Grammar parses for passage 4.27.5
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ὡς δὲ ἡ τελετή σφισιν ἀνεύρητο, ταύτην μέν, ὅσοι τοῦ γένους τῶν ἱερέων ἦσαν, κατετίθεντο ἐς βίβλους·
ὡς introduces a temporal/subordinate clause; ἀνεύρητο is a pluperfect passive (or middle-passive) predicate, while ταύτην is resumed as the object of κατετίθεντο. ὅσοι...ἦσαν is a restrictive relative subject specification for the priests’ lineage; σφισιν is a dative of reference/agent-like possessor.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 ἀνεύρητο | mark | high | Temporal/subordinating conjunction. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 κατετίθεντο | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 τελετή | det | high | |
| 4 | τελετή | τελετή | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἀνεύρητο | nsubj:pass | high | Subject of ἀνεύρητο. |
| 5 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-3DPM | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 6 ἀνεύρητο | obl:agent | medium | Dative of reference or agent-like dative with the passive verb. |
| 6 | ἀνεύρητο | ἀνευρίσκω | VERB | V-LAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pluperf|Voice=Pass | 18 κατετίθεντο | advcl | medium | Pluperfect passive; form may also be interpreted as middle-passive. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 6 ἀνεύρητο | punct | high | |
| 8 | ταύτην | οὗτος | PRON | PD-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 κατετίθεντο | obj | high | Anaphoric object, referring to the τελετή. |
| 9 | μέν | μέν | PART | ADV | _ | 18 κατετίθεντο | discourse | high | Correlative particle; counterpart is not expressed here. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 8 ταύτην | punct | high | |
| 11 | ὅσοι | ὅσος | PRON | PQ-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 ἦσαν | nsubj | high | Relative quantificational subject of ἦσαν. |
| 12 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 γένους | det | high | |
| 13 | γένους | γένος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 ἱερέων | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἱερέων, ‘of the lineage of priests’. |
| 14 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 ἱερέων | det | high | |
| 15 | ἱερέων | ἱερεύς | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 ἦσαν | obl | medium | Genitive complement within the lineage phrase; the whole phrase is understood with ὅσοι. |
| 16 | ἦσαν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperf|Voice=Act | 18 κατετίθεντο | acl:relcl | high | Predicate of the relative clause. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 16 ἦσαν | punct | high | |
| 18 | κατετίθεντο | κατατίθημι | VERB | V-IMI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperf|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main predicate; middle voice ‘they deposited/committed’. |
| 19 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 20 βίβλους | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 20 | βίβλους | βίβλος | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 18 κατετίθεντο | obl | high | Goal/container complement of ἐς. |
| 21 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 18 κατετίθεντο | punct | high |
φαμένων δὲ καὶ τούτων εἶναι τὰ ἱερὰ αἴσια, οὕτω παρεσκευάζετο ἐς τὸν οἰκισμόν, λίθους τε ἄγεσθαι κελεύων καὶ ἄνδρας μεταπεμπόμενος, οἷς τέχνη στενωποὺς κατατέμνεσθαι καὶ οἰκίας καὶ ἱερὰ οἰκοδομεῖσθαι καὶ τείχη περιβάλλεσθαι.
The genitive absolute φαμένων ... τούτων introduces the reported claim; εἶναι is infinitival with τὰ ἱερά as subject and αἴσια as predicate. παρεσκευάζετο is the main verb, with coordinated infinitival constructions governed by κελεύων and by τέχνη after οἷς.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | φαμένων | φημί | VERB | V-PAP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 11 παρεσκευάζετο | advcl | high | Genitive absolute participle. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 φαμένων | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 τούτων | cc | high | Coordinates τούτων with an implied/preceding genitive-absolute subject. |
| 4 | τούτων | οὗτος | PRON | D-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 φαμένων | nsubj | medium | Genitive-absolute subject; καὶ may coordinate it with an omitted or contextual subject. |
| 5 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PXA | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 1 φαμένων | ccomp | high | Infinitive in reported content. |
| 6 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 7 ἱερὰ | det | high | |
| 7 | ἱερὰ | ἱερός | NOUN | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Subject of εἶναι. |
| 8 | αἴσια | αἴσιος | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with εἶναι. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 φαμένων | punct | high | |
| 10 | οὕτω | οὕτω | ADV | D | _ | 11 παρεσκευάζετο | advmod | high | |
| 11 | παρεσκευάζετο | παρασκευάζω | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb. |
| 12 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 14 οἰκισμόν | case | high | |
| 13 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 οἰκισμόν | det | high | |
| 14 | οἰκισμόν | οἰκισμός | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 παρεσκευάζετο | obl | high | Goal/purpose with ἐς. |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 παρεσκευάζετο | punct | high | |
| 16 | λίθους | λίθος | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 ἄγεσθαι | obj | high | Subject of the passive infinitive ἄγεσθαι in accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 17 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 ἄγεσθαι | cc | high | |
| 18 | ἄγεσθαι | ἄγω | VERB | V-PPN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 19 κελεύων | xcomp | high | Infinitive governed by κελεύων. |
| 19 | κελεύων | κελεύω | VERB | V-PAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 11 παρεσκευάζετο | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with the understood subject of παρεσκευάζετο. |
| 20 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 22 μεταπεμπόμενος | cc | high | |
| 21 | ἄνδρας | ἀνήρ | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 μεταπεμπόμενος | obj | high | Object of μεταπεμπόμενος. |
| 22 | μεταπεμπόμενος | μεταπέμπω | VERB | V-PMP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 11 παρεσκευάζετο | advcl | high | Coordinated circumstantial participle. |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 μεταπεμπόμενος | punct | high | |
| 24 | οἷς | ὅς | PRON | R-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 25 τέχνη | iobj | high | Relative pronoun referring to ἄνδρας, dative with τέχνη. |
| 25 | τέχνη | τέχνη | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 27 κατατέμνεσθαι | nsubj | high | Subject of the passive infinitives; ‘by whose skill’ is semantically instrumental. |
| 26 | στενωποὺς | στενωπός | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 27 κατατέμνεσθαι | obj | high | Subject of κατατέμνεσθαι in accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 27 | κατατέμνεσθαι | κατατέμνω | VERB | V-PMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 25 τέχνη | xcomp | high | Passive/deponent-like middle infinitive; coordinated with later passive infinitives. |
| 28 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 32 οἰκοδομεῖσθαι | cc | high | Coordinates οἰκίας with ἱερά. |
| 29 | οἰκίας | οἰκία | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 32 οἰκοδομεῖσθαι | obj | medium | Accusative subject of οἰκοδομεῖσθαι; attachment grouped with the coordinated infinitival phrase. |
| 30 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 31 ἱερὰ | cc | high | |
| 31 | ἱερὰ | ἱερόν | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 32 οἰκοδομεῖσθαι | obj | high | Accusative subject of οἰκοδομεῖσθαι. |
| 32 | οἰκοδομεῖσθαι | οἰκοδομέω | VERB | V-PMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 25 τέχνη | conj | high | Coordinated passive infinitive. |
| 33 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 35 περιβάλλεσθαι | cc | high | |
| 34 | τείχη | τεῖχος | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 35 περιβάλλεσθαι | obj | high | Accusative subject of περιβάλλεσθαι. |
| 35 | περιβάλλεσθαι | περιβάλλω | VERB | V-PMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 25 τέχνη | conj | high | Coordinated passive infinitive. |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 παρεσκευάζετο | punct | high |