Grammar parses for passage 4.8.7
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ἴδια μὲν τοιαῦτα ἐν ἑκατέρῳ τῷ στρατεύματι ἔς τε τὰ ἔργα ἦν καὶ ἐς τὰς γνώμας τῶν μαχομένων, κοινὰ δὲ ἀπʼ ἀμφοτέρων·
Elliptical nominal predicate: ἴδια/τοιαῦτα and κοινά are coordinated subjects/predicatives with implied ἦν; ἦν governs the first clause, while κοινά is an asyndetic continuation. ἔς τε ... καὶ ἐς ... coordinates prepositional complements of ἴδια τοιαῦτα; ἀπʼ ἀμφοτέρων modifies κοινά.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἴδια | ἴδιος | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 3 τοιαῦτα | amod | medium | Neuter plural, substantivized/nominal with τοιαῦτα. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | 粒 | _ | 3 τοιαῦτα | discourse | high | Correlative particle, answered by δέ. |
| 3 | τοιαῦτα | τοιοῦτος | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 12 ἦν | nsubj | medium | Substantivized neuter plural; coordinated semantically with later κοινά. |
| 4 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | P | _ | 7 στρατεύματι | case | high | |
| 5 | ἑκατέρῳ | ἑκάτερος | ADJ | A-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 στρατεύματι | amod | high | |
| 6 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 στρατεύματι | det | high | |
| 7 | στρατεύματι | στράτευμα | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 τοιαῦτα | obl | high | Object of ἐν. |
| 8 | ἔς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 11 ἔργα | case | high | Variant/orthographic form of εἰς. |
| 9 | τε | τε | CCONJ | 粒 | _ | 12 ἦν | cc | high | First member of τε ... καί coordination. |
| 10 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 11 ἔργα | det | high | |
| 11 | ἔργα | ἔργον | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 3 τοιαῦτα | obl | high | First coordinated εἰς-phrase. |
| 12 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular/elliptical predicate; singular agrees with an implicit singular construction or conventional attraction. |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | 粒 | _ | 12 ἦν | cc | high | Coordinates the second εἰς-phrase. |
| 14 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 16 γνώμας | case | high | Variant/orthographic form of εἰς. |
| 15 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 16 γνώμας | det | high | |
| 16 | γνώμας | γνώμη | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 3 τοιαῦτα | obl | high | Second coordinated εἰς-phrase. |
| 17 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 μαχομένων | det | high | |
| 18 | μαχομένων | μάχομαι | VERB | V-PMP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 16 γνώμας | nmod | high | Substantivized genitive participle: 'of those fighting'. |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 ἦν | punct | high | |
| 20 | κοινὰ | κοινός | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 12 ἦν | conj | medium | Substantivized neuter plural, coordinated with τοιαῦτα; elliptical predicate/copula. |
| 21 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | 粒 | _ | 20 κοινὰ | cc | high | Adversative/correlative particle. |
| 22 | ἀπʼ | ἀπό | ADP | P | _ | 23 ἀμφοτέρων | case | high | Elided form of ἀπό. |
| 23 | ἀμφοτέρων | ἀμφότερος | PRON | P-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 20 κοινὰ | obl | high | Substantival genitive governed by ἀπό. |
| 24 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 ἦν | punct | high |
οἵ τε ἀποκτείνοντες ἀπείχοντο καὶ αὐχήματος ὁμοίως καὶ ὀνειδῶν, οὐκ ἔχοντές πω βεβαίαν οὐδέτεροι τὴν ἐλπίδα εἰ κρατήσουσι.
