Grammar parses for passage 4.7.5
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ὡς δὲ συνῄει τὰ στρατόπεδα, τοῖς μὲν ὁπλίταις καὶ ἀφειδῶς ὅμως καὶ ἀκρατέστερον ὑπὸ τοῦ μίσους φερομένοις ἐπὶ ἀλλήλους οὐ παρέσχεν ἐλθεῖν ἐς χεῖρας ἡ χαράδρα διείργουσα·
The main construction is ἡ χαράδρα ... οὐ παρέσχεν ἐλθεῖν ἐς χεῖρας, with the dative τοῖς ὁπλίταις marking the persons prevented; the opening ὡς-clause is temporal and συνῄει has τὰ στρατόπεδα as subject.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 συνῄει | mark | high | Temporal conjunction introducing the subordinate clause. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 συνῄει | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | συνῄει | σύνειμι | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Act | 22 παρέσχεν | advcl | medium | Imperfect of σύνειμι, here ‘came together/approached’; subject is τὰ στρατόπεδα. |
| 4 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 5 στρατόπεδα | det | high | |
| 5 | στρατόπεδα | στρατόπεδον | NOUN | N-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 3 συνῄει | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 συνῄει | punct | high | |
| 7 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 9 ὁπλίταις | det | high | |
| 8 | μὲν | μέν | PART | ADV | _ | 9 ὁπλίταις | discourse | high | Correlative particle; corresponding δέ is not overtly expressed. |
| 9 | ὁπλίταις | ὁπλίτης | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 παρέσχεν | iobj | medium | Dative of the persons for whom the obstacle prevented the action. |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 ἀφειδῶς | cc | high | |
| 11 | ἀφειδῶς | ἀφειδῶς | ADV | ADV | _ | 18 φερομένοις | advmod | medium | Adverb modifying the participial description; exact scope is somewhat compressed. |
| 12 | ὅμως | ὅμως | ADV | ADV | _ | 18 φερομένοις | advmod | high | ‘Nevertheless/still’, modifying the participial phrase. |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 ἀκρατέστερον | cc | high | |
| 14 | ἀκρατέστερον | ἀκρατής | ADV | ADV-COMP | Degree=Cmp | 18 φερομένοις | advmod | medium | Comparative adverb, modifying φερομένοις. |
| 15 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | P | _ | 17 μίσους | case | high | |
| 16 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 17 μίσους | det | high | |
| 17 | μίσους | μῖσος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 φερομένοις | obl | high | Agent/source phrase with ὑπό. |
| 18 | φερομένοις | φέρω | VERB | V-PPDPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 9 ὁπλίταις | acl | high | Participial modifier of ὁπλίταις. |
| 19 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | _ | 20 ἀλλήλους | case | high | With accusative, expressing movement against. |
| 20 | ἀλλήλους | ἀλλήλων | PRON | P-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rcp | 18 φερομένοις | obl | high | Reciprocal object of movement/hostility. |
| 21 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | ADV | Polarity=Neg | 22 παρέσχεν | advmod | high | |
| 22 | παρέσχεν | παρέχω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb; subject is ἡ χαράδρα. |
| 23 | ἐλθεῖν | ἔρχομαι | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 22 παρέσχεν | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive after παρέσχεν. |
| 24 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 25 χεῖρας | case | high | |
| 25 | χεῖρας | χείρ | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 23 ἐλθεῖν | obl | high | Fixed expression ἐλθεῖν ἐς χεῖρας, ‘come to close combat’. |
| 26 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 27 χαράδρα | det | high | |
| 27 | χαράδρα | χαράδρα | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 παρέσχεν | nsubj | high | |
| 28 | διείργουσα | διείργω | VERB | V-PAPNSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 22 παρέσχεν | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with χαράδρα: ‘separating/intervening’. |
| 29 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 παρέσχεν | punct | high |
τὸ δʼ ἱππικὸν καὶ οἱ ψιλοὶ συμμίσγουσι μὲν κατὰ τὸ ὑπὲρ τὴν χαράδραν, ἦσαν δὲ οὔτε πλῆθος οὔτε ἐμπειρίᾳ διαφέροντες οὐδέτεροι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἰσόρροπος ἡ μάχη σφίσιν ἐγένετο.
The sentence has coordinated clauses: the forces ‘mingle/fight’, neither side is superior in numbers or experience, and consequently the battle becomes evenly balanced. The neuter πλῆθος is best treated as an accusative of respect with ἦσαν, though the coordination is syntactically compressed.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 ἱππικὸν | det | high | |
| 2 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 7 συμμίσγουσι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἱππικὸν | ἱππικός | NOUN | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 συμμίσγουσι | nsubj | high | Substantivized neuter adjective, ‘cavalry’. |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 ψιλοὶ | cc | high | |
| 5 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ψιλοὶ | det | high | |
| 6 | ψιλοὶ | ψιλός | NOUN | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 συμμίσγουσι | nsubj | high | Substantivized adjective, ‘light-armed troops’. |
| 7 | συμμίσγουσι | συμμίγνυμι | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 8 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 7 συμμίσγουσι | discourse | high | Correlative μέν anticipates δέ. |
| 9 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 10 τὸ | case | high | |
| 10 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 χαράδραν | det | high | Article with substantivized phrase. |
| 11 | ὑπὲρ | ὑπέρ | ADP | PREP | _ | 12 τὴν | case | high | |
| 12 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 χαράδραν | det | high | |
| 13 | χαράδραν | χαράδρα | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 τὸ | nmod | high | ὑπὲρ τὴν χαράδραν is an embedded prepositional phrase. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 συμμίσγουσι | punct | high | |
| 15 | ἦσαν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 31 ἐγένετο | conj | high | Imperfect of εἰμί; subject is coordinated οἱ ψιλοί and τὸ ἱππικόν. |
| 16 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 15 ἦσαν | cc | high | |
| 17 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 πλῆθος | cc | high | First member of οὔτε...οὔτε. |
| 18 | πλῆθος | πλῆθος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 ἦσαν | obj | medium | Accusative of respect/measure with ἦσαν: ‘in number’. |
| 19 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 20 ἐμπειρίᾳ | cc | high | Second member of οὔτε...οὔτε. |
| 20 | ἐμπειρίᾳ | ἐμπειρία | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 διαφέροντες | obl | high | Dative of respect with διαφέροντες. |
| 21 | διαφέροντες | διαφέρω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 15 ἦσαν | xcomp | medium | Participial complement/predicate with εἰμί; coordinated with πλῆθος in the οὔτε construction. |
| 22 | οὐδέτεροι | οὐδέτερος | ADJ | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 ἦσαν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective: neither side was superior. |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 ἦσαν | punct | high | |
| 24 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 31 ἐγένετο | cc | high | |
| 25 | διὰ | διά | ADP | PREP | _ | 26 τοῦτο | case | high | |
| 26 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | D-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 31 ἐγένετο | obl | high | Causal διά + accusative: ‘because of this’. |
| 27 | ἰσόρροπος | ἰσόρροπος | ADJ | A-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 ἐγένετο | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with γίγνομαι. |
| 28 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 μάχη | det | high | |
| 29 | μάχη | μάχη | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 ἐγένετο | nsubj | high | |
| 30 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-D3P | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 31 ἐγένετο | iobj | high | Ethic/possessive dative: ‘for them/between them’. |
| 31 | ἐγένετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main clause coordinated after the ἦσαν clause. |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 31 ἐγένετο | punct | high |