject of hören."}],"words":[{"surface":"Was","lemma":"was","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on stehst","gloss":"Why"},{"surface":"stehst","lemma":"stehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stop"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on stehst","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"oft","lemma":"oft","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on stehst","gloss":"often"},{"surface":"Was","lemma":"was","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on hören","gloss":"What","note":"'Was hören deine Ohren?' — 'deine Ohren' (plural) is the subject of 'hören'; 'Was' is the accusative direct object ('what do your ears hear'), not nominative."},{"surface":"hören","lemma":"hören","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"hear"},{"surface":"deine","lemma":"dein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Ohren","gloss":"your","note":"'deine' must agree in case with its head noun 'Ohren', which is the nominative subject of 'hören' (see w5); it cannot be tagged accusative while Ohren is nominative."},{"surface":"Ohren","lemma":"Ohr","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on hören","gloss":"ears"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s4-l2","source":"Und warum siehst du schließlich, wie verloren,","translation":"And why do you, at last, as though forlorn,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"wie verloren","title":"As though, describing a look","body":"wie verloren means 'as though lost, forlorn', with wie introducing a comparison and verloren, the past participle of verlieren, 'to lose', used as an adjective describing the manner of looking."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on siehst","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"warum","lemma":"warum","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on siehst","gloss":"why"},{"surface":"siehst","lemma":"sehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"watch"},{"surface":"du","lemma":"du","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on siehst","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"schließlich","lemma":"schließlich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on siehst","gloss":"at last"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on verloren","gloss":"as though"},{"surface":"verloren","lemma":"verloren","morphology":"adjective","role":"depends on siehst","gloss":"forlorn"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"in-einem-fremden-park-s4-l3","source":"die Falter flimmern um den hohen Phlox?","translation":"watch the butterflies flicker round the tall phlox?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/in-einem-fremden-park-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Falter","title":"A literary word for butterfly","body":"der Falter means 'butterfly, moth', a more literary word than Schmetterling. Here it is the nominative plural subject of flimmern, 'flicker', in the clause you watch: die Falter flimmern um den hohen Phlox, 'the butterflies flicker around the tall phlox'."}],"words":[{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Falter","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Falter","lemma":"Falter","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on flimmern","gloss":"butterflies"},{"surface":"flimmern","lemma":"flimmern","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"depends on siehst","gloss":"flicker","note":"'warum siehst du...die Falter flimmern um den hohen Phlox' is a perception (AcI-style) construction spanning the two segments ('watch the butterflies flicker'); flimmern is the complement of siehst (s4-l2), not an independent main verb — 'siehst' has no other object."},{"surface":"um","lemma":"um","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on flimmern","gloss":"round"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Phlox","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"hohen","lemma":"hoch","morphology":"adjective, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Phlox","gloss":"tall"},{"surface":"Phlox","lemma":"Phlox","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on um","gloss":"phlox"}]}]}