Pausanias Analysis

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Passage 4.21.7

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Sentence 1

4.21.7 sentence 1

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ἀλλὰ ὁ θεὸς τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπήγαγεν ἀθρόον μᾶλλον μετὰ ἰσχυροῦ τῶν βροντῶν τοῦ ψόφου καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐναντίαις ταῖς ἀστραπαῖς ἐξέπλησσε.

The phrase μετὰ ἰσχυροῦ τῶν βροντῶν τοῦ ψόφου is syntactically difficult: ἰσχυροῦ is treated as a substantivized genitive/ablatival adjective modifying the sound of thunder, while the coordinated second verb governs τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.

punct conj obl cc cc obj amod nsubj nmod amod det det obj advmod advmod case det det det nmod:poss det obl root 1 ἀλλὰ ἀλλά / CCONJ 2 ὁ / DET 3 θεὸς θεός / NOUN 4 τὸ ὁ / DET 5 ὕδωρ ὕδωρ / NOUN 6 ἐπήγαγεν ἐπάγω / VERB 7 ἀθρόον ἀθρόος / ADJ 8 μᾶλλον μάλα / ADV 9 μετὰ μετά / ADP 10 ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρός / ADJ 11 τῶν ὁ / DET 12 βροντῶν βροντή / NOUN 13 τοῦ ὁ / DET 14 ψόφου ψόφος / NOUN 15 καὶ καί / CCONJ 16 τοὺς ὁ / DET 17 ὀφθαλμοὺς ὀφθαλμός / NOUN 18 αὐτῶν αὐτός / PRON 19 ἐναντίαις ἐναντίος / ADJ 20 ταῖς ὁ / DET 21 ἀστραπαῖς ἀστραπή / NOUN 22 ἐξέπλησσε ἐκπλήσσω / VERB 23 . . / PUNCT
#FormLemmaUPOSXPOSFeaturesHeadDepRelConf.Note
1ἀλλὰἀλλάCCONJC---------Polarity=Pos6 ἐπήγαγενcchigh
2DETRA--NSM-Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art3 θεὸςdethigh
3θεὸςθεόςNOUNN---NSM-Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing6 ἐπήγαγενnsubjhigh
4τὸDETRA--NSA-Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art5 ὕδωρdethigh
5ὕδωρὕδωρNOUNN---NSA-Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing6 ἐπήγαγενobjhigh
6ἐπήγαγενἐπάγωVERBVAI----3S-Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act0 ROOTroothigh
7ἀθρόονἀθρόοςADJA-----NA-Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing6 ἐπήγαγενadvmodmediumAdverbial accusative, possibly agreeing semantically with ὕδωρ.
8μᾶλλονμάλαADVD--------Degree=Cmp7 ἀθρόονadvmodhigh
9μετὰμετάADPR--------_10 ἰσχυροῦcasemediumPreposition construed with the following genitive phrase; exact attachment is uncertain.
10ἰσχυροῦἰσχυρόςADJA---GSM-Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing14 ψόφουamodlowForm is masculine/neuter genitive singular; substantival or elliptical usage is difficult.
11τῶνDETRA---GP-Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art12 βροντῶνdethigh
12βροντῶνβροντήNOUNN---GPM-Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur14 ψόφουnmodmediumGenitive dependent on ψόφου, likely specifying thunder.
13τοῦDETRA---GSM-Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art14 ψόφουdethigh
14ψόφουψόφοςNOUNN---GSM-Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing6 ἐπήγαγενobllowAttachment of this genitive phrase to ἐπήγαγεν and internal relations are uncertain.
15καὶκαίCCONJC---------_22 ἐξέπλησσεcchigh
16τοὺςDETRA--APM-Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art17 ὀφθαλμοὺςdethigh
17ὀφθαλμοὺςὀφθαλμόςNOUNN---APM-Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur22 ἐξέπλησσεobjhigh
18αὐτῶναὐτόςPRONP---GPM-Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs17 ὀφθαλμοὺςnmod:posshigh
19ἐναντίαιςἐναντίοςADJA---DPF-Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur21 ἀστραπαῖςamodmediumAgrees with ἀστραπαῖς; instrument/means interpretation.
20ταῖςDETRA---DPF-Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art21 ἀστραπαῖςdethigh
21ἀστραπαῖςἀστραπήNOUNN---DPF-Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur22 ἐξέπλησσεoblhighDative of means or instrument.
22ἐξέπλησσεἐκπλήσσωVERBVAI----3S-Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act6 ἐπήγαγενconjhigh
23..PUNCT__6 ἐπήγαγενpuncthigh
Sentence 2

4.21.7 sentence 2

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τοῖς δὲ Λακεδαιμονίοις ταῦτα πάντα παρίστη φρόνημα, καὶ αὐτὸν ἀμύνειν σφίσιν ἔφασαν τὸν θεόν· καὶ---ἤστραπτε γὰρ τούτοις κατὰ δεξιὰ---ἀπέφαινεν Ἕκας ὁ μάντις ὡς αἴσιον εἴη τὸ σημεῖον.