οἵ ... ἀποκτείνοντες is the subject of ἀπείχοντο; αὐχήματος and ὀνειδῶν are genitives dependent on ἀπείχοντο. οὐδέτεροι agrees substantivally with the implied subject and modifies the participial clause; εἰ introduces an indirect question dependent on ἐλπίδα/ἔχοντες.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οἵ | ὅς | PRON | r-------- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 ἀποκτείνοντες | nsubj | high | Relative pronoun substantivized as masculine plural subject. |
| 2 | τε | τε | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 3 ἀποκτείνοντες | cc | high | Correlative/additive particle. |
| 3 | ἀποκτείνοντες | ἀποκτείνω | VERB | v-sppamn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 ἀπείχοντο | nsubj | high | Present active participle, substantival and coordinated by τε. |
| 4 | ἀπείχοντο | ἀπέχω | VERB | v3piim--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Imperfect middle, here ‘abstained/held back’. |
| 5 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 4 ἀπείχοντο | cc | high | Coordinates the two genitive objects/complements. |
| 6 | αὐχήματος | αὔχημα | NOUN | n-s---ng- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἀπείχοντο | obl | high | Genitive of what they abstained from. |
| 7 | ὁμοίως | ὁμοίως | ADV | d-------- | _ | 4 ἀπείχοντο | advmod | high | Adverb modifying the coordinated abstention. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 9 ὀνειδῶν | cc | high | Coordinates ὀνειδῶν with αὐχήματος. |
| 9 | ὀνειδῶν | ὄνειδος | NOUN | n-p---ng- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 4 ἀπείχοντο | obl | high | Genitive complement of ἀπείχοντο. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 ἔχοντές | punct | high | |
| 11 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | d-------- | _ | 12 ἔχοντές | advmod | high | Negates ἔχοντες. |
| 12 | ἔχοντές | ἔχω | VERB | v-sppamn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 ἀπείχοντο | advcl | high | Circumstantial present participle with subject controlled by the main subject. |
| 13 | πω | πω | ADV | d-------- | _ | 12 ἔχοντές | advmod | high | Adverb meaning ‘yet/so far’. |
| 14 | βεβαίαν | βέβαιος | ADJ | a-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἐλπίδα | amod | high | Agrees with ἐλπίδα. |
| 15 | οὐδέτεροι | οὐδέτερος | ADJ | a-p---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 ἔχοντές | nsubj | medium | Substantival adjective, ‘neither party’; syntactically subject of ἔχοντες. |
| 16 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | l-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἐλπίδα | det | high | |
| 17 | ἐλπίδα | ἐλπίς | NOUN | n-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ἔχοντές | obj | high | Object of ἔχοντες. |
| 18 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | c-------- | _ | 19 κρατήσουσι | mark | high | Introduces an indirect deliberative/embedded question. |
| 19 | κρατήσουσι | κρατέω | VERB | v3pfia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 17 ἐλπίδα | ccomp | medium | Future question ‘whether they will prevail’; subject is understood from context. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἀπείχοντο | punct | high |
παραδοξότατα δὲ ἀπέθνησκον οἱ τῶν κειμένων σκυλεύειν τινὰ ἐπιχειροῦντες· ἢ γὰρ τοῦ σώματος γυμνόν τι ὑποφήναντες ἠκοντίζοντο καὶ ἐτύπτοντο οὐ προορώμενοι διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀσχολίαν, ἢ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν σκυλευομένων ἔτι ἐμπνεόντων διεφθείροντο.
The sentence has two alternative explanatory clauses introduced by ἢ γὰρ ... ἢ καί; σκυλεύειν τινά is parsed as the infinitival complement of ἐπιχειροῦντες, while ἐμπνεόντων is a genitive participle coordinated semantically with the genitive agent phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | παραδοξότατα | παράδοξος | ADV | ADV | Degree=Superlative | 3 ἀπέθνησκον | advmod | high | Adverbial superlative modifying ἀπέθνησκον. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 ἀπέθνησκον | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἀπέθνησκον | ἀποθνῄσκω | VERB | V-IAI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb. |
| 4 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 ἐπιχειροῦντες | det | high | Article substantivizing the participial subject. |
| 5 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 κειμένων | det | high | Article with κειμένων. |
| 6 | κειμένων | κεῖμαι | VERB | V-PMP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Plur|Tense=Present|Voice=Middle | 7 σκυλεύειν | acl | high | Substantival/attributive participle, the fallen. |
| 7 | σκυλεύειν | σκυλεύω | VERB | V-PNA | Mood=Infinitive|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 9 ἐπιχειροῦντες | xcomp | high | Infinitive dependent on ἐπιχειροῦντες. |
| 8 | τινὰ | τις | PRON | X-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 7 σκυλεύειν | obj | high | Object of σκυλεύειν, someone/some partitive unspecified person. |
| 9 | ἐπιχειροῦντες | ἐπιχειρέω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Plur|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 3 ἀπέθνησκον | nsubj | high | Substantivized nominative participle, subject of ἀπέθνησκον. |
| 10 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἀπέθνησκον | punct | high | Raised dot punctuation. |
| 11 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 ἠκοντίζοντο | cc | high | First alternative coordinated explanatory clause. |
| 12 | γὰρ | γάρ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 ἠκοντίζοντο | mark | high | Postpositive explanatory connective. |
| 13 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 σώματος | det | high | Article with σώματος. |
| 14 | σώματος | σῶμα | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 ὑποφήναντες | obl | high | Genitive dependent on γυμνόν, ‘of the body’. |
| 15 | γυμνόν | γυμνός | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 ὑποφήναντες | obj | medium | Accusative object/complement of ὑποφήναντες; substantival ‘a naked part’. |
| 16 | τι | τις | PRON | X-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 15 γυμνόν | det | high | Indefinite modifier of substantival γυμνόν. |
| 17 | ὑποφήναντες | ὑποφαίνω | VERB | V-AAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Plur|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 18 ἠκοντίζοντο | advcl | high | Aorist participial circumstance, subject controlled by the attackers. |
| 18 | ἠκοντίζοντο | ἀκοντίζω | VERB | V-IPI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Passive | 3 ἀπέθνησκον | conj | high | First coordinated alternative finite verb. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 20 ἐτύπτοντο | cc | high | Coordinates the two passive outcomes. |
| 20 | ἐτύπτοντο | τύπτω | VERB | V-IPI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Passive | 18 ἠκοντίζοντο | conj | high | Second coordinated passive verb. |
| 21 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | NEG | Polarity=Neg | 22 προορώμενοι | advmod | high | Negates προορώμενοι. |
| 22 | προορώμενοι | προοράω | VERB | V-PMP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Plur|Tense=Present|Voice=Middle | 18 ἠκοντίζοντο | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, ‘not foreseeing’. |
| 23 | διὰ | διά | ADP | PREP | _ | 28 ἀσχολίαν | case | high | Preposition governing accusative ἀσχολίαν. |
| 24 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 28 ἀσχολίαν | det | high | Article with ἀσχολίαν. |
| 25 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 27 παρόντι | case | high | Preposition governing τῷ παρόντι. |
| 26 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 27 παρόντι | det | high | Article with substantival παρόντι. |
| 27 | παρόντι | πάρειμι | VERB | V-PAP-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Sing|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 28 ἀσχολίαν | obl | high | Substantivized participle, ‘the present circumstance/time’. |
| 28 | ἀσχολίαν | ἀσχολία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 προορώμενοι | obl | high | Accusative object of διά. |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 ἠκοντίζοντο | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 30 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 37 διεφθείροντο | cc | high | Second alternative coordinated clause. |
| 31 | καὶ | καί | ADV | ADV | _ | 34 σκυλευομένων | advmod | high | Scalar/additive adverb, ‘even/also’. |
| 32 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 33 τῶν | case | high | Agent preposition governing genitive. |
| 33 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 34 σκυλευομένων | det | high | Article with σκυλευομένων. |
| 34 | σκυλευομένων | σκυλεύω | VERB | V-PPP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Plur|Tense=Present|Voice=Passive | 37 διεφθείροντο | obl:agent | high | Genitive agent phrase, ‘by those being despoiled’. |
| 35 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | ADV | _ | 36 ἐμπνεόντων | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἐμπνεόντων. |
| 36 | ἐμπνεόντων | ἐμπνέω | VERB | V-PAP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Plur|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 34 σκυλευομένων | acl | high | Genitive absolute-like participle within the agent phrase, ‘while still breathing’. |
| 37 | διεφθείροντο | διαφθείρω | VERB | V-IPI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Passive | 3 ἀπέθνησκον | conj | high | Second alternative finite verb, coordinated with ἠκοντίζοντο. |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἀπέθνησκον | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |