Grammar parses for passage 3.4.6
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εἴη δʼ ἂν καὶ τὰ μηνίματα ἔκ τε ἡρώων ὁμοῦ καὶ θεῶν ἐς τὸ αὐτὸ τῷ Κλεομένει συνεληλυθότα, ἐπεί τοι καὶ ἰδίᾳ Πρωτεσίλαος ἐν Ἐλαιοῦντι οὐδὲν ἥρως Ἄργου φανερώτερος ἄνδρα Πέρσην ἐτιμωρήσατο Ἀρταΰκτην καὶ Μεγαρεῦσιν οὔ ποτε θεῶν τῶν ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι ὄντων ἐξεγένετο ἱλάσασθαι τὸ μήνιμα γῆν ἐπεργασαμένοις τὴν ἱεράν.
The sentence has an optative main clause with a periphrastic-like participial predicate (συνεληλυθότα) agreeing with μηνίματα; ἐπεί introduces an explanatory sequence containing two coordinated illustrative clauses. The syntax of ἐξεγένετο with infinitive is impersonal, while Μεγαρεῦσιν and γῆν ἐπεργασαμένοις are dative complements/participants.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | εἴη | εἰμί | AUX | V3S-AOI | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 18 συνεληλυθότα | cop | high | |
| 2 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 εἴη | cc | high | Apodotic connective. |
| 3 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | PART | _ | 1 εἴη | aux | high | Modal particle with optative. |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 μηνίματα | cc | high | |
| 5 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 6 μηνίματα | det | high | |
| 6 | μηνίματα | μήνιμα | NOUN | N-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 18 συνεληλυθότα | nsubj | high | |
| 7 | ἔκ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 9 ἡρώων | case | high | |
| 8 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 7 ἔκ | cc | high | Correlative τε ... καί. |
| 9 | ἡρώων | ἥρως | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 συνεληλυθότα | obl | high | Source associated with μηνίματα. |
| 10 | ὁμοῦ | ὁμοῦ | ADV | ADV | _ | 18 συνεληλυθότα | advmod | high | |
| 11 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 θεῶν | cc | high | Correlative with τε. |
| 12 | θεῶν | θεός | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 συνεληλυθότα | obl | high | Coordinated source with ἡρώων. |
| 13 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 15 αὐτὸ | case | high | |
| 14 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 αὐτὸ | det | high | |
| 15 | αὐτὸ | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 18 συνεληλυθότα | obl | high | Substantivized ‘the same [place/state]’. |
| 16 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DMS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 17 Κλεομένει | det | high | |
| 17 | Κλεομένει | Κλεομένης | PROPN | N-DMS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 συνεληλυθότα | obl | high | Dative of association/affected person. |
| 18 | συνεληλυθότα | συνέρχομαι | VERB | V-RAPNP | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 εἴη | xcomp | medium | Perfect participle, predicate of εἴη; analyzed as xcomp. |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 18 συνεληλυθότα | punct | high | |
| 20 | ἐπεί | ἐπεί | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | mark | medium | Explanatory/causal conjunction introducing the following exemplification. |
| 21 | τοι | τοι | PART | PART | _ | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | discourse | medium | Emphatic particle. |
| 22 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | advmod | high | Additive adverbial καί. |
| 23 | ἰδίᾳ | ἴδιος | ADV | ADV | _ | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | advmod | high | Adverbial dative, ‘separately/personally’. |
| 24 | Πρωτεσίλαος | Πρωτεσίλαος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | nsubj | high | |
| 25 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 26 Ἐλαιοῦντι | case | high | |
| 26 | Ἐλαιοῦντι | Ἐλαιοῦς | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | obl | high | Locative dative after ἐν. |
| 27 | οὐδὲν | οὐδείς | PRON | P-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 30 φανερώτερος | advmod | high | Adverbial accusative, ‘not at all’. |
| 28 | ἥρως | ἥρως | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 φανερώτερος | nsubj | high | |
| 29 | Ἄργου | Ἄργος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 28 ἥρως | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἥρως. |
| 30 | φανερώτερος | φανερός | ADJ | A-NSMC | Case=Nom|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | xcomp | high | Comparative predicate with implicit comparison. |
| 31 | ἄνδρα | ἀνήρ | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | obj | high | Object of ἐτιμωρήσατο. |
| 32 | Πέρσην | Πέρσης | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 31 ἄνδρα | appos | high | Apposition to ἄνδρα. |
| 33 | ἐτιμωρήσατο | τιμωρέω | VERB | V-AIM-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 18 συνεληλυθότα | parataxis | medium | Finite illustrative clause after ἐπεί; subject Πρωτεσίλαος. |
| 34 | Ἀρταΰκτην | Ἀρταΰκτης | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | obj | high | Object of τιμωρέω. |
| 35 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 44 ἐξεγένετο | cc | high | Coordinates the second illustrative clause. |
| 36 | Μεγαρεῦσιν | Μεγαρεύς | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 44 ἐξεγένετο | obl | high | Dative experiencer/affected group with ἐξεγένετο. |
