Grammar parses for passage 2.20.4
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τὸ δὲ μνῆμα τὸ πλησίον Χορείας μαινάδος ὀνομάζουσι,
The object μνῆμα is fronted and resumed by the articular τό; πλησίον is an indeclinable adjective used substantivally/adverbially, with Χορείας μαινάδος as its dependent genitive phrase. The subject is the implicit third-person plural, and ὀνομάζουσι means ‘they name/call’.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 μνῆμα | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C|||| | _ | 8 ὀνομάζουσι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | μνῆμα | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 ὀνομάζουσι | obj | medium | Fronted object; the following τό πλησίον phrase specifies it. |
| 4 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 πλησίον | det | high | Article with substantival/adjectival πλησίον. |
| 5 | πλησίον | πλησίον | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 μνῆμα | appos | low | Indeclinable form; substantival/adjectival use, with case/number/gender inferred from the article and μνῆμα. |
| 6 | Χορείας | Χορεία | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 μαινάδος | nmod | medium | Proper name in the genitive. |
| 7 | μαινάδος | μαινάς | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 πλησίον | nmod | medium | Genitive appositional/specifying phrase with Χορείας. |
| 8 | ὀνομάζουσι | ὀνομάζω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ὀνομάζουσι | punct | high |
Διονύσῳ λέγοντες καὶ ἄλλας γυναῖκας καὶ ταύτην ἐς Ἄργος συστρατεύσασθαι, Περσέα δέ, ὡς ἐκράτει τῆς μάχης, φονεῦσαι τῶν γυναικῶν τὰς πολλάς·
The sentence is a reported-content construction: λέγοντες governs coordinated infinitives συστρατεύσασθαι and φονεῦσαι; Περσέα is the accusative object of φονεῦσαι and its understood semantic subject, while ὡς ἐκράτει τῆς μάχης is an embedded temporal/causal clause.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Διονύσῳ | Διόνυσος | PROPN | Neut? Dat.Sg. | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 2 λέγοντες | obl | medium | Dative of reference/addressee with λέγοντες; name morphology is masculine dative singular. |
| 2 | λέγοντες | λέγω | VERB | Pres.Act.Part.Nom.Pl. | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Participial narrative predicate; understood subject is masculine plural. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 4 ἄλλας | cc | high | Coordinates ἄλλας γυναῖκας with ταύτην. |
| 4 | ἄλλας | ἄλλος | ADJ | Acc.Pl.Fem. | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 5 γυναῖκας | amod | high | |
| 5 | γυναῖκας | γυνή | NOUN | Acc.Pl.Fem. | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 10 συστρατεύσασθαι | nsubj | medium | Accusative subject of the infinitive συστρατεύσασθαι. |
| 6 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 7 ταύτην | cc | high | Coordinates ταύτην with ἄλλας γυναῖκας. |
| 7 | ταύτην | οὗτος | PRON | Dem.Acc.Sg.Fem. | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 10 συστρατεύσασθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of συστρατεύσασθαι, coordinated with γυναῖκας. |
| 8 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | Prep.Acc. | _ | 9 Ἄργος | case | high | |
| 9 | Ἄργος | Ἄργος | PROPN | Acc.Sg.Neither. | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 συστρατεύσασθαι | obl | high | Directional destination with ἐς. |
| 10 | συστρατεύσασθαι | συστρατεύομαι | VERB | Aor.Mid.Inf. | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 2 λέγοντες | ccomp | high | Infinitive dependent on λέγοντες; its accusative subjects are γυναῖκας and ταύτην. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 λέγοντες | punct | high | |
| 12 | Περσέα | Περσεύς | PROPN | Acc.Sg.Masc. | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 φονεῦσαι | obj | high | Accusative object of φονεῦσαι. |
| 13 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 20 φονεῦσαι | cc | high | Adversative connective introducing the contrasting infinitive. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 φονεῦσαι | punct | high | |
| 15 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | Subord.Conj. | _ | 16 ἐκράτει | mark | high | Introduces a temporal or causal subordinate clause. |
| 16 | ἐκράτει | κρατέω | VERB | Imp.Act.Ind.3Sg. | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 20 φονεῦσαι | advcl | high | Clause predicate, with implicit subject Περσεύς. |
| 17 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | Art.Gen.Sg.Fem. | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 μάχης | det | high | |
