Grammar parses for passage 1.37.3
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πρὶν δὲ ἢ διαβῆναι τὸν Κηφισὸν Θεοδώρου μνῆμά ἐστι τραγῳδίαν ὑποκριναμένου τῶν καθʼ αὑτὸν ἄριστα.
The phrase πρὶν ἢ διαβῆναι introduces a temporal infinitival clause; μνῆμά ἐστι is existential/predicative, with Θεοδώρου as genitive possessor and τραγῳδίαν ὑποκριναμένου dependent on μνῆμα. The final τῶν ... ἄριστα is elliptical and somewhat uncertain, probably a partitive/genitive phrase meaning 'among those of his time, best'.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 διαβῆναι | mark | high | Temporal subordinator governing the infinitival clause. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G---- | _ | 8 μνῆμά | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | C---- | _ | 4 διαβῆναι | cc | medium | Correlative/alternative particle with πρίν, forming πρὶν ἢ. |
| 4 | διαβῆναι | διαβαίνω | VERB | V--AAN---- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 8 μνῆμά | advcl | high | Temporal aorist infinitive; accusative subject is τὸν Κηφισόν. |
| 5 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T--SAM---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 Κηφισὸν | det | high | |
| 6 | Κηφισὸν | Κηφισός | PROPN | N-SAM---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 διαβῆναι | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive in accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 7 | Θεοδώρου | Θεόδωρος | PROPN | N-SGM---- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 μνῆμά | nmod:poss | high | Genitive possessor: 'a memorial of Theodorus'. |
| 8 | μνῆμά | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-SNN---- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 9 ἐστι | nsubj | high | Neuter nominative subject of ἐστι. |
| 9 | ἐστι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PIA3S---- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular/existential predicate. |
| 10 | τραγῳδίαν | τραγῳδία | NOUN | N-SAF---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ὑποκριναμένου | obj | medium | Accusative object of ὑποκριναμένου, within the genitive participial phrase. |
| 11 | ὑποκριναμένου | ὑποκρίνομαι | VERB | V-AMPMSG---- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 8 μνῆμά | acl | high | Genitive singular masculine participle agreeing with implied Θεοδώρου. |
| 12 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM---- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 15 ἄριστα | det | medium | Article in an elliptical genitive phrase; substantivizing or modifying an omitted noun. |
| 13 | καθʼ | κατά | ADP | R----G---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 αὑτὸν | case | high | Crasis/elision form of κατά before αὑτόν. |
| 14 | αὑτὸν | ἑαυτοῦ | PRON | P-GSM---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes | 15 ἄριστα | obl | medium | Reflexive pronoun in the phrase καθʼ αὑτόν, likely 'in his own time/among his contemporaries'; exact attachment is elliptical. |
| 15 | ἄριστα | ἄριστος | ADV | A-SAN---- | Degree=Sup | 11 ὑποκριναμένου | advmod | medium | Superlative adverb modifying the participial assertion; τῶν καθʼ αὑτόν is an elliptical genitive comparison/group. |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 ἐστι | punct | high |
καθεστάναι δὲ ἐκ παλαιοῦ καὶ τοῖς πᾶσι τοῦτο Ἕλλησι τῇ Ὁμήρου τις ἂν τεκμαίροιτο ποιήσει, ὃς τὸν Πηλέα εὔξασθαί φησι τῷ Σπερχειῷ κερεῖν ἀνασωθέντος ἐκ Τροίας Ἀχιλλέως τὴν κόμην.
The sentence has an elliptical infinitival construction: καθεστάναι is understood with τοῦτο as subject and is coordinated with the inferential clause τεκμαίροιτο. In the Homeric evidence clause, Πηλέα is the accusative subject of εὔξασθαι, while Ἀχιλλέως is genitive absolute with ἀνασωθέντος; κερεῖν is governed by εὔξασθαι.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καθεστάναι | καθίστημι | VERB | V--RNA-- | Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | xcomp | medium | Perfect active infinitive; complementary/elliptical predicate coordinated semantically with τεκμαίροιτο. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R-------- | _ | 4 παλαιοῦ | case | high | |
| 4 | παλαιοῦ | παλαιός | ADJ | A-SGM-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 καθεστάναι | obl | high | Substantivized genitive after ἐκ: 'from of old'. |
| 5 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 9 Ἕλλησι | cc | high | |
| 6 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | L-PND-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 7 πᾶσι | det | high | |
| 7 | πᾶσι | πᾶς | ADJ | A-PND-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 9 Ἕλλησι | obl | medium | Substantivized dative, 'for/to all'; grammatical agreement with Ἕλλησι is syntactically awkward. |
| 8 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | P-SNA-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 καθεστάναι | nsubj | medium | Neuter nominative subject of the infinitive; form may also be read as accusative, but nominative is required by the construction. |
| 9 | Ἕλλησι | Ἕλλην | NOUN | N-P--D-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | obl | medium | Dative of reference; τοῖς πᾶσι is likely an appositional/attributive expansion, despite gender mismatch in the transmitted wording. |
| 10 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | L-SDF-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 Ὁμήρου | det | high | |
| 11 | Ὁμήρου | Ὅμηρος | PROPN | N-SGM-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 ποιήσει | nmod | medium | Genitive depends on ποιήσει: 'by/in Homer's composition'; article-case mismatch is retained as given. |
| 12 | τις | τις | PRON | P-SNM-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | nsubj | high | |
| 13 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | X-------- | _ | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | aux | high | Modal particle with optative. |
| 14 | τεκμαίροιτο | τεκμαίρομαι | VERB | V3SPO--- | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 15 | ποιήσει | ποίησις | NOUN | N-SDF-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | obl | medium | Dative of means/source, 'from the poem'; token form is ambiguous with future indicative of ποιέω but article/genitive context favors noun. |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | punct | high | |
| 17 | ὃς | ὅς | PRON | P-SNM-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 21 φησι | nsubj | high | Relative pronoun referring to Ὅμηρος. |
| 18 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | L-SMA-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 Πηλέα | det | high | |
| 19 | Πηλέα | Πηλεύς | PROPN | N-SMA-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 εὔξασθαί | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive εὔξασθαι. |
| 20 | εὔξασθαί | εὔχομαι | VERB | V--MNA-- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 21 φησι | ccomp | high | |
| 21 | φησι | φημί | VERB | V3SPAI-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 17 ὃς | acl:relcl | high | |
| 22 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | L-SMD-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 23 Σπερχειῷ | det | high | |
| 23 | Σπερχειῷ | Σπερχειός | PROPN | N-SMD-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 24 κερεῖν | obl | high | Dative recipient with κερεῖν. |
| 24 | κερεῖν | κείρω | VERB | V--PNA-- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 20 εὔξασθαί | xcomp | high | Infinitive dependent on εὔξασθαι, expressing the content of the vow. |
| 25 | ἀνασωθέντος | ἀνασώζω | VERB | V-SGPP-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 28 Ἀχιλλέως | acl | high | Genitive absolute with Ἀχιλλέως. |
| 26 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R-------- | _ | 27 Τροίας | case | high | |
| 27 | Τροίας | Τροία | PROPN | N-SGF-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἀνασωθέντος | obl | high | |
| 28 | Ἀχιλλέως | Ἀχιλλεύς | PROPN | N-SGM-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 ἀνασωθέντος | obl:arg | medium | Genitive noun paired with the genitive participle, forming the genitive absolute; semantically subject of ἀνασωθέντος. |
| 29 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L-SFA-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 30 κόμην | det | high | |
| 30 | κόμην | κόμη | NOUN | N-SFA-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 κερεῖν | obj | high | Object of κερεῖν. |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 τεκμαίροιτο | punct | high |