Grammar parses for passage 3.14.4
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τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν τῆς Θέτιδος κατασκευασθῆναί φασιν ἐπʼ αἰτίᾳ τοιαύτῃ·
The sentence uses an accusative-and-infinitive construction: τὸ ἱερόν is the understood accusative subject of κατασκευασθῆναι, with ἐπὶ αἰτίᾳ τοιαύτῃ modifying the infinitival predication.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T----NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 ἱερὸν | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 7 φασιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἱερὸν | ἱερόν | NOUN | N----NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 κατασκευασθῆναί | nsubj | high | Subject of the infinitive κατασκευασθῆναι. |
| 4 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T----GSF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 Θέτιδος | det | high | |
| 5 | Θέτιδος | Θέτις | PROPN | N---GSF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 ἱερὸν | nmod | high | Genitive possessor/specification. |
| 6 | κατασκευασθῆναί | κατασκευάζω | VERB | V-APN---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Pass | 7 φασιν | ccomp | high | Accusative-and-infinitive complement of φασιν; final accent reflects enclitic context. |
| 7 | φασιν | φημί | VERB | V-PIA-3P-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 8 | ἐπʼ | ἐπί | ADP | R-------- | _ | 9 αἰτίᾳ | case | high | Elided form of ἐπί; governs dative here. |
| 9 | αἰτίᾳ | αἰτία | NOUN | N----DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 κατασκευασθῆναί | obl | high | Dative with ἐπί, expressing the occasion/circumstance. |
| 10 | τοιαύτῃ | τοιοῦτος | ADJ | A----DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 αἰτίᾳ | amod | high | Agrees with αἰτίᾳ. |
| 11 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 φασιν | punct | high |
πολεμεῖν μὲν πρὸς Μεσσηνίους ἀφεστηκότας, τὸν δὲ βασιλέα σφῶν Ἀνάξανδρον ἐσβαλόντα ἐς τὴν Μεσσηνίαν λαβεῖν αἰχμαλώτους γυναῖκας, ἐν δὲ αὐταῖς εἶναι Κλεώ, Θέτιδος δὲ αὐτὴν ἱέρειαν εἶναι.
Infinitival reported-content construction: πολεμεῖν and λαβεῖν coordinate, with participles agreeing with understood Spartan subject; εἶναι Κλεώ and Θέτιδος ... εἶναι are further infinitival clauses. The exact higher attachment of the infinitives is context-dependent.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πολεμεῖν | πολεμέω | VERB | V-PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 16 λαβεῖν | conj | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X | _ | 1 πολεμεῖν | discourse | high | Correlative μέν; counterpart δέ follows. |
| 3 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R | _ | 4 Μεσσηνίους | case | high | |
| 4 | Μεσσηνίους | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | N-AMP | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 πολεμεῖν | obl | high | Ethnic proper-name adjective used substantivally. |
| 5 | ἀφεστηκότας | ἀφίστημι | VERB | V-RAPM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 Μεσσηνίους | acl | medium | Accusative participle, predicated of Μεσσηνίους; perfect active has intransitive sense ‘having revolted’. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 πολεμεῖν | punct | high | |
| 7 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 βασιλέα | det | high | |
| 8 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | X | _ | 16 λαβεῖν | cc:preconj | high | Correlative contrast with μέν. |
| 9 | βασιλέα | βασιλεύς | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 λαβεῖν | obj | high | Object of λαβεῖν. |
| 10 | σφῶν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-3GP | Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 11 Ἀνάξανδρον | nmod:poss | medium | Possessive genitive, ‘their king’. |
| 11 | Ἀνάξανδρον | Ἀνάξανδρος | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 βασιλέα | appos | high | Personal name in apposition to βασιλέα. |
| 12 | ἐσβαλόντα | ἐσβάλλω | VERB | V-2AAPM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 11 Ἀνάξανδρον | acl | high | Participial modifier of Ἀνάξανδρον. |
| 13 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R | _ | 15 Μεσσηνίαν | case | high | |
| 14 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 Μεσσηνίαν | det | high | |
| 15 | Μεσσηνίαν | Μεσσηνία | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ἐσβαλόντα | obl | high | |
| 16 | λαβεῖν | λαμβάνω | VERB | V-2AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Likely main infinitive of reported speech; πολεμεῖν is coordinated with it. |
| 17 | αἰχμαλώτους | αἰχμάλωτος | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 18 γυναῖκας | amod | high | Feminine accusative plural adjective. |
| 18 | γυναῖκας | γυνή | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 16 λαβεῖν | obj | high | |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 λαβεῖν | punct | high | |
| 20 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R | _ | 22 αὐταῖς | case | high | |
| 21 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | X | _ | 23 εἶναι | cc | high | Introduces the clause about the captives. |
| 22 | αὐταῖς | αὐτός | PRON | P-3FPD | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 23 εἶναι | obl | high | Dative with εἶναι, ‘among them’. |
| 23 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PXN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 16 λαβεῖν | conj | medium | Infinitive coordinated with the reported-content infinitives. |
| 24 | Κλεώ | Κλεώ | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Subject of εἶναι. |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 εἶναι | punct | high | |
| 26 | Θέτιδος | Θέτις | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 ἱέρειαν | nmod:poss | high | Possessive genitive, ‘of Thetis’. |
| 27 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | X | _ | 30 εἶναι | cc | high | |
| 28 | αὐτὴν | αὐτός | PRON | P-3FSA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 30 εἶναι | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive in indirect statement. |
| 29 | ἱέρειαν | ἱέρεια | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 30 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with εἶναι. |
| 30 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PXN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 23 εἶναι | conj | high | Second infinitival clause, ‘that she was priestess of Thetis’. |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 λαβεῖν | punct | high |
ταύτην ἡ τοῦ Ἀναξάνδρου γυνὴ τὴν Κλεὼ παρὰ τοῦ Ἀναξάνδρου αἰτεῖ, καὶ τό τε ξόανον τῆς Θέτιδος ἀνεῦρεν ἔχουσαν καὶ ναὸν μετʼ αὐτῆς ἱδρύσατο τῇ θεῷ·
The sentence has coordinated finite verbs αἰτεῖ, ἀνεῦρεν, and ἱδρύσατο with shared subject ἡ ... γυνή. Κλεώ is the object of αἰτεῖ and the understood object/accusative participial subject of ἔχουσαν; ἀνεῦρεν governs the participial phrase, while ναόν is the object of ἱδρύσατο. The exact scope of καί ... τε is somewhat uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταύτην | οὗτος | PRON | PD----A-FS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 11 αἰτεῖ | obj | high | |
| 2 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | DA---N-FS-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 γυνὴ | det | high | |
| 3 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | DA---G-MS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 Ἀναξάνδρου | det | high | |
| 4 | Ἀναξάνδρου | Ἀνάξανδρος | PROPN | NP---G-MS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 γυνὴ | nmod:poss | high | |
| 5 | γυνὴ | γυνή | NOUN | N-----NFS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 αἰτεῖ | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | DA---A-FS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 Κλεὼ | det | high | |
| 7 | Κλεὼ | Κλεώ | PROPN | NP---A-FS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 αἰτεῖ | obj | high | |
| 8 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | R------A-- | _ | 11 αἰτεῖ | case | high | |
| 9 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | DA---G-MS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 Ἀναξάνδρου | det | high | |
| 10 | Ἀναξάνδρου | Ἀνάξανδρος | PROPN | NP---G-MS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 παρὰ | obl | high | |
| 11 | αἰτεῖ | αἰτέω | VERB | V-PIA-3S-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 αἰτεῖ | punct | high | |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 19 ἀνεῦρεν | cc | medium | Coordinates the following verbal predicate with αἰτεῖ. |
| 14 | τό | ὁ | DET | DA---A-NS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 16 ξόανον | det | high | |
| 15 | τε | τε | PART | G-------- | _ | 13 καὶ | advmod | medium | Enclitic connective; exact coordination scope is uncertain. |
| 16 | ξόανον | ξόανον | NOUN | N-----A-NS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἀνεῦρεν | obj | high | |
| 17 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | DA---G-FS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 18 Θέτιδος | det | high | |
| 18 | Θέτιδος | Θέτις | PROPN | NP---G-FS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 ξόανον | nmod:poss | high | |
| 19 | ἀνεῦρεν | ἀνευρίσκω | VERB | V-AAI-3S-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 11 αἰτεῖ | conj | high | Aorist indicative. |
| 20 | ἔχουσαν | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAP-AFS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 19 ἀνεῦρεν | xcomp | medium | Accusative participle, probably with Κλεώ as its understood accusative subject; interpretation of its object is elliptical. |
| 21 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 25 ἱδρύσατο | cc | high | |
| 22 | ναὸν | ναός | NOUN | N-----A-MS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 ἱδρύσατο | obj | high | |
| 23 | μετʼ | μετά | ADP | R------G-- | _ | 24 αὐτῆς | case | high | |
| 24 | αὐτῆς | αὐτός | PRON | P-----G-FS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 25 ἱδρύσατο | obl | high | Refers most naturally to Θέτις. |
| 25 | ἱδρύσατο | ἱδρύω | VERB | V-AMI-3S-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 19 ἀνεῦρεν | conj | high | Aorist middle indicative. |
| 26 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | DA---D-FS-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 27 θεῷ | det | high | |
| 27 | θεῷ | θεός | NOUN | N-----D-FS- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἱδρύσατο | iobj | medium | Dative of dedication/beneficiary; feminine θεῷ is an orthographic form associated with θεά. |
| 28 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 αἰτεῖ | punct | high |
ἐποίει δὲ ταῦτα ἡ Λεανδρὶς κατὰ ὄψιν ὀνείρατος.
The finite verb is the root; Λεανδρίς is its nominative subject, ταῦτα its accusative object, and κατὰ ὄψιν ὀνείρατος an adverbial prepositional phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐποίει | ποιέω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἐποίει | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | D-PNA | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural|PronType=Demonstrative | 1 ἐποίει | obj | high | |
| 4 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NNS | Case=Nominative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular|PronType=Article | 5 Λεανδρὶς | det | high | |
| 5 | Λεανδρὶς | Λεανδρίς | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nominative|Gender=Feminine|NameType=Person|Number=Singular | 1 ἐποίει | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 7 ὄψιν | case | high | |
| 7 | ὄψιν | ὄψις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Accusative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 1 ἐποίει | obl | medium | κατὰ ὄψιν is an adverbial phrase, literally ‘before/in the sight of’. |
| 8 | ὀνείρατος | ὄνειρος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Genitive|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 7 ὄψιν | nmod | high | |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἐποίει | punct | high |