Grammar parses for passage 4.14.6
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τοιούτων οὖν οἱ Μεσσήνιοι κατειληφότων καὶ ἅμα ἐς τὰ μέλλοντα οὐδὲν ἐνορῶντες παρὰ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων φιλάνθρωπον, πρό τε δὴ τῶν παρόντων τεθνάναι μαχομένους ἢ καὶ τὸ παράπαν ἐκ Πελοποννήσου φεύγοντας οἴχεσθαι νομίζοντες αἱρετώτερα, ἀφίστασθαι πάντως ἐγίνωσκον.
The clause begins with a genitive absolute-like participial construction; several infinitival/participial complements are nested under νομίζοντες and ἐγίνωσκον, with some attachment ambiguity around the comparative infinitival phrases.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοιούτων | τοιοῦτος | ADJ | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 κατειληφότων | obj | high | Genitive dependent of participle; contextually 'of such things'. |
| 2 | οὖν | οὖν | PART | _ | _ | 38 ἐγίνωσκον | discourse | high | Inferential particle modifying the main verb. |
| 3 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 Μεσσήνιοι | det | high | Article with Μεσσήνιοι. |
| 4 | Μεσσήνιοι | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 38 ἐγίνωσκον | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐγίνωσκον. |
| 5 | κατειληφότων | καταλαμβάνω | VERB | PAP-A--GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|Voice=Act | 1 τοιούτων | acl | medium | Genitive absolute, though syntactically odd with missing explicit subject. |
| 6 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 12 ἐνορῶντες | cc | high | Links participial clauses. |
| 7 | ἅμα | ἅμα | ADV | _ | _ | 12 ἐνορῶντες | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἐνορῶντες. |
| 8 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 10 μέλλοντα | case | high | Preposition governing τὰ μέλλοντα. |
| 9 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 10 μέλλοντα | det | high | Article with μέλλοντα. |
| 10 | μέλλοντα | μέλλω | VERB | PAP-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 12 ἐνορῶντες | obl | high | Substantival participle with εἰς. |
| 11 | οὐδὲν | οὐδείς | PRON | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 16 φιλάνθρωπον | obj | high | Object of φιλάνθρωπον in predicative sense? More likely adverbial accusative with ἐνορῶντες; annotated as object with low-level ambiguity. |
| 12 | ἐνορῶντες | ἐνοράω | VERB | PAP-PNM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 38 ἐγίνωσκον | advcl | high | Participial clause dependent on main verb. |
| 13 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | _ | _ | 15 Λακεδαιμονίων | case | high | Preposition with genitive. |
| 14 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 15 Λακεδαιμονίων | det | high | Article with Λακεδαιμονίων. |
| 15 | Λακεδαιμονίων | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 13 παρὰ | obl | high | Genitive complement of παρά. |
| 16 | φιλάνθρωπον | φιλάνθρωπος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 ἐνορῶντες | obj | medium | Likely accusative neuter substantivized: 'nothing humane/kind'. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 ἐνορῶντες | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 18 | πρό | πρό | ADP | _ | _ | 23 τεθνάναι | case | high | Preposition with genitive τῶν παρόντων. |
| 19 | τε | τε | PART | _ | _ | 18 πρό | discourse | high | Enclitic connective. |
| 20 | δὴ | δή | PART | _ | _ | 18 πρό | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 21 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 22 παρόντων | det | high | Article with παρόντων. |
| 22 | παρόντων | πάρειμι | VERB | PAP-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 23 τεθνάναι | obl | high | Participle in genitive phrase with πρό. |
| 23 | τεθνάναι | θνῄσκω | VERB | VFA | Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 34 αἱρετώτερα | csubj | high | Infinitival clause as complement/content of implicit comparison. |
| 24 | μαχομένους | μάχομαι | VERB | PMP-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 23 τεθνάναι | advcl | medium | Participial modifier of the infinitive's understood subject or coordinated circumstance; syntactic attachment uncertain. |
| 25 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | _ | _ | 32 οἴχεσθαι | cc | high | Coordinates infinitival alternatives. |
| 26 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 32 οἴχεσθαι | cc | high | Connective with ἤ. |
| 27 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 28 παράπαν | det | high | Article with παράπαν. |
| 28 | παράπαν | παράπαν | ADV | _ | _ | 32 οἴχεσθαι | advmod | high | Adverbial modifier in the infinitival phrase. |
| 29 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | _ | _ | 30 Πελοποννήσου | case | high | Preposition with genitive. |
| 30 | Πελοποννήσου | Πελοπόννησος | PROPN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 ἐκ | obl | high | Object of ἐκ. |
| 31 | φεύγοντας | φεύγω | VERB | PAP-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 32 οἴχεσθαι | advcl | medium | Participial phrase dependent on οἴχεσθαι. |
| 32 | οἴχεσθαι | οἴχομαι | VERB | V--PNE | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 34 αἱρετώτερα | ccomp | high | Infinitive in comparative alternative. |
| 33 | νομίζοντες | νομίζω | VERB | PAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 38 ἐγίνωσκον | advcl | high | Participial clause introducing their judgment. |
| 34 | αἱρετώτερα | αἱρετός | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 33 νομίζοντες | obj | medium | Comparative predicate/accusative object of νομίζω; neuter plural used substantively or predicatively. |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 33 νομίζοντες | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 36 | ἀφίστασθαι | ἀφίστημι | VERB | V--PNE | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 38 ἐγίνωσκον | xcomp | high | Infinitival complement of ἐγίνωσκον. |
| 37 | πάντως | πάντως | ADV | _ | _ | 38 ἐγίνωσκον | advmod | high | Modifies ἐγίνωσκον. |
| 38 | ἐγίνωσκον | γιγνώσκω | VERB | VIAI3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 38 ἐγίνωσκον | punct | high | Punctuation. |