GR translation: ride him a green-doped and silent hound

[Jochen Stremmel]

What I mean is: the clause "ride him a [...] hound" with its double object
(?) is not so easy to decipher; I don't think the second "him" is a direct
object (like in "hunt him") but more like "for him", "on behalf of him" ...
so I'm not sure if this riding is a hunt; could it mean – question for the
native speakers of TRP's language – "send the hound after him" (the hound
has his number, like)???

2016-03-21 20:32 GMT+01:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:

> The text clearly says this riding is a hunt, so "b" is the root of its
> meaning.  But to "ride" someone has a common meaning of harassing them,
> pursuing them in an aggressive manner.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's not so easy Mike; I think it's neither. I need some time
>> (translating against the clock).
>>
>>
>>
>> 2016-03-21 19:07 GMT+01:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> b
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, March 21, 2016, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the meaning of "ride" then?  Maybe:
>>>>
>>>> 9. trans.
>>>> a. To cut (an animal) off from or out of the herd by skilful riding.
>>>> Now rare.
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> b. To hunt (an animal) on horseback. Now rare.
>>>>
>>>> or is it something else?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I read it as a metaphor for the personal Rocket, and doped is from the
>>>>> 2nd meaning of the verb:
>>>>>
>>>>> (2 smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid: she doped the
>>>>> surface with photographic emulsion.)
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-03-21 8:13 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> V727.15-22, P741.31-38   But these heretics will be sought and the
>>>>>> dominion of silence will enlarge as each one goes down . . . they will all
>>>>>> be sought out. Each will have his personal Rocket. Stored in its
>>>>>> target-seeker will be the heretic’s EEG, the spikes and susurrations of
>>>>>> heartbeat, the ghost-blossomings of personal infrared, each Rocket will
>>>>>> know its intended and hunt him, ride him a green-doped and silent hound,
>>>>>> through our World, shining and pointed in the sky at his back, his guardian
>>>>>> executioner rushing in, rushing closer . . . .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What does "ride him a green-doped and silent hound" mean?  What is
>>>>>> "green-doped"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
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