Grammar parses for passage 1.42.6
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ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ ἄλλος Ἀλκάθῳ πρεσβύτερος υἱὸς Ἰσχέπολις, ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ὁ πατὴρ Μελεάγρῳ τὸ ἐν Αἰτωλίᾳ θηρίον συνεξαιρήσοντα.
The final accusative-and-infinitive-like construction is a purposive infinitive: ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ... συνεξαιρήσοντα, with ὃν as the understood agent of the future infinitive and τὸ θηρίον as its object.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐγένετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἐγένετο | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | ADV | ADV | _ | 4 ἄλλος | advmod | medium | Here καί is additive, modifying ἄλλος/περι clause. |
| 4 | ἄλλος | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 υἱὸς | amod | high | |
| 5 | Ἀλκάθῳ | Ἀλκάθοος | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 υἱὸς | iobj | high | Dative of possession with υἱός. |
| 6 | πρεσβύτερος | πρεσβύτερος | ADJ | A-NSM-C | Case=Nom|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 υἱὸς | amod | high | |
| 7 | υἱὸς | υἱός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἐγένετο | nsubj | high | |
| 8 | Ἰσχέπολις | Ἰσχέπολις | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 υἱὸς | appos | high | Personal name in apposition to υἱός. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 υἱὸς | punct | high | |
| 10 | ὃν | ὅς | PRON | P-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἀπέστειλεν | obj | high | Relative pronoun referring to Ἰσχέπολις. |
| 11 | ἀπέστειλεν | ἀποστέλλω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 7 υἱὸς | acl:relcl | high | |
| 12 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 πατὴρ | det | high | |
| 13 | πατὴρ | πατήρ | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἀπέστειλεν | nsubj | high | |
| 14 | Μελεάγρῳ | Μελέαγρος | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἀπέστειλεν | iobj | high | Recipient dative. |
| 15 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 θηρίον | det | high | |
| 16 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 17 Αἰτωλίᾳ | case | high | |
| 17 | Αἰτωλίᾳ | Αἰτωλία | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 θηρίον | obl | high | Object of ἐν. |
| 18 | θηρίον | θηρίον | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 ἀπέστειλεν | obj | high | Object of συνεξαιρήσοντα; τὸ θηρίον is the beast to be destroyed. |
| 19 | συνεξαιρήσοντα | συνεξαιρέω | VERB | V-FAI-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Inf|Number=Sing|Tense=Fut|Voice=Act | 11 ἀπέστειλεν | xcomp | medium | Future active infinitive, accusative masculine singular agreeing with ὃν; purposive complementary infinitive. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἐγένετο | punct | high |
ἀποθανόντος δὲ ἐνταῦθα πρῶτος τεθνεῶτα ἐπύθετο ὁ Καλλίπολις, ἀναδραμὼν δὲ ἐς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν--- τηνικαῦτα δὲ ὁ πατήρ οἱ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἐνέκαεν--- ἀπορρίπτει τὰ ξύλα ἀπὸ τοῦ βωμοῦ·
Complex participial narrative: ἀποθανόντος and ἀναδραμών are circumstantial participles with implicit/contextual subject; τεθνεῶτα is the object of ἐπύθετο. The dash groups mark parenthetical material; οἱ is the dative pronoun with πατήρ as subject of ἐνέκαεν, and Ἀπόλλωνι is dative of recipient.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἀποθανόντος | ἀποθνῄσκω | VERB | V-PAP-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 6 ἐπύθετο | advcl | medium | Genitive absolute, subject contextually understood; masculine singular genitive. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 ἐπύθετο | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 ἐπύθετο | advmod | high | |
| 4 | πρῶτος | πρῶτος | ADJ | A-NSM-S | Case=Nominative|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 6 ἐπύθετο | advmod | medium | Predicative/adverbial first; could be construed with the understood subject. |
