Grammar parses for passage 2.26.1
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πρὶν δὲ ἢ κατʼ αὐτὴν γενέσθαι τὴν πόλιν, ἐπὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἀφίξῃ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ.
The protasis πρὶν ἢ κατʼ αὐτὴν γενέσθαι τὴν πόλιν is an infinitival temporal clause; ἀφίξῃ is second-person singular aorist subjunctive, with the subject understood from context. The form ἐπὶ τὸ ἱερόν is taken as goal adjunct, and τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ modifies ἱερόν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | ADV | _ | 13 ἀφίξῃ | mark | high | Temporal subordinator introducing the infinitival clause. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | PTCL | _ | 13 ἀφίξῃ | cc | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | ἢ | ἤ | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 γενέσθαι | mark | medium | Part of the temporal construction πρὶν ἢ + infinitive. |
| 4 | κατʼ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 αὐτὴν | case | high | Elided κατά governing the accusative pronoun. |
| 5 | αὐτὴν | αὐτός | PRON | PRAA-S3F | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 6 γενέσθαι | obl | medium | Accusative governed by κατά; likely refers to the city. |
| 6 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 13 ἀφίξῃ | advcl | high | Aorist middle infinitive in the temporal clause. |
| 7 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | RA-FSA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 πόλιν | det | high | Article modifying πόλιν. |
| 8 | πόλιν | πόλις | NOUN | N-FSA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 γενέσθαι | nsubj | medium | Accusative subject of the infinitive γενέσθαι. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἀφίξῃ | punct | high | |
| 10 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 12 ἱερὸν | case | high | Preposition governing the accusative goal phrase. |
| 11 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA-NSA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 ἱερὸν | det | high | Article modifying ἱερόν. |
| 12 | ἱερὸν | ἱερόν | NOUN | N-NSA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ἀφίξῃ | obl | high | Accusative goal complement of ἀφίξῃ. |
| 13 | ἀφίξῃ | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V-2AAS-2S | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Second-person singular aorist subjunctive; subject is implicit. |
| 14 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 Ἀσκληπιοῦ | det | high | Article modifying the divine name. |
| 15 | Ἀσκληπιοῦ | Ἀσκληπιός | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 ἱερὸν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἱερόν: temple of Asclepius. |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἀφίξῃ | punct | high |
ταύτην τὴν χώραν οὐκ οἶδα οἵτινες πρότερον ᾤκησαν πρὶν Ἐπίδαυρον ἐλθεῖν ἐς αὐτήν·
The sentence has οἶδα as the matrix root with ταύτην τὴν χώραν as its object; οἵτινες ᾤκησαν is an embedded interrogative/relative clause, and πρὶν Ἐπίδαυρον ἐλθεῖν ἐς αὐτήν is a temporal πρίν-clause with an articular-less infinitive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταύτην | οὗτος | DET | Pd | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 3 χώραν | det | high | |
| 2 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | Td | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 χώραν | det | high | |
| 3 | χώραν | χώρα | NOUN | N----AFS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 οἶδα | obj | high | |
| 4 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | D-------- | Polarity=Neg | 5 οἶδα | advmod | high | |
| 5 | οἶδα | οἶδα | VERB | V-RPAI1S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Perfect in form, conventionally present in meaning. |
| 6 | οἵτινες | ὅστις | PRON | P-----NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 8 ᾤκησαν | nsubj | medium | Introduces an embedded indirect question or indefinite relative clause. |
| 7 | πρότερον | πρότερος | ADV | A-S---NC- | Degree=Cmp | 8 ᾤκησαν | advmod | high | |
| 8 | ᾤκησαν | οἰκέω | VERB | V-AAI3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 5 οἶδα | ccomp | high | Aorist indicative. |
| 9 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 11 ἐλθεῖν | mark | high | Temporal conjunction introducing the infinitival clause. |
| 10 | Ἐπίδαυρον | Ἐπίδαυρος | PROPN | Ne----AS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 ἐλθεῖν | obj | high | Accusative with the infinitive. |
| 11 | ἐλθεῖν | ἔρχομαι | VERB | V-2AAN---- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 8 ᾤκησαν | advcl | high | Infinitive under πρίν; understood subject is Ἐπίδαυρον. |
| 12 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 13 αὐτήν | case | high | |
| 13 | αὐτήν | αὐτός | PRON | P-----AFS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 11 ἐλθεῖν | obl | high | Object of ἐς; refers to χώραν. |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 οἶδα | punct | high |
οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ τοὺς ἀπογόνους Ἐπιδαύρου πυθέσθαι παρὰ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων ἐδυνάμην.
Infinitive πυθέσθαι is the complement of ἐδυνάμην; τοὺς ἀπογόνους is its accusative subject/object-like argument, with Ἐπιδαύρου as dependent genitive. παρὰ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων means ‘from the locals’.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D- | Polarity=Neg | 11 ἐδυνάμην | advmod | high | |
| 2 | μὴν | μήν | PART | X | _ | 11 ἐδυνάμην | discourse | high | Adversative/continuative particle. |
| 3 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | C-C | Polarity=Neg | 7 πυθέσθαι | cc | high | Correlates with the preceding οὐ μὴν and adds emphasis. |
| 4 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 ἀπογόνους | det | high | |
| 5 | ἀπογόνους | ἀπόγονος | NOUN | N-A-M-P | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 πυθέσθαι | obj | medium | Accusative associated with the complementary infinitive; semantically the persons about whom knowledge is sought. |
| 6 | Ἐπιδαύρου | Ἐπίδαυρος | PROPN | N-A-M-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ἀπογόνους | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἀπογόνους. |
| 7 | πυθέσθαι | πυνθάνομαι | VERB | V-NAMM-P | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 11 ἐδυνάμην | xcomp | high | Aorist middle infinitive, complement of ἐδυνάμην. |
| 8 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | P | _ | 10 ἐπιχωρίων | case | high | |
| 9 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 ἐπιχωρίων | det | high | |
| 10 | ἐπιχωρίων | ἐπιχώριος | ADJ | A-G-M-P | substantivized=Yes|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 πυθέσθαι | obl | high | Substantivized adjective: ‘the locals’; παρὰ governs the genitive here. |
| 11 | ἐδυνάμην | δύναμαι | VERB | V-IAI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐδυνάμην | punct | high |