Grammar parses for passage 2.8.3
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ἐπὶ τοῦτον τὸν Νικοκλέα Ἄρατος ἀφικόμενος Σικυωνίων φυγάσι καὶ Ἀργείοις μισθωτοῖς τοὺς μὲν ἔλαθεν ἅτε ἐν σκότῳ---νύκτωρ γὰρ δὴ τὴν ἐπιχείρησιν ἐποιεῖτο---, τοὺς δὲ καὶ βιασάμενος τῶν φυλασσόντων ἐγένετο ἐντὸς τείχους· καὶ ---ὑπέφαινε γὰρ ἕως ἤδη---προσλαβὼν τὸν δῆμον ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν σπουδῇ τὴν τυραννικὴν τρέπεται.
Complex coordinated narrative: Ἄρατος is the matrix subject; ἀφικόμενος and προσλαβών are circumstantial participles. ἐπὶ τοῦτον τὸν Νικοκλέα is a preposed goal/attack complement. The dashes are retained as punctuation tokens; ὑπέφαινε is parenthetical and its subject is inferred/contextual.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 4 Νικοκλέα | case | high | With accusative τοῦτον...Νικοκλέα, directional/hostile goal. |
| 2 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | DET | A-DSMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 4 Νικοκλέα | det | high | |
| 3 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 Νικοκλέα | det | high | |
| 4 | Νικοκλέα | Νικοκλῆς | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing | 14 ἔλαθεν | obl | high | Object/goal of the attack. |
| 5 | Ἄρατος | Ἄρατος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing | 14 ἔλαθεν | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | ἀφικόμενος | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V-AMP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 14 ἔλαθεν | advcl | high | Circumstantial aorist participle, subject Ἄρατος. |
| 7 | Σικυωνίων | Σικυώνιος | ADJ | A-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 φυγάσι | nmod | high | Ethnic adjective substantivized with φυγάσι. |
| 8 | φυγάσι | φυγάς | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἀφικόμενος | obl | medium | Dative accompaniment/association with ἀφικόμενος. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 Ἀργείοις | cc | high | |
| 10 | Ἀργείοις | Ἀργεῖος | ADJ | A-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 μισθωτοῖς | amod | high | Substantivized ethnic adjective. |
| 11 | μισθωτοῖς | μισθωτός | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἀφικόμενος | obl | high | Coordinated dative companion/group. |
| 12 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 14 ἔλαθεν | obj | medium | Article substantivizes the first member of τοὺς μὲν...τοὺς δέ. |
| 13 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 12 τοὺς | cc | high | |
| 14 | ἔλαθεν | λανθάνω | VERB | V-2AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Matrix predicate; Ἄρατος is subject. |
| 15 | ἅτε | ἅτε | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 ἔλαθεν | mark | high | Introduces explanatory circumstantial clause. |
| 16 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 17 σκότῳ | case | high | |
| 17 | σκότῳ | σκότος | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 ἅτε | obl | medium | Elliptical circumstance: being in darkness. |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 14 ἔλαθεν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 14 ἔλαθεν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 14 ἔλαθεν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 21 | νύκτωρ | νύκτωρ | ADV | ADV | _ | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | advmod | high | |
| 22 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | PART | _ | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | discourse | medium | Explanatory particle; relation rendered as discourse. |
| 23 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | discourse | high | |
| 24 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 25 ἐπιχείρησιν | det | high | |
| 25 | ἐπιχείρησιν | ἐπιχείρησις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | obj | high | |
| 26 | ἐποιεῖτο | ποιέω | VERB | V-IMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 14 ἔλαθεν | parataxis | high | Parenthetical explanatory clause; subject inferred as Ἄρατος. |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 26 ἐποιεῖτο | punct | high | |
| 31 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 37 ἐγένετο | obj | medium | Second member of τοὺς μὲν...τοὺς δέ; coordinated object. |
| 32 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 31 τοὺς | cc | high | |
| 33 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 34 βιασάμενος | cc | high | Coordinates participle with the following verbal predicate. |
| 34 | βιασάμενος | βιάζομαι | VERB | V-AMP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 37 ἐγένετο | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, subject Ἄρατος; object is implicit/partly represented by τοὺς. |
| 35 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 36 φυλασσόντων | det | high | |
| 36 | φυλασσόντων | φυλάσσω | VERB | V-PAP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 34 βιασάμενος | obl | medium | Genitive substantive participle, likely those guarding; construction dependent on βιασάμενος. |