The sentence contains two coordinated clauses. In the first, ταῦτα πάντα is the accusative object of παρίστη, with φρόνημα as a predicative accusative; ἔφασαν governs the infinitival clause αὐτὸν ἀμύνειν, with τὸν θεόν as its accusative subject and σφίσιν as dative beneficiary. In the final clause, Ἕκας is subject of ἀπέφαινεν and ὡς introduces a predicate proposition; εἴη is optative in indirect discourse, with τὸ σημεῖον as subject and αἴσιον as predicate adjective. Hyphens are punctuation-like editorial separators.

conj cc punct parataxis conj punct punct ccomp punct cc cc nsubj obl iobj punct punct appos det obj punct ccomp punct iobj mark nsubj amod xcomp obj iobj det punct mark case nsubj det xcomp det root 1 τοῖς ὁ / DET 2 δὲ δέ / CCONJ 3 Λακεδαιμονίοις Λακεδαιμόνιος / PROPN 4 ταῦτα οὗτος / PRON 5 πάντα πᾶς / ADJ 6 παρίστη παρίστημι / VERB 7 φρόνημα φρόνημα / NOUN 8 , , / PUNCT 9 καὶ καί / CCONJ 10 αὐτὸν αὐτός / PRON 11 ἀμύνειν ἀμύνω / VERB 12 σφίσιν σφεῖς / PRON 13 ἔφασαν φημί / VERB 14 τὸν ὁ / DET 15 θεόν θεός / NOUN 16 · · / PUNCT 17 καὶ καί / CCONJ 18 - - / PUNCT 19 - - / PUNCT 20 - - / PUNCT 21 ἤστραπτε ἀστράπτω / VERB 22 γὰρ γάρ / SCONJ 23 τούτοις οὗτος / PRON 24 κατὰ κατά / ADP 25 δεξιὰ δεξιός / ADJ 26 - - / PUNCT 27 - - / PUNCT 28 - - / PUNCT 29 ἀπέφαινεν ἀποφαίνω / VERB 30 Ἕκας Ἕκας / PROPN 31 ὁ / DET 32 μάντις μάντις / NOUN 33 ὡς ὡς / SCONJ 34 αἴσιον αἴσιος / ADJ 35 εἴη εἰμί / AUX 36 τὸ ὁ / DET 37 σημεῖον σημεῖον / NOUN 38 . . / PUNCT
#FormLemmaUPOSXPOSFeaturesHeadDepRelConf.Note
1τοῖςDETR-DPMCase=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur3 Λακεδαιμονίοιςdethigh
2δὲδέCCONJC-----_6 παρίστηcchighPostpositive connective.
3ΛακεδαιμονίοιςΛακεδαιμόνιοςPROPNA-DPMCase=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur6 παρίστηiobjhigh
4ταῦταοὗτοςPRONP-ASNCase=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur6 παρίστηobjhigh
5πάνταπᾶςADJA-ASNCase=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur4 ταῦταamodhigh
6παρίστηπαρίστημιVERBV-IAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act0 ROOTrootmediumForm may be imperfect or a nonstandard/variant present; parsed as imperfect indicative 3sg.
7φρόνημαφρόνημαNOUNN-ASNCase=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing6 παρίστηxcomphighPredicative accusative with ταῦτα.
8,,PUNCT__6 παρίστηpuncthigh
9καὶκαίCCONJC-----_13 ἔφασανcchigh
10αὐτὸναὐτόςPRONP-ASΜCase=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing11 ἀμύνεινobjhighAccusative subject of the infinitive in dependency syntax.
11ἀμύνεινἀμύνωVERBV-PNAMood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act13 ἔφασανccomphigh
12σφίσινσφεῖςPRONP-DPΜCase=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur11 ἀμύνεινiobjhighBeneficiary/recipient of ἀμύνειν.
13ἔφασανφημίVERBV-AAI-3PMood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act6 παρίστηconjhigh
14τὸνDETR-ASMCase=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing15 θεόνdethigh
15θεόνθεόςNOUNN-ASMCase=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing11 ἀμύνεινnsubjhighAccusative subject of the infinitive; τὸν is its determiner.
16··PUNCT__13 ἔφασανpuncthigh
17καὶκαίCCONJC-----_29 ἀπέφαινενcchigh
18--PUNCT__21 ἤστραπτεpuncthighEditorial dash.
19--PUNCT__21 ἤστραπτεpuncthighEditorial dash.
20--PUNCT__21 ἤστραπτεpuncthighEditorial dash.
21ἤστραπτεἀστράπτωVERBV-IAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act29 ἀπέφαινενparataxishighParenthetical explanatory clause.
22γὰργάρSCONJC-----_21 ἤστραπτεmarkhighCausal/postpositive connective.
23τούτοιςοὗτοςPRONP-DPNCase=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur21 ἤστραπτεiobjmediumDative associated with the lightning event; possibly reference/experiencer.
24κατὰκατάADPR-----_25 δεξιὰcasehigh
25δεξιὰδεξιόςADJA-APNCase=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur21 ἤστραπτεoblhighSubstantivized directional phrase, ‘on the right’.
26--PUNCT__21 ἤστραπτεpuncthighEditorial dash.
27--PUNCT__21 ἤστραπτεpuncthighEditorial dash.
28--PUNCT__21 ἤστραπτεpuncthighEditorial dash.
29ἀπέφαινενἀποφαίνωVERBV-IAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act13 ἔφασανconjmediumCoordinated with the preceding report; takes ὡς-clause.
30ἝκαςἝκαςPROPNN-NSMCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing29 ἀπέφαινενnsubjhigh
31DETR-NSMCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing32 μάντιςdethigh
32μάντιςμάντιςNOUNN-NSMCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing29 ἀπέφαινενapposhighApposition to Ἕκας.
33ὡςὡςSCONJC-----_35 εἴηmarkhighIntroduces reported/predicative content.
34αἴσιοναἴσιοςADJA-NSNCase=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing35 εἴηxcomphighPredicate adjective with τὸ σημεῖον.
35εἴηεἰμίAUXV-PAO-3SMood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act29 ἀπέφαινενccomphighOptative in reported discourse.
36τὸDETR-NSNCase=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing37 σημεῖονdethigh
37σημεῖονσημεῖονNOUNN-NSNCase=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing35 εἴηnsubjhigh
38..PUNCT__29 ἀπέφαινενpuncthigh
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