Grammar parses for passage 4.29.1
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μετὰ δὲ οὐ πολὺν χρόνον τοῦ ἔργου τοῦ πρὸς Ἤλιδι Μακεδόνες καὶ Δημήτριος ὁ Φιλίππου τοῦ Δημητρίου Μεσσήνην καταλαμβάνουσι.
The coordinated subject is Μακεδόνες καὶ Δημήτριος; τοῦ ἔργου τοῦ πρὸς Ἤλιδι is a genitive temporal specification, with πρός plus dative marking the location.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μετὰ | μετά | ADP | R | AdpType=Prep | 5 χρόνον | case | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 19 καταλαμβάνουσι | cc | high | |
| 3 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D | Polarity=Neg | 4 πολὺν | advmod | high | |
| 4 | πολὺν | πολύς | ADJ | A-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 χρόνον | amod | high | |
| 5 | χρόνον | χρόνος | NOUN | N-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 καταλαμβάνουσι | obl | high | Temporal accusative with μετά. |
| 6 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 ἔργου | det | high | |
| 7 | ἔργου | ἔργον | NOUN | N-S---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 χρόνον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on χρόνον. |
| 8 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 ἔργου | det | high | Article introducing the attributive/relative phrase. |
| 9 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R | AdpType=Prep | 10 Ἤλιδι | case | high | |
| 10 | Ἤλιδι | Ἦλις | PROPN | N-S---FD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 ἔργου | nmod | medium | Place-name in a phrase with πρός; form is dative. |
| 11 | Μακεδόνες | Μακεδών | PROPN | N-P---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 καταλαμβάνουσι | nsubj | high | |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 13 Δημήτριος | cc | high | |
| 13 | Δημήτριος | Δημήτριος | PROPN | N-S---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 Μακεδόνες | conj | high | Coordinated subject with Μακεδόνες. |
| 14 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | L-S---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 Φιλίππου | det | high | |
| 15 | Φιλίππου | Φίλιππος | PROPN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 Δημήτριος | appos | high | Patronymic/name apposition: Δημήτριος, son/descendant of Philip. |
| 16 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 17 Δημητρίου | det | high | |
| 17 | Δημητρίου | Δημήτριος | PROPN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 Φιλίππου | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on Φιλίππου. |
| 18 | Μεσσήνην | Μεσσήνη | PROPN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 καταλαμβάνουσι | obj | high | |
| 19 | καταλαμβάνουσι | καταλαμβάνω | VERB | V-PAI-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Plural verb agrees with the coordinated subject. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 καταλαμβάνουσι | punct | high |
τὰ μὲν δὴ πολλὰ ἔς τε αὐτὸν Φίλιππον καὶ τὰ ἐς Δημήτριον τὸν Φιλίππου τολμηθέντα ἐκ Περσέως ἐν τοῖς Σικυωνίοις ἔγραψα ἤδη λόγοις·
The sentence has a fronted μέν-topic (πολλά), with coordinated ἐς-phrases: the first concerns Philip himself, while the second concerns actions dared against Demetrius, expressed by the substantivized aorist passive participle τολμηθέντα; ἔγραψα is the root and λόγοις is an instrumental/dative adjunct.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T----NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 πολλὰ | det | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | Df | _ | 4 πολλὰ | discourse | high | Correlative/topic particle; δέ is absent from this sentence. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | Df | _ | 4 πολλὰ | discourse | high | |
| 4 | πολλὰ | πολύς | ADJ | A----NA- | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 21 ἔγραψα | obj | high | Substantivized neuter plural: ‘many things’; topical object of ἔγραψα. |
| 5 | ἔς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 8 Φίλιππον | case | high | Epic/orthographic form of εἰς. |
| 6 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 9 καὶ | cc | high | First member of τε ... καί coordination. |
| 7 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P----ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 8 Φίλιππον | advmod | medium | Intensive pronoun, ‘himself’, modifying Φίλιππον. |
| 8 | Φίλιππον | Φίλιππος | PROPN | Nb----AS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 καὶ | obl | high | Object of the first ἐς phrase. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 21 ἔγραψα | cc | high | Coordinates the two ἐς-phrase constituents. |
| 10 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T----NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 15 τολμηθέντα | det | high | |
| 11 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 12 Δημήτριον | case | high | Epic/orthographic form of εἰς. |
| 12 | Δημήτριον | Δημήτριος | PROPN | Nb----AS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 τολμηθέντα | obl | high | Object of the second ἐς phrase; understood target of the actions. |
| 13 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T----ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 Φιλίππου | det | high | |
| 14 | Φιλίππου | Φίλιππος | PROPN | Nb----GS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 Δημήτριον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on Δημήτριον: ‘Demetrius, son of Philip’. |
| 15 | τολμηθέντα | τολμάω | VERB | V3PAPPNA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 21 ἔγραψα | obj | high | Substantivized passive participle, coordinated semantically with πολλά: things dared/perpetrated against Demetrius. |
| 16 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R-------- | _ | 17 Περσέως | case | high | |
| 17 | Περσέως | Περσεύς | PROPN | Nb----GS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 τολμηθέντα | obl | high | Agent/source phrase with ἐκ; semantically ‘by/from Perseus’. |
| 18 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 20 Σικυωνίοις | case | high | |
| 19 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T----DP- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 20 Σικυωνίοις | det | high | |
| 20 | Σικυωνίοις | Σικυώνιος | ADJ | A----DP- | Case=Dat|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 ἔγραψα | obl | high | Substantivized ethnic adjective: ‘the Sicyonian [accounts/writings]’; ἐν phrase. |
| 21 | ἔγραψα | γράφω | VERB | V1SIAA--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 22 | ἤδη | ἤδη | ADV | D-------- | _ | 21 ἔγραψα | advmod | high | |
| 23 | λόγοις | λόγος | NOUN | Nb----DP-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 ἔγραψα | obl | high | Dative of medium/means or locative context: ‘in/writing in the accounts’. |
| 24 | · | · | PUNCT | U-------- | _ | 21 ἔγραψα | punct | high |
τὰ δὲ ἐς τὴν κατάληψιν τὴν Μεσσήνης ἔσχεν οὕτω.
Impersonal/elliptical ἔσχεν means roughly “the matter concerning the capture of Messene was as follows”; τὰ ἐς ... is a substantivized neuter phrase, with κατάληψιν governed by ἐς and τὴν Μεσσήνης dependent on κατάληψιν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T- —— | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 κατάληψιν | det | high | Substantivizing article with the following prepositional phrase. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἔσχεν | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 κατάληψιν | case | high | Variant form of εἰς. |
| 4 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T- —— | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 κατάληψιν | det | high | |
| 5 | κατάληψιν | κατάληψις | NOUN | N-AFS | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἔσχεν | obl | high | Object of ἐς; the phrase τὰ ἐς τὴν κατάληψιν is substantivized. |
| 6 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T- GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 Μεσσήνης | det | high | Article agreeing with the proper name in an attributive genitive phrase. |
| 7 | Μεσσήνης | Μεσσήνη | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 κατάληψιν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on κατάληψιν: “the capture of Messene.” |
| 8 | ἔσχεν | ἔχω | VERB | V-3IAI-S | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Aorist active indicative, idiomatic introductory predicate. |
| 9 | οὕτω | οὕτως | ADV | D | Degree=Pos | 8 ἔσχεν | advmod | medium | Adverbial complement, introducing the ensuing account; may be treated as anaphoric manner adverb. |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἔσχεν | punct | high |