| 5 | τεθνεῶτα | θνῄσκω | VERB | V-RAP-ASM | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Perfect|Voice=Active | 6 ἐπύθετο | obj | high | Perfect active participle, accusative masculine singular, object of ἐπύθετο. |
| 6 | ἐπύθετο | πυνθάνομαι | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Middle | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|PronType=Art | 8 Καλλίπολις | det | high | |
| 8 | Καλλίπολις | Καλλίπολις | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 6 ἐπύθετο | nsubj | high | Proper name; nominative masculine singular. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἐπύθετο | punct | high | |
| 10 | ἀναδραμὼν | ἀνατρέχω | VERB | V-AAP-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 29 ἀπορρίπτει | advcl | high | Circumstantial nominative participle, subject Καλλίπολις understood. |
| 11 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 29 ἀπορρίπτει | cc | high | |
| 12 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 14 ἀκρόπολιν | case | high | |
| 13 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Accusative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular|PronType=Art | 14 ἀκρόπολιν | det | high | |
| 14 | ἀκρόπολιν | ἀκρόπολις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Accusative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 10 ἀναδραμὼν | obl | high | |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἀναδραμὼν | punct | high | Dash punctuation. |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἀναδραμὼν | punct | high | Dash punctuation. |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἀναδραμὼν | punct | high | Dash punctuation. |
| 18 | τηνικαῦτα | τηνικαῦτα | ADV | ADV | _ | 25 ἐνέκαεν | advmod | high | |
| 19 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 29 ἀπορρίπτει | cc | high | |
| 20 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|PronType=Art | 21 πατήρ | det | high | |
| 21 | πατήρ | πατήρ | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 25 ἐνέκαεν | nsubj | high | |
| 22 | οἱ | οἱ | PRON | P-3DSM | Case=Dative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 25 ἐνέκαεν | iobj | medium | Enclitic third-person dative pronoun; recipient/affected person. |
| 23 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|PronType=Art | 24 Ἀπόλλωνι | det | high | |
| 24 | Ἀπόλλωνι | Ἀπόλλων | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 25 ἐνέκαεν | iobj | high | Dative of recipient/dedicatee. |
| 25 | ἐνέκαεν | ἐγκάω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Active | 29 ἀπορρίπτει | parataxis | medium | Parenthetical clause; spelling and lexical analysis of ἐνέκαεν are somewhat uncertain. |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ἐνέκαεν | punct | high | Dash punctuation. |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ἐνέκαεν | punct | high | Dash punctuation. |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ἐνέκαεν | punct | high | Dash punctuation. |
| 29 | ἀπορρίπτει | ἀπορρίπτω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Main narrative verb after parenthesis; ἐπύθετο is an earlier coordinated/main event, so root assignment is structurally approximate. |
| 30 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-NPN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural|PronType=Art | 31 ξύλα | det | high | |
| 31 | ξύλα | ξύλον | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 29 ἀπορρίπτει | obj | high | |
| 32 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 34 βωμοῦ | case | high | |
| 33 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|PronType=Art | 34 βωμοῦ | det | high | |
| 34 | βωμοῦ | βωμός | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 29 ἀπορρίπτει | obl | high | |
| 35 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 29 ἀπορρίπτει | punct | high |
Ἀλκάθους δὲ ἀνήκοος ὢν ἔτι τῆς Ἰσχεπόλιδος τελευτῆς κατεδίκαζεν οὐ ποιεῖν ὅσια τὸν Καλλίπολιν καὶ εὐθέως ὡς εἶχεν ὀργῆς ἀπέκτεινε παίσας ἐς τὴν κεφαλὴν τῶν ἀπορριφέντων ἀπὸ τοῦ βωμοῦ ξύλῳ.
Ἀλκάθους is the accusative subject of the participial phrase and of κατεδίκαζεν; ὢν agrees with it. κατεδίκαζεν governs the articular infinitive construction, with τὸν Καλλίπολιν as accusative subject of ποιεῖν. The final participial phrase παίσας modifies the implicit subject of ἀπέκτεινε; ξύλῳ is instrumental, and τῶν ἀπορριφέντων is a partitive/genitival modifier of ξύλῳ (a piece of wood among those thrown from the altar), with some attachment ambiguity.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἀλκάθους | Ἀλκάθοος | PROPN | n-/A-M-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 κατεδίκαζεν | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of κατεδίκαζεν and nominative-like subject of ἀνήκοος ὢν. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | c | _ | 9 κατεδίκαζεν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἀνήκοος | ἀνήκοος | ADJ | a- N M S | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ὢν | xcomp | medium | Predicate adjective with ὢν; its understood subject is Ἀλκάθους despite accusative case in the larger construction. |
| 4 | ὢν | εἰμί | AUX | v2spapam-s | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 9 κατεδίκαζεν | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, ‘being still unaware’. |
| 5 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | d | _ | 3 ἀνήκοος | advmod | high | Modifies ἀνήκοος. |
| 6 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | l-p---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 τελευτῆς | det | high | |
| 7 | Ἰσχεπόλιδος | Ἰσχέπολις | PROPN | n-p---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 τελευτῆς | nmod | high | Name in the genitive, modifying τελευτῆς. |
| 8 | τελευτῆς | τελευτή | NOUN | n-p---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 ἀνήκοος | obl | high | Genitive complement of ἀνήκοος, ‘unaware of the death’. |
| 9 | κατεδίκαζεν | καταδικάζω | VERB | v3siia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 20 ἀπέκτεινε | parataxis | high | Main finite verb of the first clause; coordinated narrative action with ἀπέκτεινε. |
| 10 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | d-------- | _ | 11 ποιεῖν | advmod | high | Negates ποιεῖν. |
| 11 | ποιεῖν | ποιέω | VERB | v--pan--- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 9 κατεδίκαζεν | xcomp | high | Articular infinitive complement of κατεδίκαζεν. |
| 12 | ὅσια | ὅσιος | ADJ | a-p---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 11 ποιεῖν | xcomp | medium | Predicative accusative adjective with ποιεῖν, ‘to do what is holy/right’. |
| 13 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | l-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 Καλλίπολιν | det | high | |
| 14 | Καλλίπολιν | Καλλίπολις | PROPN | n-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ποιεῖν | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive ποιεῖν. |
| 15 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 20 ἀπέκτεινε | cc | high | Coordinates the two finite predicates. |
| 16 | εὐθέως | εὐθέως | ADV | d-------- | _ | 20 ἀπέκτεινε | advmod | high | Modifies ἀπέκτεινε. |
| 17 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | c-------- | _ | 18 εἶχεν | mark | medium | Introduces a manner/temporal subordinate clause with εἶχεν. |
| 18 | εἶχεν | ἔχω | VERB | v3siia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 20 ἀπέκτεινε | advcl | medium | Imperfect in the idiom ὡς εἶχεν ὀργῆς, ‘as he was in his anger’. |
| 19 | ὀργῆς | ὀργή | NOUN | n-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 εἶχεν | obl | medium | Genitive with εἶχεν in the idiom indicating a state or degree of anger. |
| 20 | ἀπέκτεινε | ἀποκτείνω | VERB | v3saia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main narrative predicate, ‘killed’. |
| 21 | παίσας | παίω | VERB | v-sapamn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 20 ἀπέκτεινε | advcl | high | Aorist participle of prior action, ‘having struck’; subject is the implicit subject of ἀπέκτεινε. |
| 22 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | r-------- | _ | 24 κεφαλὴν | case | high | Introduces the goal/body-part phrase. |
| 23 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | l-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 κεφαλὴν | det | high | |
| 24 | κεφαλὴν | κεφαλή | NOUN | n-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 παίσας | obl | high | Target/body part of παίσας, ‘striking on the head’. |
| 25 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | l-p---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 26 ἀπορριφέντων | det | high | |
| 26 | ἀπορριφέντων | ἀπορρίπτω | VERB | v-pappmg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 30 ξύλῳ | nmod | medium | Substantivized genitive participle, ‘those thrown away’; exact attachment to ξύλῳ is interpretive. |
| 27 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | r-------- | _ | 29 βωμοῦ | case | high | Introduces source phrase. |
| 28 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | l-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 29 βωμοῦ | det | high | |
| 29 | βωμοῦ | βωμός | NOUN | n-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ἀπορριφέντων | obl | high | Source complement of ἀπορριφέντων, ‘from the altar’. |
| 30 | ξύλῳ | ξύλον | NOUN | n-s---nd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 21 παίσας | obl | medium | Instrumental dative, ‘with a piece of wood’; τῶν ἀπορριφέντων may be partitive or appositional. |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | U-------- | _ | 20 ἀπέκτεινε | punct | high |