| 37 | ἐγένετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-2AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 14 ἔλαθεν | conj | high | Coordinated finite predicate, subject Ἄρατος. |
| 38 | ἐντὸς | ἐντός | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 39 τείχους | case | high | Preposition governing genitive. |
| 39 | τείχους | τεῖχος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 37 ἐγένετο | obl | high | |
| 40 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 37 ἐγένετο | punct | high | |
| 41 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 61 τρέπεται | cc | high | Coordinates the final predicate. |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 45 | ὑπέφαινε | ὑποφαίνω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 61 τρέπεται | parataxis | medium | Parenthetical imperfect; subject and precise idiomatic force are context-dependent. |
| 46 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | PART | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | discourse | high | |
| 47 | ἕως | ἕως | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | mark | medium | Temporal conjunction introducing ἤδη; elliptical clause. |
| 48 | ἤδη | ἤδη | ADV | ADV | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | advmod | high | Adverb within the elliptical temporal expression. |
| 49 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 45 ὑπέφαινε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 52 | προσλαβὼν | προσλαμβάνω | VERB | V-2AAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 61 τρέπεται | advcl | high | Circumstantial aorist participle, subject Ἄρατος. |
| 53 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 54 δῆμον | det | high | |
| 54 | δῆμον | δῆμος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 52 προσλαβὼν | obj | high | |
| 55 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 57 οἰκίαν | case | high | With accusative, directional toward. |
| 56 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 57 οἰκίαν | det | high | |
| 57 | οἰκίαν | οἰκία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 61 τρέπεται | obl | high | Directional complement of τρέπεται. |
| 58 | σπουδῇ | σπουδή | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 61 τρέπεται | advmod | high | Dative of manner. |
| 59 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 60 τυραννικὴν | det | high | |
| 60 | τυραννικὴν | τυραννικός | ADJ | A-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 61 τρέπεται | obj | medium | Substantivized adjective, likely ‘the tyrannical [house/authority]’; ellipsis. |
| 61 | τρέπεται | τρέπω | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 37 ἐγένετο | conj | high | Final coordinated predicate; subject Ἄρατος. |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 61 τρέπεται | punct | high |
καὶ ταύτην μὲν εἷλεν οὐ χαλεπῶς, ὁ δὲ Νικοκλῆς αὐτὸς ἔλαθεν ἀποδράς.
Two coordinated clauses: ταύτην is the object of εἷλεν, while Νικοκλῆς is the subject of ἔλαθεν; ἀποδράς is a circumstantial aorist participle, likely predicative with Νικοκλῆς. The construction ἔλαθεν ἀποδράς means ‘escaped unnoticed.’
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 εἷλεν | cc | high | |
| 2 | ταύτην | οὗτος | PRON | PD----AFA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 4 εἷλεν | obj | high | |
| 3 | μὲν | μέν | PART | วPART | _ | 4 εἷλεν | discourse | high | |
| 4 | εἷλεν | αἱρέω | VERB | VAAI3S | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Form is conventionally analyzed as aorist active indicative, despite the perfect-like spelling. |
| 5 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | सPART | Polarity=Neg | 6 χαλεπῶς | advmod | high | |
| 6 | χαλεπῶς | χαλεπῶς | ADV | ADV | _ | 4 εἷλεν | advmod | high | |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 4 εἷλεν | punct | high | |
| 8 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | DA----MS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 Νικοκλῆς | det | high | |
| 9 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 ἔλαθεν | cc | high | |
| 10 | Νικοκλῆς | Νικοκλῆς | PROPN | NP----MS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 ἔλαθεν | nsubj | high | |
| 11 | αὐτὸς | αὐτός | PRON | P----NMS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 10 Νικοκλῆς | appos | medium | Intensive pronoun, reinforcing the subject; could alternatively be attached directly to the verb as an emphatic modifier. |
| 12 | ἔλαθεν | λανθάνω | VERB | VAAI3S | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 4 εἷλεν | conj | high | Aorist active indicative; with participle, ‘escaped unnoticed.’ |
| 13 | ἀποδράς | ἀποδιδράσκω | VERB | VAAP-NMS | Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 12 ἔλαθεν | advcl | high | Circumstantial aorist participle, subject controlled by Νικοκλῆς. |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 12 ἔλαθεν | punct | high |