Grammar parses for passage 5.17.5
Open translation for this passage
λάρναξ δὲ κέδρου μὲν πεποίηται, ζῴδια δὲ ἐλέφαντος ἐπʼ αὐτῆς, τὰ δὲ χρυσοῦ, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐστιν εἰργασμένα τῆς κέδρου·
The clause is heavily paratactic and ellipitic, with several material genitives and a periphrastic perfect passive construction.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λάρναξ | λάρναξ | NOUN | n-s---fn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 πεποίηται | nsubj:pass | high | Subject of passive perfect. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | part | _ | 5 πεποίηται | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | κέδρου | κέδρος | NOUN | n-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 λάρναξ | nmod | high | Material/genitive dependent of λάρναξ. |
| 4 | μὲν | μέν | PART | part | _ | 5 πεποίηται | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 5 | πεποίηται | ποιέω | VERB | v-3sperip | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb, perfect middle/passive. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 πεποίηται | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 7 | ζῴδια | ζῴδιον | NOUN | n-p---nn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 22 ἐστιν | nsubj:pass | high | Subject of ἐστιν in the relative correlative clause. |
| 8 | δὲ | δέ | PART | part | _ | 22 ἐστιν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 9 | ἐλέφαντος | ἐλέφας | NOUN | n-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ζῴδια | nmod | high | Material genitive dependent of ζῴδια. |
| 10 | ἐπʼ | ἐπί | ADP | prep | _ | 11 αὐτῆς | case | high | Preposition. |
| 11 | αὐτῆς | αὐτός | PRON | p-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 7 ζῴδια | nmod | high | Object of preposition ἐπί. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ζῴδια | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 13 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | l-p---na- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 22 ἐστιν | det | high | Article with χρυσοῦ. |
| 14 | δὲ | δέ | PART | part | _ | 22 ἐστιν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 15 | χρυσοῦ | χρυσός | NOUN | n-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 ἐστιν | nsubj:pass | low | Likely genitive of material with understood predicate; syntax compressed. |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 χρυσοῦ | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 17 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | l-p---na- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 23 εἰργασμένα | det | high | Article with εἰργασμένα. |
| 18 | δὲ | δέ | PART | part | _ | 22 ἐστιν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | conj | _ | 20 ἐξ | cc | high | Coordinating particle with ἐξ. |
| 20 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | prep | _ | 21 αὐτῆς | case | high | Preposition. |
| 21 | αὐτῆς | αὐτός | PRON | p-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 23 εἰργασμένα | obl | high | Object of preposition ἐκ. |
| 22 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | v3spia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 23 εἰργασμένα | aux | high | Auxiliary with periphrastic perfect/passive participle. |
| 23 | εἰργασμένα | ἐργάζομαι | VERB | v-p---nn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Periphrastic perfect participle functioning as main predicate. |
| 24 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | l-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 25 κέδρου | det | high | Article with κέδρου. |
| 25 | κέδρου | κέδρος | NOUN | n-s---fg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 εἰργασμένα | obl | high | Genitive of source/material with participle. |
| 26 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 εἰργασμένα | punct | high | Punctuation. |
ἐς ταύτην τὴν λάρνακα Κύψελον τὸν Κορίνθου τυραννήσαντα ἀπέκρυψεν ἡ μήτηρ, ἡνίκα τεχθέντα ἀνευρεῖν αὐτὸν σπουδὴν ἐποιοῦντο οἱ Βακχίδαι.
The second clause is temporally introduced by ἡνίκα; τεχθέντα is treated as an accusative participle dependent on the infinitival clause ἀνευρεῖν αὐτὸν, though the syntax is somewhat compressed.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | Case=Acc | 4 λάρνακα | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 2 | ταύτην | οὗτος | DET | PD-FSA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 4 λάρνακα | det | high | Demonstrative modifying λάρνακα. |
| 3 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | RA-FAA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 λάρνακα | det | high | Article modifying λάρνακα. |
| 4 | λάρνακα | λάρναξ | NOUN | N-SFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἀπέκρυψεν | obl | high | Object of the preposition ἐς. |
| 5 | Κύψελον | Κύψελος | PROPN | N-SMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 ἀπέκρυψεν | obj | high | Direct object of ἀπέκρυψεν. |
| 6 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | RA-MSA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 τυραννήσαντα | det | high | Article modifying participle. |
| 7 | Κορίνθου | Κόρινθος | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 τυραννήσαντα | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of participle. |
| 8 | τυραννήσαντα | τυραννέω | VERB | V-AAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 5 Κύψελον | amod | high | Attributive participle modifying Κύψελον. |
| 9 | ἀπέκρυψεν | ἀποκρύπτω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of first clause. |
| 10 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | RA-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 11 μήτηρ | det | high | Article modifying μήτηρ. |
| 11 | μήτηρ | μήτηρ | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἀπέκρυψεν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἀπέκρυψεν. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 ἀπέκρυψεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 13 | ἡνίκα | ἡνίκα | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 ἐποιοῦντο | mark | high | Temporal subordinator. |
| 14 | τεχθέντα | τίκτω | VERB | V-APP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 18 ἐποιοῦντο | xcomp | medium | Likely participial complement with understood subject αὐτόν. |
| 15 | ἀνευρεῖν | ἀνευρίσκω | VERB | V-AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 18 ἐποιοῦντο | xcomp | high | Complement of ἐποιοῦντο. |
| 16 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 15 ἀνευρεῖν | obj | high | Object of ἀνευρεῖν. |
| 17 | σπουδὴν | σπουδή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 ἐποιοῦντο | obj | high | Accusative of object/thing pursued in idiomatic construction. |
| 18 | ἐποιοῦντο | ποιέω | VERB | V-IMI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the temporal clause. |
| 19 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | RA-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 20 Βακχίδαι | det | high | Article modifying Βακχίδαι. |
| 20 | Βακχίδαι | Βακχίδαι | PROPN | N-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 ἐποιοῦντο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐποιοῦντο. |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 ἐποιοῦντο | punct | high | Punctuation. |
τῆς μὲν δὴ σωτηρίας ἕνεκα τοῦ Κυψέλου τὸ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ γένος οἱ ὀνομαζόμενοι Κυψελίδαι τὴν λάρνακα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν ἀνέθεσαν, τὰς δὲ λάρνακας οἱ τότε ἐκάλουν Κορίνθιοι κυψέλας·
Two coordinated clauses share the explanatory theme; ἕνεκα phrase modifies the first verb, and the second clause uses a naming construction with κυψέλας as the label applied to the jars.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 σωτηρίας | det | high | Article modifying σωτηρίας. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | _ | _ | 4 σωτηρίας | discourse | high | Second-position particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | _ | _ | 4 σωτηρίας | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 4 | σωτηρίας | σωτηρία | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 ἕνεκα | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of ἕνεκα. |
| 5 | ἕνεκα | ἕνεκα | ADP | _ | _ | 19 ἀνέθεσαν | obl | high | Postposition governing genitive. |
| 6 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 Κυψέλου | det | high | Article modifying Κυψέλου. |
| 7 | Κυψέλου | Κύψελος | PROPN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 γένος | nmod | high | Genitive dependent in ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ γένος. |
| 8 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 11 γένος | det | high | Article modifying γένος. |
| 9 | ἀπʼ | ἀπό | ADP | _ | _ | 11 γένος | case | high | Preposition governing αὐτοῦ. |
| 10 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 9 ἀπʼ | nmod | high | Genitive object of ἀπό. |
| 11 | γένος | γένος | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 Κυψελίδαι | appos | high | Apposition to Κυψελίδαι; object-like internal noun phrase. |
| 12 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 14 Κυψελίδαι | det | high | Article with Κυψελίδαι. |
| 13 | ὀνομαζόμενοι | ὀνομάζω | VERB | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 14 Κυψελίδαι | amod | high | Attributive participle modifying Κυψελίδαι. |
| 14 | Κυψελίδαι | Κυψελίδαι | PROPN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 ἀνέθεσαν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἀνέθεσαν. |
| 15 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 16 λάρνακα | det | high | Article modifying λάρνακα. |
| 16 | λάρνακα | λάρναξ | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἀνέθεσαν | obj | high | Direct object of ἀνέθεσαν. |
| 17 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 18 Ὀλυμπίαν | case | high | Preposition governing Ὀλυμπίαν. |
| 18 | Ὀλυμπίαν | Ὀλυμπία | PROPN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἀνέθεσαν | obl | high | Goal/purpose oblique. |
| 19 | ἀνέθεσαν | ἀνατίθημι | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of first clause. |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 ἀνέθεσαν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 21 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 23 λάρνακας | det | high | Article modifying λάρνακας. |
| 22 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 26 ἐκάλουν | discourse | high | Contrastive particle. |
| 23 | λάρνακας | λάρναξ | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 26 ἐκάλουν | obj | high | Object of ἐκάλουν. |
| 24 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 27 Κορίνθιοι | det | high | Article with Κορίνθιοι. |
| 25 | τότε | τότε | ADV | _ | _ | 26 ἐκάλουν | advmod | high | Temporal adverb. |
| 26 | ἐκάλουν | καλέω | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of second clause. |
| 27 | Κορίνθιοι | Κορίνθιος | PROPN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 26 ἐκάλουν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐκάλουν. |
| 28 | κυψέλας | κυψέλη | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 26 ἐκάλουν | xcomp | medium | Predicative complement / secondary object in naming construction; could also be obj. |
| 29 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 ἐκάλουν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ καὶ ὄνομα Κύψελον τῷ παιδὶ θέσθαι λέγουσι.
Accusative-and-infinitive construction after λέγουσι; ὄνομα Κύψελον is best taken as the object/content of θέσθαι, with τῷ παιδὶ as dative recipient.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | R-------- | AdpType=Prep | 2 τούτου | case | high | Preposition governing τούτου. |
| 2 | τούτου | οὗτος | PRON | Pd-------- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 9 θέσθαι | obl | high | Genitive object of ἀπό. |
| 3 | δὲ | δέ | PART | G-------- | _ | 10 λέγουσι | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 5 ὄνομα | cc | high | Coordinates with omitted/implicit item in speech content. |
| 5 | ὄνομα | ὄνομα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 9 θέσθαι | obj | high | Accusative object within accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 6 | Κύψελον | Κύψελος | PROPN | Ne-S---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ὄνομα | appos | medium | Proper name in apposition to ὄνομα; accusative form after θέσθαι. |
| 7 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-S---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 παιδὶ | det | high | Article modifying παιδὶ. |
| 8 | παιδὶ | παῖς | NOUN | N-S---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 θέσθαι | iobj | high | Dative indirect object with θέσθαι. |
| 9 | θέσθαι | τίθημι | VERB | V-ANM | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 10 λέγουσι | xcomp | high | Complement infinitive dependent on λέγουσι. |
| 10 | λέγουσι | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the sentence. |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 λέγουσι | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |