Grammar parses for passage 1.38.9
Open translation for this passage
λέγεται δὲ ἐς μὲν τὸ σπήλαιον ὡς Ἀντιόπη τεκοῦσα κατάθοιτο ἐς αὐτὸ τοὺς παῖδας, περὶ δὲ τῆς πηγῆς τὸν ποιμένα εὑρόντα τοὺς παῖδας ἐνταῦθα σφᾶς λοῦσαι πρῶτον ἀπολύσαντα τῶν σπαργάνων.
The syntax is highly compressed indirect discourse with two reported clauses; the main difficulty is assigning the shared implicit subject/objects across the participles and infinitive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V-PIE-P--3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main reported-speech verb. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 1 λέγεται | discourse | high | Postpositive discourse particle. |
| 3 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 6 σπήλαιον | case | high | Preposition with τὸ σπήλαιον. |
| 4 | μὲν | μέν | PART | _ | _ | 3 ἐς | advmod | medium | Correlative particle, likely paired with δέ later. |
| 5 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | S-ANS | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 σπήλαιον | det | high | Article modifying σπήλαιον. |
| 6 | σπήλαιον | σπήλαιον | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 κατάθοιτο | obl | high | Goal/location in the πρώτη clause. |
| 7 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | _ | _ | 10 κατάθοιτο | mark | high | Introduces reported content. |
| 8 | Ἀντιόπη | Ἀντιόπη | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 κατάθοιτο | nsubj | high | Subject of κατάθοιτο. |
| 9 | τεκοῦσα | τίκτω | VERB | V-AAP-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 8 Ἀντιόπη | advcl | high | Temporal/attendant participle modifying Ἀντιόπη. |
| 10 | κατάθοιτο | κατατίθημι | VERB | V-APS-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 1 λέγεται | ccomp | high | Reported optative clause. |
| 11 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 12 αὐτὸ | case | high | Preposition with αὐτό. |
| 12 | αὐτὸ | αὐτός | PRON | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 10 κατάθοιτο | obl | medium | Refers back to σπήλαιον; neuter acc. singular likely 'into it'. |
| 13 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | P-AMP | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 14 παῖδας | det | high | Article modifying παῖδας. |
| 14 | παῖδας | παῖς | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 κατάθοιτο | obj | medium | Likely object of κατάθοιτο within the reported clause. |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 κατάθοιτο | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 16 | περὶ | περί | ADP | _ | _ | 19 πηγῆς | case | high | Preposition with τῆς πηγῆς. |
| 17 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 16 περὶ | discourse | high | Postpositive particle. |
| 18 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | S-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 19 πηγῆς | det | high | Article modifying πηγῆς. |
| 19 | πηγῆς | πηγή | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 27 λοῦσαι | obl | high | Dependent of the second reported infinitival clause with περί. |
| 20 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | S-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 21 ποιμένα | det | high | Article modifying ποιμένα. |
| 21 | ποιμένα | ποιμήν | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 εὑρόντα | obj | medium | Object of εὑρόντα. |
| 22 | εὑρόντα | εὑρίσκω | VERB | V-AAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 27 λοῦσαι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with ποιμένα. |
| 23 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | P-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 24 παῖδας | det | high | Article modifying παῖδας. |
| 24 | παῖδας | παῖς | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 27 λοῦσαι | obj | high | Object of λοῦσαι. |
| 25 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | _ | _ | 27 λοῦσαι | advmod | high | Locative adverb modifying λοῦσαι. |
| 26 | σφᾶς | σφεῖς | PRON | P-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 27 λοῦσαι | obj | medium | Likely resumptive/reflexive object; exact function somewhat unclear. |
| 27 | λοῦσαι | λούω | VERB | V-ANA | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 1 λέγεται | ccomp | high | Infinitive complement in indirect speech. |
| 28 | πρῶτον | πρῶτον | ADV | _ | _ | 27 λοῦσαι | advmod | high | Adverb modifying λοῦσαι. |
| 29 | ἀπολύσαντα | ἀπολύω | VERB | V-AAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 27 λοῦσαι | advcl | high | Participial modifier of the implicit subject of λοῦσαι / coordinated circumstance. |
| 30 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | P-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 31 σπαργάνων | det | high | Article modifying σπαργάνων. |
| 31 | σπαργάνων | σπάργανον | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 29 ἀπολύσαντα | obj | high | Object of ἀπολύσαντα. |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 λέγεται | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |