Grammar parses for passage 2.4.2
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Βελλεροφόντην δὲ οὐκ αὐτοκράτορα ὄντα βασιλεύειν, εἶναι δὲ ἐπὶ Προίτῳ καὶ Ἀργείοις ἐγώ τε πείθομαι καὶ ὅστις τὰ Ὁμήρου μὴ πάρεργον ἐπελέξατο.
The syntax is an indirect statement with two infinitival complements to πείθομαι; the final ὅστις clause is a generalized relative clause coordinated to ἐγώ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Βελλεροφόντην | Βελλεροφόντης | PROPN | N-ASM-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 βασιλεύειν | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitival clause depending on indirect discourse. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PART | _ | 6 βασιλεύειν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | PART | _ | 4 αὐτοκράτορα | advmod | high | Negation of αὐτοκράτορα. |
| 4 | αὐτοκράτορα | αὐτοκράτωρ | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ὄντα | xcomp | medium | Predicate adjective complement of ὄντα. |
| 5 | ὄντα | εἰμί | AUX | PAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 6 βασιλεύειν | xcomp | high | Participle agreeing with Βελλεροφόντην and introducing predicate description. |
| 6 | βασιλεύειν | βασιλεύω | VERB | V-PAINF | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 16 πείθομαι | ccomp | high | Infinitive in indirect statement. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 βασιλεύειν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 8 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAINF | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 6 βασιλεύειν | conj | high | Second coordinated infinitive. |
| 9 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PART | _ | 8 εἶναι | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 10 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R- | _ | 8 εἶναι | obl | medium | Introduces prepositional phrase with dative complement. |
| 11 | Προίτῳ | Προῖτος | PROPN | N-DSM-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ἐπὶ | obj | high | Object of ἐπί. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 13 Ἀργείοις | cc | high | Coordinator. |
| 13 | Ἀργείοις | Ἀργεῖος | PROPN | A-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 Προίτῳ | conj | medium | Coordinated with Προίτῳ; adjectival ethnicon used substantivally. |
| 14 | ἐγώ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1NS | Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 16 πείθομαι | nsubj | high | Subject of πείθομαι. |
| 15 | τε | τε | PART | PART | _ | 14 ἐγώ | discourse | medium | Enclitic connective; coordinates with following καί. |
| 16 | πείθομαι | πείθω | VERB | V-PP-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the sentence. |
| 17 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 ὅστις | cc | high | Coordinator. |
| 18 | ὅστις | ὅστις | PRON | P-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 16 πείθομαι | conj | medium | Coordinate subject with ἐγώ, introducing a generalizing relative clause. |
| 19 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 20 Ὁμήρου | det | high | Article with Ὁμήρου. |
| 20 | Ὁμήρου | Ὅμηρος | PROPN | N-GSM-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 πάρεργον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of πάρεργον, with article τό/neuter plural as substantivized phrase. |
| 21 | μὴ | μή | PART | PART | _ | 23 ἐπελέξατο | advmod | high | Negation in the relative clause. |
| 22 | πάρεργον | πάρεργον | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 23 ἐπελέξατο | obj | high | Object of ἐπελέξατο. |
| 23 | ἐπελέξατο | ἐπιλέγω | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 18 ὅστις | acl:relcl | high | Verb of the relative clause modifying ὅστις. |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 πείθομαι | punct | high | Punctuation. |
φαίνονται δὲ καὶ Βελλεροφόντου μετοικήσαντος ἐς Λυκίαν οὐδὲν ἧσσον οἱ Κορίνθιοι τῶν ἐν Ἄργει δυναστῶν ἢ Μυκήναις ὑπακούοντες·
The syntax is centered on φαίνονται with a genitive absolute (Βελλεροφόντου μετοικήσαντος) and a nominative participial clause (οἱ Κορίνθιοι ὑπακούοντες); ἢ Μυκήναις is likely an omitted-preposition locative coordination.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | φαίνονται | φαίνω | VERB | V-PII-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the sentence. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | D | _ | 1 φαίνονται | discourse | high | Postpositive discourse particle. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 1 φαίνονται | cc | medium | Likely links this clause to prior context; exact attachment is discourse-level. |
| 4 | Βελλεροφόντου | Βελλεροφόντης | PROPN | N-P---NGS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 μετοικήσαντος | nsubj | medium | Genitive subject of the participle in a genitive absolute. |
| 5 | μετοικήσαντος | μετοικέω | VERB | V-AAP-SMG | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 φαίνονται | advcl | high | Genitive absolute participle modifying the main predication. |
| 6 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R | _ | 7 Λυκίαν | case | high | Preposition governing Λυκίαν. |
| 7 | Λυκίαν | Λυκία | PROPN | N--S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 μετοικήσαντος | obl | high | Directional complement of μετοικήσαντος. |
| 8 | οὐδὲν | οὐδείς | PRON | A-NSN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 9 ἧσσον | advmod | medium | Adverbial accusative modifying ἧσσον. |
| 9 | ἧσσον | ἥσσων | ADJ | A-NSN-CMP | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 φαίνονται | advmod | high | Comparative adverbial phrase with οὐδὲν. |
| 10 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 11 Κορίνθιοι | det | high | Article with Κορίνθιοι. |
| 11 | Κορίνθιοι | Κορίνθιος | PROPN | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 ὑπακούοντες | nsubj | high | Subject of ὑπακούοντες. |
| 12 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 15 δυναστῶν | det | high | Article with δυναστῶν. |
| 13 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R | _ | 14 Ἄργει | case | high | Preposition governing Ἄργει. |
| 14 | Ἄργει | Ἄργος | PROPN | N--S---ND- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 δυναστῶν | nmod | high | Locative modifier of δυναστῶν. |
| 15 | δυναστῶν | δυνάστης | NOUN | N-P---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 Κορίνθιοι | nmod | high | Genitive complement of comparison/possession with Κορίνθιοι. |
| 16 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | C | _ | 18 ὑπακούοντες | cc | high | Coordination marker introducing alternate locative. |
| 17 | Μυκήναις | Μυκῆναι | PROPN | N-P---FD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 18 ὑπακούοντες | obl | medium | Likely second locative coordinated with ἐν Ἄργει; preposition omitted. |
| 18 | ὑπακούοντες | ὑπακούω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 φαίνονται | conj | high | Circumstantial participle coordinated semantically with the main verb. |
| 19 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 φαίνονται | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |
ἰδίᾳ τε οὐδένα παρέσχοντο ἄρχοντα τῆς ἐπὶ Τροίαν στρατιᾶς, συντεταγμένοι δὲ Μυκηναίοις καὶ ὅσων ἄλλων Ἀγαμέμνων ἡγεῖτο μετέσχον τοῦ στόλου.
The sentence has two coordinated main clauses with participial/finitival-style circumstantial modification; ὅσων ἄλλων is syntactically somewhat uncertain but treated as a genitive dependent on μετέσχον.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἰδίᾳ | ἴδιος | ADV | D-------- | _ | 4 παρέσχοντο | advmod | high | Adverbial usage: 'privately/by themselves'. |
| 2 | τε | τε | PART | G-------- | _ | 1 ἰδίᾳ | discourse | high | Enclitic connective particle. |
| 3 | οὐδένα | οὐδείς | DET | A-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Neg | 5 ἄρχοντα | det | high | Negative determiner modifying ἄρχοντα. |
| 4 | παρέσχοντο | παρέχω | VERB | V-3AIM--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of first clause. |
| 5 | ἄρχοντα | ἄρχων | NOUN | N-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 παρέσχοντο | obj | high | Direct object of παρέσχοντο. |
| 6 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | S-F---GS- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 στρατιᾶς | det | high | Article with στρατιᾶς. |
| 7 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R-------- | _ | 9 στρατιᾶς | case | high | Preposition governing Τροίαν. |
| 8 | Τροίαν | Τροία | PROPN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 στρατιᾶς | nmod | high | Object of ἐπί, modifying στρατιᾶς. |
| 9 | στρατιᾶς | στρατιά | NOUN | N-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 ἄρχοντα | nmod | high | Genitive complement of ἄρχοντα. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 παρέσχοντο | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 11 | συντεταγμένοι | συντάσσω | VERB | V-RPP-PNM | Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Voice=Pass | 19 μετέσχον | advcl | medium | Supplementary participial clause; likely concessive/circumstantial. |
| 12 | δὲ | δέ | PART | G-------- | _ | 11 συντεταγμένοι | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 13 | Μυκηναίοις | Μυκηναῖος | PROPN | A-P---DM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 συντεταγμένοι | obl | high | Dative with συντεταγμένοι, indicating association/complement. |
| 14 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 15 ὅσων | cc | high | Coordinator within coordinated genitive phrase. |
| 15 | ὅσων | ὅσος | PRON | A-P---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 19 μετέσχον | obj | medium | Relative pronoun introducing dependent genitive phrase; syntax somewhat uncertain. |
| 16 | ἄλλων | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-P---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 ὅσων | amod | high | Modifies ὅσων. |
| 17 | Ἀγαμέμνων | Ἀγαμέμνων | PROPN | N-S---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 ἡγεῖτο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἡγεῖτο. |
| 18 | ἡγεῖτο | ἡγέομαι | VERB | V-3III--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Mid | 19 μετέσχον | advcl | high | Circumstantial finite clause modifying μετέσχον. |
| 19 | μετέσχον | μετέχω | VERB | V-3AAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of second clause. |
| 20 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | S-S---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 21 στόλου | det | high | Article with στόλου. |
| 21 | στόλου | στόλος | NOUN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 μετέσχον | obj | high | Genitive complement of μετέσχον. |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 μετέσχον | punct | high | Punctuation. |