Grammar parses for passage 10.18.1
Open translation for this passage
γενέσθαι δὲ χρόνον φασὶν οὐκ ὀλίγον τῇ πολιορκίᾳ·
Syntactically, φασίν governs the infinitival clause γενέσθαι χρόνon ... τῇ πολιορκίᾳ; the accusative χρόνον is best taken as duration, with ὀλίγον modifying it.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-ANA | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|VerbType=Main|Voice=Mid | 4 φασὶν | ccomp | high | Complement infinitive governed by φασίν. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | G | _ | 4 φασὶν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | χρόνον | χρόνος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 γενέσθαι | obj | medium | Likely accusative of duration with γενέσθαι. |
| 4 | φασὶν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 5 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | PRT-N | _ | 6 ὀλίγον | advmod | high | Negative particle modifying ὀλίγον. |
| 6 | ὀλίγον | ὀλίγος | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 χρόνον | amod | high | Attributive modifier of χρόνον. |
| 7 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | RA-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 πολιορκίᾳ | det | high | Definite article. |
| 8 | πολιορκίᾳ | πολιορκία | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 γενέσθαι | obl | high | Dative complement/means associated with γενέσθαι. |
| 9 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 φασὶν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |