Grammar parses for passage 5.13.4
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λέγεται δὲ καὶ τοιοῦτον· μηκυνομένου τοῦ πρὸς Ἰλίῳ πολέμου τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, προαγορεῦσαι δὲ αὐτοῖς τοὺς μάντεις ὡς αἱρήσουσιν οὐ πρότερον τὴν πόλιν, πρὶν ἂν τὰ Ἡρακλέους τόξα καὶ ὀστοῦν ἐπαγάγωνται Πέλοπος.
λέγεται is impersonal/passive ‘it is said’; the infinitive προαγορεῦσαι is coordinated after δέ and has τοὺς μάντεις as accusative subject, with ὡς introducing the content. The genitive absolute μηκυνομένου τοῦ πολέμου sets the circumstance; πρὶν ἂν governs the future subjunctive ἐπαγάγωνται.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V-3-SPI | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Impersonal passive. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 1 λέγεται | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 4 τοιοῦτον | cc | high | Connects τοιοῦτον with preceding discourse. |
| 4 | τοιοῦτον | τοιοῦτος | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 λέγεται | nsubj | medium | Neuter substantive adjective, ‘such a thing’. |
| 5 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 λέγεται | punct | high | |
| 6 | μηκυνομένου | μηκύνω | VERB | V-PMP-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 10 πολέμου | acl | high | Genitive absolute participle. |
| 7 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 πολέμου | det | high | |
| 8 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | P | _ | 9 Ἰλίῳ | case | high | |
| 9 | Ἰλίῳ | Ἴλιον | PROPN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 πρὸς | obl | high | Place name in dative after πρός. |
| 10 | πολέμου | πόλεμος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 προαγορεῦσαι | nsubj | high | Subject of the genitive absolute. |
| 11 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 Ἕλλησιν | det | high | |
| 12 | Ἕλλησιν | Ἕλλην | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 προαγορεῦσαι | iobj | medium | Dative of reference/affected party. |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 προαγορεῦσαι | punct | high | |
| 14 | προαγορεῦσαι | προαγορεύω | VERB | V-AN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 1 λέγεται | conj | high | Coordinated infinitive after λέγεται. |
| 15 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 14 προαγορεῦσαι | cc | high | |
| 16 | αὐτοῖς | αὐτός | PRON | P-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 14 προαγορεῦσαι | iobj | high | Dative recipient. |
| 17 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 μάντεις | det | high | |
| 18 | μάντεις | μάντις | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 προαγορεῦσαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 19 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C | _ | 20 αἱρήσουσιν | mark | high | Introduces reported content. |
| 20 | αἱρήσουσιν | αἱρέω | VERB | V-FAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Fut|Voice=Act | 14 προαγορεῦσαι | ccomp | high | Content clause under προαγορεῦσαι. |
| 21 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D | _ | 22 πρότερον | advmod | high | |
| 22 | πρότερον | πρότερος | ADV | A-NSN-C | Degree=Cmp | 20 αἱρήσουσιν | advmod | high | Temporal adverb. |
| 23 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 πόλιν | det | high | |
| 24 | πόλιν | πόλις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 αἱρήσουσιν | obj | high | |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 αἱρήσουσιν | punct | high | |
| 26 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | C | _ | 33 ἐπαγάγωνται | mark | high | Temporal conjunction with ἄν and subjunctive. |
| 27 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | X | _ | 33 ἐπαγάγωνται | aux | high | Modal particle with subjunctive. |
| 28 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 30 τόξα | det | high | |
| 29 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 τόξα | nmod | high | Possessive genitive. |
| 30 | τόξα | τόξον | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 33 ἐπαγάγωνται | obj | high | First object of ἐπαγάγωνται. |
| 31 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 32 ὀστοῦν | cc | high | |
| 32 | ὀστοῦν | ὀστοῦν | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 33 ἐπαγάγωνται | obj | high | Coordinated second object. |
| 33 | ἐπαγάγωνται | ἐπάγω | VERB | V-AMS-3P | Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 20 αἱρήσουσιν | advcl | high | Aorist middle subjunctive after πρὶν ἄν. |
| 34 | Πέλοπος | Πέλοψ | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 32 ὀστοῦν | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent on ὀστοῦν: ‘bone of Pelops’. |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 λέγεται | punct | high |
οὕτω δὴ μεταπέμψασθαι μὲν Φιλοκτήτην φασὶν αὐτοὺς ἐς τὸ στρατόπεδον, ἀχθῆναι δὲ καὶ τῶν ὀστῶν ὠμοπλάτην σφίσιν ἐκ Πίσης τῶν Πέλοπος·
Infinitival coordination depends on φασίν: μεταπέμψασθαι ... Φιλοκτήτην and ἀχθῆναι ... ὠμοπλάτην are reported actions with αὐτούς as accusative subject; the second infinitive’s object is ὠμοπλάτην, with σφίσιν as beneficiary and ἐκ Πίσης ... τῶν Πέλοπος as source/partitive specification. The phrase τῶν ὀστῶν ὠμοπλάτην is syntactically compressed and interpreted as ‘a shoulder-blade of the bones/remains’.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὕτω | οὕτως | ADV | D—— | PronType=Dem | 6 φασὶν | advmod | high | |
| 2 | δὴ | δή | PART | X—— | _ | 6 φασὶν | discourse | high | |
| 3 | μεταπέμψασθαι | μεταπέμπω | VERB | V—ANM— | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 6 φασὶν | ccomp | high | First coordinated reported infinitive. |
| 4 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X—— | _ | 3 μεταπέμψασθαι | cc | high | Correlative with δέ. |
| 5 | Φιλοκτήτην | Φιλοκτήτης | PROPN | Ne—ASM— | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 μεταπέμψασθαι | obj | high | |
| 6 | φασὶν | φημί | VERB | V—PAI-3P— | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | αὐτοὺς | αὐτός | PRON | P—APM— | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 3 μεταπέμψασθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject understood with both infinitives. |
| 8 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R—— | _ | 10 στρατόπεδον | case | high | |
| 9 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | L—ASN— | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 στρατόπεδον | det | high | |
| 10 | στρατόπεδον | στρατόπεδον | NOUN | N—ASN— | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 μεταπέμψασθαι | obl | high | Destination of μεταπέμψασθαι. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 μεταπέμψασθαι | punct | high | |
| 12 | ἀχθῆναι | ἄγω | VERB | V—APN— | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Pass | 6 φασὶν | conj | high | Second coordinated reported infinitive. |
| 13 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C—— | _ | 12 ἀχθῆναι | cc | high | Correlative with μέν. |
| 14 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C—— | _ | 12 ἀχθῆναι | cc | medium | Coordinating/adding particle; scope is slightly compressed. |
| 15 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | L—GPN— | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 16 ὀστῶν | det | high | |
| 16 | ὀστῶν | ὀστέον | NOUN | N—GPN— | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 17 ὠμοπλάτην | nmod | medium | Compressed genitive relation with ὠμοπλάτην. |
| 17 | ὠμοπλάτην | ὠμοπλάτη | NOUN | N—ASF— | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ἀχθῆναι | obj | high | Object of ἀχθῆναι. |
| 18 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P—DP— | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 12 ἀχθῆναι | iobj | medium | Dative of advantage/possession, referring to the reported agents. |
| 19 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R—— | _ | 20 Πίσης | case | high | |
| 20 | Πίσης | Πῖσα | PROPN | Ne—GSF— | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ὠμοπλάτην | nmod | high | Source/place genitive governed by ἐκ. |
| 21 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | L—GPM— | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 22 Πέλοπος | det | high | |
| 22 | Πέλοπος | Πέλοψ | PROPN | Ne—GSM— | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 Πίσης | nmod | high | The article plus patronymic genitive specifies Pisa as ‘of Pelops’. |
| 23 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 φασὶν | punct | high |
ὡς δὲ οἴκαδε ἐκομίζοντο, ἀπόλλυται περὶ Εὔβοιαν καὶ ἡ ναῦς ὑπὸ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἡ τὸ ὀστοῦν φέρουσα τὸ Πέλοπος.
The temporal ὡς-clause modifies the main predicate ἀπόλλυται; ἡ ... φέρουσα is an attributive participial phrase modifying ναῦς, with τὸ ὀστοῦν τὸ Πέλοπος understood as ‘the bone of Pelops.’
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C | _ | 4 ἐκομίζοντο | mark | high | Temporal/subordinate conjunction. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 6 ἀπόλλυται | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οἴκαδε | οἴκαδε | ADV | ADV | _ | 4 ἐκομίζοντο | advmod | high | Directional adverb, ‘homeward/home’. |
| 4 | ἐκομίζοντο | κομίζω | VERB | V-PII-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Middle | 6 ἀπόλλυται | advcl | high | Imperfect middle, temporal subordinate predicate. |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | punct | _ | 4 ἐκομίζοντο | punct | high | |
| 6 | ἀπόλλυται | ἀπόλλυμι | VERB | V-PI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Present|Voice=Middle | 0 ROOT | root | high | Present middle/passive, singular subject ἡ ναῦς. |
| 7 | περὶ | περί | ADP | P | _ | 8 Εὔβοιαν | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 8 | Εὔβοιαν | Εὔβοια | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἀπόλλυται | obl | high | Accusative place-name with περί. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 11 ναῦς | cc | high | Coordinates the subject phrase. |
| 10 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | RA-NFS | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ναῦς | det | high | Article with ναῦς. |
| 11 | ναῦς | ναῦς | NOUN | N-NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἀπόλλυται | nsubj | high | Subject of ἀπόλλυται. |
| 12 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | P | _ | 14 χειμῶνος | case | high | Agent/cause preposition governing genitive. |
| 13 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA-GMS | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 χειμῶνος | det | high | Article with χειμῶνος. |
| 14 | χειμῶνος | χειμών | NOUN | N-GMS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἀπόλλυται | obl | high | Genitive cause/agent with ὑπό. |
| 15 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | RA-NFS | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 φέρουσα | det | high | Article introducing attributive participial phrase. |
| 16 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA-ANS | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 ὀστοῦν | det | high | Article with ὀστοῦν. |
| 17 | ὀστοῦν | ὀστοῦν | NOUN | N-ANS | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 φέρουσα | obj | high | Accusative object of φέρουσα. |
| 18 | φέρουσα | φέρω | VERB | V-PAP-NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Mood=Participle|Number=Sing|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 11 ναῦς | acl | high | Attributive participle modifying ναῦς. |
| 19 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA-ANS | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 20 Πέλοπος | det | high | Article with Πέλοπος. |
| 20 | Πέλοπος | Πέλοψ | PROPN | N-GMS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 ὀστοῦν | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent on ὀστοῦν; τὸ may be substantival/anaphoric with the name phrase. |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | punct | _ | 6 ἀπόλλυται | punct | high |