Grammar parses for passage 2.34.7
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σταδίους δὲ ὀγδοήκοντα ἀπέχει μάλιστα ἄκρα Σκυλλαῖον ἀπὸ τῆς Νίσου καλουμένη θυγατρός.
The sentence is an elliptical distance construction: ἄκρα Σκυλλαῖον is the subject of ἀπέχει, σταδίους ὀγδοήκοντα is the distance accusative, and καλουμένη θυγατρός is a compressed/elliptical genitival naming phrase; the attachment of θυγατρός is somewhat uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | σταδίους | στάδιον | NOUN | N-AMP | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 ἀπέχει | obl | high | Accusative of measure/distance. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 4 ἀπέχει | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ὀγδοήκοντα | ὀγδοήκοντα | NUM | M-AMP | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 σταδίους | nummod | medium | Cardinal numeral agreeing with στάδιους; indeclinable in form. |
| 4 | ἀπέχει | ἀπέχω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb, ‘is distant’. |
| 5 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | D | Degree=Sup | 4 ἀπέχει | advmod | high | Adverb modifying the distance assertion. |
| 6 | ἄκρα | ἄκρον | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἀπέχει | nsubj | medium | Feminine nominative substantive, ‘promontory’; form may reflect lexicalized feminine ἄκρα. |
| 7 | Σκυλλαῖον | Σκυλλαῖον | PROPN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἄκρα | appos | medium | Place-name in apposition to ἄκρα; grammatical gender/form is potentially variable in toponymic usage. |
| 8 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | P | _ | 10 Νίσου | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive. |
| 9 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | RA-GSF | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 Νίσου | det | high | Article with Νίσου. |
| 10 | Νίσου | Νῖσος | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἀπέχει | obl | high | Genitive complement of ἀπό. |
| 11 | καλουμένη | καλέω | VERB | V-PPM-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 10 Νίσου | acl | medium | Present passive participle, likely agreeing with an understood feminine geographical referent; attachment is compressed. |
| 12 | θυγατρός | θυγάτηρ | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 καλουμένη | obl | low | Genitive; likely part of an elliptical naming/kinship expression with καλουμένη, but exact syntactic relation is uncertain. |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἀπέχει | punct | high |
ὡς γὰρ δὴ τὴν Νίσαιαν ὁ Μίνως καὶ τὰ Μέγαρα εἷλεν ἐκείνης προδούσης, οὔτε γυναῖκα ἕξειν αὐτὴν ἔτι ἔφασκε καὶ προσέταξε τοῖς Κρησὶν ἐκβάλλειν τῆς νεώς· ἀποθανοῦσαν δὲ ἀπέρριψεν ἐς τὴν ἄκραν ταύτην ὁ κλύδων.
ὡς introduces the causal-temporal subordinate clause; προδούσης is a genitive absolute, while ἔφασκε governs the infinitive ἕξειν and προσέταξε governs ἐκβάλλειν. In the final clause, ἀποθανοῦσαν is an accusative circumstantial participle agreeing with αὐτήν, and ταύτην modifies ἄκραν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 εἷλεν | mark | high | |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | PART | _ | 11 εἷλεν | discourse | high | |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 11 εἷλεν | discourse | high | |
| 4 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 Νίσαιαν | det | high | |
| 5 | Νίσαιαν | Νίσαια | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 εἷλεν | obj | high | |
| 6 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 Μίνως | det | high | |
| 7 | Μίνως | Μίνως | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 εἷλεν | nsubj | high | |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 Μέγαρα | cc | high | |
| 9 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 Μέγαρα | det | high | |
| 10 | Μέγαρα | Μέγαρα | PROPN | N-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 11 εἷλεν | obj | medium | Neuter plural place-name; coordinated with Νίσαιαν. |
| 11 | εἷλεν | αἱρέω | VERB | V-2AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 20 ἔφασκε | advcl | high | |
| 12 | ἐκείνης | ἐκεῖνος | PRON | D-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 προδούσης | nsubj | high | Genitive absolute subject. |
| 13 | προδούσης | προδίδωμι | VERB | V-2AAP-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 11 εἷλεν | advcl | high | Genitive absolute participle. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 εἷλεν | punct | high | |
| 15 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 20 ἔφασκε | cc | high | Correlative with οὔτε understood in the infinitival complement. |
| 16 | γυναῖκα | γυνή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 αὐτὴν | xcomp | medium | Predicative accusative with ἕξειν. |
| 17 | ἕξειν | ἔχω | VERB | V-FAI- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 20 ἔφασκε | ccomp | high | |
| 18 | αὐτὴν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἕξειν | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 19 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | ADV | _ | 17 ἕξειν | advmod | high | |
| 20 | ἔφασκε | φημί | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 21 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 22 προσέταξε | cc | high | |
| 22 | προσέταξε | προστάσσω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 20 ἔφασκε | conj | high | |
| 23 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 24 Κρησὶν | det | high | |
| 24 | Κρησὶν | Κρής | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 προσέταξε | iobj | high | |
| 25 | ἐκβάλλειν | ἐκβάλλω | VERB | V-PAN- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 22 προσέταξε | xcomp | high | |
| 26 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 27 νεώς | det | high | |
| 27 | νεώς | ναῦς | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἐκβάλλειν | obl | high | Genitive of separation/source. |
| 28 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 προσέταξε | punct | high | |
| 29 | ἀποθανοῦσαν | ἀποθνῄσκω | VERB | V-2AAP-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 31 ἀπέρριψεν | advcl | high | Accusative circumstantial participle, agreeing with αὐτήν. |
| 30 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 31 ἀπέρριψεν | cc | high | |
| 31 | ἀπέρριψεν | ἀπορρίπτω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Second coordinated main predicate after the punctuation. |
| 32 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 34 ἄκραν | case | high | |
| 33 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 34 ἄκραν | det | high | |
| 34 | ἄκραν | ἄκρα | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 ἀπέρριψεν | obl | high | Destination; ἄκραν is substantivized. |
| 35 | ταύτην | οὗτος | DET | D-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 34 ἄκραν | det | high | Demonstrative determiner. |
| 36 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 37 κλύδων | det | high | |
| 37 | κλύδων | κλύδων | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 31 ἀπέρριψεν | nsubj | high | |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 31 ἀπέρριψεν | punct | high |
τάφον δὲ οὐκ ἀποφαίνουσιν αὐτῆς, ἀλλὰ περιοφθῆναι τὸν νεκρόν φασι διαφορηθέντα ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκ θαλάσσης ὀρνίθων.
The second clause is coordinated with the first and contains φασι governing an accusative-and-infinitive construction: τὸν νεκρόν περιοφθῆναι, with διαφορηθέντα as a participial adjunct agreeing with νεκρόν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τάφον | τάφος | NOUN | n-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ἀποφαίνουσιν | obj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 4 ἀποφαίνουσιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | d-------- | Polarity=Neg | 4 ἀποφαίνουσιν | advmod | high | |
| 4 | ἀποφαίνουσιν | ἀποφαίνω | VERB | v3ppia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 5 | αὐτῆς | αὐτός | PRON | p-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 1 τάφον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on τάφον; referring to the woman previously mentioned. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἀποφαίνουσιν | punct | high | |
| 7 | ἀλλὰ | ἀλλά | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 11 φασι | cc | high | Coordinates the contrasting assertion. |
| 8 | περιοφθῆναι | περιοράω | VERB | v--an---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 11 φασι | ccomp | medium | Aorist passive infinitive in the accusative-and-infinitive complement of φασι; spelling reflects περί + ὁράω. |
| 9 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | l-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 νεκρόν | det | high | |
| 10 | νεκρόν | νεκρός | NOUN | n-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 περιοφθῆναι | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 11 | φασι | φημί | VERB | v3ppia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 4 ἀποφαίνουσιν | conj | high | Introduces the infinitival reported statement. |
| 12 | διαφορηθέντα | διαφορέω | VERB | v-sapama- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 10 νεκρόν | acl | high | Aorist passive participle agreeing with τὸν νεκρόν; instrumental/circumstantial in sense. |
| 13 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | r-------- | _ | 12 διαφορηθέντα | case | high | |
| 14 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | l-p---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 17 ὀρνίθων | det | high | |
| 15 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | r-------- | _ | 16 θαλάσσης | case | high | |
| 16 | θαλάσσης | θάλασσα | NOUN | n-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ὀρνίθων | nmod | high | |
| 17 | ὀρνίθων | ὄρνις | NOUN | n-p---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 διαφορηθέντα | obl:agent | high | Agent of the passive participle under ὑπό; τῶν ἐκ θαλάσσης modifies ὀρνίθων. |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἀποφαίνουσιν | punct | high |