Grammar parses for passage 4.20.2
Open translation for this passage
προελθὼν δὲ ὁ ποταμὸς διὰ τῆς Ἀρκάδων καὶ ἐπιστρέψας αὖθις ἐς τὴν Μεσσηνίαν ὁρίζει τὰ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ Μεσσηνίοις καὶ Ἠλείοις τὴν γῆν.
The participial clauses are attached as adverbial modifiers of the main verb ὁρίζει; the phrase τὰ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ Μεσσηνίοις καὶ Ἠλείοις τὴν γῆν is syntactically compressed, with some case/agreement irregularity in the transmitted text.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | προελθὼν | προέρχομαι | VERB | V--AAPNSM | Aspect=Aor|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 14 ὁρίζει | advcl | high | Aorist active participle modifying the subject. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | G-------- | _ | 14 ὁρίζει | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | L-S---NS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 ποταμὸς | det | high | Article with ποταμός. |
| 4 | ποταμὸς | ποταμός | NOUN | N-S---NS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 ὁρίζει | nsubj | high | Subject of ὁρίζει. |
| 5 | διὰ | διά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 7 Ἀρκάδων | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive. |
| 6 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | L-S---GS- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 Ἀρκάδων | det | high | Article with Ἀρκάδων, though the following form is formally plural. |
| 7 | Ἀρκάδων | Ἀρκάς | PROPN | N-P---GF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 4 ποταμὸς | nmod | medium | Likely genitive complement of διὰ; form is morphologically plural. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 9 ἐπιστρέψας | cc | high | Connects participles. |
| 9 | ἐπιστρέψας | ἐπιστρέφω | VERB | V--AAPNSM | Aspect=Aor|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 14 ὁρίζει | advcl | high | Second aorist active participle modifying the subject. |
| 10 | αὖθις | αὖθις | ADV | D-------- | _ | 9 ἐπιστρέψας | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἐπιστρέψας. |
| 11 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 13 Μεσσηνίαν | case | high | Preposition governing the accusative. |
| 12 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 13 Μεσσηνίαν | det | high | Article with Μεσσηνίαν. |
| 13 | Μεσσηνίαν | Μεσσηνία | PROPN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἐπιστρέψας | obl | high | Goal of ἐς. |
| 14 | ὁρίζει | ὁρίζω | VERB | V-3SPIA- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 15 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | L-P---AN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 22 γῆν | det | high | Article with γῆν; agreement is irregular in context. |
| 16 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R-------- | _ | 17 θαλάσσῃ | case | high | Preposition with dative. |
| 17 | θαλάσσῃ | θάλασσα | NOUN | N-S---FD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 γῆν | nmod | high | Object of ἐπί used adverbially/locatively. |
| 18 | Μεσσηνίοις | Μεσσήνιος | ADJ | A-P---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 γῆν | obl | medium | Dative of reference/association; modifies the territorial phrase. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 20 Ἠλείοις | cc | high | Coordinates dative terms. |
| 20 | Ἠλείοις | Ἠλεῖος | ADJ | A-P---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 Μεσσηνίοις | conj | high | Conjunct with Μεσσηνίοις. |
| 21 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 22 γῆν | det | high | Article with γῆν. |
| 22 | γῆν | γῆ | NOUN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ὁρίζει | obj | high | Direct object of ὁρίζει. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ὁρίζει | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |