Grammar parses for passage 4.15.6
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ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ Λακεδαιμονίοις μάντευμα ἐκ Δελφῶν τὸν Ἀθηναῖον ἐπάγεσθαι σύμβουλον.
The infinitival phrase is somewhat compressed; I treat σύμβουλον as the object of ἐπάγεσθαι, with Ἀθηναῖον as adjectival modifier.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐγένετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main predicate. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 1 ἐγένετο | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 4 Λακεδαιμονίοις | cc | high | Connects the dative NP with the prior context. |
| 4 | Λακεδαιμονίοις | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 ἐγένετο | obl | high | Dative recipient/affected party. |
| 5 | μάντευμα | μάντευμα | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 ἐγένετο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐγένετο. |
| 6 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | _ | _ | 7 Δελφῶν | case | high | Preposition governing Δελφῶν. |
| 7 | Δελφῶν | Δελφοί | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 μάντευμα | nmod | high | Source phrase modifying μάντευμα. |
| 8 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 Ἀθηναῖον | det | high | Article with Ἀθηναῖον. |
| 9 | Ἀθηναῖον | Ἀθηναῖος | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 σύμβουλον | amod | medium | Adjectival ethnicon modifying σύμβουλον. |
| 10 | ἐπάγεσθαι | ἐπάγω | VERB | V-PMN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 11 σύμβουλον | xcomp | high | Complement infinitive. |
| 11 | σύμβουλον | σύμβουλος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ἐπάγεσθαι | obj | medium | Accusative object of the infinitive; could be construed as predicative complement in context. |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἐγένετο | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
ἀποστέλλουσιν οὖν παρὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους τόν τε χρησμὸν ἀπαγγελοῦντας καὶ ἄνδρα αἰτοῦντας παραινέσοντα ἃ χρή σφισιν.
The syntax is participial and slightly compressed: ἀποστέλλουσιν governs two coordinated accusative participles, with a future participle (παραινέσοντα) modifying ἄνδρα and taking a complementary impersonal χρὴ-clause.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἀποστέλλουσιν | ἀποστέλλω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 2 | οὖν | οὖν | PART | D-------- | _ | 1 ἀποστέλλουσιν | discourse | high | Inferential connective. |
| 3 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 1 ἀποστέλλουσιν | obl | high | Introduces goal/source phrase. |
| 4 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | l-p---ma- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 5 Ἀθηναίους | det | high | Article modifying Ἀθηναίους. |
| 5 | Ἀθηναίους | Ἀθηναῖος | PROPN | A-p---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 παρὰ | obl | high | Object of παρὰ. |
| 6 | τόν | ὁ | DET | l-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 χρησμὸν | det | high | Article with χρησμόν. |
| 7 | τε | τε | PART | g-------- | _ | 6 τόν | cc | medium | Enclitic coordinating particle. |
| 8 | χρησμὸν | χρησμός | NOUN | n-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 ἀπαγγελοῦντας | obj | high | Object of ἀπαγγελοῦντας. |
| 9 | ἀπαγγελοῦντας | ἀπαγγέλλω | VERB | V-PAP-AMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 ἀποστέλλουσιν | advcl | high | Participial clause coordinated with token 12. |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 9 ἀπαγγελοῦντας | cc | high | Coordinates participles. |
| 11 | ἄνδρα | ἀνήρ | NOUN | n-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 αἰτοῦντας | obj | high | Object of αἰτοῦντας. |
| 12 | αἰτοῦντας | αἰτέω | VERB | V-PAP-AMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 9 ἀπαγγελοῦντας | conj | high | Second participial clause coordinated with ἀπαγγελοῦντας. |
| 13 | παραινέσοντα | παραινέω | VERB | V-FAP-AMS | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 11 ἄνδρα | amod | medium | Future participle modifying ἄνδρα; could be secondary predication. |
| 14 | ἃ | ὅς | PRON | p-p---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 15 χρή | obj | high | Relative pronoun. |
| 15 | χρή | χρή | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 13 παραινέσοντα | ccomp | medium | Impersonal modal verb; governs relative clause content. |
| 16 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | p-p---d- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 15 χρή | iobj | high | Dative of person concerned. |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἀποστέλλουσιν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ οὐδέτερα θέλοντες, οὔτε Λακεδαιμονίους ἄνευ μεγάλων κινδύνων προσλαβεῖν μοῖραν τῶν ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ τὴν ἀρίστην οὔτε αὐτοὶ παρακοῦσαι τοῦ θεοῦ, πρὸς ταῦτα ἐξευρίσκουσι·
The sentence has a compressed correlative infinitival construction (οὔτε ... οὔτε ...) dependent on θέλοντες, with the second infinitive παρακοῦσαι sharing the subject αὐτοὶ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἀθηναῖοι | Ἀθηναῖος | PROPN | NNP | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 θέλοντες | nsubj | high | Subject of θέλοντες; treated as substantivized ethnic adjective/proper name. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | Pcl | _ | 4 θέλοντες | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οὐδέτερα | οὐδέτερος | ADJ | A- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 4 θέλοντες | obj | high | Object of θέλοντες in sense 'neither of the two things'. |
| 4 | θέλοντες | θέλω | VERB | PAPMPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 26 ἐξευρίσκουσι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle modifying the subject and setting the circumstance for ἐξευρίσκουσι. |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 θέλοντες | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 6 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | C | _ | 11 προσλαβεῖν | cc | high | Correlative conjunction. |
| 7 | Λακεδαιμονίους | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | NNP | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 προσλαβεῖν | obj | high | Accusative subject of infinitive προσλαβεῖν. |
| 8 | ἄνευ | ἄνευ | ADP | R | _ | 10 κινδύνων | case | high | Preposition governing genitive. |
| 9 | μεγάλων | μέγας | ADJ | A- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 κινδύνων | amod | high | Modifier of κινδύνων. |
| 10 | κινδύνων | κίνδυνος | NOUN | N- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 προσλαβεῖν | obl | high | Prepositional complement of ἄνευ. |
| 11 | προσλαβεῖν | προσλαμβάνω | VERB | V- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 4 θέλοντες | xcomp | high | Complement infinitive dependent on θέλοντες. |
| 12 | μοῖραν | μοῖρα | NOUN | N- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 προσλαβεῖν | obj | high | Object of προσλαβεῖν. |
| 13 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 ἀρίστην | det | high | Article with ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ τὴν ἀρίστην; syntax is somewhat compressed. |
| 14 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R | _ | 15 Πελοποννήσῳ | case | high | Preposition. |
| 15 | Πελοποννήσῳ | Πελοπόννησος | PROPN | NNP | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἀρίστην | nmod | medium | Likely part of a genitive-like phrase by sense; case is dative after ἐν. |
| 16 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἀρίστην | det | high | Article with ἀρίστην. |
| 17 | ἀρίστην | ἀριστός | ADJ | A- | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 μοῖραν | amod | medium | Attributive modifier of μοῖραν; clause is syntactically compressed. |
| 18 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | C | _ | 26 ἐξευρίσκουσι | cc | high | Second correlative member. |
| 19 | αὐτοὶ | αὐτός | PRON | P- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 20 παρακοῦσαι | nsubj | high | Subject of παρακοῦσαι. |
| 20 | παρακοῦσαι | παρακούω | VERB | V- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 4 θέλοντες | conj | high | Parallel infinitive to προσλαβεῖν. |
| 21 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 θεοῦ | det | high | Article with θεοῦ. |
| 22 | θεοῦ | θεός | NOUN | N- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 παρακοῦσαι | obj | high | Genitive object of παρακοῦσαι. |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 παρακοῦσαι | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 24 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R | _ | 25 ταῦτα | case | high | Preposition. |
| 25 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | P- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 26 ἐξευρίσκουσι | obl | high | Prepositional object of πρὸς. |
| 26 | ἐξευρίσκουσι | ἐξευρίσκω | VERB | V- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 27 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 ἐξευρίσκουσι | punct | high | Punctuation. |
καὶ ἦν γὰρ Τυρταῖος διδάσκαλος γραμμάτων νοῦν τε ἥκιστα ἔχειν δοκῶν καὶ τὸν ἕτερον τῶν ποδῶν χωλός, τοῦτον ἀποστέλλουσιν ἐς Σπάρτην.
The sentence has a main copular clause with a participial parenthetical description before the finite clause ἀποστέλλουσιν ἐς Σπάρτην; the coordination around καὶ ... χωλός is somewhat ambiguous.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 2 ἦν | cc | high | Coordinating conjunction. |
| 2 | ἦν | εἰμί | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main copular verb. |
| 3 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | _ | _ | 2 ἦν | discourse | high | Postpositive explanatory particle. |
| 4 | Τυρταῖος | Τυρταῖος | PROPN | N-S---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 2 ἦν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἦν. |
| 5 | διδάσκαλος | διδάσκαλος | NOUN | N-S---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 2 ἦν | xcomp | medium | Predicate nominal with ἦν. |
| 6 | γραμμάτων | γράμμα | NOUN | N-P---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 διδάσκαλος | nmod | high | Genitive complement of διδάσκαλος. |
| 7 | νοῦν | νοῦς | NOUN | N-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 δοκῶν | obj | medium | Object of ἔχειν. |
| 8 | τε | τε | PART | _ | _ | 7 νοῦν | cc | high | Enclitic additive particle. |
| 9 | ἥκιστα | ἥκιστα | ADV | D | _ | 10 ἔχειν | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἔχειν. |
| 10 | ἔχειν | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 11 δοκῶν | xcomp | high | Complement of δοκῶν. |
| 11 | δοκῶν | δοκέω | VERB | V-PAP-SMN | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 Τυρταῖος | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle modifying Τυρταῖος. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 17 χωλός | cc | high | Coordinates with previous predicate adjective. |
| 13 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-AMS | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 ἕτερον | det | high | Article with ἕτερον. |
| 14 | ἕτερον | ἕτερος | ADJ | A-SAM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 χωλός | obj | medium | Accusative internal object with implied comparative sense; relation uncertain. |
| 15 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPF | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 16 ποδῶν | det | high | Article with ποδῶν. |
| 16 | ποδῶν | πούς | NOUN | N-P---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 ἕτερον | nmod | high | Genitive complement of ἕτερον. |
| 17 | χωλός | χωλός | ADJ | A-SM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 Τυρταῖος | conj | medium | Coordinated predicate adjective with διδάσκαλος. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 δοκῶν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 19 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | PRON | PD-AMS | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 20 ἀποστέλλουσιν | obj | high | Direct object of ἀποστέλλουσιν. |
| 20 | ἀποστέλλουσιν | ἀποστέλλω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Finite verb; likely main clause after parenthetical participial description. |
| 21 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R | _ | 22 Σπάρτην | case | high | Preposition. |
| 22 | Σπάρτην | Σπάρτη | PROPN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 ἀποστέλλουσιν | obl | high | Goal of motion. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 ἀποστέλλουσιν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |