Grammar parses for passage 1.21.3
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ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Νοτίου καλουμένου τείχους, ὃ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἐς τὸ θέατρόν ἐστι τετραμμένον, ἐπὶ τούτου Μεδούσης τῆς Γοργόνος ἐπίχρυσος ἀνάκειται κεφαλή, καὶ περὶ αὐτὴν αἰγὶς πεποίηται.
The sentence has two coordinated predicates: ἀνάκειται with κεφαλή as subject, and πεποίηται with αἰγίς as subject; the first ἐπί phrase is locative with the genitive wall.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | Case=Dat | 23 ἀνάκειται | case | high | Introduces the locative phrase modifying ἀνάκειται. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 23 ἀνάκειται | cc | high | |
| 3 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 τείχους | det | high | |
| 4 | Νοτίου | νότιος | ADJ | A-DSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 τείχους | amod | high | Substantivized/adjectival modifier, ‘southern’. |
| 5 | καλουμένου | καλέω | VERB | V-PPP-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 6 τείχους | acl | high | Passive participle agreeing with τείχους. |
| 6 | τείχους | τεῖχος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 ἐπὶ | obl | high | |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ὃ | punct | high | |
| 8 | ὃ | ὅς | PRON | R-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 15 τετραμμένον | nsubj:pass | high | Relative pronoun is subject of τετραμμένον. |
| 9 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 ἀκροπόλεως | det | high | |
| 10 | ἀκροπόλεως | ἀκρόπολις | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 τετραμμένον | obl | high | Genitive of reference/separation with ἐς phrase. |
| 11 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | Case=Acc | 13 θέατρόν | case | high | |
| 12 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 13 θέατρόν | det | high | |
| 13 | θέατρόν | θέατρον | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 τετραμμένον | obl | high | |
| 14 | ἐστι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 15 τετραμμένον | aux:pass | medium | With passive participle, forms the periphrastic predicate. |
| 15 | τετραμμένον | τρέπω | VERB | V-RPP-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 6 τείχους | acl:relcl | high | Predicate participle of the relative clause, agreeing with ὃ. |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 ἐπὶ | punct | high | |
| 17 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | Case=Gen | 18 τούτου | case | high | With genitive τούτου, ‘upon this’. |
| 18 | τούτου | οὗτος | PRON | D-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 23 ἀνάκειται | obl | high | Refers to the wall. |
| 19 | Μεδούσης | Μέδουσα | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 κεφαλή | nmod:poss | high | Possessive/genitive modifier of κεφαλή. |
| 20 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 21 Γοργόνος | det | high | |
| 21 | Γοργόνος | Γοργών | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 Μεδούσης | appos | high | Apposition identifying Medusa as the Gorgon. |
| 22 | ἐπίχρυσος | ἐπίχρυσος | ADJ | A-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 κεφαλή | amod | high | Agrees with κεφαλή. |
| 23 | ἀνάκειται | ἀνάκειμαι | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main predicate. |
| 24 | κεφαλή | κεφαλή | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 ἀνάκειται | nsubj | high | |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 30 πεποίηται | punct | high | |
| 26 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 30 πεποίηται | cc | high | Coordinates the second predicate. |
| 27 | περὶ | περί | ADP | P | Case=Acc | 28 αὐτὴν | case | high | |
| 28 | αὐτὴν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 29 αἰγὶς | obl | high | Refers to κεφαλή. |
| 29 | αἰγὶς | αἰγίς | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 30 πεποίηται | nsubj:pass | high | Subject of πεποίηται. |
| 30 | πεποίηται | ποιέω | VERB | V-RMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 23 ἀνάκειται | conj | high | Coordinated predicate; middle/passive perfect has passive sense, ‘has been made’. |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἀνάκειται | punct | high |
ἐν δὲ τῇ κορυφῇ τοῦ θεάτρου σπήλαιόν ἐστιν ἐν ταῖς πέτραις ὑπὸ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν·
Existential clause: σπήλαιον is the subject of ἐστιν; ἐν τῇ κορυφῇ τοῦ θεάτρου and ἐν ταῖς πέτραις are locative phrases. ὑπό with accusative is analyzed as a further locative relation (‘below/under the acropolis’).
