{"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":"sankt-georg","title":{"source":"Sankt Georg","translated":"Saint George"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/sankt-georg","lines":20},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/don-juans-auswahl","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/dame-auf-einem-balkon","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":"sankt-georg-s1-l1","source":"Und sie hatte ihn die ganze Nacht","translation":"And she had been calling on him all night long,","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"hatte … angerufen","title":"A pluperfect split across lines","body":"hatte begins a pluperfect whose participle, angerufen, 'called upon', does not arrive until the next line. German routinely strands the auxiliary far from its participle, and here the gap leaves the long night of pleading unresolved across the line break."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on hatte","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on hatte","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"hatte","lemma":"haben","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence (pluperfect auxiliary)","gloss":"had"},{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"ihn","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on hatte","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Nacht","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"ganze","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adjective, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Nacht","gloss":"whole"},{"surface":"Nacht","lemma":"Nacht","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on hatte","gloss":"night"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"sankt-georg-s1-l2","source":"angerufen, hingekniet, die schwache","translation":"called upon, knelt down before him, the weak,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"hingekniet","title":"A separable verb for kneeling","body":"The separable verb hinknien means 'to kneel down onto the ground'. The prefix hin- marks motion away from the speaker, toward a place, here the act of sinking to one's knees. The bare participle hingekniet sits beside angerufen as a second thing she did all night."}],"words":[{"surface":"angerufen","lemma":"anrufen","morphology":"verb, past participle","role":"main verb of the sentence (pluperfect with hatte)","gloss":"called upon"},{"surface":"hingekniet","lemma":"hinknien","morphology":"verb, past participle","role":"coordinated with angerufen (same subject sie)","gloss":"knelt down"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Jungfrau (next line)","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"schwache","lemma":"schwach","morphology":"adjective, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Jungfrau (next line)","gloss":"weak"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"sankt-georg-s1-l3","source":"wache Jungfrau: Siehe, dieser Drache,","translation":"watching virgin: Behold, this dragon,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Siehe","title":"An archaic imperative for behold","body":"Siehe is an archaic, full form of the imperative of sehen, 'to see', where modern German would use sieh. It survives mostly in biblical and liturgical usage, giving the virgin's prayer the cadence of scripture."}],"words":[{"surface":"wache","lemma":"wach","morphology":"adjective, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Jungfrau","gloss":"watchful"},{"surface":"Jungfrau","lemma":"Jungfrau","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to sie (s1-l1)","gloss":"virgin"},{"surface":"Siehe","lemma":"sehen","morphology":"verb, imperative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the new imperative clause","gloss":"behold"},{"surface":"dieser","lemma":"dieser","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Drache","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"Drache","lemma":"Drache","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"object of Siehe (topicalized); referred to by er (next line)","gloss":"dragon"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"sankt-georg-s1-l4","source":"und ich weiß es nicht, warum er wacht.","translation":"and I do not know why he keeps watch.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"warum er wacht","title":"Verb-final in an indirect question","body":"After warum, 'why', the conjugated verb wacht is pushed to the very end of the clause: warum er wacht means 'why he keeps watch'. This word order marks the subordinate clause, and the repeated wach- root ties her wakefulness to the dragon's."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"weiß","lemma":"wissen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"know"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"warum","lemma":"warum","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on wacht","gloss":"why"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of wacht","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"wacht","lemma":"wachen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the warum-clause","gloss":"keeps watch"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"sankt-georg-s2-l1","source":"Und da brach er aus dem Morgengraun","translation":"And then he broke out of the grey of dawn","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"brach … aus","title":"To break out of dawn","body":"The separable verb ausbrechen, 'to break out, burst forth', splits in the past tense: brach ... aus. Morgengraun contracts Morgengrauen, 'the greying of morning, daybreak'. The saint erupts out of the half-light like the sun itself."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on brach","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"da","lemma":"da","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on brach","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"brach","lemma":"brechen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"broke"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on brach","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on brach","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Morgengraun","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Morgengraun","lemma":"Morgengrauen","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"dawn"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"sankt-georg-s2-l2","source":"auf dem Falben, strahlend Helm und Haubert,","translation":"on the dun horse, helmet and hauberk blazing,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"der Falbe","title":"A horse named by its color","body":"falb is a pale yellowish brown, 'dun' or 'fallow'; der Falbe is the dun-colored horse, named for its coat. Haubert, more usually Halsberge, is the mail hauberk. strahlend, 'blazing', governs both Helm und Haubert, so the whole armour shines."}],"words":[{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on brach (previous line)","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Falben","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Falben","lemma":"Falbe","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"dun horse"},{"surface":"strahlend","lemma":"strahlen","morphology":"verb, present participle","role":"depends on Helm und Haubert (nominative absolute)","gloss":"blazing"},{"surface":"Helm","lemma":"Helm","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of strahlend (nominative absolute)","gloss":"helmet"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Helm","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"Haubert","lemma":"Haubert","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"hauberk"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"sankt-georg-s2-l3","source":"und er sah sie, traurig und verzaubert","translation":"and he saw her, sorrowful and enchanted,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on sah","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on sah","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"sah","lemma":"sehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"saw"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on sah","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"traurig","lemma":"traurig","morphology":"adjective, uninflected (predicative, describes sie)","role":"depends on sie","gloss":"sorrowful"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on traurig","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"verzaubert","lemma":"verzaubern","morphology":"adjective (past participle), uninflected (predicative, describes sie)","role":"coordinated with traurig","gloss":"enchanted"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"sankt-georg-s2-l4","source":"aus dem Knieen aufwärtsschaun","translation":"gazing upward out of her kneeling","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"aufwärtsschaun","title":"A bare infinitive after seeing","body":"er sah sie ... aufwärtsschaun means 'he saw her gaze upward'. After verbs of perception like sehen, German uses a bare infinitive, schaun, a colloquial form of schauen, with no zu. aus dem Knieen turns the verb knien, 'to kneel', into a noun for the act itself."}],"words":[{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on aufwärtsschaun","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Knieen","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Knieen","lemma":"knien","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"kneeling"},{"surface":"aufwärtsschaun","lemma":"aufwärtsschauen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on sah (s2-l3, infinitive construction \"sah sie ... schaun\")","gloss":"gazing upward"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"sankt-georg-s3-l1","source":"zu dem Glänze, der er war.","translation":"up to the radiance that he was.","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"der er war","title":"A relative clause as predicate","body":"der Glanz, 'radiance, splendour', appears here in the older dative form dem Glänze. The relative clause der er war means 'which he was': the saint does not merely have radiance, he is the radiance she kneels toward."}],"words":[{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on aufwärtsschaun (previous line)","gloss":"up to"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Glänze","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Glänze","lemma":"Glanz","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular (archaic dative form)","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"radiance"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on war (predicate complement, refers to Glanz)","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of war","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"war","lemma":"sein","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause","gloss":"was"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"sankt-georg-s3-l2","source":"Und er sprengte glänzend längs der Länder","translation":"And he galloped, gleaming, along the lands","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"sprengte","title":"sprengen, to gallop","body":"Beside its common sense 'to blow up, burst', sprengen is also the old equestrian verb 'to set spurs, to gallop'. längs, 'along', takes the genitive, as in längs der Länder, 'along the lands'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on sprengte","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on sprengte","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"sprengte","lemma":"sprengen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"galloped"},{"surface":"glänzend","lemma":"glänzen","morphology":"verb, present participle","role":"depends on sprengte","gloss":"gleaming"},{"surface":"längs","lemma":"längs","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sprengte","gloss":"along"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Länder","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Länder","lemma":"Land","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on längs","gloss":"lands"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"sankt-georg-s3-l3","source":"abwärts mit erhobnem Doppelhänder","translation":"downward with his raised two-handed sword","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Doppelhänder","title":"A great two-handed sword","body":"A Doppelhänder, also called a Zweihänder, is a great sword wielded with both hands. erhobnem syncopates erhobenem, 'raised', its dative ending agreeing with Doppelhänder after mit, 'with'."}],"words":[{"surface":"abwärts","lemma":"abwärts","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sprengte (previous line)","gloss":"downward"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sprengte (previous line)","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"erhobnem","lemma":"erhoben","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Doppelhänder","gloss":"raised"},{"surface":"Doppelhänder","lemma":"Doppelhänder","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"two-handed sword"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"sankt-georg-s3-l4","source":"in die offene Gefahr,","translation":"into the open danger,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sprengte (s3-l2)","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Gefahr","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"offene","lemma":"offen","morphology":"adjective, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Gefahr","gloss":"open"},{"surface":"Gefahr","lemma":"Gefahr","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"danger"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"sankt-georg-s4-l1","source":"viel zu furchtbar, aber doch erfleht.","translation":"far too terrible, and yet implored for.","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"erfleht","title":"To win something by pleading","body":"erflehen means to beg earnestly for something, to win it through prayer; the prefix er- adds the sense of attaining the end of that pleading. The danger is called viel zu furchtbar, 'far too terrible', and yet erfleht, the very thing prayed for all night."}],"words":[{"surface":"viel","lemma":"viel","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on furchtbar","gloss":"far"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on furchtbar","gloss":"too"},{"surface":"furchtbar","lemma":"furchtbar","morphology":"adjective","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"terrible"},{"surface":"aber","lemma":"aber","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on erfleht","gloss":"but"},{"surface":"doch","lemma":"doch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on erfleht","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"erfleht","lemma":"erflehen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"parallel predicate to furchtbar","gloss":"implored for","note":"Elliptical clause: an implied 'es war' governs both 'furchtbar' and 'erfleht' as parallel predicates."}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"sankt-georg-s4-l2","source":"Und sie kniete knieender, die Hände","translation":"And she knelt more kneelingly, her hands","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"knieender","title":"An invented comparative form","body":"kniete knieender pairs the verb 'knelt' with a comparative coined from the participle knieend, 'kneeling', roughly 'knelt more kneelingly'. German has no ordinary comparative of a participle; this one is coined for the line."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on kniete","gloss":"And"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of kniete","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"kniete","lemma":"knien","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"knelt"},{"surface":"knieender","lemma":"kniend","morphology":"adverb, comparative","role":"depends on kniete","gloss":"more kneelingly"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Hände","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Hände","lemma":"Hand","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on faltend","gloss":"hands"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"sankt-georg-s4-l3","source":"fester faltend, daß er sie bestände;","translation":"folding them tighter, that he might withstand it for her;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"daß er sie bestände","title":"A subjunctive expressing a wish","body":"bestände is the past subjunctive, Konjunktiv II, of bestehen, marking a wish rather than a fact: 'so that he might withstand it'. daß sends the verb to the end of its clause, and the subjunctive form keeps the prayer hopeful and unsettled."}],"words":[{"surface":"fester","lemma":"fest","morphology":"adverb, comparative","role":"depends on faltend","gloss":"tighter"},{"surface":"faltend","lemma":"falten","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"folding"},{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on bestände","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on bestände","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on bestände","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"bestände","lemma":"bestehen","morphology":"verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"depends on faltend","gloss":"might withstand"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"sankt-georg-s4-l4","source":"denn sie wußte nicht, daß der besteht,","translation":"for she did not know that the one prevails","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s4-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"daß der besteht","title":"der pointing ahead to a clause","body":"Here der is not an article but a stressed demonstrative pronoun, 'the one who', whose own relative clause runs on into the next stanza. besteht, present tense of bestehen, now means 'endures, prevails'. The thought deliberately overruns the stanza break."}],"words":[{"surface":"denn","lemma":"denn","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on wußte","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on wußte","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"wußte","lemma":"wissen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"knew"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on wußte","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on besteht","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on besteht","gloss":"the one"},{"surface":"besteht","lemma":"bestehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on wußte","gloss":"prevails"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"sankt-georg-s5-l1","source":"den ihr Herz, ihr reines und bereites,","translation":"whom her heart, her pure and ready heart,","stanza":5,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s5-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"den","title":"An accusative relative pronoun","body":"den is the accusative masculine relative pronoun, 'whom', object of niederreißt two lines down: der besteht, den ... niederreißt means 'the one prevails whom her heart tears down'. ihr reines und bereites is in apposition to ihr Herz, her heart."}],"words":[{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on niederreißt","gloss":"whom"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Herz","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"Herz","lemma":"Herz","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of niederreißt","gloss":"heart"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on reines","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"reines","lemma":"rein","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Herz","gloss":"pure","note":"Elliptical: 'ihr reines und bereites' repeats the omitted noun 'Herz.'"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on reines","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"bereites","lemma":"bereit","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"ready"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"sankt-georg-s5-l2","source":"aus dem Licht des göttlichen Geleites","translation":"out of the light of the divine escort","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s5-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Geleit","title":"An escort of light","body":"das Geleit is an accompanying escort or safe-conduct; des göttlichen Geleites is the genitive, 'of the divine escort', modifying Licht, 'light', in aus dem Licht des göttlichen Geleites."}],"words":[{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Licht","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Licht","lemma":"Licht","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"light"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Geleites","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"göttlichen","lemma":"göttlich","morphology":"adjective, genitive, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Geleites","gloss":"divine"},{"surface":"Geleites","lemma":"Geleit","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Licht","gloss":"escort"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"sankt-georg-s5-l3","source":"niederreißt. Zu Seiten seines Streites","translation":"tears down. At the sides of his combat","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s5-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"niederreißt","title":"To tear something down","body":"The separable verb niederreißen, 'to tear, pull down', completes the long suspended sentence: her heart reißt the saint nieder, down out of the divine light. zu Seiten, an older plural of Seite, 'side', with the genitive seines Streites means 'on either side of his combat'."}],"words":[{"surface":"niederreißt","lemma":"niederreißen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"tears down"},{"surface":"Zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"Seiten","lemma":"Seite","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Zu","gloss":"the sides","note":"'Zu Seiten' is a fixed idiom meaning 'at the side of.'"},{"surface":"seines","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Streites","gloss":"his"},{"surface":"Streites","lemma":"Streit","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Seiten","gloss":"combat"}]},{"number":20,"label":"20","id":"sankt-georg-s5-l4","source":"stand, wie Türme stehen, ihr Gebet.","translation":"her prayer stood, as towers stand.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/sankt-georg-s5-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"wie Türme stehen","title":"A simile splitting subject and verb","body":"The subject ihr Gebet, 'her prayer', and its verb stand, 'stood', are split by the inserted comparison wie Türme stehen, 'as towers stand'. Placing the simile inside the main clause is an unusual word order."}],"words":[{"surface":"stand","lemma":"stehen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stood"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on stehen","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"Türme","lemma":"Turm","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"subject of stehen","gloss":"towers"},{"surface":"stehen","lemma":"stehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"depends on stand","gloss":"stand"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gebet","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"Gebet","lemma":"Gebet","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of stand","gloss":"prayer"}]}]}