Grammar parses for passage 4.23.2
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ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς μὲν ἕως ἂν περιῇ, πολεμήσειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ἔφασκεν, ἐπίστασθαι δὲ ἀκριβῶς ὡς ἀεί τι ἀναφύσεται τῇ Σπάρτῃ διʼ αὐτοῦ κακόν·
The syntax is a sequence of indirect statements governed by ἔφασκεν/ἐπίστασθαι; the main uncertainty is the exact parsing of περιῇ and the internal structure of διʼ αὐτοῦ κακόν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | l-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 αὐτὸς | nsubj | high | Article with substantivized αὐτὸς. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | g-------- | _ | 11 ἔφασκεν | discourse | high | Connective particle. |
| 3 | αὐτὸς | αὐτός | PRON | a-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp | 11 ἔφασκεν | nsubj | high | Strong/emphatic subject. |
| 4 | μὲν | μέν | PART | g-------- | _ | 11 ἔφασκεν | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 5 | ἕως | ἕως | SCONJ | d-------- | _ | 11 ἔφασκεν | mark | high | Introduces temporal clause. |
| 6 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | g-------- | _ | 7 περιῇ | advmod | high | Modal particle with subordinate verb. |
| 7 | περιῇ | περιάω | VERB | v3sasa--- | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 11 ἔφασκεν | advcl | medium | Likely subjunctive in temporal clause; lemma/form somewhat uncertain. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἔφασκεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 9 | πολεμήσειν | πολεμέω | VERB | v--fna--- | Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 11 ἔφασκεν | xcomp | high | Complement infinitive after ἔφασκεν. |
| 10 | Λακεδαιμονίοις | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | n-p---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 πολεμήσειν | obl | medium | Dative of disadvantage/indirect object with infinitive. |
| 11 | ἔφασκεν | φάσκω | VERB | v3siia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of first clause. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἔφασκεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 13 | ἐπίστασθαι | ἐπίσταμαι | VERB | v--pne--- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 11 ἔφασκεν | xcomp | high | Second complement infinitive. |
| 14 | δὲ | δέ | PART | g-------- | _ | 13 ἐπίστασθαι | discourse | high | Connective particle. |
| 15 | ἀκριβῶς | ἀκριβῶς | ADV | d-------- | _ | 13 ἐπίστασθαι | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἐπίστασθαι. |
| 16 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | c-------- | _ | 19 ἀναφύσεται | mark | high | Introduces indirect statement/complement clause. |
| 17 | ἀεί | ἀεί | ADV | d-------- | _ | 19 ἀναφύσεται | advmod | high | Adverb. |
| 18 | τι | τις | PRON | i-s---nn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 24 κακόν | det | medium | Indefinite pronoun functioning attributively; syntax somewhat uncertain. |
| 19 | ἀναφύσεται | ἀναφύω | VERB | v3sfim--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 13 ἐπίστασθαι | ccomp | medium | Future middle; clause dependent on ἐπίστασθαι. |
| 20 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | l-s---fd- | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 21 Σπάρτῃ | det | high | Article with Σπάρτῃ. |
| 21 | Σπάρτῃ | Σπάρτη | PROPN | n-s---fd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἀναφύσεται | iobj | high | Dative of recipient/affected place. |
| 22 | διʼ | διά | ADP | r-------- | _ | 23 αὐτοῦ | case | high | Preposition. |
| 23 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | p-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 24 κακόν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of κακόν. |
| 24 | κακόν | κακόν | NOUN | n-s---nn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἀναφύσεται | nsubj | high | Subject of ἀναφύσεται. |
| 25 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἔφασκεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
ἐκείνοις δὲ Γόργον καὶ Μάντικλον ἔδωκεν ἡγεμόνας.
Syntactically, ἐκείνοις is a dative recipient, Γόργον καὶ Μάντικλον are coordinated accusative objects, and ἡγεμόνας is best taken as an accusative complement/apposition to the objects, though the plural form makes the exact relation somewhat uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐκείνοις | ἐκεῖνος | PRON | Pd-p---d- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἔδωκεν | iobj | high | Dative plural referring to the recipients/beneficiaries. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | G-------- | _ | 6 ἔδωκεν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | Γόργον | Γόργων | PROPN | Ne-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἔδωκεν | obj | high | Direct object of ἔδωκεν. |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 3 Γόργον | cc | high | Joins the two coordinated objects/names. |
| 5 | Μάντικλον | Μάντικλος | PROPN | Ne-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 Γόργον | conj | high | Second coordinated object/name. |
| 6 | ἔδωκεν | δίδωμι | VERB | V-3aaia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 7 | ἡγεμόνας | ἡγεμών | NOUN | Nb-p---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἔδωκεν | obj | medium | Likely predicative/appositional accusative with ἔδωκεν; form is plural while sense may be appositional to the named objects. |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἔδωκεν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
ὁ δὲ Εὐεργετίδας ἐς μὲν τὸ Λύκαιον σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις Μεσσηνίοις καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπεχώρησεν· ἐκεῖθεν δέ, ὡς ἑώρα τὸ βούλευμα διαπεπτωκὸς τῷ Ἀριστομένει τὸ ἐς τὴν κατάληψιν τῆς Σπάρτης, ἀναπείσας τῶν Μεσσηνίων ὡς πεντήκοντα ἐπάνεισιν ἐπὶ τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐς τὴν Εἶραν, καὶ ἐντυχὼν διαρπάζουσιν ἔτι τὰ ἐπινίκια
The syntax becomes difficult in the latter half: ἐπάνεισιν and διαρπάζουσιν look textually problematic or elliptical, so the analysis is conservative where the surface form does not align cleanly with the apparent clause structure.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | l-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 Εὐεργετίδας | det | high | Article modifying the proper name. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | g-------- | _ | 14 ἀπεχώρησεν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | Εὐεργετίδας | Εὐεργετίδας | PROPN | n-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 ἀπεχώρησεν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἀπεχώρησεν. |
| 4 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | r-------- | _ | 7 Λύκαιον | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 5 | μὲν | μέν | PART | g-------- | _ | 14 ἀπεχώρησεν | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 6 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | l-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 Λύκαιον | det | high | Article modifying Λύκαιον. |
| 7 | Λύκαιον | Λύκαιον | PROPN | n-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 ἀπεχώρησεν | obl | high | Goal of motion with ἐς. |
| 8 | σὺν | σύν | ADP | r-------- | _ | 11 Μεσσηνίοις | case | high | Preposition. |
| 9 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | l-p---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 11 Μεσσηνίοις | det | high | Article modifying ἄλλοις. |
| 10 | ἄλλοις | ἄλλος | ADJ | a-p---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 Μεσσηνίοις | amod | high | Attributive adjective. |
| 11 | Μεσσηνίοις | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | n-p---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 ἀπεχώρησεν | obl | high | Comitative phrase with σὺν. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 13 αὐτὸς | cc | high | Coords αὐτός with the subject. |
| 13 | αὐτὸς | αὐτός | PRON | p-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 Εὐεργετίδας | appos | medium | Intensive/pronominal apposition to Εὐεργετίδας. |
| 14 | ἀπεχώρησεν | ἀποχωρέω | VERB | v-3saia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the first clause. |
| 15 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἀπεχώρησεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 16 | ἐκεῖθεν | ἐκεῖθεν | ADV | d-------- | _ | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | advmod | medium | Adverbial of motion/source for ἐπάνεισιν. |
| 17 | δέ | δέ | PART | g-------- | _ | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | discourse | high | Connective particle. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 ἑώρα | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 19 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | c-------- | _ | 20 ἑώρα | mark | high | Subordinating marker. |
| 20 | ἑώρα | ὁράω | VERB | v-3slia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Plup|Voice=Act | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | advcl | medium | Temporal/circumstantial clause; form is unusual, likely pluperfect/imperfect in narrative context. |
