Grammar parses for passage 4.8.2
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ὡς δὲ πλησίον ἐγίνοντο, ἀπειλαῖς ἐχρῶντο τῶν τε ὅπλων τῇ κινήσει καὶ ἐνορῶντες ἐς ἀλλήλους δεινόν·
Temporal ὡς-clause: as they came near, they used threats by movement of weapons and by glaring fiercely at one another; δεινόν is an adverbial accusative modifying ἐνορῶντες.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | PronType=Rel | 4 ἐγίνοντο | mark | high | Temporal subordinator. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 7 ἐχρῶντο | cc | high | Coordinating connective. |
| 3 | πλησίον | πλησίον | ADV | ADV | _ | 4 ἐγίνοντο | advmod | high | Adverb, ‘near’. |
| 4 | ἐγίνοντο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V3IIMI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Middle | 7 ἐχρῶντο | advcl | high | Imperfect middle, temporal subordinate verb. |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 4 ἐγίνοντο | punct | high | |
| 6 | ἀπειλαῖς | ἀπειλή | NOUN | N-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 7 ἐχρῶντο | obl | high | Dative of means. |
| 7 | ἐχρῶντο | χράομαι | VERB | V3IIIMI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Middle | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb, taking a dative complement. |
| 8 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 ὅπλων | det | high | |
| 9 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 κινήσει | cc | high | First member of τε...καί coordination. |
| 10 | ὅπλων | ὅπλον | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 12 κινήσει | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on κινήσει. |
| 11 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-DSF | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 κινήσει | det | high | |
| 12 | κινήσει | κίνησις | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἀπειλαῖς | conj | high | Second means-dative coordinated with ἐνορῶντες phrase; τε links the coordinated means. |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 ἐνορῶντες | cc | high | Coordinates the participial means phrase. |
| 14 | ἐνορῶντες | ἐνοράω | VERB | VPAPMPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 7 ἐχρῶντο | advcl | high | Present active nominative participle, sharing the main-clause subject. |
| 15 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 16 ἀλλήλους | case | high | Variant form of εἰς. |
| 16 | ἀλλήλους | ἀλλήλων | PRON | P-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rcp | 14 ἐνορῶντες | obl | high | Reciprocal object of ἐνορῶντες with εἰς. |
| 17 | δεινόν | δεινός | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 ἐνορῶντες | advmod | medium | Adverbial accusative, ‘fiercely/terribly’; formally neuter singular accusative. |
| 18 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 7 ἐχρῶντο | punct | high |
ἔς τε λοιδορίας προήγοντο οἱ μὲν οἰκέτας αὑτῶν ἤδη τοὺς Μεσσηνίους καὶ οὐδὲν ἐλευθερωτέρους ἀποκαλοῦντες τῶν εἱλώτων, οἱ δὲ ἐκείνους τῷ τε ἐγχειρήματι ἀνοσίους, ἐπεὶ πλεονεξίας ἕνεκα ἐπὶ ἄνδρας συγγενεῖς ἐπίασι, καὶ θεῶν ἀσεβεῖς ὅσοι Δωριεῦσι πατρῷοι, τῶν τε ἄλλων καὶ μάλιστα Ἡρακλέους.
The sentence has coordinated participial clauses under προήγοντο: the first names the Messenians as household slaves and no freer than helots; the second supplies reciprocal abuse, with ἐπεὶ introducing the grounds for calling them impious. ὅσοι is a relative quantifier modifying θεῶν, while πατρῷοι agrees with θεῶν by attraction/semantic predication.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔς | εἰς | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 4 προήγοντο | case | high | |
| 2 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C | _ | 4 προήγοντο | cc | high | Correlative/coordinating particle. |
| 3 | λοιδορίας | λοιδορία | NOUN | N-GF-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 προήγοντο | obl | high | Genitive of movement into/engagement in abuse. |
| 4 | προήγοντο | προάγω | VERB | V3I-S3I | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 5 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 ἀποκαλοῦντες | det | high | Article substantivizing the first participial group. |
| 6 | μὲν | μέν | PART | C | _ | 15 ἀποκαλοῦντες | discourse | high | First member of μέν...δέ. |
| 7 | οἰκέτας | οἰκέτης | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 ἀποκαλοῦντες | obj | high | Predicative object with ἀποκαλοῦντες. |
| 8 | αὑτῶν | ἑαυτοῦ | PRON | P-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes | 7 οἰκέτας | nmod:poss | high | |
| 9 | ἤδη | ἤδη | ADV | D | _ | 15 ἀποκαλοῦντες | advmod | high | |
| 10 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 Μεσσηνίους | det | high | |
| 11 | Μεσσηνίους | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 ἀποκαλοῦντες | obj | high | Accusative subject/object of the naming construction; appositional with οἰκέτας. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 14 ἐλευθερωτέρους | cc | high | |
