Grammar parses for passage 4.17.3
Open translation for this passage
πρὶν δὲ ἢ παρανομῆσαι Λακεδαιμονίους ἐς τὸν Μεσσηνίων πόλεμον καὶ Ἀριστοκράτους τοῦ Ἀρκάδος τὴν προδοσίαν, ἀρετῇ τε οἱ μαχόμενοι καὶ τύχαις ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ διεκρίνοντο.
The opening πρὶν δὲ ἢ + infinitive phrase is difficult; I attach it as a temporal/advcl complement of the main clause.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | _ | _ | 4 παρανομῆσαι | mark | high | introduces the temporal clause/complement |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 26 διεκρίνοντο | discourse | high | postpositive connective |
| 3 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | _ | _ | 4 παρανομῆσαι | cc | high | correlative conjunction with πρίν |
| 4 | παρανομῆσαι | παρανομέω | VERB | AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 26 διεκρίνοντο | advcl | high | complement of πρίν |
| 5 | Λακεδαιμονίους | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 παρανομῆσαι | obj | medium | object of the infinitive; proper-name/adjectival ethnicon |
| 6 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 9 πόλεμον | case | high | governs the motion noun phrase |
| 7 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 πόλεμον | det | high | article with πόλεμον |
| 8 | Μεσσηνίων | Μεσσήνιος | ADJ | A-GP- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 πόλεμον | nmod | high | genitive modifier of πόλεμον |
| 9 | πόλεμον | πόλεμος | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 παρανομῆσαι | obl | high | prepositional complement of παρανομῆσαι |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 15 προδοσίαν | cc | high | links coordinated object phrases |
| 11 | Ἀριστοκράτους | Ἀριστοκράτης | PROPN | N-? | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 προδοσίαν | nmod | medium | genitive proper name governing/appositional to προδοσίαν phrase |
| 12 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 13 Ἀρκάδος | det | high | article with Ἀρκάδος |
| 13 | Ἀρκάδος | Ἀρκάς | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 Ἀριστοκράτους | appos | medium | ethnic apposition to Ἀριστοκράτους |
| 14 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 προδοσίαν | det | high | article with προδοσίαν |
| 15 | προδοσίαν | προδοσία | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 παρανομῆσαι | obj | high | coordinated object with Λακεδαιμονίους |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 παρανομῆσαι | punct | high | punctuation |
| 17 | ἀρετῇ | ἀρετή | NOUN | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 26 διεκρίνοντο | obl | high | dative of respect/means |
| 18 | τε | τε | PART | _ | _ | 17 ἀρετῇ | advmod | medium | enclitic connective attached to first coordinated phrase |
| 19 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 20 μαχόμενοι | det | high | article with participle |
| 20 | μαχόμενοι | μάχομαι | VERB | PMPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 26 διεκρίνοντο | nsubj | high | substantival participle functioning as subject |
| 21 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 22 τύχαις | cc | high | connects dative phrases |
| 22 | τύχαις | τύχη | NOUN | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 17 ἀρετῇ | conj | high | coordinate with ἀρετῇ |
| 23 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | _ | _ | 25 θεοῦ | case | high | preposition |
| 24 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 25 θεοῦ | det | high | article with θεοῦ |
| 25 | θεοῦ | θεός | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 διεκρίνοντο | obl | high | prepositional phrase modifying the verb |
| 26 | διεκρίνοντο | διακρίνω | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | main verb |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 διεκρίνοντο | punct | high | punctuation |