Pausanias Analysis - Grammar 10.5.4

Sentence 1

10.5.4 sentence 1

Tokens: 13
Input: 692
Output: 1,063
Total: 1,755

Οἰδίποδι μὲν ὁδὸς ἡ Σχιστὴ καὶ τόλμημα τὸ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ κακῶν ἦρχε,

The clause is irregular: Οἰδίποδι μὲν is dative of reference, while ὁδός/τόλμημα appear as coordinated nominative subjects with ἦρχε, and the genitive-prepositional phrase is syntactically loose.

#	Form	Lemma	UPOS	XPOS	Features	Head	DepRel	Conf.	Note
1	Οἰδίποδι	Οἰδίπους	PROPN	Ne-S---md-	Case=Dative\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing	12 ἦρχε	iobj	high	Dative of reference/interest with ἦρχε.
2	μὲν	μέν	PART	G--------	_	1 Οἰδίποδι	discourse	high	Correlative particle.
3	ὁδὸς	ὁδός	NOUN	n-s---fn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing	12 ἦρχε	nsubj	high	Subject of ἦρχε.
4	ἡ	ὁ	DET	l-s---fn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing\|PronType=Art	5 Σχιστὴ	det	high	Article with Σχιστή.
5	Σχιστὴ	Σχιστός	ADJ	a-s---fn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing	3 ὁδὸς	amod	medium	Attributive adjective modifying ὁδός.
6	καὶ	καί	CCONJ	c--------	_	7 τόλμημα	cc	high	Links coordinated noun phrase.
7	τόλμημα	τόλμημα	NOUN	n-s---nn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing	3 ὁδὸς	conj	medium	Coordinated with ὁδός; agreement with ἦρχε is semantically loose.
8	τὸ	ὁ	DET	l-s---nn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing\|PronType=Art	11 κακῶν	det	high	Article with ἐπʼ αὐτῇ κακῶν? Likely article introducing the prepositional phrase group, though syntax is irregular.
9	ἐπʼ	ἐπί	ADP	r--------	Variant=Contract	10 αὐτῇ	case	high	Preposition governing αὐτῇ.
10	αὐτῇ	αὐτός	PRON	p-s---fd-	Case=Dat\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|PronType=Prs	11 κακῶν	nmod	medium	Likely dependent of κακῶν in a prepositional phrase.
11	κακῶν	κακός	ADJ	a-p---ng-	Case=Gen\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Plur	7 τόλμημα	nmod	medium	Genitive dependent of τόλμημα; phrase is syntactically difficult.
12	ἦρχε	ἄρχω	VERB	v3siia---	Mood=Indicative\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|Tense=Imperfect\|VerbForm=Fin\|Voice=Active	0 ROOT	root	high	Finite verb, root.
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	12 ἦρχε	punct	high	Punctuation.

Passage 10.5.4