| 37 | οὔ | οὐ | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 ἐξεγένετο | advmod | high | |
| 38 | ποτε | ποτε | ADV | ADV | _ | 44 ἐξεγένετο | advmod | high | |
| 39 | θεῶν | θεός | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 40 τῶν | nmod | high | |
| 40 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 43 ὄντων | det | high | |
| 41 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 42 Ἐλευσῖνι | case | high | |
| 42 | Ἐλευσῖνι | Ἐλευσίς | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 43 ὄντων | obl | high | Locative dative after ἐν. |
| 43 | ὄντων | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAPGPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 39 θεῶν | acl | high | Genitive participle modifying θεῶν. |
| 44 | ἐξεγένετο | ἐκγίγνομαι | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 33 ἐτιμωρήσατο | conj | high | Impersonal construction with infinitive. |
| 45 | ἱλάσασθαι | ἱλάσκομαι | VERB | V-AON | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 44 ἐξεγένετο | xcomp | high | |
| 46 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 47 μήνιμα | det | high | |
| 47 | μήνιμα | μήνιμα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 45 ἱλάσασθαι | obj | high | |
| 48 | γῆν | γῆ | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 49 ἐπεργασαμένοις | obj | high | Object of ἐπεργάζομαι. |
| 49 | ἐπεργασαμένοις | ἐπεργάζομαι | VERB | V-AMPDPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 44 ἐξεγένετο | advcl | medium | Dative participle, circumstantial/causal; agreement understood with Μεγαρεῦσιν. |
| 50 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 51 ἱεράν | det | high | |
| 51 | ἱεράν | ἱερός | ADJ | A-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 48 γῆν | amod | high | |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 18 συνεληλυθότα | punct | high |
τὰ δὲ ἐς τοῦ μαντείου τὴν διάπειραν οὐδὲ τὸ παράπαν ἄλλον γε οὐδένα ὅτι μὴ μόνον Κλεομένην τολμήσαντα ἴσμεν.
The neuter article τὰ substantivizes the prepositional phrase ἐς τοῦ μαντείου τὴν διάπειραν (‘as for the attempt regarding the oracle’); οὐδένα is the accusative object of ἴσμεν, with Κλεομένην and τολμήσαντα identifying the sole person known to have dared it. ὅτι μή is restrictive (‘except’).
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T--NPA--- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 7 διάπειραν | det | high | Neuter plural article substantivizing the following phrase. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 7 διάπειραν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 7 διάπειραν | case | high | Variant form of εἰς. |
| 4 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM--- | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 μαντείου | det | high | Article agreeing with μαντείου. |
| 5 | μαντείου | μαντεῖον | NOUN | N-GSN---- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 διάπειραν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on διάπειραν. |
| 6 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASA--- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 διάπειραν | det | high | Article agreeing with διάπειραν. |
| 7 | διάπειραν | διάπειρα | NOUN | N-ASF---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἴσμεν | obj | medium | Accusative object of ἴσμεν; τὰ ... διάπειραν is a substantivized topical phrase. |
| 8 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 13 οὐδένα | cc | high | Coordinates the negative object phrase. |
| 9 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN--- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 παράπαν | det | high | Article in the adverbial phrase τὸ παράπαν. |
| 10 | παράπαν | παράπαν | ADV | D-------- | _ | 19 ἴσμεν | advmod | high | Adverbial intensifier, ‘at all’; τὸ is its substantivizing article. |
| 11 | ἄλλον | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-ASM---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 οὐδένα | amod | high | Modifies οὐδένα. |
| 12 | γε | γε | PART | X-------- | _ | 13 οὐδένα | advmod | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 13 | οὐδένα | οὐδείς | PRON | A-ASM---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 19 ἴσμεν | obj | high | Negative accusative object of ἴσμεν. |
| 14 | ὅτι | ὅτι | SCONJ | G-------- | _ | 15 μὴ | fixed | medium | Part of restrictive ὅτι μή (‘except that/except’). |
| 15 | μὴ | μή | PART | X-------- | Polarity=Neg | 18 τολμήσαντα | advmod | high | Negative particle in the restrictive construction. |
| 16 | μόνον | μόνος | ADV | A-SN---- | _ | 17 Κλεομένην | advmod | high | Adverbial ‘only’; agrees formally with Κλεομένην only in origin, functioning adverbially. |
| 17 | Κλεομένην | Κλεομένης | PROPN | N-ASM---- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing | 18 τολμήσαντα | obj | high | Accusative subject/object of the infinitive-like participial complement; the person who dared. |
| 18 | τολμήσαντα | τολμάω | VERB | V-AAP-ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 13 οὐδένα | acl | medium | Accusative aorist participle agreeing with Κλεομένην, with οὐδένα understood as its higher referent; ‘having dared’. |
| 19 | ἴσμεν | οἶδα | VERB | V-RIA-1P-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Perfect-form verb with present meaning, ‘we know’. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 ἴσμεν | punct | high |