Grammar parses for passage 3.16.10
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καί σφισιν ἐπὶ τούτῳ γίνεται λόγιον αἵματι ἀνθρώπων τὸν βωμὸν αἱμάσσειν·
The impersonal γίνεται introduces λόγιον, with the infinitive αἱμάσσειν as its quoted/content complement; ἐπὶ τούτῳ is circumstantial, and αἵματι ἀνθρώπων specifies the means/material of the blooding. The exact construction of λόγιον is somewhat elliptical.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καί | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 5 γίνεται | cc | high | |
| 2 | σφισιν | ἐγώ | PRON | P-DP | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 5 γίνεται | iobj | high | Third-person plural dative pronoun. |
| 3 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | Case=Dat | 4 τούτῳ | case | high | |
| 4 | τούτῳ | οὗτος | PRON | D-DM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 5 γίνεται | obl | high | |
| 5 | γίνεται | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-PI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 6 | λόγιον | λόγιον | NOUN | N-SN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 γίνεται | nsubj | medium | Neuter nominative/accusative singular; likely nominative subject or an elliptical predicate noun. |
| 7 | αἵματι | αἷμα | NOUN | N-SD | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 αἱμάσσειν | obl | medium | Dative of means/material. |
| 8 | ἀνθρώπων | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-GP | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 αἵματι | nmod | high | |
| 9 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 βωμὸν | det | high | |
| 10 | βωμὸν | βωμός | NOUN | N-AM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 αἱμάσσειν | obj | high | |
| 11 | αἱμάσσειν | αἱμάσσω | VERB | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 5 γίνεται | xcomp | high | Infinitive complement expressing the content of the λόγιον. |
| 12 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 γίνεται | punct | high |
θυομένου δὲ ὅντινα ὁ κλῆρος ἐπελάμβανε, Λυκοῦργος μετέβαλεν ἐς τὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐφήβοις μάστιγας, ἐμπίπλαταί τε οὕτως ἀνθρώπων αἵματι ὁ βωμός.
The opening genitive absolute means ‘when/while the lot selected someone’; ὅντινα is the accusative object of ἐπελάμβανε. Λυκοῦργος is the subject of μετέβαλεν, whose object is μάστιγας with the ἐπί phrase; the final clause coordinates with τε and has βωμός as subject of ἐμπίπλαται.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | θυομένου | θύω | VERB | V-PMP-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 6 ἐπελάμβανε | advcl | medium | Genitive absolute participle; subject is implicit or contextually understood. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 ἐπελάμβανε | cc | high | |
| 3 | ὅντινα | ὅστις | PRON | PRON-ACC-M-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 6 ἐπελάμβανε | obj | high | Indefinite relative form, object of ἐπελάμβανε. |
| 4 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 κλῆρος | det | high | |
| 5 | κλῆρος | κλῆρος | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπελάμβανε | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | ἐπελάμβανε | ἐπιλαμβάνω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 9 μετέβαλεν | advcl | medium | Finite verb inside the genitive-absolute temporal clause; ὁ κλῆρος is its subject. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 9 μετέβαλεν | punct | high | |
| 8 | Λυκοῦργος | Λυκοῦργος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 μετέβαλεν | nsubj | high | |
| 9 | μετέβαλεν | μεταβάλλω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 10 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 14 ἐφήβοις | case | high | Preposition governing τοῖς ἐφήβοις. |
| 11 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 15 μάστιγας | det | high | |
| 12 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 14 ἐφήβοις | case | high | Preposition governing τοῖς ἐφήβοις. |
| 13 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 14 ἐφήβοις | det | high | |
| 14 | ἐφήβοις | ἔφηβος | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 μάστιγας | nmod | high | Dative complement of ἐπί; the phrase modifies μάστιγας. |
| 15 | μάστιγας | μάστιξ | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 9 μετέβαλεν | obj | high | |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 17 ἐμπίπλαταί | punct | high | |
| 17 | ἐμπίπλαταί | ἐμπίπλημι | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 9 μετέβαλεν | conj | medium | Coordinated finite verb; middle voice is conventional for ‘be filled’. Accent/form may represent ἐμπίπλαται. |
| 18 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 17 ἐμπίπλαταί | cc | high | |
| 19 | οὕτως | οὕτως | ADV | ADV | _ | 17 ἐμπίπλαταί | advmod | high | |
| 20 | ἀνθρώπων | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 αἵματι | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on αἵματι, ‘with the blood of men’. |
| 21 | αἵματι | αἷμα | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 ἐμπίπλαταί | obl | high | Dative of material or content with ἐμπίπλαται. |
| 22 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 23 βωμός | det | high | |
| 23 | βωμός | βωμός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 ἐμπίπλαταί | nsubj | high | |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 9 μετέβαλεν | punct | high |
ἡ δὲ ἱέρεια τὸ ξόανον ἔχουσά σφισιν ἐφέστηκε·
The subject ἡ ἱέρεια has the participial adjunct ἔχουσα with accusative object τὸ ξόανον; σφισιν is a dative plural pronoun with ἐφέστηκε, whose exact semantic relation is somewhat context-dependent.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-df-------- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 ἱέρεια | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 8 ἐφέστηκε | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἱέρεια | ἱέρεια | NOUN | N-n-------- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἐφέστηκε | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-s---na--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 ξόανον | det | high | |
| 5 | ξόανον | ξόανον | NOUN | N-s---na--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἔχουσά | obj | high | |
| 6 | ἔχουσά | ἔχω | VERB | V-sfpann---- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 8 ἐφέστηκε | advcl | high | Conjunct participle agreeing with ἱέρεια; final acute reflects enclitic context. |
| 7 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | Pp3-pd-------- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 8 ἐφέστηκε | iobj | medium | Dative plural third-person pronoun; precise semantic role depends on context. |
| 8 | ἐφέστηκε | ἐφίστημι | VERB | V3srpaa---- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Perfect form; construed here as the finite predicate. |
| 9 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἐφέστηκε | punct | high |