Grammar parses for passage 3.5.5
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ἔδεισεν οὖν ὁ Παυσανίας διπλοῦ στρατιωτικοῦ πολεμίων ἀνδρῶν μεταξὺ ἀποληφθῆναι, καὶ οὕτω σπονδάς τε πρὸς τοὺς Θηβαίους ἐποιήσατο καὶ τοὺς ὑπὸ τῷ Ἁλιαρτίων τείχει πεσόντας ἀνείλετο.
ἔδεισεν takes a complementary infinitive; διπλοῦ στρατιωτικοῦ πολεμίων ἀνδρῶν is an elliptical/idiomatic genitival description of being surrounded between two enemy armies. The coordinated predicates share Παυσανίας; τοὺς πεσόντας is the object of ἀνείλετο.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔδεισεν | δείδω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | οὖν | οὖν | ADV | ADV | _ | 1 ἔδεισεν | discourse | high | Postpositive inferential particle. |
| 3 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 Παυσανίας | det | high | |
| 4 | Παυσανίας | Παυσανίας | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἔδεισεν | nsubj | high | |
| 5 | διπλοῦ | διπλοῦς | ADJ | A-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 στρατιωτικοῦ | amod | medium | Neuter genitive is substantival/elliptical, agreeing with στρατιωτικοῦ. |
| 6 | στρατιωτικοῦ | στρατιωτικός | ADJ | A-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 ἀνδρῶν | amod | medium | Substantival neuter genitive, probably ‘army/force’; construction is elliptical. |
| 7 | πολεμίων | πολέμιος | ADJ | A-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 ἀνδρῶν | amod | high | |
| 8 | ἀνδρῶν | ἀνήρ | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 ἀποληφθῆναι | obl | medium | Genitive dependent on the elliptical military-force expression. |
| 9 | μεταξὺ | μεταξύ | ADP | PREP | _ | 10 ἀποληφθῆναι | case | high | Preposition governing the following infinitival phrase in the idiom. |
| 10 | ἀποληφθῆναι | ἀπολαμβάνω | VERB | V-APN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 1 ἔδεισεν | xcomp | high | Complementary aorist passive infinitive after δείδω. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἔδεισεν | punct | high | |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 ἐποιήσατο | cc | high | Coordinates the two main predicates. |
| 13 | οὕτω | οὕτω | ADV | ADV | _ | 19 ἐποιήσατο | advmod | high | |
| 14 | σπονδάς | σπονδή | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 19 ἐποιήσατο | obj | high | |
| 15 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 σπονδάς | cc | high | Postpositive enclitic coordinating σπονδάς with the following phrase. |
| 16 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | PREP | _ | 18 Θηβαίους | case | high | |
| 17 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 Θηβαίους | det | high | |
| 18 | Θηβαίους | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 ἐποιήσατο | obl | high | Accusative object of πρός. |
| 19 | ἐποιήσατο | ποιέω | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 1 ἔδεισεν | conj | high | First coordinated predicate after καί. |
| 20 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 27 ἀνείλετο | cc | high | Coordinates ἐποιήσατο and ἀνείλετο. |
| 21 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 26 πεσόντας | det | high | |
| 22 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 24 Ἁλιαρτίων | case | high | |
| 23 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 τείχει | det | high | |
| 24 | Ἁλιαρτίων | Ἁλιάρτιον | PROPN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 τείχει | nmod | high | Genitive place-name dependent on τείχει. |
| 25 | τείχει | τεῖχος | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 26 πεσόντας | obl | high | Dative object of ὑπό in the sense ‘under/beside the wall’. |
| 26 | πεσόντας | πίπτω | VERB | V-2AAP-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 27 ἀνείλετο | acl | high | Substantival participle modifying τοὺς. |
| 27 | ἀνείλετο | ἀναιρέω | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 19 ἐποιήσατο | conj | high | Coordinated with ἐποιήσατο; middle voice means ‘picked up/buried/retrieved’ the fallen. |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἔδεισεν | punct | high |
τοῦτο Λακεδαιμονίοις μὲν ἐγένετο οὐ κατὰ γνώμην, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπαινῶ τῶνδε ἕνεκα τὸ βούλευμα· ἅτε γὰρ εὖ εἰδὼς ὁ Παυσανίας ὡς τὰ σφάλματα ἀεὶ Λακεδαιμονίοις γίνονται ἐν μέσῳ πολεμίων ἀποληφθεῖσι, τό τε ἐν Θερμοπύλαις καὶ ἐν τῇ Σφακτηρίᾳ νήσῳ δεῖμα ἐποιήσατο μή σφισι καὶ αὐτὸς τρίτου γένηται κακοῦ πρόφασις.
The sentence contains coordinated main predicates (ἐγένετο, ἐπαινῶ); the long ἅτε ... εἰδώς clause gives Pausanias' rationale, with an apprehensive μή-clause dependent on ἐποιήσατο.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PD--NA-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἐγένετο | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | Λακεδαιμονίοις | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | A-----D-P | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 ἐγένετο | iobj | high | Dative of reference/experiencer. |
| 3 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G------ | _ | 4 ἐγένετο | advmod | high | |
| 4 | ἐγένετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-2ADI3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 5 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D----- | Polarity=Neg | 4 ἐγένετο | advmod | high | |
| 6 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | R------A- | _ | 7 γνώμην | case | high | |
| 7 | γνώμην | γνώμη | NOUN | N-----A-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐγένετο | obl | high | Κατὰ γνώμην, 'according to plan/judgment'. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐγένετο | punct | high | |
| 9 | ἐγὼ | ἐγώ | PRON | P---1NS- | Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1 | 11 ἐπαινῶ | nsubj | high | |
| 10 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 11 ἐπαινῶ | cc | high | |
| 11 | ἐπαινῶ | ἐπαινέω | VERB | V-1SPI1S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Second coordinated main clause. |
| 12 | τῶνδε | ὅδε | PRON | PD---G-P | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 13 ἕνεκα | nmod | medium | Genitive with ἕνεκα; refers cataphorically to the following reasons. |
| 13 | ἕνεκα | ἕνεκα | ADP | R------G- | _ | 12 τῶνδε | case | high | Postpositive genitive-taking adposition. |
| 14 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T----NA-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 ἐπαινῶ | det | high | |
| 15 | βούλευμα | βούλευμα | NOUN | N-----N-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 ἐπαινῶ | obj | high | Accusative object is expected semantically, but form is nominative neuter; likely text/normalization issue or nominative construction. |
| 16 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐπαινῶ | punct | high | |
| 17 | ἅτε | ἅτε | SCONJ | G-------- | _ | 20 εἰδὼς | mark | high | Causal circumstantial participial construction. |
| 18 | γὰρ | γάρ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 20 εἰδὼς | cc | high | |
| 19 | εὖ | εὖ | ADV | D-------- | _ | 20 εἰδὼς | advmod | high | |
| 20 | εἰδὼς | οἶδα | VERB | V-2RAPMS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|Voice=Act | 44 ἐποιήσατο | advcl | high | Perfect participle with present sense, subject ὁ Παυσανίας. |
| 21 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-----N-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 Παυσανίας | det | high | |
| 22 | Παυσανίας | Παυσανίας | PROPN | N-----N-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 εἰδὼς | nsubj | high | |
| 23 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 20 εἰδὼς | mark | high | Introduces the content of εἰδώς. |
| 24 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T----NA-P | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 25 σφάλματα | det | high | |
| 25 | σφάλματα | σφάλμα | NOUN | N-----A-P | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 28 γίνονται | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of γίνονται in content clause. |
| 26 | ἀεὶ | ἀεί | ADV | D-------- | _ | 28 γίνονται | advmod | high | |
| 27 | Λακεδαιμονίοις | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | A-----D-P | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 28 γίνονται | iobj | high | Dative of reference. |
| 28 | γίνονται | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-1PMI3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 20 εἰδὼς | ccomp | high | |
| 29 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R------D- | _ | 30 μέσῳ | case | high | |
| 30 | μέσῳ | μέσος | NOUN | N-----D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 32 ἀποληφθεῖσι | obl | high | Locative dative phrase. |
| 31 | πολεμίων | πολέμιος | ADJ | A-----G-P | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 30 μέσῳ | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on μέσῳ, 'amid enemies'. |
| 32 | ἀποληφθεῖσι | ἀπολαμβάνω | VERB | V-APPDMP- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 28 γίνονται | advcl | medium | Dative participle agreeing with implicit/understood Lakedaemonians; syntactically may be predicative or circumstantial. |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 28 γίνονται | punct | high | |
| 34 | τό | ὁ | DET | T----NA-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 43 δεῖμα | det | high | First member of τό τε ... καί enumeration. |
| 35 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 43 δεῖμα | cc | high | |
| 36 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R------D- | _ | 37 Θερμοπύλαις | case | high | |
| 37 | Θερμοπύλαις | Θερμοπύλαι | PROPN | N-----D-P | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 43 δεῖμα | nmod | high | |
| 38 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 43 δεῖμα | cc | high | |
| 39 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R------D- | _ | 42 νήσῳ | case | high | |
| 40 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-----D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 41 Σφακτηρίᾳ | det | high | |
| 41 | Σφακτηρίᾳ | Σφακτηρία | PROPN | N-----D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 42 νήσῳ | compound | high | |
| 42 | νήσῳ | νῆσος | NOUN | N-----D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 43 δεῖμα | nmod | high | Second coordinated item, 'the fear at/on Sphacteria island'. |
| 43 | δεῖμα | δεῖμα | NOUN | N-----A-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 44 ἐποιήσατο | obj | high | |
| 44 | ἐποιήσατο | ποιέω | VERB | V-1AMI3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 11 ἐπαινῶ | ccomp | high | Main predicate of the ἅτε ... εἰδώς construction. |
| 45 | μή | μή | SCONJ | C-------- | Polarity=Neg | 50 γένηται | mark | high | Introduces apprehensive clause. |
| 46 | σφισι | σφεῖς | PRON | P------D-P | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 50 γένηται | iobj | high | Dative of reference. |
| 47 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 48 αὐτὸς | advmod | high | Scalar/additive καί, 'also'. |
| 48 | αὐτὸς | αὐτός | PRON | P-----N-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 50 γένηται | nsubj | high | Subject of γένηται, referring to the fear/deigma. |
| 49 | τρίτου | τρίτος | ADJ | A-----G-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 51 κακοῦ | amod | medium | Genitive substantive/partitive: 'of a third [misfortune]'. |
| 50 | γένηται | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-2AMS3S- | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 44 ἐποιήσατο | ccomp | high | Apprehensive μή-clause. |
| 51 | κακοῦ | κακός | ADJ | A-----G-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 52 πρόφασις | amod | high | Agrees with πρόφασις only in semantic relation? Morphological mismatch indicates substantive genitive phrase. |
| 52 | πρόφασις | πρόφασις | NOUN | N-----N-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 50 γένηται | xcomp | low | Nominal predicate/complement after γένηται; πρόφασις κακοῦ, 'occasion/pretext for misfortune'. Exact attachment of τρίτου is uncertain. |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐπαινῶ | punct | high |