Grammar parses for passage 1.9.2
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ἐναντιουμένου δέ οἱ τοῦ πλήθους, δεύτερα ἐς τὴν Κύπρον ἔστειλεν Ἀλέξανδρον, στρατηγὸν μὲν τῷ λόγῳ, τῷ δὲ ἔργῳ διʼ αὐτοῦ Πτολεμαίῳ θέλουσα εἶναι φοβερωτέρα, τέλος δὲ κατατρώσασα οὓς μάλιστα τῶν εὐνούχων ἐνόμιζεν εὔνους, ἐπήγετο σφᾶς ἐς τὸ πλῆθος ὡς αὐτή τε ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα ὑπὸ Πτολεμαίου καὶ τοὺς εὐνούχους τοιαῦτα ὑπʼ ἐκείνου παθόντας.
Complex participial syntax: ἐναντιουμένου is a genitive absolute; θέλουσα has an understood subject (the female protagonist) and governs εἶναι; ὡς introduces the alleged grounds for bringing them before the crowd. Some attachment choices, especially for δεύτερα and the participial clauses, are interpretive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐναντιουμένου | ἐναντιόομαι | VERB | V-PMP-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 5 πλήθους | acl | high | Genitive absolute with τοῦ πλήθους. |
| 2 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 ἔστειλεν | cc | high | |
| 3 | οἱ | οἱ | PRON | P-S----DS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 1 ἐναντιουμένου | iobj | medium | Enclitic dative pronoun, likely referring to Ptolemy. |
| 4 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 πλήθους | det | high | |
| 5 | πλήθους | πλῆθος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 ἔστειλεν | obl | high | Genitive-absolute nominal. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | Punc | _ | 1 ἐναντιουμένου | punct | high | |
| 7 | δεύτερα | δεύτερος | ADV | ADV | _ | 11 ἔστειλεν | advmod | medium | Adverbial accusative, ‘a second time/secondly’. |
| 8 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 10 Κύπρον | case | high | |
| 9 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 Κύπρον | det | high | |
| 10 | Κύπρον | Κύπρος | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἔστειλεν | obl | high | |
| 11 | ἔστειλεν | στέλλω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb. |
| 12 | Ἀλέξανδρον | Ἀλέξανδρος | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἔστειλεν | obj | high | |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | Punc | _ | 11 ἔστειλεν | punct | high | |
| 14 | στρατηγὸν | στρατηγός | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 Ἀλέξανδρον | appos | high | Apposition to Ἀλέξανδρον. |
| 15 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PRT | _ | 14 στρατηγὸν | discourse | high | Correlative with δέ at token 20. |
| 16 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 λόγῳ | det | high | |
| 17 | λόγῳ | λόγος | NOUN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 στρατηγὸν | obl | high | Dative of respect: ‘in name/with regard to the title’. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | Punc | _ | 14 στρατηγὸν | punct | high | |
| 19 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 21 ἔργῳ | det | high | |
| 20 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 21 ἔργῳ | cc | high | |
| 21 | ἔργῳ | ἔργον | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 στρατηγὸν | obl | high | Dative of respect/contrast. |
| 22 | διʼ | διά | ADP | PREP | _ | 23 αὐτοῦ | case | high | Elided διά. |
| 23 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | P-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 24 Πτολεμαίῳ | obl | high | Object of διά. |
| 24 | Πτολεμαίῳ | Πτολεμαῖος | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 θέλουσα | iobj | high | Dative with εἶναι, ‘belonging to Ptolemy’. |
| 25 | θέλουσα | θέλω | VERB | V-PAP-NSF | Aspect=Imp|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 11 ἔστειλεν | advcl | high | Circumstantial/purpose-related participle; understood feminine subject. |
| 26 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PNA | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 25 θέλουσα | xcomp | high | |
| 27 | φοβερωτέρα | φοβερός | ADJ | A-SNF-C | Case=Nom|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 26 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective of εἶναι; comparative. |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | Punc | _ | 25 θέλουσα | punct | high | |
| 29 | τέλος | τέλος | ADV | ADV | _ | 39 ἐπήγετο | advmod | high | Adverbial accusative, ‘finally’. |
| 30 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 39 ἐπήγετο | cc | high | |
| 31 | κατατρώσασα | κατατιτρώσκω | VERB | V-AAP-NSF | Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 39 ἐπήγετο | advcl | high | Preceding action by the understood female subject. |
| 32 | οὓς | ὅς | PRON | P-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 31 κατατρώσασα | obj | high | Relative pronoun, object of κατατρώσασα. |
| 33 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | ADV-SUP | Degree=Sup | 36 ἐνόμιζεν | advmod | high | |
| 34 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 35 εὐνούχων | det | high | |
| 35 | εὐνούχων | εὐνοῦχος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 32 οὓς | nmod | high | Partitive genitive with οὓς. |
| 36 | ἐνόμιζεν | νομίζω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 31 κατατρώσασα | ccomp | high | Finite verb inside relative content. |
| 37 | εὔνους | εὔνους | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 36 ἐνόμιζεν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with understood object οὓς. |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | Punc | _ | 31 κατατρώσασα | punct | high | |
| 39 | ἐπήγετο | ἐπάγομαι | VERB | V-IMI-3S | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 11 ἔστειλεν | conj | high | Second coordinated main verb; middle voice ‘brought/led along’. |
| 40 | σφᾶς | σφεῖς | PRON | P-AP----3P | Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 39 ἐπήγετο | obj | high | |
| 41 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 43 πλῆθος | case | high | |
| 42 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 43 πλῆθος | det | high | |
| 43 | πλῆθος | πλῆθος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 39 ἐπήγετο | obl | high | |
| 44 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 47 ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα | mark | high | Introduces alleged explanation/circumstance. |
| 45 | αὐτή | αὐτός | PRON | P-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 47 ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα | nsubj | high | Intensive pronoun, subject of ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα. |
| 46 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 47 ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα | cc | high | Correlative with καί at token 50. |
| 47 | ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα | ἐπιβουλεύω | VERB | V-APP-NSF | Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|Voice=Pass | 39 ἐπήγετο | advcl | high | Passive participle under ὡς, ‘having been plotted against’. |
| 48 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 49 Πτολεμαίου | case | high | |
| 49 | Πτολεμαίου | Πτολεμαῖος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 47 ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα | obl:agent | high | |
| 50 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 56 παθόντας | cc | high | Correlative with τε at token 46. |
| 51 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 52 εὐνούχους | det | high | |
| 52 | εὐνούχους | εὐνοῦχος | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 56 παθόντας | obj | high | Object of παθόντας. |
| 53 | τοιαῦτα | τοιοῦτος | PRON | P-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 56 παθόντας | obj | high | Neuter plural accusative, ‘such things’. |
| 54 | ὑπʼ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 55 ἐκείνου | case | high | Elided ὑπό. |
| 55 | ἐκείνου | ἐκεῖνος | PRON | P-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 56 παθόντας | obl:agent | high | Agent of παθόντας. |
| 56 | παθόντας | πάσχω | VERB | V-2AAP-APM | Aspect=Perf|Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 39 ἐπήγετο | advcl | high | Accusative participle coordinated with ἐπιβουλευθεῖσα; agrees with τοὺς εὐνούχους. |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | Punc | _ | 11 ἔστειλεν | punct | high |
οἱ δὲ Ἀλεξανδρεῖς ὥρμησαν μὲν ὡς ἀποκτενοῦντες τὸν Πτολεμαῖον, ὡς δὲ σφᾶς ἔφθασεν ἐπιβὰς νεώς, Ἀλέξανδρον ἥκοντα ἐκ Κύπρου ποιοῦνται βασιλέα.
The sentence has μέν...δέ coordination: the Alexandrians first rushed intending to kill Ptolemy, but when Alexander, having boarded a ship and come from Cyprus, reached them, they made him king. The two finite predicates are coordinated, with ποιοῦνται as the later main predicate.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | article-nom-masc-pl | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 Ἀλεξανδρεῖς | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | conj | _ | 4 ὥρμησαν | cc | high | |
| 3 | Ἀλεξανδρεῖς | Ἀλεξανδρεύς | PROPN | noun-nom-masc-pl | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 ὥρμησαν | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | ὥρμησαν | ὁρμάω | VERB | verb-aor-act-ind-3pl | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 5 | μὲν | μέν | PART | particle | _ | 4 ὥρμησαν | discourse | high | |
| 6 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | conj | _ | 7 ἀποκτενοῦντες | mark | high | Introduces the prospective/intentional participial clause. |
| 7 | ἀποκτενοῦντες | ἀποκτείνω | VERB | part-pres-act-nom-masc-pl | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 ὥρμησαν | advcl | high | Future-oriented intention expressed with present participle. |
| 8 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | article-acc-masc-sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 Πτολεμαῖον | det | high | |
| 9 | Πτολεμαῖον | Πτολεμαῖος | PROPN | noun-acc-masc-sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἀποκτενοῦντες | obj | high | |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ὥρμησαν | punct | high | |
| 11 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | conj | _ | 14 ἔφθασεν | mark | high | Temporal conjunction: when/before the event reached them. |
| 12 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | conj | _ | 14 ἔφθασεν | cc | high | |
| 13 | σφᾶς | σφεῖς | PRON | pron-acc-pl | Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 14 ἔφθασεν | obj | high | Accusative object of ἔφθασεν. |
| 14 | ἔφθασεν | φθάνω | VERB | verb-aor-act-ind-3sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 22 ποιοῦνται | advcl | medium | Temporal subordinate verb; subject is the following participial phrase. |
| 15 | ἐπιβὰς | ἐπιβαίνω | VERB | part-aor-act-nom-masc-sg | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 14 ἔφθασεν | nsubj | medium | Nominal participle functioning as subject of ἔφθασεν; refers to Alexander. |
| 16 | νεώς | ναῦς | NOUN | noun-gen-fem-sg | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 ἐπιβὰς | obl | high | Genitive with ἐπιβαίνω, 'having boarded a ship'. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 ποιοῦνται | punct | high | |
| 18 | Ἀλέξανδρον | Ἀλέξανδρος | PROPN | noun-acc-masc-sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 ποιοῦνται | obj | high | Object/complement in the causative construction ποιοῦνται βασιλέα. |
| 19 | ἥκοντα | ἥκω | VERB | part-pres-act-acc-masc-sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 18 Ἀλέξανδρον | acl | high | Participial modifier of Ἀλέξανδρον. |
| 20 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | prep-gen | _ | 21 Κύπρου | case | high | |
| 21 | Κύπρου | Κύπρος | PROPN | noun-gen-fem-sg | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἥκοντα | obl | high | |
| 22 | ποιοῦνται | ποιέω | VERB | verb-pres-mid-ind-3pl | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Main finite predicate of the second coordinated clause; coordination with ὥρμησαν is implicit through μέν...δέ. |
| 23 | βασιλέα | βασιλεύς | NOUN | noun-acc-masc-sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 ποιοῦνται | xcomp | high | Object complement/predicative accusative: 'make Alexander king'. |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 ποιοῦνται | punct | high |