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 4 κορυφῇ | case | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἐστιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | ART | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 κορυφῇ | det | high | |
| 4 | κορυφῇ | κορυφή | NOUN | N-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἐστιν | obl | high | Locative dative governed by ἐν. |
| 5 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | ART | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 θεάτρου | det | high | |
| 6 | θεάτρου | θέατρον | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 κορυφῇ | nmod | high | |
| 7 | σπήλαιόν | σπήλαιον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | Existential subject; accent reflects enclitic context. |
| 8 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 9 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 11 πέτραις | case | high | |
| 10 | ταῖς | ὁ | DET | ART | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 11 πέτραις | det | high | |
| 11 | πέτραις | πέτρα | NOUN | N-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 8 ἐστιν | obl | high | Locative phrase governed by ἐν. |
| 12 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 14 ἀκρόπολιν | case | high | With accusative, expressing position below/under. |
| 13 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | ART | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ἀκρόπολιν | det | high | |
| 14 | ἀκρόπολιν | ἀκρόπολις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 πέτραις | obl | medium | Likely dependent on πέτραις as a second locative specification; attachment to the clause is also possible. |
| 15 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἐστιν | punct | high |
τρίπους δὲ ἔπεστι καὶ τούτῳ·
The clause means approximately ‘and this one too has/is provided with a tripod’; τούτῳ is a dative associated with ἔπεστι, with the precise semantic relation context-dependent.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τρίπους | τρίπους | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 ἔπεστι | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 ἔπεστι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἔπεστι | ἔπειμι | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Present of ἔπειμι, ‘is present/exists’; accentual form ἔπεστι. |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 ἔπεστι | cc | high | Coordinates the dative complement/addition. |
| 5 | τούτῳ | οὗτος | PRON | D-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 ἔπεστι | obl | medium | Dative of possession or association: ‘this one/this too’; exact relation is context-sensitive. |
| 6 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἔπεστι | punct | high |
ταύτην τὴν Νιόβην καὶ αὐτὸς εἶδον ἀνελθὼν ἐς τὸν Σίπυλον τὸ ὄρος· ἡ δὲ πλησίον μὲν πέτρα καὶ κρημνός ἐστιν οὐδὲν παρόντι σχῆμα παρεχόμενος γυναικὸς οὔτε ἄλλως οὔτε πενθούσης· εἰ δέ γε πορρωτέρω γένοιο, δεδακρυμένην δόξεις ὁρᾶν καὶ κατηφῆ γυναῖκα.
