Grammar parses for passage 4.21.7
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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.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἀλλὰ | ἀλλά | CCONJ | C--------- | Polarity=Pos | 6 ἐπήγαγεν | cc | high | |
| 2 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | RA--NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 θεὸς | det | high | |
| 3 | θεὸς | θεός | NOUN | N---NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπήγαγεν | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA--NSA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 ὕδωρ | det | high | |
| 5 | ὕδωρ | ὕδωρ | NOUN | N---NSA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπήγαγεν | obj | high | |
| 6 | ἐπήγαγεν | ἐπάγω | VERB | VAI----3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | ἀθρόον | ἀθρόος | ADJ | A-----NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπήγαγεν | advmod | medium | Adverbial accusative, possibly agreeing semantically with ὕδωρ. |
| 8 | μᾶλλον | μάλα | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Cmp | 7 ἀθρόον | advmod | high | |
| 9 | μετὰ | μετά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 10 ἰσχυροῦ | case | medium | Preposition construed with the following genitive phrase; exact attachment is uncertain. |
| 10 | ἰσχυροῦ | ἰσχυρός | ADJ | A---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 ψόφου | amod | low | Form is masculine/neuter genitive singular; substantival or elliptical usage is difficult. |
| 11 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | RA---GP- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 12 βροντῶν | det | high | |
| 12 | βροντῶν | βροντή | NOUN | N---GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 14 ψόφου | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent on ψόφου, likely specifying thunder. |
| 13 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 ψόφου | det | high | |
| 14 | ψόφου | ψόφος | NOUN | N---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπήγαγεν | obl | low | Attachment of this genitive phrase to ἐπήγαγεν and internal relations are uncertain. |
| 15 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 22 ἐξέπλησσε | cc | high | |
| 16 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | RA--APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 17 ὀφθαλμοὺς | det | high | |
| 17 | ὀφθαλμοὺς | ὀφθαλμός | NOUN | N---APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 ἐξέπλησσε | obj | high | |
| 18 | αὐτῶν | αὐτός | PRON | P---GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 17 ὀφθαλμοὺς | nmod:poss | high | |
| 19 | ἐναντίαις | ἐναντίος | ADJ | A---DPF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 21 ἀστραπαῖς | amod | medium | Agrees with ἀστραπαῖς; instrument/means interpretation. |
| 20 | ταῖς | ὁ | DET | RA---DPF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 21 ἀστραπαῖς | det | high | |
| 21 | ἀστραπαῖς | ἀστραπή | NOUN | N---DPF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 22 ἐξέπλησσε | obl | high | Dative of means or instrument. |
| 22 | ἐξέπλησσε | ἐκπλήσσω | VERB | VAI----3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act | 6 ἐπήγαγεν | conj | high | |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἐπήγαγεν | punct | high |
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.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | R-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 Λακεδαιμονίοις | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C----- | _ | 6 παρίστη | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | Λακεδαιμονίοις | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | A-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 παρίστη | iobj | high | |
| 4 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | P-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 παρίστη | obj | high | |
| 5 | πάντα | πᾶς | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 4 ταῦτα | amod | high | |
| 6 | παρίστη | παρίστημι | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Form may be imperfect or a nonstandard/variant present; parsed as imperfect indicative 3sg. |
| 7 | φρόνημα | φρόνημα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 παρίστη | xcomp | high | Predicative accusative with ταῦτα. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 παρίστη | punct | high | |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C----- | _ | 13 ἔφασαν | cc | high | |
| 10 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASΜ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἀμύνειν | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive in dependency syntax. |
| 11 | ἀμύνειν | ἀμύνω | VERB | V-PNA | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 13 ἔφασαν | ccomp | high | |
| 12 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-DPΜ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 ἀμύνειν | iobj | high | Beneficiary/recipient of ἀμύνειν. |
| 13 | ἔφασαν | φημί | VERB | V-AAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 6 παρίστη | conj | high | |
| 14 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | R-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 θεόν | det | high | |
| 15 | θεόν | θεός | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἀμύνειν | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive; τὸν is its determiner. |
| 16 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἔφασαν | punct | high | |
| 17 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C----- | _ | 29 ἀπέφαινεν | cc | high | |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἤστραπτε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἤστραπτε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἤστραπτε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 21 | ἤστραπτε | ἀστράπτω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 29 ἀπέφαινεν | parataxis | high | Parenthetical explanatory clause. |
| 22 | γὰρ | γάρ | SCONJ | C----- | _ | 21 ἤστραπτε | mark | high | Causal/postpositive connective. |
| 23 | τούτοις | οὗτος | PRON | P-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 21 ἤστραπτε | iobj | medium | Dative associated with the lightning event; possibly reference/experiencer. |
| 24 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | R----- | _ | 25 δεξιὰ | case | high | |
| 25 | δεξιὰ | δεξιός | ADJ | A-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 21 ἤστραπτε | obl | high | Substantivized directional phrase, ‘on the right’. |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἤστραπτε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἤστραπτε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἤστραπτε | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 29 | ἀπέφαινεν | ἀποφαίνω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 13 ἔφασαν | conj | medium | Coordinated with the preceding report; takes ὡς-clause. |
| 30 | Ἕκας | Ἕκας | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 29 ἀπέφαινεν | nsubj | high | |
| 31 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | R-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 32 μάντις | det | high | |
| 32 | μάντις | μάντις | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 29 ἀπέφαινεν | appos | high | Apposition to Ἕκας. |
| 33 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C----- | _ | 35 εἴη | mark | high | Introduces reported/predicative content. |
| 34 | αἴσιον | αἴσιος | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 35 εἴη | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with τὸ σημεῖον. |
| 35 | εἴη | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAO-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 29 ἀπέφαινεν | ccomp | high | Optative in reported discourse. |
| 36 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | R-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 37 σημεῖον | det | high | |
| 37 | σημεῖον | σημεῖον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 35 εἴη | nsubj | high | |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 29 ἀπέφαινεν | punct | high |