Grammar parses for passage 4.26.8
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ἐνταῦθα τῶν Μεγάλων θεῶν ἐγέγραπτο ἡ τελετή, καὶ τοῦτο ἦν παρακαταθήκη τοῦ Ἀριστομένους.
The first clause is a passive pluperfect: ἡ τελετή is subject and τῶν Μεγάλων θεῶν is a genitive dependent on τελετή (the rite of the Great Gods). In the second clause, τοῦτο is the subject of ἦν and παρακαταθήκη its predicate nominative; τοῦ Ἀριστομένους is a genitive dependent on παρακαταθήκη. The exact semantic force of the genitives is somewhat context-dependent.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | D- | PronType=Dem | 5 ἐγέγραπτο | advmod | high | |
| 2 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | RA---GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 3 Μεγάλων | det | high | |
| 3 | Μεγάλων | μέγας | ADJ | A---GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 θεῶν | amod | high | |
| 4 | θεῶν | θεός | NOUN | N---GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 τελετή | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent on τελετή: ‘rite of the Great Gods’. |
| 5 | ἐγέγραπτο | γράφω | VERB | V3P--LMI- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Plup|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Pluperfect middle/passive; passive sense ‘had been inscribed/recorded’. |
| 6 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | RA---NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 τελετή | det | high | |
| 7 | τελετή | τελετή | NOUN | N-----NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 ἐγέγραπτο | nsubj:pass | high | |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | U | _ | 5 ἐγέγραπτο | punct | high | |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 11 ἦν | cc | high | |
| 10 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PD---NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 11 ἦν | nsubj | high | |
| 11 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V3SI--IA- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 5 ἐγέγραπτο | conj | high | |
| 12 | παρακαταθήκη | παρακαταθήκη | NOUN | N-----NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἦν | xcomp | high | Predicate nominative with copular ἦν. |
| 13 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 Ἀριστομένους | det | high | |
| 14 | Ἀριστομένους | Ἀριστομένης | PROPN | N-----GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 παρακαταθήκη | nmod | high | |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | U | _ | 5 ἐγέγραπτο | punct | high |
τοῦτον τὸν ἐπελθόντα τῷ Ἐπιτέλει καὶ Ἐπαμινώνδᾳ καθεύδουσι Καύκωνα εἶναι λέγουσιν, ὃς ἀφίκετο ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν ἐς Ἀνδανίαν παρὰ Μεσσήνην τὴν Τριόπα.
Accusative τοῦτον τὸν ἐπελθόντα Καύκωνα is the subject accusative of εἶναι in the reported speech governed by λέγουσιν; καθεύδουσι is a participial dative-plural modifier/temporal circumstance for Ἐπιτέλει and Ἐπαμινώνδᾳ, while παρὰ Μεσσήνην τὴν Τριόπα is a locative phrase with Τριόπα appositional to Μεσσήνην.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | DET | D-DSM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 9 Καύκωνα | det | high | |
| 2 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 ἐπελθόντα | det | high | |
| 3 | ἐπελθόντα | ἐπέρχομαι | VERB | V-PAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 9 Καύκωνα | amod | high | Aorist active participle, agreeing with Καύκωνα. |
| 4 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 Ἐπιτέλει | det | high | |
| 5 | Ἐπιτέλει | Ἐπιτέλης | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 καθεύδουσι | obl | medium | Dative with καθεύδουσι, likely naming one of the sleeping persons. |
| 6 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 7 Ἐπαμινώνδᾳ | cc | high | |
| 7 | Ἐπαμινώνδᾳ | Ἐπαμινώνδας | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 Ἐπιτέλει | conj | high | |
| 8 | καθεύδουσι | καθεύδω | VERB | V-PAP-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 10 εἶναι | advcl | medium | Dative plural participle with coordinated personal datives; syntactically circumstantial to εἶναι/λέγουσιν. |
| 9 | Καύκωνα | Καύκων | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Subject accusative of the infinitive εἶναι. |
| 10 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 11 λέγουσιν | xcomp | high | |
| 11 | λέγουσιν | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 λέγουσιν | punct | high | |
| 13 | ὃς | ὅς | PRON | R-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 14 ἀφίκετο | nsubj | high | Relative pronoun referring to Καύκωνα. |
| 14 | ἀφίκετο | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V-ADI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 11 λέγουσιν | ccomp | high | Relative clause coordinated in discourse with the reported assertion. |
| 15 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | P-------- | _ | 16 Ἀθηνῶν | case | high | |
| 16 | Ἀθηνῶν | Ἀθῆναι | PROPN | N-GPF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 14 ἀφίκετο | obl | high | |
| 17 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P-------- | _ | 18 Ἀνδανίαν | case | high | |
| 18 | Ἀνδανίαν | Ἀνδανία | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ἀφίκετο | obl | high | Goal of ἀφίκετο. |
| 19 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | P-------- | _ | 20 Μεσσήνην | case | high | Here with accusative, indicating location/direction near Μεσσήνην. |
| 20 | Μεσσήνην | Μεσσήνη | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 Ἀνδανίαν | obl | medium | Accusative object of παρὰ; location near Messene. |
| 21 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 22 Τριόπα | det | high | |
| 22 | Τριόπα | Τριόπας | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 Μεσσήνην | appos | medium | Appositional name; the article's feminine form is anomalous if directly agreeing with Τριόπα, so attachment is treated as appositional to Μεσσήνην. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 λέγουσιν | punct | high |