Grammar parses for passage 10.38.3
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λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡς οἱ πρῶτοι τῶν ἐνταῦθα ἀνθρώπων ἦσαν αὐτόχθονες, ἐσθῆτα δὲ οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοί πω ὑφαίνεσθαι σκέπην πρὸς τὸ ῥῖγος θηρίων δέρματα ἐποιοῦντο ἀδέψητα, τὸ δασὺ τῶν δερμάτων ἐς τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑπὲρ εὐπρεπείας τρέποντες·
λέγεται is impersonal/passive ‘it is said’ and takes the ὡς-clause; the following participial clause coordinates a customary action, with ἐσθῆτα as the object of ὑφαίνεσθαι and δέρματα as the object of ἐποιοῦντο. The attachment of ἀδέψητα is predicative/object-oriented; τὸ δασὺ is the object of τρέποντες.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V3PPI-S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Impersonal passive. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 λέγεται | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 ὡς | advmod | medium | Additive particle introducing the reported content. |
| 4 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 λέγεται | mark | high | Introduces content clause. |
| 5 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 πρῶτοι | det | high | |
| 6 | πρῶτοι | πρῶτος | ADJ | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 ἦσαν | nsubj | high | Substantivized adjective, ‘the first people’. |
| 7 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 ἀνθρώπων | det | high | |
| 8 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | D | _ | 9 ἀνθρώπων | advmod | high | |
| 9 | ἀνθρώπων | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 πρῶτοι | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on substantivized πρῶτοι. |
| 10 | ἦσαν | εἰμί | AUX | V3PIA-S | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act | 1 λέγεται | ccomp | high | Copular predicate of the ὡς-clause. |
| 11 | αὐτόχθονες | αὐτόχθων | ADJ | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 ἦσαν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἦσαν | punct | high | |
| 13 | ἐσθῆτα | ἐσθής | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 ὑφαίνεσθαι | obj | high | Object of ὑφαίνεσθαι. |
| 14 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 25 ἐποιοῦντο | cc | high | |
| 15 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | PRT-N | _ | 16 ἐπιστάμενοί | advmod | high | |
| 16 | ἐπιστάμενοί | ἐπίσταμαι | VERB | V-PMP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 25 ἐποιοῦντο | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, sharing subject with ἐποιοῦντο. |
| 17 | πω | πω | ADV | D | _ | 16 ἐπιστάμενοί | advmod | high | ‘Yet/not yet’ with the participle. |
| 18 | ὑφαίνεσθαι | ὑφαίνω | VERB | V-PMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 16 ἐπιστάμενοί | xcomp | high | Infinitive complement of ἐπίσταμαι. |
| 19 | σκέπην | σκέπη | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἐποιοῦντο | obj | medium | Object/semantic purpose of ἐποιοῦντο; syntactically an appositional or resultative cover. |
| 20 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 22 ῥῖγος | case | high | |
| 21 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 22 ῥῖγος | det | high | |
| 22 | ῥῖγος | ῥῖγος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 σκέπην | nmod | high | Purpose phrase ‘against the cold’. |
| 23 | θηρίων | θήριον | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 24 δέρματα | nmod | high | Genitive of material/source. |
| 24 | δέρματα | δέρμα | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 25 ἐποιοῦντο | obj | high | |
| 25 | ἐποιοῦντο | ποιέω | VERB | V3IMI-P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Mid | 1 λέγεται | conj | high | Coordinated finite predicate in the reported narrative. |
| 26 | ἀδέψητα | ἀδέψητος | ADJ | A-APN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 24 δέρματα | amod | high | Uncurried/raw, agreeing with δέρματα. |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ἐποιοῦντο | punct | high | |
| 28 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 29 δασὺ | det | high | |
| 29 | δασὺ | δασύς | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 37 τρέποντες | obj | high | Substantivized adjective, ‘the hairy side’. |
| 30 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 31 δερμάτων | det | high | |
| 31 | δερμάτων | δέρμα | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 29 δασὺ | nmod | high | |
| 32 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 34 ἐκτὸς | case | high | |
| 33 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 34 ἐκτὸς | det | high | |
| 34 | ἐκτὸς | ἐκτός | ADV | D | _ | 37 τρέποντες | obl | high | Substantivized directional adverb, ‘outside’. |
| 35 | ὑπὲρ | ὑπέρ | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 36 εὐπρεπείας | case | high | |
| 36 | εὐπρεπείας | εὐπρέπεια | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 37 τρέποντες | obl | high | Purpose/advantage genitive, ‘for appearance’. |
| 37 | τρέποντες | τρέπω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 25 ἐποιοῦντο | advcl | high | Final/circumstantial participle, subject shared with ἐποιοῦντο. |
| 38 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ἐποιοῦντο | punct | high |
ἔμελλεν οὖν κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ταῖς βύρσαις καὶ ὁ χρώς σφισιν ἔσεσθαι δυσώδης.
ἔμελλεν takes the complementary infinitive ἔσεσθαι; κατὰ τὸ αὐτό means 'in the same way', with ταῖς βύρσαις as a dative of comparison/reference and σφισιν as a dative pronoun referring to the hides. The predicate adjective δυσώδης agrees with χρώς.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔμελλεν | μέλλω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Act | 12 ἔσεσθαι | aux | high | Imperfect μέλλω with complementary infinitive. |
| 2 | οὖν | οὖν | ADV | ADV | _ | 1 ἔμελλεν | discourse | high | Inferential particle. |
| 3 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | P | _ | 5 αὐτὸ | case | high | Preposition governing the accusative phrase τὸ αὐτό. |
| 4 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 αὐτὸ | det | high | Article substantivizing/agrees with αὐτό. |
| 5 | αὐτὸ | αὐτός | PRON | P-SAN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 ἔσεσθαι | advmod | high | Adverbial accusative in κατὰ τὸ αὐτό. |
| 6 | ταῖς | ὁ | DET | T-PFD | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 7 βύρσαις | det | high | Article agreeing with βύρσαις. |
| 7 | βύρσαις | βύρσα | NOUN | N-FPD | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 12 ἔσεσθαι | obl | medium | Dative of comparison/reference: 'as the hides'. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 10 χρώς | cc | high | Coordinates χρώς with the preceding comparative/reference phrase. |
| 9 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 χρώς | det | high | Article agreeing with χρώς. |
| 10 | χρώς | χρώς | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 ἔσεσθαι | nsubj | high | Subject of ἔσεσθαι. |
| 11 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-3PD | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 13 δυσώδης | obl | medium | Dative of possession/reference, 'for them'; antecedent is the hides/persons under discussion. |
| 12 | ἔσεσθαι | εἰμί | AUX | V-FMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Future|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Future infinitive governed by ἔμελλεν. |
| 13 | δυσώδης | δυσώδης | ADJ | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 ἔσεσθαι | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective agreeing with χρώς. |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 ἔσεσθαι | punct | high |