Grammar parses for passage 10.2.1
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ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐς τὴν Εὐρώπην ὁ Περσῶν στρατὸς διέβη, λέγεται τοὺς Φωκέας φρονῆσαι μὲν ὑπὸ ἀνάγκης τὰ βασιλέως, αὐτομολῆσαι δὲ ἐκ τῶν Μήδων καὶ ἐς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν παρὰ τὸ ἔργον τὸ Πλαταιᾶσι παρατάξασθαι.
The ἐπεὶ-clause is temporal with διέβη as its root; λέγεται introduces an accusative-and-infinitive construction, with τοὺς Φωκέας as the shared accusative subject of φρονῆσαι, αὐτομολῆσαι, and παρατάξασθαι. The final infinitive phrase is somewhat compressed: τὸ ἔργον τὸ Πλαταιᾶσι likely means the action at Plataea, with παρὰ marking deviation from the expected course.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεί | SCONJ | CONJ | PronType=Rel | 9 διέβη | mark | high | Temporal subordinating conjunction. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 9 διέβη | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 Εὐρώπην | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 4 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 Εὐρώπην | det | high | |
| 5 | Εὐρώπην | Εὐρώπη | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 διέβη | obl | high | Goal/location of crossing. |
| 6 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 στρατὸς | det | high | |
| 7 | Περσῶν | Πέρσης | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 στρατὸς | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on στρατός. |
| 8 | στρατὸς | στρατός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 διέβη | nsubj | high | |
| 9 | διέβη | διαβαίνω | VERB | V-3AAI-S | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Aorist indicative, temporal-clause predicate. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 διέβη | punct | high | |
| 11 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V-3SPI-S | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | parataxis | medium | Main reporting verb after the temporal clause; passive impersonal 'it is said'. |
| 12 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 13 Φωκέας | det | high | |
| 13 | Φωκέας | Φωκεύς | PROPN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 φρονῆσαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitival construction. |
| 14 | φρονῆσαι | φρονέω | VERB | V-2AAI | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 11 λέγεται | ccomp | high | First coordinated infinitive governed by λέγεται. |
| 15 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PRT | _ | 14 φρονῆσαι | advmod | high | Correlative particle balanced by δὲ at token 22. |
| 16 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 17 ἀνάγκης | case | high | With genitive, expressing cause or compulsion. |
| 17 | ἀνάγκης | ἀνάγκη | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 φρονῆσαι | obl | high | Causal/agentive phrase: under compulsion. |
| 18 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 19 βασιλέως | det | high | |
| 19 | βασιλέως | βασιλεύς | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 φρονῆσαι | obj | medium | Articular neuter plural phrase τὰ βασιλέως, with βασιλέως as dependent genitive; ellipsis or substantival usage is compressed. |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 φρονῆσαι | punct | high | |
| 21 | αὐτομολῆσαι | αὐτομολέω | VERB | V-2AAI | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 14 φρονῆσαι | conj | high | Second coordinated infinitive sharing the accusative subject Φωκέας. |
| 22 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 21 αὐτομολῆσαι | cc | high | Second member of μέν...δέ. |
| 23 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 25 Μήδων | case | high | Preposition governing genitive. |
| 24 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 25 Μήδων | det | high | |
| 25 | Μήδων | Μῆδος | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 αὐτομολῆσαι | obl | high | Source or allegiance from which they defected. |
| 26 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 27 ἐς | cc | high | Coordinates the two ἐς phrases. |
| 27 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 29 Ἑλληνικὸν | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 28 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 29 Ἑλληνικὸν | det | high | |
| 29 | Ἑλληνικὸν | Ἑλληνικός | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 21 αὐτομολῆσαι | obl | high | Substantivized adjective, 'the Greek side/army'. |
| 30 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | PREP | _ | 32 ἔργον | case | medium | Preposition with accusative; semantic relation is somewhat compressed. |
| 31 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 32 ἔργον | det | high | |
| 32 | ἔργον | ἔργον | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 35 παρατάξασθαι | obl | medium | Object of παρά in the compressed final phrase. |
| 33 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 34 Πλαταιᾶσι | det | high | Article agreeing with dative place-name. |
| 34 | Πλαταιᾶσι | Πλαταιαί | PROPN | N-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 32 ἔργον | nmod | medium | Dative place-name, likely locative: at Plataea; token 33 appears an attributive article with ellipsis or textual compression. |
| 35 | παρατάξασθαι | παρατάσσω | VERB | V-1ADI | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 21 αὐτομολῆσαι | conj | high | Third coordinated infinitive, sharing Φωκέας as accusative subject. |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 λέγεται | punct | high |
χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον κατέλαβεν αὐτοὺς ζημιωθῆναι χρήμασιν ὑπὸ Ἀμφικτυόνων·
κατέλαβεν takes the accusative αὐτούς as subject of the complementary infinitive ζημιωθῆναι; χρήμασιν is an instrumental dative, and ὑπό with the genitive marks the agent. ὕστερον is an adverbial temporal modifier.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | χρόνῳ | χρόνος | NOUN | N-dat-sg | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 κατέλαβεν | obl | high | Temporal dative. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | Cୄ | _ | 4 κατέλαβεν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ὕστερον | ὕστερος | ADV | A-acc-sg-neut | Degree=Pos | 4 κατέλαβεν | advmod | high | Adverbial accusative, ‘later’. |
| 4 | κατέλαβεν | καταλαμβάνω | VERB | V-aor-act-ind-3sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite matrix verb. |
| 5 | αὐτοὺς | αὐτός | PRON | P-pers-acc-pl-masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 6 ζημιωθῆναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 6 | ζημιωθῆναι | ζημιόω | VERB | V-aor-pass-inf | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 4 κατέλαβεν | xcomp | high | Complementary aorist passive infinitive. |
| 7 | χρήμασιν | χρῆμα | NOUN | N-dat-pl-neut | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 ζημιωθῆναι | obl | high | Dative of penalty or means: fined in money. |
| 8 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | R | _ | 9 Ἀμφικτυόνων | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive agent. |
| 9 | Ἀμφικτυόνων | Ἀμφικτύονες | PROPN | N-gen-pl-masc | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ζημιωθῆναι | obl:agent | high | Agent of the passive infinitive. |
| 10 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 κατέλαβεν | punct | high |
οὐδὲ ἔχω τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀληθὲς ἐξευρεῖν εἴτε ἀδικήσασιν ἐπεβλήθη σφίσιν εἴτε Θεσσαλοὶ κατὰ τὸ ἐκ παλαιοῦ μῖσος γενέσθαι τὴν ζημίαν τοῖς Φωκεῦσιν ἦσαν οἱ πράξαντες.
The sentence has an omitted/elliptical construction: ἔχω governs the infinitive ἐξευρεῖν with τὸ ἀληθές as its object; the εἴτε...εἴτε alternatives explain the uncertain cause of the penalty. In the second alternative, Θεσσαλοὶ are subject of ἦσαν, with οἱ πράξαντες as a substantive participial predicate and γενέσθαι dependent on the implied content of the action; some attachment choices are necessarily uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | Conj | Polarity=Neg | 2 ἔχω | cc | high | |
| 2 | ἔχω | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Polarity=Neg|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Negation supplied by οὐδέ. |
| 3 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 λόγου | det | high | |
| 4 | λόγου | λόγος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 2 ἔχω | nmod | high | Genitive with ἔχω, ‘have knowledge/account of’. |
| 5 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἀληθὲς | det | high | |
| 6 | ἀληθὲς | ἀληθής | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 ἐξευρεῖν | obj | high | Substantivized adjective, subject-like accusative/predicative content with ἐξευρεῖν. |
| 7 | ἐξευρεῖν | ἐξευρίσκω | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 2 ἔχω | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive. |
| 8 | εἴτε | εἴτε | SCONJ | Conj | _ | 9 ἀδικήσασιν | mark | high | First member of εἴτε...εἴτε. |
| 9 | ἀδικήσασιν | ἀδικέω | VERB | V-AAP-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 10 ἐπεβλήθη | advcl | medium | Dative plural participle, probably referring to the Phocians: ‘for having acted unjustly’. |
| 10 | ἐπεβλήθη | ἐπιβάλλω | VERB | V-API-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 7 ἐξευρεῖν | ccomp | medium | Passive ‘was imposed’; subject is understood ζημίαν, with unusual word order. |
| 11 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-D3P | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 10 ἐπεβλήθη | iobj | high | Dative recipient/affected party. |
| 12 | εἴτε | εἴτε | SCONJ | Conj | _ | 13 Θεσσαλοὶ | mark | high | Second member of εἴτε...εἴτε. |
| 13 | Θεσσαλοὶ | Θεσσαλός | PROPN | N-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 24 ἦσαν | nsubj | high | |
| 14 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | P | _ | 18 μῖσος | case | high | |
| 15 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 μῖσος | det | high | |
| 16 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | P | _ | 17 παλαιοῦ | case | high | |
| 17 | παλαιοῦ | παλαιός | ADJ | A-GSN | Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 μῖσος | amod | high | Substantivized/elliptical with ἐκ: ‘from of old’. |
| 18 | μῖσος | μῖσος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 γενέσθαι | obl | high | Object of κατά: ‘according to the ancient hatred’. |
| 19 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-2AMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 26 πράξαντες | xcomp | medium | Infinitive in an elliptical expression involving the penalty; attachment to πράξαντες is syntactically uncertain. |
| 20 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 ζημίαν | det | high | |
| 21 | ζημίαν | ζημία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 ἐπεβλήθη | nsubj:pass | medium | Accusative form is retained in the source despite passive ἐπεβλήθη; may reflect an elliptical construction. |
| 22 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 23 Φωκεῦσιν | det | high | |
| 23 | Φωκεῦσιν | Φωκεύς | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 ζημίαν | obl | high | Dative of the persons fined/affected. |
| 24 | ἦσαν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 7 ἐξευρεῖν | advcl | medium | Forms the second εἴτε alternative; copular clause with οἱ πράξαντες. |
| 25 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 26 πράξαντες | det | high | Article substantivizing the participle. |
| 26 | πράξαντες | πράσσω | VERB | V-AAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 24 ἦσαν | nsubj | high | Substantivized participle, predicate nominal in the copular clause. |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 ἔχω | punct | high |