Grammar parses for passage 3.17.3
Open translation for this passage
ἐπείργασται δὲ τῷ χαλκῷ πολλὰ μὲν τῶν ἄθλων Ἡρακλέους, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ὧν ἐθελοντὴς κατώρθωσε, Τυνδάρεω δὲ τῶν παίδων ἄλλα τε καὶ ἡ τῶν Λευκίππου θυγατέρων ἁρπαγή· καὶ Ἥφαιστος τὴν μητέρα ἐστὶν ἀπολύων τῶν δεσμῶν.
The first clause has a passive/perfect form meaning ‘are wrought/depicted’ with τῷ χαλκῷ as material/instrumental dative; the following coordinated accusative subjects/objects are elliptical under ἐπείργασται. In the final clause Ἥφαιστος is subject of an existential/copular construction, with ἀπολύων as a supplementary participle.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπείργασται | ἐπεργάζομαι | VERB | V-RMP-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Perfect|Voice=Middle | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Perfect middle/passive, impersonal or agreeing with an understood singular subject; governs the depicted scenes. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | cc | high | |
| 3 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 4 χαλκῷ | det | high | |
| 4 | χαλκῷ | χαλκός | NOUN | N-DSM | Case=Dative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 1 ἐπείργασται | obl | medium | Material or instrumental dative: ‘in/on bronze’ or ‘with bronze’. |
| 5 | πολλὰ | πολύς | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nominative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 1 ἐπείργασται | nsubj | medium | Neuter plural nominative, functioning as the first coordinated set of depicted things. |
| 6 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 5 πολλὰ | discourse | high | |
| 7 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPN | Case=Genitive|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 8 ἄθλων | det | high | |
| 8 | ἄθλων | ἆθλον | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Genitive|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 5 πολλὰ | nmod | high | |
| 9 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Singular | 8 ἄθλων | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἄθλων. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | punct | high | |
| 11 | πολλὰ | πολύς | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nominative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 1 ἐπείργασται | conj | medium | Second coordinated set of depicted things; case is formally nominative neuter plural. |
| 12 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 πολλὰ | cc | high | |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 πολλὰ | cc | high | Connects the second member with the relative phrase. |
| 14 | ὧν | ὅς | PRON | P-GPN | Case=Genitive|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 16 κατώρθωσε | obj | medium | Relative pronoun, likely partitive/relativizing the things accomplished. |
| 15 | ἐθελοντὴς | ἐθελοντής | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masc|Number=Singular | 16 κατώρθωσε | xcomp | medium | Predicative nominative with κατώρθωσε: ‘he accomplished voluntarily/as a volunteer’; exact attachment is elliptical. |
| 16 | κατώρθωσε | κατορθόω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 11 πολλὰ | acl:relcl | medium | Relative clause predicate; understood subject is a male figure, probably Heracles or another contextually supplied agent. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | punct | high | |
| 18 | Τυνδάρεω | Τυνδάρεως | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Singular | 21 παίδων | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on παίδων: ‘the children of Tyndareus’. |
| 19 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 22 ἄλλα | cc | high | |
| 20 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Plural | 21 παίδων | det | high | |
| 21 | παίδων | παῖς | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Plural | 22 ἄλλα | nmod | medium | Genitive phrase depending on an elided or implicit noun such as scenes/events; Τυνδάρεω is its dependent. |
| 22 | ἄλλα | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nominative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 1 ἐπείργασται | conj | medium | Another coordinated set of depicted things; τῶν παίδων is an associated genitive phrase. |
| 23 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 22 ἄλλα | cc | high | |
| 24 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 29 ἁρπαγή | cc | high | Coordinates ἡ ... ἁρπαγή with ἄλλα. |
| 25 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NSF | Case=Nominative|Gender=Fem|Number=Singular | 29 ἁρπαγή | det | high | |
| 26 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPF | Case=Genitive|Gender=Fem|Number=Plural | 28 θυγατέρων | det | high | |
| 27 | Λευκίππου | Λεύκιππος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Singular | 28 θυγατέρων | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on θυγατέρων. |
| 28 | θυγατέρων | θυγάτηρ | NOUN | N-GPF | Case=Genitive|Gender=Fem|Number=Plural | 29 ἁρπαγή | nmod | high | |
| 29 | ἁρπαγή | ἁρπαγή | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nominative|Gender=Fem|Number=Singular | 22 ἄλλα | conj | high | ‘The abduction’; coordinated with ἄλλα. |
| 30 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | punct | high | |
| 31 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 32 Ἥφαιστος | cc | high | |
| 32 | Ἥφαιστος | Ἥφαιστος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masc|Number=Singular | 35 ἐστὶν | nsubj | high | |
| 33 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Accusative|Gender=Fem|Number=Singular | 34 μητέρα | det | high | |
| 34 | μητέρα | μήτηρ | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Accusative|Gender=Fem|Number=Singular | 36 ἀπολύων | obj | high | |
| 35 | ἐστὶν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Copular/existential verb; syntactically the final clause is coordinated with the preceding depiction clause, while ἀπολύων supplies the lexical predication. |
| 36 | ἀπολύων | ἀπολύω | VERB | V-PAP-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 35 ἐστὶν | xcomp | high | Supplementary participle with ἐστίν: ‘is releasing’. |
| 37 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Plural | 38 δεσμῶν | det | high | |
| 38 | δεσμῶν | δεσμός | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Plural | 36 ἀπολύων | obl | high | Genitive of separation: ‘from the bonds’. |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 35 ἐστὶν | punct | high |
ἐπείργασται δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶς γένεσιν καὶ Ἀμφιτρίτη καὶ Ποσειδῶν, ἃ δὴ μέγιστα καὶ μάλιστα ἦν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν θέας ἄξια.
The passive ἐπείργασται governs τὰ ... καὶ Ἀμφιτρίτη καὶ Ποσειδῶν, with the latter names coordinated as objects/items represented by the neuter plural article; ἃ resumes the whole preceding object set. In ἃ ... ἦν ... ἄξια, δοκεῖν is an epexegetic infinitive with ἐμοί as experiencer and θέας ἄξια as predicate; μέγιστα and μάλιστα are predicative/degree modifiers, with some syntactic uncertainty.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπείργασται | ἐπεργάζομαι | VERB | V-RMP-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Perfect passive: ‘has been worked/constructed’; subject is understood or the following coordinated items are construed as passive objects/items. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | cc | high | Postpositive coordinating particle. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | cc | high | Connective/additive conjunction. |
| 4 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 8 γένεσιν | det | high | Neuter plural article substantivizing the following phrase. |
| 5 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 8 γένεσιν | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 6 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 γένεσιν | det | high | Article with γένεσιν. |
| 7 | Ἀθηνᾶς | Ἀθηνᾶ | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 γένεσιν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on γένεσιν. |
| 8 | γένεσιν | γένεσις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 ἐπείργασται | obj | medium | Accusative object/content of ἐπείργασται within the substantivized τὰ ἐς phrase. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 Ἀμφιτρίτη | cc | high | Coordinates the named mythological figures with the preceding item. |
| 10 | Ἀμφιτρίτη | Ἀμφιτρίτη | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 ἐπείργασται | obj | low | Form is nominative, despite coordination in the apparent object sequence; likely an appositional/elliptical construction. |
| 11 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 Ποσειδῶν | cc | high | Coordinates Ποσειδῶν with Ἀμφιτρίτη. |
| 12 | Ποσειδῶν | Ποσειδῶν | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 Ἀμφιτρίτη | conj | low | Nominative proper name coordinated with Ἀμφιτρίτη; syntactic relation is elliptical/uncertain. |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | punct | high | |
| 14 | ἃ | ὅς | PRON | P-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 23 ἄξια | nsubj | medium | Neuter plural relative pronoun resumes the preceding works/items; interpreted as subject of ἦν with predicate ἄξια. |
| 15 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 16 μέγιστα | advmod | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 16 | μέγιστα | μέγας | ADJ | A--NPN | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 23 ἄξια | advmod | medium | Neuter plural superlative, likely predicative or adverbial intensifier modifying ἄξια. |
| 17 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 μάλιστα | cc | high | Coordinates the two degree modifiers. |
| 18 | μάλιστα | μάλα | ADV | D--S | Degree=Sup | 23 ἄξια | advmod | high | Superlative adverb modifying ἄξια or the evaluative predicate. |
| 19 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 23 ἄξια | cop | medium | Imperfect copula; singular despite neuter plural subject, a common construction. |
| 20 | ἐμοὶ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1DS | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1 | 21 δοκεῖν | iobj | high | Dative experiencer with δοκεῖν (‘in my opinion’). |
| 21 | δοκεῖν | δοκέω | VERB | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 23 ἄξια | xcomp | medium | Epexegetic infinitive expressing the evaluative viewpoint; attachment to ἄξια is syntactically idiomatic but not certain. |
| 22 | θέας | θέα | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 ἄξια | nmod | high | Genitive of respect/reference with ἄξια: ‘worthy of viewing’. |
| 23 | ἄξια | ἄξιος | ADJ | A--NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 19 ἦν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with ἦν; agrees with neuter plural ἃ. |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἐπείργασται | punct | high |