Grammar parses for passage 4.21.10
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παραστὰς οὖν ὁ μάντις Θέοκλος πρὸς Ἀριστομένην εἶπε· "τί μάτην τόνδε ἔχεις τὸν πόνον;
Participial παραστὰς is subordinate to εἶπε; Θέοκλος is the subject of εἶπε and μάντις is its appositive. The quoted question has τί as a substantival accusative object of ἔχεις, with τόνδε...τὸν πόνον as a second accusative object/predicative object phrase; the exact construction is mildly uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | παραστὰς | παρίστημι | VERB | AAP-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 8 εἶπε | advcl | high | Aorist active participle, circumstantial to εἶπε. |
| 2 | οὖν | οὖν | ADV | ADV | _ | 8 εἶπε | advmod | high | Inferential connective. |
| 3 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 4 μάντις | det | high | |
| 4 | μάντις | μάντις | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 5 Θέοκλος | appos | high | Apposition to the personal name. |
| 5 | Θέοκλος | Θέοκλος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 8 εἶπε | nsubj | high | Subject of εἶπε. |
| 6 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | P | _ | 7 Ἀριστομένην | case | high | |
| 7 | Ἀριστομένην | Ἀριστομένης | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 8 εἶπε | obl | high | Addressee with πρός. |
| 8 | εἶπε | λέγω | VERB | V-3SAI | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=Third|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main-clause verb. |
| 9 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 εἶπε | punct | high | |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἔχεις | punct | high | Opening quotation mark. |
| 11 | τί | τίς | PRON | P-ASN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 14 ἔχεις | obj | medium | Substantival interrogative accusative; possibly analyzed as an idiomatic object alongside τόνδε...πόνον. |
| 12 | μάτην | μάτην | ADV | ADV | _ | 14 ἔχεις | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἔχεις. |
| 13 | τόνδε | ὅδε | DET | D-ASM | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 16 πόνον | det | high | Demonstrative determiner. |
| 14 | ἔχεις | ἔχω | VERB | V-2PAI | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=Second|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 8 εἶπε | ccomp | high | Finite verb of the quoted direct question. |
| 15 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 16 πόνον | det | high | |
| 16 | πόνον | πόνος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 14 ἔχεις | obj | high | Accusative object of ἔχεις. |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἔχεις | punct | high |
ἁλῶναι Μεσσήνην πάντως ἐστὶ πεπρωμένον, συμφορὰν δὲ τὴν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς πάλαι τε ἡμῖν προεσήμαινεν ἡ Πυθία καὶ ἔναγχος ὁ ἐρινεὸς ἔδειξεν.
Infinitival subject ἁλῶναι Μεσσήνην is governed by impersonal πεπρωμένον ἐστίν; συμφοράν is a coordinated accusative object/topic, with τὴν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς modifying it. The adverbs πάλαι and ἔναγχος contrast the earlier oracle with the recent omen. ἡ Πυθία and ὁ ἐρινεός are coordinated subjects of προεσήμαινεν and ἔδειξεν respectively.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἁλῶναι | ἁλίσκομαι | VERB | V--ANM-- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Pass | 5 πεπρωμένον | nsubj | high | Articular/subject infinitive in the passive aorist. |
| 2 | Μεσσήνην | Μεσσήνη | PROPN | Ne-S-A--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 ἁλῶναι | obj | high | Accusative object of the infinitive. |
| 3 | πάντως | πάντως | ADV | D-------- | _ | 5 πεπρωμένον | advmod | high | |
| 4 | ἐστὶ | εἰμί | AUX | V--SPI-3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 5 πεπρωμένον | cop | high | Copula with predicative πεπρωμένον. |
| 5 | πεπρωμένον | πορθέω | VERB | V-RPP-SNA- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Impersonal neuter participial predicate. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 πεπρωμένον | punct | high | |
| 7 | συμφορὰν | συμφορά | NOUN | N-S-A--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 προεσήμαινεν | obj | medium | Accusative object of προεσήμαινεν/ἔδειξεν by shared coordination; semantically the foretold misfortune. |
| 8 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 15 προεσήμαινεν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 9 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S-AF---S- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 συμφορὰν | det | high | |
| 10 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 11 ὀφθαλμοῖς | case | high | |
| 11 | ὀφθαλμοῖς | ὀφθαλμός | NOUN | N-DM---P- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 συμφορὰν | nmod | high | Prepositional modifier of τὴν συμφοράν. |
| 12 | πάλαι | πάλαι | ADV | D-------- | _ | 15 προεσήμαινεν | advmod | high | Temporal adverb modifying προεσήμαινεν. |
| 13 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 15 προεσήμαινεν | cc | high | Correlative coordinator with καί. |
| 14 | ἡμῖν | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1-D---P- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=1 | 15 προεσήμαινεν | iobj | high | Dative recipient/experiencer. |
| 15 | προεσήμαινεν | προσημαίνω | VERB | V-IAI-3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 5 πεπρωμένον | parataxis | medium | First coordinated finite verb; relation to the following ἔδειξεν is syntactically loose. |
