{"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":"spanische-taenzerin","title":{"source":"Spanische Tänzerin","translated":"Spanish Dancer"},"section":"New Poems","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/spanische-taenzerin","lines":19},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/das-karussell","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-turm","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":"spanische-taenzerin-s1-l1","source":"Wie in der Hand ein Schwefelzündholz, weiß,","translation":"As in the hand a sulphur match, still white,","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Schwefelzündholz","title":"A compound word for a match","body":"Schwefelzündholz is an older compound for 'a sulphur match', joining Schwefel, 'sulphur', and Zündholz, 'a match for lighting fires'. weiß, 'white', describes its unlit head before it catches flame."}],"words":[{"surface":"Wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on in","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Wie","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Hand","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Hand","lemma":"Hand","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"hand"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Schwefelzündholz","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Schwefelzündholz","lemma":"Schwefelzündholz","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of streckt","gloss":"sulphur match"},{"surface":"weiß","lemma":"weiß","morphology":"adjective, predicative","role":"depends on Schwefelzündholz","gloss":"white","note":"False friend: here 'weiß' means 'white,' not the verb 'to know' (from wissen)."}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s1-l2","source":"eh es zur Flamme kommt, nach allen Seiten","translation":"before it comes to flame, to every side","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"eh","title":"A shortened word for before","body":"eh is the shortened poetic form of ehe, 'before', a subordinating conjunction. eh es zur Flamme kommt means 'before it comes to flame', with kommt, 'comes', held to the end of its clause."}],"words":[{"surface":"eh","lemma":"eh","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on kommt","gloss":"before"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of kommt","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"zur","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on kommt","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"Flamme","lemma":"Flamme","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on zur","gloss":"flame"},{"surface":"kommt","lemma":"kommen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"comes"},{"surface":"nach","lemma":"nach","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on streckt","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"allen","lemma":"aller","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on 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im, marking the enclosing space."}],"words":[{"surface":"zuckende","lemma":"zuckend","morphology":"adjective, accusative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Zungen","gloss":"twitching"},{"surface":"Zungen","lemma":"Zunge","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on streckt","gloss":"tongues"},{"surface":"streckt–","lemma":"strecken","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"thrusts out"},{"surface":"beginnt","lemma":"beginnen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"begins"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on beginnt","gloss":"in the"},{"surface":"Kreis","lemma":"Kreis","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"circle"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s1-l4","source":"naher Beschauer hastig, hell und heiß","translation":"by close onlookers, hurried, bright and hot,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"naher Beschauer","title":"der Beschauer, an onlooker","body":"der Beschauer means 'onlooker' or 'observer', from beschauen, 'to view' or 'look at closely'. naher Beschauer, 'of close onlookers', is genitive plural, naming the agents by whom the dance is watched."}],"words":[{"surface":"naher","lemma":"nah","morphology":"adjective, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Beschauer","gloss":"close"},{"surface":"Beschauer","lemma":"Beschauer","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Kreis","gloss":"onlookers"},{"surface":"hastig","lemma":"hastig","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on auszubreiten","gloss":"hurried"},{"surface":"hell","lemma":"hell","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on auszubreiten","gloss":"bright"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on hell","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"heiß","lemma":"heiß","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"hot"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s1-l5","source":"ihr runder Tanz sich zuckend auszubreiten.","translation":"her rounded dance to spread itself, twitching.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s1-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"sich auszubreiten","title":"sich ausbreiten, to spread itself","body":"sich ausbreiten means 'to spread oneself out' or 'expand'. auszubreiten is its zu-infinitive, with zu inserted between the prefix aus and the stem breiten, as required for all separable verbs."}],"words":[{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Tanz","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"runder","lemma":"rund","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Tanz","gloss":"rounded"},{"surface":"Tanz","lemma":"Tanz","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of beginnt","gloss":"dance"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on auszubreiten","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"zuckend","lemma":"zuckend","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on auszubreiten","gloss":"twitching"},{"surface":"auszubreiten","lemma":"ausbreiten","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on beginnt","gloss":"to spread"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s2-l1","source":"Und plötzlich ist er Flamme ganz und gar.","translation":"And suddenly it is flame, wholly and entire.","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"ist er Flamme","title":"Predicate noun without an article","body":"ist er Flamme uses Flamme, 'flame', as a predicate noun without an article, a common pattern for naming what something becomes entirely: 'it is flame'. ganz und gar, 'wholly and entirely', reinforces the completeness."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"plötzlich","lemma":"plötzlich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"suddenly"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of ist","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"Flamme","lemma":"Flamme","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"flame"},{"surface":"ganz","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"wholly"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on ganz","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"gar","lemma":"gar","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"entirely","note":"Idiom 'ganz und gar' = 'wholly and entirely, completely.'"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s3-l1","source":"Mit ihrem Blick entzündet sie ihr Haar","translation":"With her gaze she sets her own hair alight","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"entzündet","title":"entzünden, to set alight","body":"entzünden means 'to ignite' or 'set alight', formed from zünden, 'to kindle', with the prefix ent-. entzündet is its third-person present, agreeing with sie, 'she', as its subject."}],"words":[{"surface":"Mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on entzündet","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"ihrem","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Blick","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"Blick","lemma":"Blick","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Mit","gloss":"gaze"},{"surface":"entzündet","lemma":"entzünden","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"sets alight"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of entzündet","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Haar","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"Haar","lemma":"Haar","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on entzündet","gloss":"hair"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s3-l2","source":"und dreht auf einmal mit gewagter Kunst","translation":"and all at once, with daring artistry, turns","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"gewagter Kunst","title":"gewagt, daring","body":"gewagt is the past participle of wagen, 'to dare', used here as an adjective meaning 'daring' or 'risky'. mit gewagter Kunst, 'with daring artistry', is dative after mit, 'with'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on dreht","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dreht","lemma":"drehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"turns"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on dreht","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"einmal","lemma":"einmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"once"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on dreht","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"gewagter","lemma":"gewagt","morphology":"adjective, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Kunst","gloss":"daring"},{"surface":"Kunst","lemma":"Kunst","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"artistry"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s3-l3","source":"ihr ganzes Kleid in diese Feuersbrunst,","translation":"her whole dress into this conflagration,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Feuersbrunst","title":"A word for a great blaze","body":"die Feuersbrunst is a more literary word for fire than das Feuer, meaning 'a great blaze' or 'conflagration'. diese Feuersbrunst is accusative after in, 'into', marking a change of state."}],"words":[{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kleid","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"ganzes","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adjective, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kleid","gloss":"whole"},{"surface":"Kleid","lemma":"Kleid","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on dreht","gloss":"dress"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on dreht","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"diese","lemma":"dieser","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Feuersbrunst","gloss":"this"},{"surface":"Feuersbrunst","lemma":"Feuersbrunst","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"conflagration"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s3-l4","source":"aus welcher sich, wie Schlangen, die erschrecken,","translation":"out of which, like snakes that take fright,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"aus welcher","title":"welcher after a preposition","body":"welcher is the relative pronoun 'which', dative feminine here after aus, 'out of', referring back to Feuersbrunst. wie Schlangen, die erschrecken, 'like snakes that take fright', is a comparison inserted inside the relative clause."}],"words":[{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on strecken","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"welcher","lemma":"welcher","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural, reflexive","role":"depends on strecken","gloss":"themselves"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Schlangen","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"Schlangen","lemma":"Schlange","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"snakes"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"subject of erschrecken","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"erschrecken","lemma":"erschrecken","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"take fright"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s3-l5","source":"die nackten Arme wach und klappernd strecken.","translation":"the naked arms stretch out, awake and clattering.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s3-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"klappernd","title":"A participle for clattering","body":"klappernd is the present participle of klappern, 'to clatter' or 'rattle', used here as an adverb describing how the arms stretch out. wach und klappernd, 'awake and clattering', pairs it with wach, 'awake'."}],"words":[{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Arme","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"nackten","lemma":"nackt","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Arme","gloss":"naked"},{"surface":"Arme","lemma":"Arm","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, plural","role":"subject of strecken","gloss":"arms"},{"surface":"wach","lemma":"wach","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on strecken","gloss":"awake"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on wach","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"klappernd","lemma":"klappernd","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"clattering"},{"surface":"strecken","lemma":"strecken","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stretch out"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l1","source":"Und dann: als würde ihr das Feuer knapp,","translation":"And then: as though the fire were running short for her,","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"als würde","title":"An unreal comparison, verb first","body":"als introduces an unreal comparison and sends the verb to the front when ob is dropped: als würde, 'as though it were'. würde is the subjunctive of werden, and ihr das Feuer knapp means 'the fire were running short for her', with ihr as the dative of the person affected."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on dann","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dann","lemma":"dann","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on würde","gloss":"as though"},{"surface":"würde","lemma":"werden","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"were"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"pronoun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on würde","gloss":"for her"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Feuer","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Feuer","lemma":"Feuer","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of würde","gloss":"fire"},{"surface":"knapp","lemma":"knapp","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on würde","gloss":"short"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l2","source":"nimmt sie es ganz zusamm und wirft es ab","translation":"she gathers it all up and flings it off","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"nimmt … zusamm … wirft … ab","title":"Two separable verbs in one line","body":"zusammennehmen, 'to gather up', and abwerfen, 'to throw off', are both separable, each splitting its prefix to the clause's end: nimmt … zusamm and wirft … ab. zusamm here is the poetic short form of zusammen."}],"words":[{"surface":"nimmt","lemma":"nehmen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"gathers"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of nimmt","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on nimmt","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"ganz","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on zusamm","gloss":"all"},{"surface":"zusamm","lemma":"zusammen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nimmt","gloss":"up","note":"Poetic elision of 'zusammen' (together), part of the separable verb 'zusammennehmen' (to gather up)."},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on nimmt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"wirft","lemma":"werfen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"flings"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on wirft","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"ab","lemma":"ab","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on wirft","gloss":"off"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l3","source":"sehr herrisch, mit hochmütiger Gebärde","translation":"most imperiously, with a haughty gesture,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"herrisch, hochmütig","title":"herrisch and hochmütig","body":"herrisch means 'imperious' or 'domineering', and hochmütig means 'haughty' or 'arrogant', literally 'high-minded'. herrisch functions as an adverb here, and hochmütiger agrees with the dative feminine Gebärde, 'gesture'."}],"words":[{"surface":"sehr","lemma":"sehr","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on herrisch","gloss":"most"},{"surface":"herrisch","lemma":"herrisch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wirft","gloss":"imperiously"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on herrisch","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"hochmütiger","lemma":"hochmütig","morphology":"adjective, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Gebärde","gloss":"haughty"},{"surface":"Gebärde","lemma":"Gebärde","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"gesture"}]},{"number":15,"label":"15","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l4","source":"und schaut: da liegt es rasend auf der Erde","translation":"and looks: there it lies raging on the ground","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"rasend","title":"A participle for raging","body":"rasend is the present participle of rasen, 'to rage' or 'rave', used adverbially here to describe how something lies on the ground. auf der Erde, 'on the ground', is dative after auf, marking position."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on wirft","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"schaut","lemma":"schauen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"looks"},{"surface":"da","lemma":"da","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on liegt","gloss":"there"},{"surface":"liegt","lemma":"liegen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lies"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of liegt","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"rasend","lemma":"rasend","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on liegt","gloss":"raging"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on liegt","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Erde","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Erde","lemma":"Erde","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on auf","gloss":"ground"}]},{"number":16,"label":"16","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l5","source":"und flammt noch immer und ergibt sich nicht–.","translation":"and flames on still and will not give itself up—.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l5.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"ergibt sich nicht","title":"sich ergeben, to surrender","body":"sich ergeben means 'to surrender' or 'give oneself up'. ergibt sich nicht, 'will not give itself up', negates this with nicht placed after the reflexive pronoun sich."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on liegt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"flammt","lemma":"flammen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"flames"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on flammt","gloss":"still"},{"surface":"immer","lemma":"immer","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on flammt","gloss":"always","note":"Idiom 'noch immer' = 'still.'"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on flammt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ergibt","lemma":"ergeben","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"gives up"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on ergibt","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"nicht–.","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ergibt","gloss":"not"}]},{"number":17,"label":"17","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l6","source":"Doch sieghaft, sicher und mit einem süßen","translation":"Yet triumphant, sure, and with a sweet","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l6.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"sieghaft","title":"An adjective for triumphant","body":"sieghaft means 'triumphant' or 'victorious', built from der Sieg, 'victory', with the adjective suffix -haft. It functions here as an adverb describing the manner of the action that follows."}],"words":[{"surface":"Doch","lemma":"doch","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on sieghaft","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"sieghaft","lemma":"sieghaft","morphology":"adverb","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"triumphant"},{"surface":"sicher","lemma":"sicher","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sieghaft","gloss":"sure"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on sicher","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on und","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"einem","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on süßen","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"süßen","lemma":"süß","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"sweet"}]},{"number":18,"label":"18","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l7","source":"grüßenden Lächeln hebt sie ihr Gesicht","translation":"greeting smile she lifts her face","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l7.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"grüßendem Lächeln","title":"grüßend, greeting","body":"grüßend is the present participle of grüßen, 'to greet', used adjectivally before Lächeln, 'smile'. grüßendem Lächeln, 'with a greeting smile', is dative after mit, 'with'."}],"words":[{"surface":"grüßenden","lemma":"grüßend","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Lächeln","gloss":"greeting"},{"surface":"Lächeln","lemma":"Lächeln","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"smile"},{"surface":"hebt","lemma":"heben","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lifts"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on hebt","gloss":"she"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"her"},{"surface":"Gesicht","lemma":"Gesicht","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on hebt","gloss":"face"}]},{"number":19,"label":"19","id":"spanische-taenzerin-s4-l8","source":"und stampft es aus mit kleinen festen Füßen.","translation":"and stamps it out with small firm feet.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/spanische-taenzerin-s4-l8.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"stampft es aus","title":"Separable verb ausstampfen","body":"ausstampfen, 'to stamp out', is separable. Its prefix aus moves to the end of the clause while the conjugated stem stampft carries the verb's person and number: stampft es aus, 'stamps it out'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on stampft","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"stampft","lemma":"stampfen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"stamps"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on stampft","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"particle, separable verb prefix","role":"depends on stampft","gloss":"out"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on stampft","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"kleinen","lemma":"klein","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Füßen","gloss":"small"},{"surface":"festen","lemma":"fest","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Füßen","gloss":"firm"},{"surface":"Füßen","lemma":"Fuß","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"feet"}]}]}