| 13 | οὐδὲν | οὐδείς | PRON | P-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 14 ἐλευθερωτέρους | advmod | high | Adverbial accusative, 'not at all'. |
| 14 | ἐλευθερωτέρους | ἐλεύθερος | ADJ | A-APM-C | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 ἀποκαλοῦντες | obj | high | Second predicative object with ἀποκαλοῦντες. |
| 15 | ἀποκαλοῦντες | ἀποκαλέω | VERB | V-PPP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 προήγοντο | advcl | high | |
| 16 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 εἱλώτων | det | high | |
| 17 | εἱλώτων | εἵλωτης | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 ἐλευθερωτέρους | obl | high | Genitive of comparison after comparative adjective. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 15 ἀποκαλοῦντες | punct | high | |
| 19 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 25 ἀνοσίους | det | high | Article substantivizing the second participial group. |
| 20 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 25 ἀνοσίους | cc | high | Second member of μέν...δέ. |
| 21 | ἐκείνους | ἐκεῖνος | PRON | P-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 25 ἀνοσίους | obj | high | Accusative object of the naming/abusing participle, referring to the first group. |
| 22 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 24 ἐγχειρήματι | det | high | |
| 23 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C | _ | 25 ἀνοσίους | cc | high | First item in τε...καί coordination. |
| 24 | ἐγχειρήματι | ἐγχείρημα | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 ἀνοσίους | obl | high | Dative of respect/cause: impious in the undertaking. |
| 25 | ἀνοσίους | ἀνόσιος | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 προήγοντο | advcl | high | Predicative accusative with omitted/elliptical naming verb; coordinated with the first participial clause. |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 25 ἀνοσίους | punct | high | |
| 27 | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεί | SCONJ | C | _ | 33 ἐπίασι | mark | high | Introduces causal clause. |
| 28 | πλεονεξίας | πλεονεξία | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 ἕνεκα | nmod | high | Genitive governed by ἕνεκα. |
| 29 | ἕνεκα | ἕνεκα | ADP | P | AdpType=Post | 33 ἐπίασι | case | high | Postposition. |
| 30 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 31 ἄνδρας | case | high | With accusative, directional/hostile motion against. |
| 31 | ἄνδρας | ἀνήρ | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 33 ἐπίασι | obl | high | |
| 32 | συγγενεῖς | συγγενής | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 31 ἄνδρας | amod | high | |
| 33 | ἐπίασι | ἔπειμι | VERB | V-PAP-NPM | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 25 ἀνοσίους | advcl | medium | Form is ambiguous in isolation; understood here as ἐπίασι(ν), 'they attack/advance against'. |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 33 ἐπίασι | punct | high | |
| 35 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 37 ἀσεβεῖς | cc | high | |
| 36 | θεῶν | θεός | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 37 ἀσεβεῖς | obl | high | Genitive with ἀσεβεῖς, 'impious toward the gods'. |
| 37 | ἀσεβεῖς | ἀσεβής | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 25 ἀνοσίους | conj | high | Further predicative accusative coordinated with ἀνοσίους. |
| 38 | ὅσοι | ὅσος | PRON | P-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 39 Δωριεῦσι | nmod | medium | Relative quantifier, substantivally 'all those gods'; case is attracted/irregular relative to θεῶν. |
| 39 | Δωριεῦσι | Δωριεύς | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 40 πατρῷοι | obl | medium | Dative of relation/possession with πατρῷοι. |
| 40 | πατρῷοι | πατρῷος | ADJ | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 38 ὅσοι | acl:relcl | medium | Predicate/adjectival head of the relative expression; agreement and attachment are syntactically compressed. |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 37 ἀσεβεῖς | punct | high | |
| 42 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 44 ἄλλων | det | high | |
| 43 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C | _ | 44 ἄλλων | cc | high | First member of τῶν τε ἄλλων καὶ μάλιστα... |
| 44 | ἄλλων | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 37 ἀσεβεῖς | obl | high | Partitive/elliptical genitive: among the other gods. |
| 45 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 47 Ἡρακλέους | cc | high | |
| 46 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | D-S | Degree=Sup | 47 Ἡρακλέους | advmod | high | |
| 47 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 44 ἄλλων | conj | high | Genitive coordinated with ἄλλων, with ellipsis of θεῶν. |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 4 προήγοντο | punct | high |