Grammar parses for passage 4.29.5
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καὶ τὸ μὲν πολὺ αὐτῶν ἀπώλετο ὠθούμενοι κατὰ τῶν κρημνῶν, ἀπότομος γὰρ δὴ ταύτῃ μάλιστά ἐστιν ἡ Ἰθώμη·
The participle ὠθούμενοι is nominative masculine plural, agreeing with an understood masculine plural subject of ἀπώλετο in a collective/distributive construction; the following clause identifies Ἰθώμη as especially steep in this direction.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 ἀπώλετο | cc | high | |
| 2 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 πολὺ | det | high | |
| 3 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 4 πολὺ | discourse | high | |
| 4 | πολὺ | πολύς | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἀπώλετο | nsubj | high | Substantivized neuter adjective: 'the greater part'. |
| 5 | αὐτῶν | αὐτός | PRON | P-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 4 πολὺ | nmod | high | |
| 6 | ἀπώλετο | ἀπόλλυμι | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Middle aorist; singular agrees with the neuter singular subject πολὺ. |
| 7 | ὠθούμενοι | ὠθέω | VERB | V-PPN-ΜPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 6 ἀπώλετο | advcl | medium | Nominative masculine plural participle, likely referring to the persons collectively represented by αὐτῶν; agreement is not with neuter πολὺ. |
| 8 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | P | _ | 10 κρημνῶν | case | high | |
| 9 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 κρημνῶν | det | high | |
| 10 | κρημνῶν | κρημνός | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 ὠθούμενοι | obl | high | κατά with genitive: down along/from the cliffs. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἀπώλετο | punct | high | |
| 12 | ἀπότομος | ἀπότομος | ADJ | A-NSF | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἐστιν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with ἐστιν. |
| 13 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | PART | _ | 17 ἐστιν | discourse | high | Explanatory particle. |
| 14 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 17 ἐστιν | discourse | high | |
| 15 | ταύτῃ | οὗτος | PRON | D-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 12 ἀπότομος | advmod | high | Dative of respect/direction: in this direction. |
| 16 | μάλιστά | μάλιστα | ADV | ADV-S | Degree=Sup | 12 ἀπότομος | advmod | high | |
| 17 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | conj | high | Coordinated explanatory clause; copular predicate. |
| 18 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 Ἰθώμη | det | high | |
| 19 | Ἰθώμη | Ἰθώμη | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | |
| 20 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 ἐστιν | punct | high |
ὀλίγοι δέ τινες καὶ ῥίψαντες τὰ ὅπλα ἀπεσώθησαν.
A small number of unnamed survivors, having thrown away their weapons, were saved; ῥίψαντες is a masculine nominative plural aorist participle modifying the subject, and τινες is an indefinite pronoun reinforcing ὀλίγοι.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὀλίγοι | ὀλίγος | ADJ | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 ἀπεσώθησαν | nsubj | high | Substantivized adjective, subject of ἀπεσώθησαν. |
| 2 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | G- | _ | 8 ἀπεσώθησαν | cc | high | Postpositive coordinating particle. |
| 3 | τινες | τις | PRON | P-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 ὀλίγοι | det | medium | Indefinite pronoun reinforcing the substantivized ὀλίγοι; parsers may instead attach it appositionally. |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C- | _ | 5 ῥίψαντες | cc | high | Coordinates the participial circumstance with the clause. |
| 5 | ῥίψαντες | ῥίπτω | VERB | V-AAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 8 ἀπεσώθησαν | advcl | high | Conjunctive aorist participle, subject-controlled by ὀλίγοι. |
| 6 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 7 ὅπλα | det | high | Article modifying ὅπλα. |
| 7 | ὅπλα | ὅπλον | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 ῥίψαντες | obj | high | Direct object of ῥίψαντες. |
| 8 | ἀπεσώθησαν | ἀποσῴζω | VERB | V-API-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite main predicate, ‘were saved/escaped safely’. |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἀπεσώθησαν | punct | high |