Grammar parses for passage 2.26.3
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Ἀσκληπιοῦ δὲ ἱερὰν μάλιστα εἶναι τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ λόγῳ συμβέβηκε τοιῷδε.
The impersonal συμβέβηκε governs an infinitival proposition: τὴν γῆν ἱερὰν εἶναι; ἐπὶ λόγῳ τοιῷδε introduces the ensuing explanation.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἀσκληπιοῦ | Ἀσκληπιός | PROPN | Neut? | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 γῆν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on γῆν: ‘the land of Asclepius’. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 συμβέβηκε | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἱερὰν | ἱερός | ADJ | A-NSF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 γῆν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective in the infinitival clause. |
| 4 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | D- | Degree=Sup | 3 ἱερὰν | advmod | high | Superlative adverb modifying ἱεράν. |
| 5 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 10 συμβέβηκε | ccomp | high | Infinitive introducing the reported proposition. |
| 6 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 γῆν | det | high | Article with γῆν. |
| 7 | γῆν | γῆ | NOUN | N-ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of εἶναι. |
| 8 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | _ | 9 λόγῳ | case | high | Preposition governing λόγῳ. |
| 9 | λόγῳ | λόγος | NOUN | N-DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 συμβέβηκε | obl | high | Dative phrase ἐπὶ λόγῳ, ‘on the following account/for the following reason’. |
| 10 | συμβέβηκε | συμβαίνω | VERB | V-RIA-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Impersonal perfect: ‘it has happened/come about’. |
| 11 | τοιῷδε | τοιόσδε | ADJ | A-DS-M | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 9 λόγῳ | amod | high | Agrees with λόγῳ; ‘such as follows’. |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 συμβέβηκε | punct | high |
Φλεγύαν Ἐπιδαύριοί φασιν ἐλθεῖν ἐς Πελοπόννησον πρόφασιν μὲν ἐπὶ θέᾳ τῆς χώρας, ἔργῳ δὲ κατάσκοπον πλήθους τῶν ἐνοικούντων καὶ εἰ τὸ πολὺ μάχιμον εἴη τῶν ἀνθρώπων·
Φλεγύαν is the accusative subject of the infinitive ἐλθεῖν under φασιν; πρόφασιν and κατάσκοπον are coordinated accusative-predicate complements describing the purpose/actual role of the visit. The final εἰ-clause is an embedded indirect question dependent on κατάσκοπον (with εἴη as its verb); τῶν ἐνοικούντων and τῶν ἀνθρώπων are genitives dependent on πλήθους and μάχιμον respectively.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Φλεγύαν | Φλεγύας | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ἐλθεῖν | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 2 | Ἐπιδαύριοί | Ἐπιδαύριος | PROPN | N-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 φασιν | nsubj | high | Subject of φασιν. |
| 3 | φασιν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 4 | ἐλθεῖν | ἔρχομαι | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 3 φασιν | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement of φασιν. |
| 5 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 6 Πελοπόννησον | case | high | |
| 6 | Πελοπόννησον | Πελοπόννησος | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐλθεῖν | obl | high | Goal of motion. |
| 7 | πρόφασιν | πρόφασις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐλθεῖν | obj | medium | Accusative predicate/purpose complement of the coming; paired with κατάσκοπον. |
| 8 | μὲν | μέν | PART | 粒 | _ | 7 πρόφασιν | advmod | high | |
| 9 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | _ | 10 θέᾳ | case | high | |
| 10 | θέᾳ | θέα | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 πρόφασιν | nmod | high | Dative object of purpose with ἐπί. |
| 11 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 χώρας | det | high | |
| 12 | χώρας | χώρα | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 θέᾳ | nmod | high | |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 πρόφασιν | punct | high | |
| 14 | ἔργῳ | ἔργον | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 16 κατάσκοπον | advmod | high | Adverbial dative, ‘in reality/deed’. |
| 15 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 16 κατάσκοπον | cc | high | Correlative contrast with μὲν. |
| 16 | κατάσκοπον | κατάσκοπος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ἐλθεῖν | obj | medium | Accusative predicate/purpose complement, ‘as a spy’; coordinated with πρόφασιν. |
| 17 | πλήθους | πλῆθος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 16 κατάσκοπον | obj | medium | Genitive dependent on κατάσκοπον, with τῶν ἐνοικούντων specifying the population. |
| 18 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 ἐνοικούντων | det | high | |
| 19 | ἐνοικούντων | ἐνοικέω | VERB | V-PAP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 17 πλήθους | acl | high | Substantival participle, ‘those dwelling there’. |
| 20 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 24 μάχιμον | cc | high | Coordinates the second property in the embedded question. |
| 21 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | C | _ | 25 εἴη | mark | high | Introduces an indirect yes/no question. |
| 22 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 23 πολὺ | det | high | |
| 23 | πολὺ | πολύς | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 24 μάχιμον | amod | high | Adjectival modifier, ‘the greater part’. |
| 24 | μάχιμον | μάχιμος | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 εἴη | nsubj | medium | Predicative subject/complement in the εἰ-clause; τὸ πολὺ μάχιμον means ‘the greater part warlike’. |
| 25 | εἴη | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAO-3S | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 16 κατάσκοπον | ccomp | medium | Optative form may be contextually potential/oblique; morphology is formally present optative, not subjunctive. |
| 26 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 27 ἀνθρώπων | det | high | |
| 27 | ἀνθρώπων | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 24 μάχιμον | nmod | high | Partitive/specifying genitive with τὸ πολὺ μάχιμον. |
| 28 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 φασιν | punct | high |
ἦν γὰρ δὴ Φλεγύας πολεμικώτατος τῶν τότε καὶ ἐπιὼν ἑκάστοτε ἐφʼ οὓς τύχοι τοὺς καρποὺς ἔφερε καὶ ἤλαυνε τὴν λείαν.
Φλεγύας is the subject and πολεμικώτατος the copular predicate; ἐπιών is a circumstantial participle governing the indefinite relative phrase ἐφʼ οὓς τύχοι, followed by coordinated imperfects.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἦν | εἰμί | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Imperfect copula. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | PART | _ | 1 ἦν | discourse | high | Postpositive explanatory particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 1 ἦν | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 4 | Φλεγύας | Φλεγύας | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἦν | nsubj | high | Proper-name subject of εἰμί. |
| 5 | πολεμικώτατος | πολεμικός | ADJ | A-NSMS | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἦν | xcomp | high | Superlative predicate adjective. |
| 6 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 τότε | det | high | Article with substantivized τότε phrase. |
| 7 | τότε | τότε | ADV | ADV | _ | 5 πολεμικώτατος | obl | medium | Temporal adverbial genitive phrase, ‘of those then/living at that time’; syntactic attachment is somewhat compressed. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 9 ἐπιὼν | cc | high | Coordinates the participial action with the finite predicates. |
| 9 | ἐπιὼν | ἔπειμι | VERB | V-PAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 16 ἔφερε | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with Φλεγύας. |
| 10 | ἑκάστοτε | ἑκάστοτε | ADV | ADV | _ | 9 ἐπιὼν | advmod | high | Iterative temporal adverb. |
| 11 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 12 οὓς | case | high | Elided preposition governing accusative. |
| 12 | οὓς | ὅς | PRON | P-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 13 τύχοι | obj | medium | Relative pronoun, ‘whomever’; object of τύχοι in the idiom ἐφʼ οὓς τύχοι. |
| 13 | τύχοι | τυγχάνω | VERB | V-2AAI-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 9 ἐπιὼν | advcl | medium | Aorist optative in an indefinite relative construction; some analyses treat it as embedded under the preposition-governed relative. |
| 14 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 καρποὺς | det | high | Article with καρπούς. |
| 15 | καρποὺς | καρπός | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 ἔφερε | obj | high | Object of ἔφερε. |
| 16 | ἔφερε | φέρω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Act | 1 ἦν | conj | high | First coordinated finite verb after the participial clause. |
| 17 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 ἤλαυνε | cc | high | Coordinates ἤλαυνε with ἔφερε. |
| 18 | ἤλαυνε | ἐλαύνω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Act | 16 ἔφερε | conj | high | Second coordinated finite verb. |
| 19 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 λείαν | det | high | Article with λείαν. |
| 20 | λείαν | λεία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 ἤλαυνε | obj | high | Object of ἤλαυνε. |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἦν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |