Grammar parses for passage 2.21.4
Open translation for this passage
τοῦτο μὲν δὴ κατὰ τὴν πυρὰν τὸ οἰκοδόμημα ἐγένετο·
τοῦτο is the left-dislocated/topic-like demonstrative, with μὲν δὴ as particles; the clause is centered on ἐγένετο with οἰκοδόμημα as its subject and κατὰ τὴν πυράν as an oblique modifier.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | Pd-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 9 ἐγένετο | nsubj | high | Demonstrative pronoun functioning as subject. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G-------- | _ | 1 τοῦτο | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | G-------- | _ | 1 τοῦτο | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 4 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | R-------- | Case=Acc | 6 πυρὰν | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 5 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 πυρὰν | det | high | Definite article. |
| 6 | πυρὰν | πυρά | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἐγένετο | obl | high | Object of κατά, adverbial/locative phrase. |
| 7 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | L-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 οἰκοδόμημα | det | high | Article with noun. |
| 8 | οἰκοδόμημα | οἰκοδόμημα | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 9 ἐγένετο | nsubj | high | Predicate subject with ἐγένετο. |
| 9 | ἐγένετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-API-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 10 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 ἐγένετο | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |
τοῦ δὲ τῆς Δήμητρος ἱεροῦ τούτου κατὰ τὴν ἔσοδον ἀσπίδα ἰδεῖν Πύρρου χαλκῆν ἔστιν ὑπὲρ τῶν θυρῶν ἀνακειμένην.
The main syntactic difficulty is the existential construction with ἔστιν and the noun ἱεροῦ as a genitive subject/topic; the rest is a clear infinitival phrase describing the shield.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | ARTICLE | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 ἱεροῦ | det | high | Article with ἱεροῦ. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 14 ἔστιν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | ARTICLE | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 Δήμητρος | det | high | Article with Δήμητρος. |
| 4 | Δήμητρος | Δημήτηρ | PROPN | N-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 ἱεροῦ | nmod | high | Dependent genitive modifying ἱεροῦ. |
| 5 | ἱεροῦ | ἱερόν | NOUN | N-S---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 ἔστιν | nsubj | medium | Genitive subject/topic of existential ἔστιν; could also be analyzed as genitive modifier in a genitive absolute-like frame, but sentence sense favors subject. |
| 6 | τούτου | οὗτος | DET | PD---GNS- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 5 ἱεροῦ | det | high | Demonstrative modifying ἱεροῦ. |
| 7 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 9 ἔσοδον | case | high | Preposition governing ἔσοδον. |
| 8 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | ARTICLE | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 ἔσοδον | det | high | Article with ἔσοδον. |
| 9 | ἔσοδον | ἔσοδος | NOUN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ἔστιν | obl | high | Prepositional phrase with κατὰ. |
| 10 | ἀσπίδα | ἀσπίς | NOUN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἰδεῖν | obj | high | Accusative complement of infinitive ἰδεῖν. |
| 11 | ἰδεῖν | ὁράω | VERB | V-2AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 14 ἔστιν | xcomp | high | Infinitival complement of ἔστιν. |
| 12 | Πύρρου | Πύρρος | PROPN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ἀσπίδα | nmod | high | Possessive genitive modifying ἀσπίδα. |
| 13 | χαλκῆν | χαλκοῦς | ADJ | A-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 ἀσπίδα | amod | high | Adjectival modifier of ἀσπίδα. |
| 14 | ἔστιν | εἰμί | AUX | V-3SPI | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Existential/copular verb as sentence root. |
| 15 | ὑπὲρ | ὑπέρ | ADP | PREP | _ | 17 θυρῶν | case | high | Preposition governing θυρῶν. |
| 16 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | ARTICLE | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 17 θυρῶν | det | high | Article with θυρῶν. |
| 17 | θυρῶν | θύρα | NOUN | N-P---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 18 ἀνακειμένην | obl | high | Prepositional phrase modifying participle. |
| 18 | ἀνακειμένην | ἀνάκειμαι | VERB | V-PPP-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 10 ἀσπίδα | acl | high | Participle agreeing with ἀσπίδα. |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἔστιν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |