Grammar parses for passage 2.21.10
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τούτους δή φασιν Ἀργεῖοι τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς οἰκοδομῆσαι τῇ Λητοῖ τὸν ναόν·
The sentence has a reporting verb φασίν with an accusative-infinitive complement: τούτους ... οἰκοδομῆσαι; τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς is a substantivized temporal phrase modifying the infinitive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τούτους | οὗτος | PRON | A-Acc_mp | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 3 φασιν | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive, coreferential with the implied builders. |
| 2 | δή | δή | PART | D | _ | 3 φασιν | advmod | high | Emphatic discourse particle. |
| 3 | φασιν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Reporting verb governing the accusative-infinitive construction. |
| 4 | Ἀργεῖοι | Ἀργεῖος | PROPN | A-Nom_mp | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 φασιν | nsubj | high | Nominative subject of φασιν. |
| 5 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA-Acc_sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 οἰκοδομῆσαι | det | high | Article substantivizing the temporal phrase τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς. |
| 6 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | P | _ | 7 ἀρχῆς | case | high | Preposition governing ἀρχῆς. |
| 7 | ἀρχῆς | ἀρχή | NOUN | N-Gsf | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 οἰκοδομῆσαι | obl | high | Genitive object of ἐξ in the temporal phrase ‘from the beginning’. |
| 8 | οἰκοδομῆσαι | οἰκοδομέω | VERB | V-AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 3 φασιν | ccomp | high | Aorist active infinitive in the accusative-infinitive complement of φασιν. |
| 9 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | RA-Dsf | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 Λητοῖ | det | high | Article with the dative recipient. |
| 10 | Λητοῖ | Λητώ | PROPN | N-Dsf | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 οἰκοδομῆσαι | iobj | high | Dative recipient/beneficiary of οἰκοδομῆσαι. |
| 11 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | RA-Asm | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 ναόν | det | high | Article modifying ναόν. |
| 12 | ναόν | ναός | NOUN | N-Asm | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 οἰκοδομῆσαι | obj | high | Accusative object of οἰκοδομῆσαι. |
| 13 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 φασιν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
ἐγὼ δὲ---πρόσκειμαι γὰρ πλέον τι ἢ οἱ λοιποὶ τῇ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει---δοκῶ τῇ Νιόβῃ τῶν παίδων μηδένα ὑπόλοιπον γενέσθαι.
The parenthetical clause πρόσκειμαι...ποιήσει is an explanatory aside: πρόσκειμαι takes dative τῇ ... ποιήσει, with πλέον τι ἢ οἱ λοιποί expressing comparison. In the main clause, δοκῶ governs the accusative-plus-infinitive τῇ Νιόβῃ μηδένα ... γενέσθαι; τῇ Νιόβῃ is a dative of reference/person affected.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐγὼ | ἐγώ | PRON | Pp1ns | Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 19 δοκῶ | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 19 δοκῶ | cc | high | |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 πρόσκειμαι | punct | high | Dash opening parenthetical. |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 πρόσκειμαι | punct | high | Dash within parenthetical punctuation. |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 πρόσκειμαι | punct | high | Dash within parenthetical punctuation. |
| 6 | πρόσκειμαι | πρόσκειμαι | VERB | V1SPIM | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 19 δοκῶ | parataxis | high | Parenthetical explanatory finite verb. |
| 7 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | G--------- | _ | 6 πρόσκειμαι | advmod | high | |
| 8 | πλέον | πλείων | ADJ | A-S---NC- | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 πρόσκειμαι | obj | medium | Neuter substantival comparative, ‘more’; exact case analysis may be adverbial. |
| 9 | τι | τις | PRON | Px---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 8 πλέον | det | medium | Indefinite τι is an idiomatic quantitative modifier of πλέον. |
| 10 | ἢ | ἤ | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 8 πλέον | cc | high | Comparative conjunction. |
| 11 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | L-P---NM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 12 λοιποὶ | det | high | |
| 12 | λοιποὶ | λοιπός | ADJ | A-P---NM- | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 πλέον | obl | high | Substantivized adjective, ‘the others’. |
| 13 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | L-S---DF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 ποιήσει | det | high | |
| 14 | Ὁμήρου | Ὅμηρος | PROPN | Ne-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 ποιήσει | nmod | high | |
| 15 | ποιήσει | ποίησις | NOUN | N-S---DF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 πρόσκειμαι | obl | high | Dative complement of πρόσκειμαι. |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 πρόσκειμαι | punct | high | Dash within parenthetical punctuation. |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 πρόσκειμαι | punct | high | Dash within parenthetical punctuation. |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 πρόσκειμαι | punct | high | Dash closing parenthetical. |
| 19 | δοκῶ | δοκέω | VERB | V1SPIS | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 20 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | L-S---DF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 21 Νιόβῃ | det | high | |
| 21 | Νιόβῃ | Νιόβη | PROPN | Ne-S---DF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 δοκῶ | iobj | high | Dative of reference/person affected with δοκῶ. |
| 22 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | L-P---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 23 παίδων | det | high | |
| 23 | παίδων | παῖς | NOUN | N-P---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 24 μηδένα | nmod | high | Partitive genitive with μηδένα. |
| 24 | μηδένα | μηδείς | PRON | Px---SAM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 26 γενέσθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 25 | ὑπόλοιπον | ὑπόλοιπος | ADJ | A-S---AM- | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 24 μηδένα | amod | high | Predicative adjective with μηδένα in the infinitival clause. |
| 26 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V--ANM-- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 19 δοκῶ | ccomp | high | Aorist infinitive in accusative-plus-infinitive construction. |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 δοκῶ | punct | high |
μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι τὸ ἔπος τὼ δʼ ἄρα καὶ δοιώ περ ἐόντʼ ἀπὸ πάντας ὄλεσσαν. Hom. Il. 24.609
The sentence quotes Homer; τὼ ... ἐόντʼ is a dual accusative participial phrase, with δοιώ as its dual numeral apposition, and πάντας is the object of ὄλεσσαν. The citation has been tokenized character-by-character as supplied.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μαρτυρεῖ | μαρτυρέω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | cc | high | |
| 3 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1DS | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1 | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | iobj | high | |
| 4 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 ἔπος | det | high | |
| 5 | ἔπος | ἔπος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | τὼ | ὁ | DET | T-ADN | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Dual | 12 ἐόντʼ | det | medium | Epic dual article; agrees with the substantivized/elliptical dual participial phrase. |
| 7 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἄρα | cc | high | Elided form of δέ. |
| 8 | ἄρα | ἄρα | PART | PTCL | _ | 15 ὄλεσσαν | advmod | medium | Postpositive inferential particle. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 δοιώ | cc | high | |
| 10 | δοιώ | δοιός | NUM | A-NDN | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Dual | 12 ἐόντʼ | amod | medium | Epic dual numeral, agreeing with the dual participial phrase. |
| 11 | περ | περ | PART | PTCL | _ | 10 δοιώ | advmod | high | Enclitic focusing particle. |
| 12 | ἐόντʼ | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAP-AD | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Dual|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 15 ὄλεσσαν | advcl | medium | Epic form of ὄντε; dual accusative present participle, with ellipsis/substantivization. |
| 13 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 14 πάντας | case | high | |
| 14 | πάντας | πᾶς | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 ὄλεσσαν | obj | high | Substantival masculine plural accusative; ἀπό πάντας is construed with ὄλεσσαν. |
| 15 | ὄλεσσαν | ὄλλυμι | VERB | V-AAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | conj | medium | Epic aorist form; subject is the dual phrase τὼ ... δοιώ ... ἐόντʼ, with plural verbal agreement. |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | punct | high | |
| 17 | H | H | X | _ | _ | 0 ROOT | dep | low | Citation token split character-by-character; not Greek syntax. |
| 18 | o | o | X | _ | _ | 17 H | dep | low | Citation token split character-by-character; not Greek syntax. |
| 19 | m | m | X | _ | _ | 17 H | dep | low | Citation token split character-by-character; not Greek syntax. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 H | punct | high | Punctuation in citation. |
| 21 | I | I | X | _ | _ | 17 H | dep | low | Citation token split character-by-character; not Greek syntax. |
| 22 | l | l | X | _ | _ | 17 H | dep | low | Citation token split character-by-character; not Greek syntax. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 H | punct | high | Punctuation in citation. |
| 24 | 24.609 | 24.609 | X | _ | _ | 17 H | dep | low | Homeric line citation, not a syntactic Greek token. |
οὗτος μὲν δὴ τὸν οἶκον τὸν Ἀμφίονος ἐκ βάθρων ἀνατραπέντα οἶδε·
οἶδε is perfect-form οἶδα with present meaning and is the root; τὸν οἶκον is its accusative object, with τὸν Ἀμφίονος and ἀνατραπέντα modifying οἶκον; ἐκ βάθρων is a source/completely-grounded adverbial phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὗτος | οὗτος | PRON | PDNSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 11 οἶδε | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X | _ | 1 οὗτος | discourse | high | Correlative particle; exact counterpart may be supplied by wider context. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | X | _ | 1 οὗτος | discourse | high | |
| 4 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | DASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 οἶκον | det | high | |
| 5 | οἶκον | οἶκος | NOUN | NASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 οἶδε | obj | high | |
| 6 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | DASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 Ἀμφίονος | det | high | |
| 7 | Ἀμφίονος | Ἀμφίων | PROPN | NEGM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|NameType=Grc|Number=Sing | 5 οἶκον | nmod | high | |
| 8 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 9 βάθρων | case | high | |
| 9 | βάθρων | βάθρον | NOUN | NGPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 ἀνατραπέντα | obl | medium | ἐκ βάθρων is an adverbial phrase meaning ‘from the foundations’; attachment to ἀνατραπέντα reflects its semantic scope. |
| 10 | ἀνατραπέντα | ἀνατρέπω | VERB | VAPPASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 5 οἶκον | acl | high | |
| 11 | οἶδε | οἶδα | VERB | VRAI3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Perfect form with present meaning (‘knows’). |
| 12 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 οἶδε | punct | high |