《宋史·志·卷一》
元佑年间苏颂重新制作铜仪，上面设置浑仪，中间设置浑象，旁边设黄昏拂晓的更筹，用水冲击来运转它。
元祐间苏颂更作者，上置浑仪，中设浑象，旁设昏晓更筹，激水以运之。
In the Yuan You years, Su Song remade a bronze instrument, installing an armillary sphere on it, an astrolabe in the middle, and a sundial with a shifting plate nearby. Water was used to set it in motion.
<s>[INST] Break down the structure and provide an English interpretation of the presented Classical Chinese phrase: 元祐间苏颂更作者，上置浑仪，中设浑象，旁设昏晓更筹，激水以运之。 [/INST]
English interpretation: In the Yuan You years, Su Song remade a bronze instrument, installing an armillary sphere on it, an astrolabe in the middle, and a sundial with a shifting plate nearby. Water was used to set it in motion.
Structural analysis:
- 元祐间 (yuán yòu jiān): temporal phrase indicating "during the Yuan You years"
- 苏颂 (sū sòng): proper noun referring to Su Song, a Chinese astronomer and engineer
- 更作者 (gèng zuò zhě): verbal phrase meaning "remade" or "reconstructed"
- 上置 (shàng zhì): prepositional phrase meaning "installed on top"
- 浑仪 (hún yí): noun referring to an armillary sphere, a spherical astronomical instrument
- 中设 (zhōng shè): prepositional phrase meaning "set in the middle"
- 浑象 (hún xiàng): noun referring to an astrolabe, a flat astronomical instrument
- 旁设 (páng shè): prepositional phrase meaning "set up nearby"
- 昏晓更筹 (hūn xiǎo gèng chóu): noun phrase referring to a sundial with a shifting plate, used to indicate the time of day
- 激水 (jī shuǐ): noun phrase meaning "water"
- 以运之 (yǐ yùn zhī): verbal phrase meaning "to set in motion"</s>
Break down the structure and provide an English interpretation of the presented Classical Chinese phrase: 元祐间苏颂更作者，上置浑仪，中设浑象，旁设昏晓更筹，激水以运之。
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English interpretation: In the Yuan You years, Su Song remade a bronze instrument, installing an armillary sphere on it, an astrolabe in the middle, and a sundial with a shifting plate nearby. Water was used to set it in motion.
Structural analysis:
- 元祐间 (yuán yòu jiān): temporal phrase indicating "during the Yuan You years"
- 苏颂 (sū sòng): proper noun referring to Su Song, a Chinese astronomer and engineer
- 更作者 (gèng zuò zhě): verbal phrase meaning "remade" or "reconstructed"
- 上置 (shàng zhì): prepositional phrase meaning "installed on top"
- 浑仪 (hún yí): noun referring to an armillary sphere, a spherical astronomical instrument
- 中设 (zhōng shè): prepositional phrase meaning "set in the middle"
- 浑象 (hún xiàng): noun referring to an astrolabe, a flat astronomical instrument
- 旁设 (páng shè): prepositional phrase meaning "set up nearby"
- 昏晓更筹 (hūn xiǎo gèng chóu): noun phrase referring to a sundial with a shifting plate, used to indicate the time of day
- 激水 (jī shuǐ): noun phrase meaning "water"
- 以运之 (yǐ yùn zhī): verbal phrase meaning "to set in motion"
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