Grammar parses for passage 5.11.9
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μέτρα δὲ τοῦ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ Διὸς ἐς ὕψος τε καὶ εὖρος ἐπιστάμενος γεγραμμένα οὐκ ἐν ἐπαίνῳ θήσομαι τοὺς μετρήσαντας, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ εἰρημένα αὐτοῖς μέτρα πολύ τι ἀποδέοντά ἐστιν ἢ τοῖς ἰδοῦσι παρέστηκεν ἐς τὸ ἄγαλμα δόξα, ὅπου γε καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν θεὸν μάρτυρα ἐς τοῦ Φειδίου τὴν τέχνην γενέσθαι λέγουσιν.
The main clause has μέτρα γεγραμμένα as object/predicative content of θήσομαι, with ἐπιστάμενος modifying the subject; the latter clause compares the reported measurements with the impression formed by viewers (δόξα) concerning the statue. The final λέγουσιν clause is impersonal/plural-active with τὸν θεὸν μάρτυρα γενέσθαι and ἐς τὴν τέχνην as the domain of witness; a few attachment choices are necessarily interpretive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μέτρα | μέτρον | NOUN | n-p---na- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 17 θήσομαι | obj | medium | Subject-oriented accusative? Interpreted as the measurements being placed/reckoned in the speaker's assessment; syntactic relation to θήσομαι is somewhat elliptical. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 17 θήσομαι | cc | high | |
| 3 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | l-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 Διὸς | det | high | |
| 4 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | r-------- | _ | 5 Ὀλυμπίᾳ | case | high | |
| 5 | Ὀλυμπίᾳ | Ὀλυμπία | PROPN | n-s---fd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 Διὸς | obl | high | Locative dative with ἐν. |
| 6 | Διὸς | Ζεύς | PROPN | n-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 μέτρα | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on μέτρα: measurements of Olympian Zeus. |
| 7 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | r-------- | _ | 8 ὕψος | case | high | |
| 8 | ὕψος | ὕψος | NOUN | n-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 ἐπιστάμενος | obl | high | Extent/dimension governed by ἐς. |
| 9 | τε | τε | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 11 εὖρος | cc | high | |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 11 εὖρος | cc | high | |
| 11 | εὖρος | εὖρος | NOUN | n-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 ἐπιστάμενος | obl | high | Coordinated with ὕψος as a dimension. |
| 12 | ἐπιστάμενος | ἐπίσταμαι | VERB | v-spp-nom- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 17 θήσομαι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle modifying the first-person subject of θήσομαι. |
| 13 | γεγραμμένα | γράφω | VERB | v-prp-acc- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 17 θήσομαι | obj | medium | Perfect passive participle, agreeing with μέτρα; construed as 'written/recorded measurements' and coordinated semantically with μέτρα. |
| 14 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | d-------- | Polarity=Neg | 17 θήσομαι | advmod | high | |
| 15 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | r-------- | _ | 16 ἐπαίνῳ | case | high | |
| 16 | ἐπαίνῳ | ἔπαινος | NOUN | n-s---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 θήσομαι | obl | high | Predicative/domain dative in ἐν ἐπαίνῳ τίθημι. |
| 17 | θήσομαι | τίθημι | VERB | v1sfim--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 18 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | l-p---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 μετρήσαντας | det | high | |
| 19 | μετρήσαντας | μετρέω | VERB | v-pap-ama- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 17 θήσομαι | obj | high | Substantivized participle: those who measured. |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 θήσομαι | punct | high | |
| 21 | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεί | SCONJ | c-------- | _ | 29 ἀποδέοντά | mark | high | Introduces explanatory causal clause. |
| 22 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 24 εἰρημένα | advmod | medium | Emphatic 'even/also'. |
| 23 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | l-p---na- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 24 εἰρημένα | det | high | |
| 24 | εἰρημένα | λέγω | VERB | v-prp-nom- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 29 ἀποδέοντά | nsubj | high | Substantivized perfect passive participle, 'the things stated'. |
| 25 | αὐτοῖς | αὐτός | PRON | p-p---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 24 εἰρημένα | obl:arg | medium | Dative of agent/by whom the measurements were stated. |
| 26 | μέτρα | μέτρον | NOUN | n-p---nn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 29 ἀποδέοντά | nsubj | high | Appositional subject specifying τὰ εἰρημένα. |
| 27 | πολύ | πολύς | ADV | d-------- | Degree=Pos | 29 ἀποδέοντά | advmod | high | Adverbial intensifier with ἀποδέοντα. |
| 28 | τι | τις | PART | x-------- | _ | 27 πολύ | advmod | medium | Enclitic softener/intensifier in πολύ τι. |
| 29 | ἀποδέοντά | ἀποδέω | VERB | v-prp-nom- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 30 ἐστιν | xcomp | high | Predicative participle with εἰσιν; μέτρα is its subject. |
| 30 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | v3spia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 38 δόξα | cop | high | Singular by attraction/collective predication with neuter plural subject. |
| 31 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 29 ἀποδέοντά | cc | high | Comparative conjunction: less than. |
| 32 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | l-p---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 33 ἰδοῦσι | det | high | |
| 33 | ἰδοῦσι | ὁράω | VERB | v-pap-mdd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 29 ἀποδέοντά | obl | high | Substantivized dative participle: those who saw. |
| 34 | παρέστηκεν | παρίστημι | VERB | v3sria--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 38 δόξα | acl:relcl | medium | Finite verb in a relative-like comparative phrase; subject is implicit δόξα. |
| 35 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | r-------- | _ | 37 ἄγαλμα | case | high | |
| 36 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | l-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 37 ἄγαλμα | det | high | |
| 37 | ἄγαλμα | ἄγαλμα | NOUN | n-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 38 δόξα | obl | high | Object/domain of the viewers' impression. |
| 38 | δόξα | δόξα | NOUN | n-s---fn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 θήσομαι | parataxis | medium | Subject of παρέστηκεν; clause is an explanatory comparison to the main assertion. |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 38 δόξα | punct | high | |
| 40 | ὅπου | ὅπου | ADV | d-------- | _ | 53 λέγουσιν | advmod | high | Relative adverb introducing a further explanatory clause. |
| 41 | γε | γε | PART | x-------- | _ | 40 ὅπου | advmod | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 42 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | c-------- | _ | 43 αὐτὸν | advmod | high | Emphatic 'even'. |
| 43 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | p-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 52 γενέσθαι | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive γενέσθαι. |
| 44 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | l-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 45 θεὸν | det | high | |
| 45 | θεὸν | θεός | NOUN | n-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 43 αὐτὸν | appos | high | Apposition to αὐτόν. |
| 46 | μάρτυρα | μάρτυς | NOUN | n-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 52 γενέσθαι | xcomp | high | Predicative accusative with γενέσθαι. |
| 47 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | r-------- | _ | 51 τέχνην | case | high | |
| 48 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | l-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 49 Φειδίου | det | high | |
| 49 | Φειδίου | Φειδίας | PROPN | n-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 51 τέχνην | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on τέχνην. |
| 50 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | l-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 51 τέχνην | det | high | |
| 51 | τέχνην | τέχνη | NOUN | n-s---fa- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 52 γενέσθαι | obl | medium | ἐς phrase marks the artistic work/domain concerning which the god is witness. |
| 52 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | v--anm--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 53 λέγουσιν | xcomp | high | Infinitive in indirect statement after λέγουσιν. |
| 53 | λέγουσιν | λέγω | VERB | v3ppia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 17 θήσομαι | advcl | high | Further explanatory clause under ὅπου γε καί. |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 θήσομαι | punct | high |
ὡς γὰρ δὴ ἐκτετελεσμένον ἤδη τὸ ἄγαλμα ἦν, ηὔξατο ὁ Φειδίας ἐπισημῆναι τὸν θεὸν εἰ τὸ ἔργον ἐστὶν αὐτῷ κατὰ γνώμην· αὐτίκα δʼ ἐς τοῦτο τοῦ ἐδάφους κατασκῆψαι κεραυνόν φασιν, ἔνθα ὑδρία καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἐπίθημα ἦν ἡ χαλκῆ.
The sentence contains a temporal ὡς-clause with predicate participle, an indirect request with ἐπισημῆναι and an εἰ-clause, followed by φασιν with an infinitival report; ἐς τοῦτο τοῦ ἐδάφους is taken as a locative goal phrase modifying κατασκῆψαι, while ἐς ἐμὲ modifies ἐπίθημα.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C-------- | PronType=Rel | 8 ἦν | mark | high | Temporal conjunction introducing the subordinate clause. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | G-------- | _ | 10 ηὔξατο | discourse | high | |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | G-------- | _ | 4 ἐκτετελεσμένον | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 4 | ἐκτετελεσμένον | ἐκτελέω | ADJ | T-----SAN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 8 ἦν | xcomp | high | Perfect passive participle, predicative with ἦν. |
| 5 | ἤδη | ἤδη | ADV | D-------- | _ | 4 ἐκτετελεσμένον | advmod | high | |
| 6 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-S---NA- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 ἄγαλμα | det | high | |
| 7 | ἄγαλμα | ἄγαλμα | NOUN | N-S---NA- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἐκτετελεσμένον | nsubj | high | Subject of the predicative participle/ἦν construction. |
| 8 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V3SIA--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 10 ηὔξατο | advcl | high | Finite verb of the temporal ὡς-clause. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἦν | punct | high | |
| 10 | ηὔξατο | εὔχομαι | VERB | V3SAMI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 11 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-S---NM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 Φειδίας | det | high | |
| 12 | Φειδίας | Φειδίας | PROPN | N-S---NM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ηὔξατο | nsubj | high | |
| 13 | ἐπισημῆναι | ἐπισημαίνω | VERB | V--AAN-- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 10 ηὔξατο | xcomp | high | Infinitive complement of ηὔξατο; subject understood as the god. |
| 14 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-S---AM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 θεὸν | det | high | |
| 15 | θεὸν | θεός | NOUN | N-S---AM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 ἐπισημῆναι | obj | high | Object of ἐπισημῆναι and understood subject of the εἰ-clause. |
| 16 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 19 ἐστὶν | mark | high | Introduces an indirect-question/content clause. |
| 17 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-S---NN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 18 ἔργον | det | high | |
| 18 | ἔργον | ἔργον | NOUN | N-S---NN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἐστὶν | nsubj | high | |
| 19 | ἐστὶν | εἰμί | AUX | V3SPAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 13 ἐπισημῆναι | ccomp | high | Predicate of the εἰ content clause. |
| 20 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-S---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 19 ἐστὶν | obl | medium | Dative of respect/association: satisfactory to him. |
| 21 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 22 γνώμην | case | high | |
| 22 | γνώμην | γνώμη | NOUN | N-S---AF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἐστὶν | obl | high | κατὰ γνώμην, ‘according to judgment/opinion’. |
| 23 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ηὔξατο | punct | high | |
| 24 | αὐτίκα | αὐτίκα | ADV | D-------- | _ | 32 φασιν | advmod | high | |
| 25 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 32 φασιν | cc | high | Elided δέ. |
| 26 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 27 τοῦτο | case | high | |
| 27 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | P-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 30 κατασκῆψαι | obl | medium | Demonstrative with τοῦ ἐδάφους; phrase denotes the spot/part of the ground. |
| 28 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-S---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 29 ἐδάφους | det | high | |
| 29 | ἐδάφους | ἔδαφος | NOUN | N-S---NG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 27 τοῦτο | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on τοῦτο. |
| 30 | κατασκῆψαι | κατασκήπτω | VERB | V--AAN-- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 32 φασιν | xcomp | high | Infinitive in the report with φασιν; κεραυνόν is its subject-like accusative. |
| 31 | κεραυνόν | κεραυνός | NOUN | N-S---AM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 κατασκῆψαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 32 | φασιν | φημί | VERB | V3PPIA--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 10 ηὔξατο | parataxis | high | Reporting verb; subject is generic/impersonal ‘they say’. |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 32 φασιν | punct | high | |
| 34 | ἔνθα | ἔνθα | ADV | D-------- | PronType=Rel | 40 ἦν | advmod | high | Locative relative adverb, ‘where’. |
| 35 | ὑδρία | ὑδρία | NOUN | N-S---NF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 40 ἦν | nsubj | high | |
| 36 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 39 ἐπίθημα | cc | medium | Coordinates ἐπίθημα with ὑδρία in the locative clause. |
| 37 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 38 ἐμὲ | case | high | |
| 38 | ἐμὲ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-S---AA- | Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 39 ἐπίθημα | obl | high | |
| 39 | ἐπίθημα | ἐπίθημα | NOUN | N-S---NN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 40 ἦν | conj | medium | Coordinated nominal subject; the phrase ἐς ἐμὲ ἐπίθημα means an attachment/addition for me. |
| 40 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V3SIA--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 34 ἔνθα | acl:relcl | high | Finite verb of the relative locative clause. |
| 41 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-S---NF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 42 χαλκῆ | det | high | |
| 42 | χαλκῆ | χαλκοῦς | ADJ | A-S---NF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 35 ὑδρία | amod | high | Adjectival subject complement/attribute, ‘bronze’. |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ηὔξατο | punct | high |