Grammar parses for passage 4.7.11
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πρό τε δὴ τηλικούτων κακῶν κέρδος εἶναι καλῶς τινα ἀποθανεῖν, πολὺ δὲ εἶναι ῥᾷον ἀηττήτοις οὖσιν ἔτι καὶ τὰς τόλμας καθεστηκόσιν ἐξ ἴσου προθυμίᾳ τοὺς ἀντιτεταγμένους ὑπερβαλεῖν ἢ προαποβαλόντας τὸ φρόνημα ἐπανορθοῦσθαι τὰ ἐπταισμένα.
Syntax is highly compressed with two infinitival predications and several participial adjuncts; a few attachment choices, especially for the participles, are necessarily interpretive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πρό | πρό | ADP | _ | _ | 6 κέρδος | case | high | Preposition governing implied genitive phrase. |
| 2 | τε | τε | CCONJ | _ | _ | 3 δὴ | cc | high | Enclitic coordinating particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | _ | _ | 12 πολὺ | advmod | medium | Discourse particle; attaches to the following clause with likely coordination sense. |
| 4 | τηλικούτων | τηλικοῦτος | ADJ | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 κακῶν | amod | high | Genitive modifier of κακῶν. |
| 5 | κακῶν | κακός | ADJ | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 κέρδος | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of κέρδος. |
| 6 | κέρδος | κέρδος | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 0 ROOT | root | high | First infinitival clause predicate nominal. |
| 7 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | _ | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 6 κέρδος | cop | high | Infinitive copula in predicate construction. |
| 8 | καλῶς | καλῶς | ADV | _ | _ | 10 ἀποθανεῖν | advmod | high | Modifies ἀποθανεῖν. |
| 9 | τινα | τις | PRON | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ἀποθανεῖν | obj | medium | Indefinite pronoun; gender inferred from infinitive context, could be common gender. |
| 10 | ἀποθανεῖν | ἀποθνῄσκω | VERB | _ | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 6 κέρδος | csubj | high | Infinitival subject/content clause of κέρδος. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 κέρδος | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 12 | πολὺ | πολύς | ADJ | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 εἶναι | advmod | high | Degree adverbial use modifying ῥᾷον. |
| 13 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | _ | _ | 14 εἶναι | cc | high | Coordinating particle. |
| 14 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | _ | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Root of second infinitival clause. |
| 15 | ῥᾷον | ῥᾴδιος | ADJ | _ | Case=Nom|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate of εἶναι. |
| 16 | ἀηττήτοις | ἀήττητος | ADJ | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 οὖσιν | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying οὖσιν. |
| 17 | οὖσιν | εἰμί | AUX | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 28 ὑπερβαλεῖν | advcl | medium | Circumstantial participle; semantic relation to infinitive ὑπερβαλεῖν. |
| 18 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | _ | _ | 28 ὑπερβαλεῖν | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ὑπερβαλεῖν. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | PART | _ | _ | 22 καθεστηκόσιν | advmod | medium | Likely adverbial 'even' in fixed phrase with ἔτι. |
| 20 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 21 τόλμας | det | high | Article for τόλμας. |
| 21 | τόλμας | τόλμα | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 22 καθεστηκόσιν | obj | high | Object of καθεστηκόσιν. |
| 22 | καθεστηκόσιν | καθίστημι | VERB | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 28 ὑπερβαλεῖν | advcl | medium | Perfect participle with dative subject; attached as circumstance to ὑπερβαλεῖν. |
| 23 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | _ | _ | 25 προθυμίᾳ | case | high | Preposition with ἴσου. |
| 24 | ἴσου | ἴσος | ADJ | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 προθυμίᾳ | nmod | high | Part of prepositional phrase ἐξ ἴσου. |
| 25 | προθυμίᾳ | προθυμία | NOUN | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 28 ὑπερβαλεῖν | obl | high | Dative of respect/manner for ὑπερβαλεῖν. |
| 26 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 27 ἀντιτεταγμένους | det | high | Article for ἀντιτεταγμένους. |
| 27 | ἀντιτεταγμένους | ἀντιτάσσω | VERB | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 28 ὑπερβαλεῖν | obj | high | Participial object of ὑπερβαλεῖν. |
| 28 | ὑπερβαλεῖν | ὑπερβάλλω | VERB | _ | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 14 εἶναι | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement coordinated with ἐπανορθοῦσθαι. |
| 29 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | _ | _ | 33 ἐπανορθοῦσθαι | cc | high | Alternative coordinator. |
| 30 | προαποβαλόντας | προαποβάλλω | VERB | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 33 ἐπανορθοῦσθαι | advcl | high | Participle modifying the understood subject of ἐπανορθοῦσθαι. |
| 31 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 32 φρόνημα | det | high | Article for φρόνημα. |
| 32 | φρόνημα | φρόνημα | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 30 προαποβαλόντας | obj | high | Object of προαποβαλόντας. |
| 33 | ἐπανορθοῦσθαι | ἐπανορθόω | VERB | _ | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 28 ὑπερβαλεῖν | conj | high | Second coordinated infinitive under ὑπερβαλεῖν. |
| 34 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 35 ἐπταισμένα | det | high | Article for ἐπταισμένα. |
| 35 | ἐπταισμένα | πταίω | VERB | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 33 ἐπανορθοῦσθαι | obj | high | Object/complement of ἐπανορθοῦσθαι. |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 εἶναι | punct | high | Punctuation. |