| 21 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | l-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 22 βούλευμα | det | high | Article. |
| 22 | βούλευμα | βούλευμα | NOUN | n-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 23 διαπεπτωκὸς | obj | high | Object of ἑώρα. |
| 23 | διαπεπτωκὸς | διαπίπτω | VERB | v-srppna- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 22 βούλευμα | amod | high | Adjectival participle modifying βούλευμα. |
| 24 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | l-s---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 25 Ἀριστομένει | det | high | Article modifying Ἀριστομένει. |
| 25 | Ἀριστομένει | Ἀριστομένης | PROPN | n-s---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 23 διαπεπτωκὸς | iobj | medium | Dative with διαπίπτω: indirect object/advantageous dative. |
| 26 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | l-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 29 κατάληψιν | det | high | Article. |
| 27 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | r-------- | _ | 29 κατάληψιν | case | high | Preposition. |
| 28 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | l-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 29 κατάληψιν | det | high | Article. |
| 29 | κατάληψιν | κατάληψις | NOUN | n-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 διαπεπτωκὸς | obl | high | Prepositional phrase complementing the participle. |
| 30 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | l-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 31 Σπάρτης | det | high | Article modifying Σπάρτης. |
| 31 | Σπάρτης | Σπάρτη | PROPN | n-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 κατάληψιν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of κατάληψιν. |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 33 ἀναπείσας | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 33 | ἀναπείσας | ἀναπείθω | VERB | v-sapamn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle modifying the subject. |
| 34 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | l-p---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 35 Μεσσηνίων | det | high | Article. |
| 35 | Μεσσηνίων | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | n-p---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 33 ἀναπείσας | obj | medium | Partitive genitive with ἀναπείσας. |
| 36 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | c-------- | _ | 37 πεντήκοντα | mark | high | Introduces approximate numeral phrase. |
| 37 | πεντήκοντα | πεντήκοντα | NUM | m-p---na- | Case=Acc|NumType=Card|Number=Plur | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | nsubj | medium | Approximate subject of ἐπάνεισιν; analysis is context-dependent. |
| 38 | ἐπάνεισιν | ἐπαίνεσις | NOUN | n-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ἀπεχώρησεν | conj | low | Likely text may be corrupt for a verb; annotated conservatively as given form, though syntax suggests a finite verb is intended. |
| 39 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | r-------- | _ | 41 Λακεδαιμονίους | case | high | Preposition. |
| 40 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | l-p---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 41 Λακεδαιμονίους | det | high | Article. |
| 41 | Λακεδαιμονίους | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | n-p---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | obl | medium | Goal of motion with ἐπὶ. |
| 42 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | r-------- | _ | 44 Εἶραν | case | high | Preposition. |
| 43 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | l-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 44 Εἶραν | det | high | Article. |
| 44 | Εἶραν | Εἶρα | PROPN | n-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | obl | high | Goal with ἐς. |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 47 ἐντυχὼν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 46 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 47 ἐντυχὼν | cc | high | Coordination. |
| 47 | ἐντυχὼν | ἐντυγχάνω | VERB | v-sapamn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 38 ἐπάνεισιν | conj | high | Participial clause coordinated with ἀναπείσας. |
| 48 | διαρπάζουσιν | διαρπάζω | VERB | v-3ppia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 47 ἐντυχὼν | advcl | low | Syntax is difficult; finite form may be used adverbially or text may be problematic. |
| 49 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | d-------- | _ | 48 διαρπάζουσιν | advmod | high | Adverb modifying διαρπάζουσιν. |
| 50 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | l-p---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 51 ἐπινίκια | det | high | Article. |
| 51 | ἐπινίκια | ἐπινίκιος | NOUN | n-p---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 48 διαρπάζουσιν | obj | high | Object of διαρπάζουσιν. |