Grammar parses for passage 4.5.3
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Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ οὐ διὰ ταῦτα πολεμῆσαί φασιν, ὑπὸ πλεονεξίας δὲ τῇ σφετέρᾳ τε ἐπιβουλεῦσαι καὶ ἄλλα ἐργάσασθαι, προφέροντες μέν σφισι τὰ Ἀρκάδων, προφέροντες δὲ καὶ τὰ Ἀργείων, ὡς οὔποτε ἐσχήκασι κόρον ἀποτεμνόμενοι τῆς χώρας αἰεί τι ἑκατέρων·
The sentence reports that the Lacedaemonians allegedly fought not for the stated reasons but from greed, with coordinated infinitives governed by φασιν; the participles προφέροντες and ἀποτεμνόμενοι supply circumstantial explanations. The final ὡς-clause is construed as an asserted explanation/content clause, with κόρον as the object of ἐσχήκασι and τι ἑκατέρων partitive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Λακεδαιμονίους | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | A-ASM-P | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 πολεμῆσαί | csubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive πολεμῆσαι. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 7 φασιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D--------- | _ | 6 πολεμῆσαί | advmod | high | Negates the infinitive. |
| 4 | διὰ | διά | ADP | R--------- | _ | 5 ταῦτα | case | high | Preposition governing ταῦτα. |
| 5 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | PD-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 πολεμῆσαί | obl | high | Object of διά in an adverbial phrase. |
| 6 | πολεμῆσαί | πολεμέω | VERB | V--ANA--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 7 φασιν | ccomp | high | First infinitive governed by φασιν. |
| 7 | φασιν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Matrix reporting verb. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 φασιν | punct | high | |
| 9 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | R--------- | _ | 10 πλεονεξίας | case | high | Preposition governing πλεονεξίας. |
| 10 | πλεονεξίας | πλεονεξία | NOUN | N-GSF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | obl | high | Causal genitive complement of ὑπό. |
| 11 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 15 ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | cc | high | Coordinates the alternative infinitival assertion. |
| 12 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-DSF--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 σφετέρᾳ | det | high | Article with σφετέρᾳ. |
| 13 | σφετέρᾳ | σφέτερος | ADJ | A-DSF--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes | 15 ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | obl | medium | Possessive adjective substantivally/elliptically referring to their side or interests. |
| 14 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 15 ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | cc | high | Coordinates ἐπιβουλεῦσαι and ἐργάσασθαι. |
| 15 | ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | ἐπιβουλεύω | VERB | V--ANA--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 7 φασιν | ccomp | high | Second infinitive governed by φασιν; coordinated with ἐργάσασθαι. |
| 16 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 18 ἐργάσασθαι | cc | high | Coordinates the infinitives. |
| 17 | ἄλλα | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-APN--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 18 ἐργάσασθαι | obj | high | Substantive neuter object, other things. |
| 18 | ἐργάσασθαι | ἐργάζομαι | VERB | V--MN--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 15 ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | conj | high | Infinitive coordinated with ἐπιβουλεῦσαι. |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | punct | high | |
| 20 | προφέροντες | προφέρω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 15 ἐπιβουλεῦσαι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle with implicit subject, coordinated with the following participial phrase. |
| 21 | μέν | μέν | PART | G--------- | _ | 20 προφέροντες | advmod | high | Correlative particle paired with δέ at token 27. |
| 22 | σφισι | σφεῖς | PRON | P-3PD--- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 20 προφέροντες | iobj | high | Dative recipient/beneficiary of προφέροντες. |
| 23 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 24 Ἀρκάδων | det | high | Article substantivizing the implied neuter object. |
| 24 | Ἀρκάδων | Ἀρκάς | PROPN | N-GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 20 προφέροντες | obj | medium | Genitive of origin/association with τὰ, likely Arcadian claims or matters. |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 προφέροντες | punct | high | |
| 26 | προφέροντες | προφέρω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 20 προφέροντες | conj | high | Second coordinated circumstantial participle. |
| 27 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 26 προφέροντες | cc | high | Second member of μέν...δέ. |
| 28 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 30 Ἀργείων | cc | high | Additive conjunction. |
| 29 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 30 Ἀργείων | det | high | Article substantivizing the implied neuter object. |
| 30 | Ἀργείων | Ἀργεῖος | PROPN | A-GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 26 προφέροντες | obj | medium | Genitive of origin/association with τὰ, likely Argive claims or matters. |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 προφέροντες | punct | high | |
| 32 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 34 ἐσχήκασι | mark | medium | Introduces an explanatory/content clause; exact attachment is syntactically debatable. |
| 33 | οὔποτε | οὔποτε | ADV | D--------- | _ | 34 ἐσχήκασι | advmod | high | Temporal negative adverb. |
| 34 | ἐσχήκασι | ἔχω | VERB | V-RAI-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Act | 26 προφέροντες | advcl | medium | Finite clause explaining the motive or claim of the preceding participles. |
| 35 | κόρον | κόρος | NOUN | N-ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 34 ἐσχήκασι | obj | high | Object of ἐσχήκασι, have had enough/satiety. |
| 36 | ἀποτεμνόμενοι | ἀποτέμνω | VERB | V-PMP-NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 34 ἐσχήκασι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, with κόρον understood from taking portions of land. |
| 37 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 38 χώρας | det | high | Article with χώρας. |
| 38 | χώρας | χώρα | NOUN | N-GSF- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 36 ἀποτεμνόμενοι | obl | high | Genitive of the thing partitioned/taken from. |
| 39 | αἰεί | ἀεί | ADV | D--------- | _ | 36 ἀποτεμνόμενοι | advmod | high | Modifies the participle. |
| 40 | τι | τις | PRON | PX-NSN--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 36 ἀποτεμνόμενοι | obj | medium | Indefinite neuter; likely object of ἀποτεμνόμενοι, though case form is potentially textually or syntactically difficult. |
| 41 | ἑκατέρων | ἑκάτερος | PRON | A-GPM--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 40 τι | nmod | medium | Partitive genitive, each of the two peoples; agreement and attachment are somewhat uncertain. |
| 42 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 φασιν | punct | high |
Κροίσῳ τε αὐτοῖς δῶρα ἀποστείλαντι γενέσθαι φίλους βαρβάρῳ πρώτους, ἀφʼ οὗ γε τούς τε ἄλλους τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ κατεδουλώσατο Ἕλληνας καὶ ὅσοι Δωριεῖς ἐν τῇ Καρικῇ κατοικοῦσιν ἠπείρῳ.
The sentence is an accusative-and-infinitive construction: Κροίσῳ ... ἀποστείλαντι is the dative participant with γενέσθαι, φίλους ... πρώτους is the predicate accusative, and ἀφʼ οὗ introduces the subsequent temporal clause. The relative ὅσοι ... κατοικοῦσιν is coordinated with τοὺς ... Ἕλληνας as the object of κατεδουλώσατο; ἠπείρῳ is a locative apposition to τῇ Καρικῇ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Κροίσῳ | Κροῖσος | PROPN | N--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 γενέσθαι | iobj | high | |
| 2 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 1 Κροίσῳ | cc | medium | Postpositive conjunction; scope is somewhat broad. |
| 3 | αὐτοῖς | αὐτός | PRON | P--DDPM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 5 ἀποστείλαντι | iobj | high | Dative recipient with ἀποστείλαντι. |
| 4 | δῶρα | δῶρον | NOUN | N--NPN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 ἀποστείλαντι | obj | medium | Neuter plural form is nominative/accusative; accusative object of the participle is syntactically intended. |
| 5 | ἀποστείλαντι | ἀποστέλλω | VERB | V--SAPMS- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 6 γενέσθαι | advcl | high | Dative aorist participle agreeing with Κροίσῳ. |
| 6 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V--AMN- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Infinitival predicate in the larger accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 7 | φίλους | φίλος | ADJ | A--APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 γενέσθαι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with γενέσθαι. |
| 8 | βαρβάρῳ | βάρβαρος | ADJ | A--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 φίλους | nmod | medium | Substantivized adjective, ‘the barbarian’, dependent on φίλους. |
| 9 | πρώτους | πρῶτος | ADJ | A--APM- | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 φίλους | amod | high | Predicative/attributive modifier of φίλους. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 γενέσθαι | punct | high | |
| 11 | ἀφʼ | ἀπό | ADP | R-------- | _ | 21 κατεδουλώσατο | case | high | Apocopated form before relative pronoun. |
| 12 | οὗ | ὅς | PRON | P---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 21 κατεδουλώσατο | obl | high | Genitive relative pronoun governed by ἀπό. |
| 13 | γε | γε | PART | X-------- | _ | 12 οὗ | advmod | high | |
| 14 | τούς | ὁ | DET | L--APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 16 ἄλλους | det | high | |
| 15 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 14 τούς | cc | high | Correlates with the second τε at token 23? Here it links the coordinated object phrase. |
| 16 | ἄλλους | ἄλλος | ADJ | A---APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 κατεδουλώσατο | obj | high | First part of the coordinated object phrase. |
| 17 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | L--APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 18 ἐν | det | high | |
| 18 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 20 Ἀσίᾳ | case | high | |
| 19 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | L--DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 20 Ἀσίᾳ | det | high | |
| 20 | Ἀσίᾳ | Ἀσία | PROPN | N--DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 ἄλλους | nmod | high | Object-level locative phrase modifying τοὺς ... Ἕλληνας. |
| 21 | κατεδουλώσατο | καταδουλόω | VERB | V--AMI3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Finite verb of the ἀφʼ οὗ clause; attachment to the preceding infinitive is structurally possible, but the relative clause supplies the main finite predicate here. |
| 22 | Ἕλληνας | Ἕλλην | NOUN | N--APM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 ἄλλους | appos | high | Appositional substantive specifying τοὺς ... ἄλλους. |
| 23 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 21 κατεδουλώσατο | cc | high | |
| 24 | ὅσοι | ὅσος | PRON | P---NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 29 κατοικοῦσιν | nsubj | high | Free relative subject of κατοικοῦσιν, coordinated semantically with the preceding object group. |
| 25 | Δωριεῖς | Δωριεύς | PROPN | N--NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 24 ὅσοι | appos | high | Apposition to ὅσοι. |
| 26 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 28 Καρικῇ | case | high | |
| 27 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | L--DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 28 Καρικῇ | det | high | |
| 28 | Καρικῇ | Καρία | PROPN | N--DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 κατοικοῦσιν | obl | high | Locative complement of κατοικοῦσιν. |
| 29 | κατοικοῦσιν | κατοικέω | VERB | V-PAI3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 21 κατεδουλώσατο | acl:relcl | high | Relative-clause predicate. |
| 30 | ἠπείρῳ | ἤπειρος | NOUN | N--DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 28 Καρικῇ | appos | medium | Apposition to Καρικῇ, specifying the mainland; exact attachment is somewhat uncertain. |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 κατεδουλώσατο | punct | high |