Grammar parses for passage 3.23.8
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μέγεθος μὲν κατὰ λίμνην μικράν, τῆς γῆς δὲ ἐν βάθει μᾶλλον·
Elliptical comparative phrase: μέγεθος is an accusative of respect/topic, with κατὰ λίμνην μικράν contrasting τῆς γῆς ἐν βάθει μᾶλλον; the copular/comparative predicate is understood from context.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μέγεθος | μέγεθος | NOUN | N-NSN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 μικράν | obl | medium | Accusative of respect/topic in an elliptical comparison. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G------- | _ | 1 μέγεθος | discourse | high | Correlative particle, contrasting the following δέ. |
| 3 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | R-------- | AdpType=Prep | 4 λίμνην | case | high | Accusative-governing preposition. |
| 4 | λίμνην | λίμνη | NOUN | N-ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 μικράν | obl | high | Object of κατά; expresses comparison/aspect with respect to the lake. |
| 5 | μικράν | μικρός | ADJ | A-ASF- | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Elliptical predicate adjective, agreeing with an understood feminine noun such as λίμνην; syntactic root of the fragment. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | --------- | _ | 5 μικράν | punct | high | |
| 7 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | S-GSF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 γῆς | det | high | |
| 8 | γῆς | γῆ | NOUN | N-GSF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 βάθει | nmod | high | Genitive of comparison or respect, contrasted with κατὰ λίμνην. |
| 9 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 11 βάθει | cc | high | Adversative/contrastive coordinator corresponding to μὲν. |
| 10 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | AdpType=Prep | 11 βάθει | case | high | Dative-governing preposition. |
| 11 | βάθει | βάθος | NOUN | N-DSN- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 μᾶλλον | obl | high | Object of ἐν; depth dimension of the comparison. |
| 12 | μᾶλλον | μάλα | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Cmp | 5 μικράν | advmod | high | Comparative adverb modifying the elliptical predicate μικράν. |
| 13 | · | · | PUNCT | --------- | _ | 5 μικράν | punct | high |
ταύτας ἐπὶ μὲν αἰσίῳ τοῦ ἐμβαλόντος καταδεξάμενον ἔχει τὸ ὕδωρ· εἰ δὲ ἀναπέμψαιτο σφᾶς, πονηρὸν κέκριται σημεῖον.
The first clause is difficult: ταύτας is the object of καταδεξάμενον, an accusative participle agreeing with an implicit neuter subject related to ὕδωρ; τοῦ ἐμβαλόντος is a genitive substantival participle, likely referring to the person who cast them in. In the conditional clause, σφᾶς is the object of ἀναπέμψαιτο, and κέκριται is impersonal/passive-perfect ‘has been judged’ with σημεῖον as predicate nominative.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταύτας | οὗτος | PRON | PD-AF-3P | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 7 καταδεξάμενον | obj | high | |
| 2 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R | _ | 4 αἰσίῳ | case | high | Preposition with dative αἰσίῳ. |
| 3 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G--------- | _ | 8 ἔχει | discourse | high | Correlative with δέ. |
| 4 | αἰσίῳ | αἴσιος | ADJ | A-----DSN- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 καταδεξάμενον | obl | medium | Dative with ἐπί; exact semantic relation is somewhat elliptical. |
| 5 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἐμβαλόντος | det | high | |
| 6 | ἐμβαλόντος | ἐμβάλλω | VERB | VA-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 7 καταδεξάμενον | nmod | medium | Substantival genitive participle, ‘of the one who cast [them] in’. |
| 7 | καταδεξάμενον | καταδέχομαι | VERB | VA-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 8 ἔχει | advcl | low | Accusative participle with uncertain implicit subject/object relation; likely predicative with ὕδωρ understood as its subject. |
| 8 | ἔχει | ἔχω | VERB | V臨-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 9 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 ὕδωρ | det | high | |
| 10 | ὕδωρ | ὕδωρ | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 ἔχει | obj | high | |
| 11 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἔχει | punct | high | |
| 12 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 14 ἀναπέμψαιτο | mark | high | |
| 13 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 14 ἀναπέμψαιτο | cc | high | Contrasts with μὲν. |
| 14 | ἀναπέμψαιτο | ἀναπέμπω | VERB | V-AOM-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 18 κέκριται | advcl | high | Optative in the protasis. |
| 15 | σφᾶς | σφεῖς | PRON | RP-A3P | Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 14 ἀναπέμψαιτο | obj | high | Third-person plural pronoun; gender is not morphologically specified here. |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἀναπέμψαιτο | punct | high | |
| 17 | πονηρὸν | πονηρός | ADJ | A-----NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 σημεῖον | amod | high | Agrees with σημεῖον. |
| 18 | κέκριται | κρίνω | VERB | V-RMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Perfect middle/passive, impersonal or with σημεῖον as predicate nominative. |
| 19 | σημεῖον | σημεῖον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 κέκριται | xcomp | medium | Predicate nominative/complement of impersonal κέκριται. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 κέκριται | punct | high |