The passage contains three coordinated clauses: εἶδον governs ἀνελθών and the object Νιόβην; ἐστιν predicates πέτρα καὶ κρημνός, with παρεχόμενος agreeing with the coordinated subject and γυναικός as genitive of comparison/description. The final conditional has γένοιο as a second-person optative protasis and δόξεις ... ὁρᾶν as apodosis.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταύτην | οὗτος | DET | PD--AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 3 Νιόβην | det | high | |
| 2 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T----AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 Νιόβην | det | high | |
| 3 | Νιόβην | Νιόβη | PROPN | N----AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 εἶδον | obj | high | |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 6 εἶδον | cc | high | |
| 5 | αὐτὸς | αὐτός | PRON | P----NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 6 εἶδον | nsubj | high | Intensive pronoun, ‘I myself’. |
| 6 | εἶδον | ὁράω | VERB | V--IA1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | ἀνελθὼν | ἀνέρχομαι | VERB | V--AAPNS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 6 εἶδον | advcl | high | |
| 8 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 10 Σίπυλον | case | high | |
| 9 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T----AMS | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 Σίπυλον | det | high | |
| 10 | Σίπυλον | Σίπυλος | PROPN | N----AMS | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἀνελθὼν | obl | high | |
| 11 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T----ANS | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 ὄρος | det | high | |
| 12 | ὄρος | ὄρος | NOUN | N----ANS | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 Σίπυλον | appos | high | Apposition to Σίπυλον. |
| 13 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 εἶδον | punct | high | |
| 14 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T----NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 18 πέτρα | det | high | |
| 15 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 21 ἐστιν | cc | high | |
| 16 | πλησίον | πλησίον | ADV | D-------- | _ | 21 ἐστιν | advmod | high | Adverbial ‘nearby/at close range’. |
| 17 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X-------- | _ | 21 ἐστιν | discourse | high | |
| 18 | πέτρα | πέτρα | NOUN | N----NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | First member of coordinated predicate nominal subject. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 20 κρημνός | cc | high | |
| 20 | κρημνός | κρημνός | NOUN | N----NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 πέτρα | conj | high | Coordinated with πέτρα. |
| 21 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | V--PI3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 6 εἶδον | conj | high | Copular clause coordinated with the preceding εἶδον clause. |
| 22 | οὐδὲν | οὐδείς | PRON | P--ONAS | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 24 σχῆμα | det | high | Negative quantifier modifying σχῆμα. |
| 23 | παρόντι | πάρειμι | VERB | V-PAPDMS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 25 παρεχόμενος | obl | medium | Dative of the viewer/presence: ‘to one present’; agreement is masculine singular. |
| 24 | σχῆμα | σχῆμα | NOUN | N----ANS | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 παρεχόμενος | obj | high | |
| 25 | παρεχόμενος | παρέχω | VERB | V-PMPNMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 21 ἐστιν | acl | medium | Participial modifier of the coordinated subject; form is masculine singular despite nearby feminine πέτρα. |
| 26 | γυναικὸς | γυνή | NOUN | N----GFS | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 σχῆμα | nmod | high | Genitive specifying the figure/form of a woman. |
| 27 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 28 ἄλλως | cc | high | |
| 28 | ἄλλως | ἄλλως | ADV | D-------- | _ | 25 παρεχόμενος | advmod | high | ‘Otherwise/in any other way’. |
| 29 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 30 πενθούσης | cc | high | |
| 30 | πενθούσης | πενθέω | VERB | V-PAPGFS | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 26 γυναικὸς | amod | medium | Genitive participle coordinated semantically with ἄλλως; understood with γυναικός. |
| 31 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἐστιν | punct | high | |
| 32 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 36 γένοιο | mark | high | |
| 33 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 39 δόξεις | cc | high | |
| 34 | γε | γε | PART | X-------- | _ | 36 γένοιο | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 35 | πορρωτέρω | πορρωτέρω | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Cmp | 36 γένοιο | advmod | high | |
| 36 | γένοιο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-2AO-D2S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 39 δόξεις | advcl | high | Protasis: ‘if you were farther away’. |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 36 γένοιο | punct | high | |
| 38 | δεδακρυμένην | δακρύω | VERB | V-RPP- AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|Voice=Pass | 40 ὁρᾶν | xcomp | medium | Perfect passive participle, predicative with the understood feminine object of ὁρᾶν; printed xpos normalized conceptually. |
| 39 | δόξεις | δοκέω | VERB | V-FIA2S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Fut|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main apodosis; syntactically the sentence shifts to this conditional construction. |
| 40 | ὁρᾶν | ὁράω | VERB | V-PNA | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 39 δόξεις | xcomp | high | |
| 41 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 43 γυναῖκα | cc | high | |
| 42 | κατηφῆ | κατηφής | ADJ | A----AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 43 γυναῖκα | amod | high | |
| 43 | γυναῖκα | γυνή | NOUN | N----AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 40 ὁρᾶν | obj | high | Object of ὁρᾶν, coordinated conceptually with the predicative participle δεδακρυμένην. |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 39 δόξεις | punct | high |