Pausanias Analysis - Grammar 4.27.5

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Passage 4.27.5

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Sentence 1

4.27.5 sentence 1

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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

Sentence 2

4.27.5 sentence 2

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Ἐπαμινώνδας δέ, ὥς οἱ τὸ χωρίον, ἔνθα νῦν ἔχουσιν οἱ Μεσσήνιοι τὴν πόλιν, μάλιστα ἐς οἰκισμὸν ἐφαίνετο ἐπιτήδειον, ἐκέλευεν ἀνασκοπεῖσθαι τοῖς μάντεσιν, εἴ οἱ βουλήσεται ταύτῃ καὶ τὰ τῶν θεῶν ἐπιχωρῆσαι.

The sentence has a nested comparative/relative description of the site under ἐφαίνετο, followed by κελεύω with a passive infinitive and an indirect question/content clause; the subject of βουλήσεται is implicit and semantically divine.

#	Form	Lemma	UPOS	XPOS	Features	Head	DepRel	Conf.	Note
1	Ἐπαμινώνδας	Ἐπαμινώνδας	PROPN	Ne-s---mn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing	23 ἐκέλευεν	nsubj	high
2	δέ	δέ	CCONJ	--------	_	23 ἐκέλευεν	cc	high
3	,	,	PUNCT	--------	_	23 ἐκέλευεν	punct	high
4	ὥς	ὡς	SCONJ	--------	_	20 ἐφαίνετο	mark	medium	Comparative/degree clause with φαίνομαι.
5	οἱ	οἱ	PRON	Pp3ms---	Case=Dat\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|PronType=Prs	20 ἐφαίνετο	iobj	medium	Ethic/dative experiencer with φαίνετο.
6	τὸ	ὁ	DET	S---na-	Case=Acc\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing\|PronType=Art	7 χωρίον	det	high
7	χωρίον	χωρίον	NOUN	Nb-s---na-	Case=Acc\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing	20 ἐφαίνετο	nsubj	medium	Accusative subject of infinitive-like/impersonal φαίνετο construction.
8	,	,	PUNCT	--------	_	20 ἐφαίνετο	punct	high
9	ἔνθα	ἔνθα	ADV	--------	PronType=Rel	11 ἔχουσιν	advmod	high	Relative adverb modifying ἔχουσιν.
10	νῦν	νῦν	ADV	--------	_	11 ἔχουσιν	advmod	high
11	ἔχουσιν	ἔχω	VERB	V-PAI-3P-	Mood=Ind\|Number=Plur\|Person=3\|Tense=Pres\|Voice=Act	7 χωρίον	acl:relcl	high
12	οἱ	ὁ	DET	S---mn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Plur\|PronType=Art	13 Μεσσήνιοι	det	high
13	Μεσσήνιοι	Μεσσήνιος	PROPN	Ae-p---mn-	Case=Nom\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Plur	11 ἔχουσιν	nsubj	high	Ethnic name used substantivally.
14	τὴν	ὁ	DET	S---fa-	Case=Acc\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing\|PronType=Art	15 πόλιν	det	high
15	πόλιν	πόλις	NOUN	Ncfsa	Case=Acc\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing	11 ἔχουσιν	obj	high
16	,	,	PUNCT	--------	_	20 ἐφαίνετο	punct	high
17	μάλιστα	μάλιστα	ADV	D--------	Degree=Sup	20 ἐφαίνετο	advmod	high
18	ἐς	εἰς	ADP	R--------	_	19 οἰκισμὸν	case	high
19	οἰκισμὸν	οἰκισμός	NOUN	Ncmsa	Case=Acc\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing	20 ἐφαίνετο	obl	high	Purpose/directional complement with ἐς.
20	ἐφαίνετο	φαίνω	VERB	V-IMI-3S-	Mood=Ind\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|Tense=Imp\|Voice=Mid	23 ἐκέλευεν	ccomp	medium	Imperfect middle of φαίνομαι, ‘seemed/appeared’.
21	ἐπιτήδειον	ἐπιτήδειος	ADJ	A-s---na-	Case=Acc\|Degree=Pos\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing	7 χωρίον	xcomp	medium	Predicative adjective agreeing with accusative χωρίον.
22	,	,	PUNCT	--------	_	23 ἐκέλευεν	punct	high
23	ἐκέλευεν	κελεύω	VERB	V-IAI-3S-	Mood=Ind\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|Tense=Imp\|Voice=Act	0 ROOT	root	high
24	ἀνασκοπεῖσθαι	ἀνασκοπέω	VERB	V-PMN----	Mood=Inf\|Tense=Pres\|Voice=Mid	23 ἐκέλευεν	xcomp	high	Infinitive commanded by κελεύω.
25	τοῖς	ὁ	DET	S---md-	Case=Dat\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Plur\|PronType=Art	26 μάντεσιν	det	high
26	μάντεσιν	μάντις	NOUN	Ncmpd	Case=Dat\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Plur	24 ἀνασκοπεῖσθαι	obl:agent	medium	Dative of agent with passive/middle infinitive.
27	,	,	PUNCT	--------	_	23 ἐκέλευεν	punct	high
28	εἴ	εἰ	SCONJ	C--------	_	24 ἀνασκοπεῖσθαι	mark	high	Introduces indirect deliberative/content clause.
29	οἱ	οἱ	PRON	Pp3ms---	Case=Dat\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|PronType=Prs	30 βουλήσεται	iobj	high	Dative experiencer/possessor with βουλήσεται.
30	βουλήσεται	βούλομαι	VERB	V-FMI-3S-	Mood=Ind\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|Tense=Fut\|Voice=Mid	24 ἀνασκοπεῖσθαι	ccomp	medium	Future middle; subject is understood θεός/θεοί, with following infinitive as content.
31	ταύτῃ	οὗτος	PRON	Pd---fd-	Case=Dat\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing\|PronType=Dem	36 ἐπιχωρῆσαι	advmod	medium	Adverbial dative, ‘in this matter/way’; antecedent likely οἰκισμός or place.
32	καὶ	καί	CCONJ	C--------	_	36 ἐπιχωρῆσαι	cc	high
33	τὰ	ὁ	DET	S---na-	Case=Acc\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Plur\|PronType=Art	35 θεῶν	det	high
34	τῶν	ὁ	DET	S---ng-	Case=Gen\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Plur\|PronType=Art	35 θεῶν	det	high
35	θεῶν	θεός	NOUN	Ncmpg	Case=Gen\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Plur	33 τὰ	nmod	high	τὰ τῶν θεῶν = ‘the things/will of the gods’.
36	ἐπιχωρῆσαι	ἐπιχωρέω	VERB	V-AAN----	Mood=Inf\|Tense=Aor\|Voice=Act	30 βουλήσεται	xcomp	medium	Infinitive complement of βουλήσεται; idiomatically ‘consent/permit’.
37	.	.	PUNCT	--------	_	23 ἐκέλευεν	punct	high

Sentence 3

4.27.5 sentence 3

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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

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