| 18 | μάχης | μάχη | NOUN | Gen.Sg.Fem. | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 ἐκράτει | obj | high | Genitive object governed by κρατέω. |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 ἐκράτει | punct | high | |
| 20 | φονεῦσαι | φονεύω | VERB | Aor.Act.Inf. | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 2 λέγοντες | conj | medium | Coordinated infinitive under λέγοντες; δέ marks contrast. Semantic subject is Περσέα. |
| 21 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | Art.Gen.Pl.Fem. | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 22 γυναικῶν | det | high | |
| 22 | γυναικῶν | γυνή | NOUN | Gen.Pl.Fem. | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 24 πολλάς | nmod | high | Partitive genitive with τὰς πολλάς. |
| 23 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | Art.Acc.Pl.Fem. | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 24 πολλάς | det | high | |
| 24 | πολλάς | πολύς | ADJ | Acc.Pl.Fem. | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 20 φονεῦσαι | obj | high | Substantivized adjective, object of φονεῦσαι; τῶν γυναικῶν is partitive. |
| 25 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 λέγοντες | punct | high |
τὰς μὲν οὖν λοιπὰς θάπτουσιν ἐν κοινῷ, ταύτῃ δὲ---ἀξιώματι γὰρ δὴ προεῖχεν---ἰδίᾳ τὸ μνῆμα ἐποίησαν.
Two coordinated clauses: θάπτουσιν governs the first object and ἐποίησαν the second; the dash-enclosed ἀξιώματι γὰρ δὴ προεῖχεν is an explanatory parenthesis.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | article | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 5 θάπτουσιν | det | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | part | _ | 5 θάπτουσιν | discourse | high | Correlative μέν; contrasted with δέ. |
| 3 | οὖν | οὖν | PART | part | _ | 5 θάπτουσιν | discourse | high | |
| 4 | λοιπὰς | λοιπός | ADJ | a-p---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 1 τὰς | amod | high | Substantivized adjective. |
| 5 | θάπτουσιν | θάπτω | VERB | v3ppia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 6 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | prep | _ | 7 κοινῷ | case | high | |
| 7 | κοινῷ | κοινός | ADJ | a-s---nd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 θάπτουσιν | obl | high | Substantivized: in a common place/grave. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 θάπτουσιν | punct | high | |
| 9 | ταύτῃ | οὗτος | PRON | pd----fd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 ἐποίησαν | obl | medium | Dative of reference, ‘for this woman’; antecedent likely an understood individual. |
| 10 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | conj | _ | 24 ἐποίησαν | cc | high | Correlative contrast with μέν. |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | punct | high | Dash marking parenthetical interruption. |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | punct | high | Dash marking parenthetical interruption. |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | punct | high | Dash marking parenthetical interruption. |
| 14 | ἀξιώματι | ἀξίωμα | NOUN | n-s---nd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 προεῖχεν | obl | medium | Dative of respect with προεῖχεν: excelled in rank/status. |
| 15 | γὰρ | γάρ | SCONJ | conj | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | mark | high | Introduces explanatory parenthesis. |
| 16 | δὴ | δή | PART | part | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | discourse | medium | Emphatic particle. |
| 17 | προεῖχεν | προέχω | VERB | v3siia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 24 ἐποίησαν | parataxis | high | Parenthetical explanatory clause; subject is understood. |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | punct | high | Dash closing parenthetical interruption. |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | punct | high | Dash closing parenthetical interruption. |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 προεῖχεν | punct | high | Dash closing parenthetical interruption. |
| 21 | ἰδίᾳ | ἴδιος | ADV | a-s---fd- | Degree=Pos | 24 ἐποίησαν | advmod | high | Adverbial dative: privately/separately. |
| 22 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | article | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 23 μνῆμα | det | high | |
| 23 | μνῆμα | μνῆμα | NOUN | n-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 24 ἐποίησαν | obj | high | |
| 24 | ἐποίησαν | ποιέω | VERB | v3paia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Second coordinated finite predicate; subject understood plural. |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 24 ἐποίησαν | punct | high |