| 16 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | S-NF---S- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 Πυθία | det | high | |
| 17 | Πυθία | Πυθία | PROPN | Ne-S-N--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 προεσήμαινεν | nsubj | high | |
| 18 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 22 ἔδειξεν | cc | high | Coordinates ἔδειξεν with προεσήμαινεν. |
| 19 | ἔναγχος | ἔναγχος | ADV | D-------- | _ | 22 ἔδειξεν | advmod | high | Temporal adverb meaning recently. |
| 20 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | S-NM---S- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 21 ἐρινεὸς | det | high | |
| 21 | ἐρινεὸς | ἐρινεός | NOUN | N-S-N--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 ἔδειξεν | nsubj | high | Fig tree as the omen's subject. |
| 22 | ἔδειξεν | δείκνυμι | VERB | V-AAI-3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 15 προεσήμαινεν | conj | high | Second coordinated finite verb. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 πεπρωμένον | punct | high |
ἐμοὶ μὲν οὖν ὁ θεὸς αὐτῷ κοινὴν πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα ἐπάγει τὴν τελευτήν· σὺ δὲ σώζειν μὲν ὡς δυνάμεως ἥκεις Μεσσηνίους, σώζειν δὲ καὶ σαυτόν."
The sentence has two coordinated finite predicates, ἐπάγει and ἥκεις; the first σώζειν is linked to ἥκεις in an idiomatic purpose/ability construction, with ὡς δυνάμεως syntactically difficult and therefore marked uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐμοὶ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1-S-D- | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 11 ἐπάγει | iobj | high | Dative of perspective/agent. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G------- | _ | 11 ἐπάγει | discourse | high | |
| 3 | οὖν | οὖν | PART | G------- | _ | 11 ἐπάγει | discourse | high | |
| 4 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | S---NM-S- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 θεὸς | det | high | |
| 5 | θεὸς | θεός | NOUN | N--NM-S- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἐπάγει | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-S---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 11 ἐπάγει | iobj | medium | Dative of reference/association with ἐπάγει. |
| 7 | κοινὴν | κοινός | ADJ | A---AF-S- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 τελευτήν | amod | high | |
| 8 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R-------- | _ | 10 πατρίδα | case | high | |
| 9 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S---AF-S- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 πατρίδα | det | high | |
| 10 | πατρίδα | πατρίς | NOUN | N---AF-S- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 κοινὴν | obl | high | Object of πρός within the adjective phrase. |
| 11 | ἐπάγει | ἐπάγω | VERB | V-PIA-3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 12 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S---AF-S- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 13 τελευτήν | det | high | |
| 13 | τελευτήν | τελευτή | NOUN | N---AF-S- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἐπάγει | obj | high | |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐπάγει | punct | high | |
| 15 | σὺ | σύ | PRON | P-2-S-N--- | Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs | 21 ἥκεις | nsubj | high | |
| 16 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 21 ἥκεις | cc | high | |
| 17 | σώζειν | σώζω | VERB | V- PNA---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 21 ἥκεις | xcomp | medium | Infinitive coordinated with σώζειν; construction governed semantically by ἥκεις. |
| 18 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G------- | _ | 17 σώζειν | discourse | high | |
| 19 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 21 ἥκεις | mark | medium | Introduces the manner/degree clause with δυνατός understood. |
| 20 | δυνάμεως | δύναμις | NOUN | N---GF-S- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ὡς | obl | low | Genitive in the idiomatic ὡς δυνάμεως phrase; exact attachment is uncertain. |
| 21 | ἥκεις | ἥκω | VERB | V-PIA-2S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Second coordinated clause; first clause is verbless/elliptical around this predicate. |
| 22 | Μεσσηνίους | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | A---AM-P- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 σώζειν | obj | high | Ethnic noun used substantivally. |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἥκεις | punct | high | |
| 24 | σώζειν | σώζω | VERB | V- PNA---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 21 ἥκεις | xcomp | high | Second infinitive in μέν...δέ coordination. |
| 25 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 24 σώζειν | cc | high | |
| 26 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 27 σαυτόν | advmod | high | Scalar/additive καί modifying the reflexive object. |
| 27 | σαυτόν | σεαυτόν | PRON | P-2-S-AM-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes | 24 σώζειν | obj | high | Reflexive object of the second σώζειν. |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἥκεις | punct | high | |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἥκεις | punct | high |
ἐπεὶ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς τοῦτον, ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἔθει· καί οἱ καὶ ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἔπεισιν ἐκβοῆσαι τοσόνδε· "ἀλλʼ οὔ τοι τὸν πάντα γε χρόνον χαίροντες καρπώσεσθε τὰ Μεσσηνίων."
The passage contains an initial temporal clause (ἐπεὶ εἶπε), a coordinated motion/action clause with impersonal ἔπεισιν + infinitive, and a quoted future declaration. The quoted τὰ Μεσσηνίων is substantival, with an elliptical head noun understood from context.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεί | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 εἶπε | mark | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 εἶπε | cc | high | |
| 3 | εἶπε | λέγω | VERB | V3SAAI | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 10 ἔθει | advcl | high | Temporal clause governing the following action. |
| 4 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 τοῦτον | case | high | |
| 5 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | PRON | PD-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 3 εἶπε | obl | high | |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 3 εἶπε | punct | high | |
| 7 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 9 πολεμίους | case | high | |
| 8 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | DA-PM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 9 πολεμίους | det | high | |
| 9 | πολεμίους | πολέμιος | ADJ | A-PM | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 ἔθει | obl | high | Substantivized adjective. |
| 10 | ἔθει | εἶμι | VERB | V3SIAI | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Ionic imperfective form; interpreted as 'he was going/advanced'. |
| 11 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 10 ἔθει | punct | high | |
| 12 | καί | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 ἔπεισιν | cc | high | |
| 13 | οἱ | οἱ | PRON | RP3-SD | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 18 ἔπεισιν | iobj | medium | Enclitic dative pronoun; orthography overlaps article. |
| 14 | καὶ | καί | ADV | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 ἔπεισιν | advmod | high | Also/indeed. |
| 15 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 17 Λακεδαιμονίους | case | high | |
| 16 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | DA-PM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 17 Λακεδαιμονίους | det | high | |
| 17 | Λακεδαιμονίους | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | NE-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 ἔπεισιν | obl | high | |
| 18 | ἔπεισιν | ἔπειμι | VERB | V3SPIA | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 10 ἔθει | conj | medium | Impersonal construction with infinitive. |
| 19 | ἐκβοῆσαι | ἐκβοάω | VERB | V--AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 18 ἔπεισιν | xcomp | high | |
| 20 | τοσόνδε | τοσόσδε | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἐκβοῆσαι | obj | high | Accusative extent/object with the infinitive. |
| 21 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 18 ἔπεισιν | punct | high | |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 31 καρπώσεσθε | punct | high | |
| 23 | ἀλλʼ | ἀλλά | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 31 καρπώσεσθε | cc | high | |
| 24 | οὔ | οὐ | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 καρπώσεσθε | advmod | high | |
| 25 | τοι | τοι | PART | PART | _ | 31 καρπώσεσθε | discourse | medium | Emphatic particle. |
| 26 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | DA-SM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 29 χρόνον | det | high | |
| 27 | πάντα | πᾶς | ADJ | AASM | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 29 χρόνον | amod | high | With χρόνον: the whole time. |
| 28 | γε | γε | PART | PART | _ | 31 καρπώσεσθε | discourse | high | |
| 29 | χρόνον | χρόνος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 31 καρπώσεσθε | obl | high | Accusative duration. |
| 30 | χαίροντες | χαίρω | VERB | V-PAPMPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 31 καρπώσεσθε | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, 'rejoicing'. |
| 31 | καρπώσεσθε | καρπόω | VERB | V2PFMI | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Fut|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Quoted speech is a second root-like clause; future middle. |
| 32 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | DA-PN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 33 Μεσσηνίων | det | high | |
| 33 | Μεσσηνίων | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | NE-GP | Case=Gen|Number=Plur | 31 καρπώσεσθε | obj | medium | Genitive dependent on an omitted or understood noun; article τὰ is substantivizing. |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 31 καρπώσεσθε | punct | high | |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 31 καρπώσεσθε | punct | high |