Grammar parses for passage 2.36.7
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πλησίον δὲ αὐτοῦ περίβολός ἐστι λίθων, καὶ τὸν Πλούτωνα ἁρπάσαντα ὡς λέγεται Κόρην τὴν Δήμητρος καταβῆναι ταύτῃ φασὶν ἐς τὴν ὑπόγεων νομιζομένην ἀρχήν.
The clause has an existential main predicate περίβολός ἐστι, followed by καί and an accusative-and-infinitive construction governed by φασίν: τὸν Πλούτωνα ... καταβῆναι. ἁρπάσαντα is an accusative masculine singular aorist participle agreeing with Πλούτωνα; Κόρην is the accusative object of ἁρπάσαντα. ὡς λέγεται is an inserted parenthetical evidential clause. ταύτῃ is locative/directional, and ὑπόγεων is an indeclinable or fossilized form modifying ἀρχήν; its exact lexical morphology is uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πλησίον | πλησίον | ADV | ADV | _ | 4 περίβολός | advmod | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 5 ἐστι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | P-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 4 περίβολός | nmod | high | Possessive genitive, ‘of it/him’. |
| 4 | περίβολός | περίβολος | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ἐστι | nsubj | high | |
| 5 | ἐστι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Existential/copular predicate. |
| 6 | λίθων | λίθος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 περίβολός | nmod | high | Material/content genitive. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἐστι | punct | high | |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 φασὶν | cc | high | Coordinates the following reported clause with the preceding assertion. |
| 9 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 Πλούτωνα | det | high | |
| 10 | Πλούτωνα | Πλούτων | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 καταβῆναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive καταβῆναι. |
| 11 | ἁρπάσαντα | ἁρπάζω | VERB | V-AAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 10 Πλούτωνα | acl | high | Agrees with Πλούτωνα; object Κόρην is expressed separately. |
| 12 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 13 λέγεται | mark | high | Introduces parenthetical report/evidential clause. |
| 13 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V-PPI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Pass | 11 ἁρπάσαντα | parataxis | medium | Parenthetical impersonal passive, ‘as is said’; attachment to the participial report is interpretive. |
| 14 | Κόρην | κόρη | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἁρπάσαντα | obj | high | Proper-name use, object of ἁρπάσαντα. |
| 15 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 16 Δήμητρος | det | high | |
| 16 | Δήμητρος | Δήμητηρ | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 Κόρην | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on Κόρην: ‘the Kore of Demeter’. |
| 17 | καταβῆναι | καταβαίνω | VERB | V-2AAP-INF | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 19 φασὶν | xcomp | high | Infinitive in accusative-and-infinitive construction governed by φασίν. |
| 18 | ταύτῃ | οὗτος | PRON | D-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 17 καταβῆναι | advmod | medium | Dative of route/place, ‘by this way/through here’. |
| 19 | φασὶν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 5 ἐστι | conj | high | Finite reporting verb governing the accusative-and-infinitive clause. |
| 20 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 24 ἀρχήν | case | high | |
| 21 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 24 ἀρχήν | det | high | |
| 22 | ὑπόγεων | ὑπόγεως | ADJ | ADJ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 ἀρχήν | amod | low | Form is indeclinable/fossilized in this spelling; analyzed as an adjective modifying ἀρχήν. |
| 23 | νομιζομένην | νομίζω | VERB | V-PPP-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 24 ἀρχήν | acl | high | Agrees with ἀρχήν; ‘regarded as/believed to be’. |
| 24 | ἀρχήν | ἀρχή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 καταβῆναι | obl | high | Object of εἰς, directional goal of καταβῆναι. |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἐστι | punct | high |
ἡ δὲ Λέρνα ἐστίν, ὡς καὶ τὰ πρότερα ἔχει μοι τοῦ λόγου, πρὸς θαλάσσῃ, καὶ τελετὴν Λερναίᾳ ἄγουσιν ἐνταῦθα Δήμητρι.
The sentence has an existential/copular clause with Λέρνα as subject and ἐστίν as root; ὡς introduces a parenthetical relative-like comment, while the final καὶ coordinates a clause with implicit subject and τελετήν as object. πρὸς θαλάσσῃ is locative, with the text’s dative form retained.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 Λέρνα | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C---- | _ | 4 ἐστίν | cc | high | |
| 3 | Λέρνα | Λέρνα | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐστίν | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | ἐστίν | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐστίν | punct | high | |
| 6 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C---- | _ | 10 ἔχει | mark | medium | Introduces the parenthetical clause ἔχει μοι τοῦ λόγου. |
| 7 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C---- | _ | 10 ἔχει | advmod | high | |
| 8 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 9 πρότερα | det | high | |
| 9 | πρότερα | πρότερος | ADJ | A-APN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 ἔχει | obj | medium | Substantivized neuter plural: ‘the preceding matters’; object of ἔχει. |
| 10 | ἔχει | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 4 ἐστίν | parataxis | medium | Parenthetical impersonal/elliptical expression; μοι is ethical dative and τοῦ λόγου is dependent genitive. |
| 11 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P1---DS- | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 10 ἔχει | iobj | high | |
| 12 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 13 λόγου | det | high | |
| 13 | λόγου | λόγος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ἔχει | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent on the elliptical sense of ἔχει. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἔχει | punct | high | |
| 15 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R---- | _ | 16 θαλάσσῃ | case | high | |
| 16 | θαλάσσῃ | θάλασσα | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐστίν | obl | medium | Locative phrase; πρός normally governs accusative here, but the supplied form is dative. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐστίν | punct | high | |
| 18 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C---- | _ | 21 ἄγουσιν | cc | high | |
| 19 | τελετὴν | τελετή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 ἄγουσιν | obj | high | |
| 20 | Λερναίᾳ | Λερναῖος | ADJ | A-DSF | Case=Dat|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 Δήμητρι | amod | medium | Dative feminine agrees with Δήμητρι and means ‘Lernaean’; may be understood as an epithet of Demeter. |
| 21 | ἄγουσιν | ἄγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 4 ἐστίν | conj | high | Coordinated finite clause with implicit subject. |
| 22 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | D-------- | PronType=Dem | 21 ἄγουσιν | advmod | high | |
| 23 | Δήμητρι | Δήμητρα | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 ἄγουσιν | iobj | high | |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐστίν | punct | high |