Grammar parses for passage 1.41.1
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ἐκ δὲ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως κατιοῦσιν, ᾗ πρὸς ἄρκτον τέτραπται τὸ χωρίον, μνῆμά ἐστιν Ἀλκμήνης πλησίον τοῦ Ὀλυμπιείου.
The syntax is centered on an existential clause (μνῆμά ἐστιν), with a preceding participial/relative description of the route and a relative clause modifying χωρίον.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R- | _ | 4 ἀκροπόλεως | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | G | _ | 5 κατιοῦσιν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | RA- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 ἀκροπόλεως | det | high | Article modifying ἀκροπόλεως. |
| 4 | ἀκροπόλεως | ἀκρόπολις | NOUN | N-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 κατιοῦσιν | obl | high | Dependent of κατιοῦσιν with ἐκ. |
| 5 | κατιοῦσιν | κατείμι | VERB | V-PAAP-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 15 ἐστιν | advcl | medium | Dative masculine plural participle, likely substantival: 'to those descending'; relation to main clause somewhat uncertain. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 ἐστιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 7 | ᾗ | ὅς | PRON | RR- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 τέτραπται | obl | high | Relative pronoun referring to the route/way. |
| 8 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R- | _ | 9 ἄρκτον | case | high | Preposition. |
| 9 | ἄρκτον | ἄρκτος | NOUN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 τέτραπται | obl | high | Accusative after πρός, direction. |
| 10 | τέτραπται | τρέπω | VERB | V-PRPI-3S | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 12 χωρίον | acl:relcl | medium | Relative clause modifying χωρίον; perfect middle/passive form. |
| 11 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 χωρίον | det | high | Article modifying χωρίον. |
| 12 | χωρίον | χωρίον | NOUN | N-S---NN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 τέτραπται | nsubj | high | Subject of τέτραπται. |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 ἐστιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 14 | μνῆμά | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-S---NN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐστιν. |
| 15 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main copular/existential verb. |
| 16 | Ἀλκμήνης | Ἀλκμήνη | PROPN | N-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 μνῆμά | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of μνῆμα. |
| 17 | πλησίον | πλησίον | ADP | R- | _ | 15 ἐστιν | advmod | medium | Could be adverb or preposition; here likely adverbial with genitive complement. |
| 18 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 19 Ὀλυμπιείου | det | high | Article modifying Ὀλυμπιείου. |
| 19 | Ὀλυμπιείου | Ὀλυμπίειον | NOUN | N-S---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 πλησίον | obl | medium | Genitive complement of πλησίον. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 ἐστιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
βαδίζουσαν γὰρ ἐς Θήβας ἐξ Ἄργους τελευτῆσαι καθʼ ὁδὸν λέγουσιν αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς Μεγάροις, καὶ τοὺς Ἡρακλείδας ἐς ἀμφισβήτησιν ἐλθεῖν, τοὺς μὲν ἐς Ἄργος ἐθέλοντας ὀπίσω κομίσαι τὸν νεκρὸν τῆς Ἀλκμήνης, τοὺς δʼ αὐτῶν ἐς Θήβας· καὶ γὰρ τοῖς Ἡρακλέους παισὶ τοῖς ἐκ Μεγάρας τάφον εἶναι καὶ Ἀμφιτρύωνος ἐν Θήβαις.
The syntax is heavily indirect and partly elliptical; the final καὶ Ἀμφιτρύωνος ἐν Θήβαις seems appositional to τάφον with omitted material.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | βαδίζουσαν | βαδίζω | VERB | PAP-ASF | Aspect=Imp|Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 10 λέγουσιν | advcl | high | Participle modifying the reported subject; accusative agreeing with αὐτήν. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | discourse | high | Postpositive explanatory particle. |
| 3 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 4 Θήβας | case | high | Preposition governing Θήβας. |
| 4 | Θήβας | Θῆβαι | PROPN | NNP | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 1 βαδίζουσαν | obl | high | Goal of motion with ἐς. |
| 5 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | _ | _ | 6 Ἄργους | case | high | Preposition governing Ἄργους. |
| 6 | Ἄργους | Ἄργος | PROPN | NNP | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 τελευτῆσαι | obl | high | Source/delative complement of τελευτῆσαι. |
| 7 | τελευτῆσαι | τελευτάω | VERB | AOR-INF | Aspect=Perf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 10 λέγουσιν | ccomp | high | Infinitive in indirect statement after λέγουσιν. |
| 8 | καθʼ | κατά | ADP | _ | _ | 9 ὁδὸν | case | high | Preposition with ὁδὸν. |
| 9 | ὁδὸν | ὁδός | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 τελευτῆσαι | obl | medium | Adverbial phrase 'on the way' modifying τελευτῆσαι. |
| 10 | λέγουσιν | λέγω | VERB | PRES-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main reporting verb. |
| 11 | αὐτὴν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 10 λέγουσιν | obj | high | Object of λέγουσιν in indirect discourse. |
| 12 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | _ | _ | 14 Μεγάροις | case | high | Preposition governing Μεγάροις. |
| 13 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 14 Μεγάροις | det | high | Article with Μεγάροις. |
| 14 | Μεγάροις | Μέγαρα | PROPN | NNP | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 7 τελευτῆσαι | obl | high | Locative complement with ἐν. |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 16 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | cc | high | Coordinator of the following infinitival clause. |
| 17 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 Ἡρακλείδας | det | high | Article with Ἡρακλείδας. |
| 18 | Ἡρακλείδας | Ἡρακλείδης | PROPN | NNP | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 ἐλθεῖν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐλθεῖν. |
| 19 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 20 ἀμφισβήτησιν | case | high | Preposition governing ἀμφισβήτησιν. |
| 20 | ἀμφισβήτησιν | ἀμφισβήτησις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 ἐλθεῖν | obl | high | Goal/complement of ἐλθεῖν. |
| 21 | ἐλθεῖν | ἔρχομαι | VERB | AOR-INF | Aspect=Perf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 10 λέγουσιν | ccomp | high | Infinitive coordinated with τελευτῆσαι in indirect discourse. |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 23 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 27 ἐθέλοντας | det | high | Article with participle ἐθέλοντας. |
| 24 | μὲν | μέν | PART | _ | _ | 23 τοὺς | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 25 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 26 Ἄργος | case | high | Preposition governing Ἄργος. |
| 26 | Ἄργος | Ἄργος | PROPN | NNP | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 27 ἐθέλοντας | obl | high | Goal with ἐς. |
| 27 | ἐθέλοντας | ἐθέλω | VERB | PAP-APM | Aspect=Imp|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 29 κομίσαι | advcl | medium | Accusative participle dependent on κομίσαι; likely with the same accusative subject as Ἡρακλείδας. |
| 28 | ὀπίσω | ὀπίσω | ADV | _ | _ | 29 κομίσαι | advmod | high | Adverb modifying κομίσαι. |
| 29 | κομίσαι | κομίζω | VERB | AOR-INF | Aspect=Perf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 27 ἐθέλοντας | xcomp | high | Complement of ἐθέλοντας. |
| 30 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 31 νεκρὸν | det | high | Article with νεκρόν. |
| 31 | νεκρὸν | νεκρός | NOUN | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 29 κομίσαι | obj | high | Object of κομίσαι. |
| 32 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 33 Ἀλκμήνης | det | high | Article with Ἀλκμήνης. |
| 33 | Ἀλκμήνης | Ἀλκμήνη | PROPN | NNP | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 νεκρὸν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of νεκρόν. |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 35 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 39 Θήβας | det | high | Article with implied/ellipsis-based accusative subject of the next infinitive. |
| 36 | δʼ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 35 τοὺς | discourse | high | Mild adversative/continuative particle. |
| 37 | αὐτῶν | αὐτός | PRON | P-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 39 Θήβας | nmod | medium | Likely partitive/possessive genitive modifying τοὺς ... ἐς Θήβας. |
| 38 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 39 Θήβας | case | high | Preposition governing Θήβας. |
| 39 | Θήβας | Θῆβαι | PROPN | NNP | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 21 ἐλθεῖν | obl | medium | Elliptical destination phrase parallel to Ἄργος; relation to ἐλθεῖν is inferred. |
| 40 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 41 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | cc | high | Coordinator introducing final clause. |
| 42 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | _ | _ | 50 εἶναι | discourse | high | Explanatory particle. |
| 43 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 45 παισὶ | det | high | Article with παισὶ. |
| 44 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | NNP | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 45 παισὶ | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of παισὶ. |
| 45 | παισὶ | παῖς | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 50 εἶναι | iobj | medium | Dative of reference/interest with εἶναι. |
| 46 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 48 Μεγάρας | det | high | Article with Μεγάρας. |
| 47 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | _ | _ | 48 Μεγάρας | case | high | Preposition governing Μεγάρας. |
| 48 | Μεγάρας | Μέγαρα | PROPN | NNP | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 45 παισὶ | nmod | high | Source/origin modifying παισὶ. |
| 49 | τάφον | τάφος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 50 εἶναι | obj | high | Predicate/accusative with infinitive. |
| 50 | εἶναι | εἰμί | VERB | PRES-INF | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 10 λέγουσιν | ccomp | high | Infinitive in indirect statement after λέγουσιν. |
| 51 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 50 εἶναι | cc | high | Coordinating τάφον with Ἀμφιτρύωνος phrase. |
| 52 | Ἀμφιτρύωνος | Ἀμφιτρύων | PROPN | NNP | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 49 τάφον | nmod | medium | Genitive linked to τάφον; syntax somewhat elliptical. |
| 53 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | _ | _ | 54 Θήβαις | case | high | Preposition governing Θήβαις. |
| 54 | Θήβαις | Θῆβαι | PROPN | NNP | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 50 εἶναι | obl | high | Locative complement with ἐν. |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
ὁ δὲ ἐν Δελφοῖς θεὸς ἔχρησε θάψαι Ἀλκμήνην ἐν τοῖς Μεγάροις ἄμεινον εἶναί σφισιν.
Reported oracle construction: ἔχρησε governs an infinitival complement, within which εἶναί takes a comparative predicate and locative phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 θεὸς | det | high | Article modifying θεὸς. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 5 θεὸς | discourse | high | Postpositive particle. |
| 3 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | _ | _ | 4 Δελφοῖς | case | high | Introduces locative phrase. |
| 4 | Δελφοῖς | Δελφοί | PROPN | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 θεὸς | nmod | high | Place name governed by ἐν. |
| 5 | θεὸς | θεός | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἔχρησε | nsubj | high | Subject of ἔχρησε. |
| 6 | ἔχρησε | χράω | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 7 | θάψαι | θάπτω | VERB | _ | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 6 ἔχρησε | xcomp | high | Complement infinitive with oracle-content clause. |
| 8 | Ἀλκμήνην | Ἀλκμήνη | PROPN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 θάψαι | obj | high | Object of θάψαι. |
| 9 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | _ | _ | 11 Μεγάροις | case | high | Introduces locative phrase. |
| 10 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 11 Μεγάροις | det | high | Article with Μεγάροις. |
| 11 | Μεγάροις | Μέγαρα | PROPN | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 13 εἶναί | obl | high | Locative oblique phrase depending on εἶναί. |
| 12 | ἄμεινον | ἀμείνων | ADJ | _ | Case=Nom|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 εἶναί | xcomp | medium | Predicative complement with infinitive εἶναί; could be analyzed as adverbial comparative, but adjective is likely. |
| 13 | εἶναί | εἰμί | AUX | _ | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 7 θάψαι | ccomp | high | Infinitival clause governed by θάψαι in reported oracle style. |
| 14 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 13 εἶναί | obl | high | Dative of reference/interest with εἶναί. |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἔχρησε | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |