Grammar parses for passage 10.9.6
Open translation for this passage
ταῦτα μὲν δὴ οἱ Τεγεᾶται ἔπεμψαν ἐς Δελφούς, Λακεδαιμονίους ὅτε ἐπὶ σφᾶς ἐστρατεύσαντο αἰχμαλώτους ἑλόντες·
The accusative Λακεδαιμονίους is an embedded object/accusative absolute-like participial construction with ἑλόντες, describing the Spartan captives; ὅτε introduces the temporal clause. The final middle ἐστρατεύσαντο has implicit Λακεδαιμόνιοι as subject and σφᾶς as its object/complement.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | PD---NPA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 6 ἔπεμψαν | obj | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G-------- | _ | 6 ἔπεμψαν | discourse | high | |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | G-------- | _ | 6 ἔπεμψαν | discourse | high | |
| 4 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | PA---NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 5 Τεγεᾶται | det | high | |
| 5 | Τεγεᾶται | Τεγεάτης | PROPN | NP---NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἔπεμψαν | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | ἔπεμψαν | πέμπω | VERB | V3PAA--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 8 Δελφούς | case | high | |
| 8 | Δελφούς | Δελφοί | PROPN | NP---APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἔπεμψαν | obl | high | |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἔπεμψαν | punct | high | |
| 10 | Λακεδαιμονίους | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | NP---APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 ἑλόντες | obj | medium | Accusative retained with the participial phrase, likely identifying the persons sent as captives. |
| 11 | ὅτε | ὅτε | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 14 ἐστρατεύσαντο | mark | high | |
| 12 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R-------- | _ | 13 σφᾶς | case | high | |
| 13 | σφᾶς | σφεῖς | PRON | PP---AP-- | Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes | 14 ἐστρατεύσαντο | obl | medium | Refers to the Tegeates; reflexive/third-person plural form is contextually possessive or object-like after ἐπί. |
| 14 | ἐστρατεύσαντο | στρατεύω | VERB | V3PAM--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 16 ἑλόντες | acl:relcl | medium | Temporal clause with implicit Spartan subject; middle voice means 'marched/warred against'. |
| 15 | αἰχμαλώτους | αἰχμάλωτος | ADJ | A----APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 ἑλόντες | xcomp | high | Predicative accusative, 'as captives'. |
| 16 | ἑλόντες | αἱρέω | VERB | VP--PAM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 6 ἔπεμψαν | advcl | medium | Aorist participle; nominative subject is implicit Tegeates, while Λακεδαιμονίους is its object. |
| 17 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἔπεμψαν | punct | high |