Grammar parses for passage 5.23.6
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πρὸς δὲ τῷ ἅρματι τῷ Γέλωνος Ζεὺς ἕστηκεν ἀρχαῖος ἔχων σκῆπτρον, Ὑβλαίων δέ φασιν εἶναι ἀνάθημα·
Ζεὺς is the matrix subject of ἕστηκεν; the second clause has an accusative-and-infinitive construction (φασιν ἀνάθημα εἶναι), with Ὑβλαίων as a genitive of origin/association. The exact force of ἕστηκεν is perfect with stative meaning; Ὑβλαίων is morphologically ambiguous in form but here genitive plural.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 4 ἅρματι | case | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 8 ἕστηκεν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 ἅρματι | det | high | |
| 4 | ἅρματι | ἅρμα | NOUN | N--DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 ἕστηκεν | obl | high | Object of πρός. |
| 5 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 Γέλωνος | det | high | |
| 6 | Γέλωνος | Γέλων | PROPN | N--GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ἅρματι | nmod | high | Possessive genitive modifying ἅρματι. |
| 7 | Ζεὺς | Ζεύς | PROPN | N--NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἕστηκεν | nsubj | high | |
| 8 | ἕστηκεν | ἵστημι | VERB | V--XAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Perfect with stative/resultative sense, 'stands'. |
| 9 | ἀρχαῖος | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A--NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἕστηκεν | xcomp | medium | Predicative adjective with Ζεύς/ἕστηκεν. |
| 10 | ἔχων | ἔχω | VERB | V--PAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 8 ἕστηκεν | advcl | high | Supplementary participle agreeing with Ζεύς. |
| 11 | σκῆπτρον | σκῆπτρον | NOUN | N--ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 ἔχων | obj | high | |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἕστηκεν | punct | high | |
| 13 | Ὑβλαίων | Ὑβλαῖος | ADJ | A--GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 ἀνάθημα | nmod | medium | Substantivized adjective, genitive plural, indicating origin/association; could also be analyzed as a demonym. |
| 14 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 15 φασιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 15 | φασιν | φημί | VERB | V--PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 8 ἕστηκεν | parataxis | high | Introduces reported attribution. |
| 16 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V--PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 15 φασιν | xcomp | high | Infinitive in accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 17 | ἀνάθημα | ἀνάθημα | NOUN | N--NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 16 εἶναι | nsubj | medium | Neuter nominative form, functioning as the infinitive's subject/predicative nominal; syncretic with accusative. |
| 18 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἕστηκεν | punct | high |
αἱ δὲ ἦσαν ἐν Σικελίᾳ πόλεις αἱ Ὕβλαι, ἡ μὲν Γερεᾶτις ἐπίκλησιν, τὴν δὲ---ὥσπερ γε καὶ ἦν ---ἐκάλουν Μείζονα.
The copular clause identifies the cities as the Hyblae; Γερεᾶτις is an accusative of respect with ἐπίκλησιν, while the second city is the object of ἐκάλουν, with ὥσπερ καὶ ἦν parenthetical. The dashes are retained as punctuation; their exact editorial force is uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | αἱ | ὁ | DET | T- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 6 πόλεις | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 3 ἦσαν | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἦσαν | εἰμί | AUX | V3PIAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copula with πόλεις as subject and αἱ Ὕβλαι as predicate. |
| 4 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 5 Σικελίᾳ | case | high | |
| 5 | Σικελίᾳ | Σικελία | PROPN | N----DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 ἦσαν | obl | high | Locative complement of ἦσαν. |
| 6 | πόλεις | πόλις | NOUN | N----NPF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 3 ἦσαν | nsubj | high | |
| 7 | αἱ | ὁ | DET | T----NPF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 8 Ὕβλαι | det | high | |
| 8 | Ὕβλαι | Ὕβλαι | PROPN | N----NPF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 3 ἦσαν | xcomp | medium | Predicate nominative/name complement of the copula; parser analyses may attach it as a nominal predicate. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἦσαν | punct | high | |
| 10 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-S----F- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 Γερεᾶτις | det | high | |
| 11 | μὲν | μέν | PART | D-------- | _ | 12 Γερεᾶτις | discourse | high | Correlative μέν marking the first member of the contrast. |
| 12 | Γερεᾶτις | Γερεᾶτις | PROPN | N----NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 27 ἐκάλουν | nsubj | medium | First city-name subject of the understood naming construction. |
| 13 | ἐπίκλησιν | ἐπίκλησις | NOUN | N----ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 Γερεᾶτις | obl | medium | Accusative of respect: ‘by name/called Γερεᾶτις’; syntactically dependent on the naming predicate. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 Γερεᾶτις | punct | high | |
| 15 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-S----F- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 28 Μείζονα | det | high | Article substantivizing the second city reference. |
| 16 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 27 ἐκάλουν | cc | high | Second member of the μέν...δέ contrast. |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 27 ἐκάλουν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 27 ἐκάλουν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 27 ἐκάλουν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 20 | ὥσπερ | ὥσπερ | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 23 ἦν | mark | high | Introduces the parenthetical comparative clause. |
| 21 | γε | γε | PART | D-------- | _ | 23 ἦν | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 22 | καὶ | καί | ADV | D-------- | _ | 23 ἦν | advmod | high | Adverbial ‘also/even’. |
| 23 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V3SIAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imperf|Voice=Act | 27 ἐκάλουν | advcl | medium | Parenthetical clause; the understood subject is the second city. |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἦν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἦν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἦν | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 27 | ἐκάλουν | καλέω | VERB | V3PIAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperf|Voice=Act | 3 ἦσαν | conj | high | Coordinate naming predicate with understood subject ‘they’. |
| 28 | Μείζονα | μείζων | ADJ | A----ASF- | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 27 ἐκάλουν | obj | high | Accusative predicate/name complement of ἐκάλουν. |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἦσαν | punct | high |
τεράτων γὰρ σφᾶς καὶ ἐνυπνίων Φίλιστος ὁ Ἀρχομενίδου φησὶν ἐξηγητὰς εἶναι καὶ μάλιστα εὐσεβείᾳ τῶν ἐν Σικελίᾳ βαρβάρων προσκεῖσθαι.
Φίλιστος is the matrix subject; φησίν governs coordinated infinitival clauses, with σφᾶς as the accusative subject of εἶναι and an understood subject in προσκεῖσθαι.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τεράτων | τέρας | NOUN | N-GEN-P成 | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 ἐξηγητὰς | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἐξηγητάς: interpreters of prodigies. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | PART | _ | 9 φησὶν | discourse | high | Postpositive explanatory particle. |
| 3 | σφᾶς | σφεῖς | PRON | P-GEN-ACC | Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 11 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive εἶναι. |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 5 ἐνυπνίων | cc | high | Coordinates ἐνυπνίων with τεράτων. |
| 5 | ἐνυπνίων | ἐνύπνιον | NOUN | N-GEN-PNE | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 ἐξηγητὰς | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἐξηγητάς. |
| 6 | Φίλιστος | Φίλιστος | PROPN | N-NOM-MS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 φησὶν | nsubj | high | Subject of φησίν. |
| 7 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NOM-MS | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 Ἀρχομενίδου | det | high | Article with the patronymic name. |
| 8 | Ἀρχομενίδου | Ἀρχομενίδης | PROPN | N-GEN-MS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 Φίλιστος | appos | high | Patronymic apposition to Φίλιστος, literally 'son of Archomenides'. |
| 9 | φησὶν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Matrix verb introducing accusative-and-infinitive complements. |
| 10 | ἐξηγητὰς | ἐξηγητής | NOUN | N-ACC-PM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with εἶναι. |
| 11 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 9 φησὶν | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement of φησίν. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 προσκεῖσθαι | cc | high | Coordinates the second infinitival complement with εἶναι. |
| 13 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | ADV-SUP | Degree=Sup | 19 προσκεῖσθαι | advmod | high | Superlative adverb modifying προσκεῖσθαι. |
| 14 | εὐσεβείᾳ | εὐσέβεια | NOUN | N-DAT-FS | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 προσκεῖσθαι | obl | medium | Dative of respect or sphere: devoted especially to piety. |
| 15 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GEN-PM | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 βαρβάρων | det | high | Article with βαρβάρων. |
| 16 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 17 Σικελίᾳ | case | high | Preposition governing Σικελίᾳ. |
| 17 | Σικελίᾳ | Σικελία | PROPN | N-DAT-FS | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 βαρβάρων | nmod | high | Object of ἐν, modifying βαρβάρων. |
| 18 | βαρβάρων | βάρβαρος | NOUN | N-GEN-PM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 προσκεῖσθαι | obl | high | Genitive associated with προσκεῖσθαι: the barbarians in Sicily. |
| 19 | προσκεῖσθαι | πρόσκειμαι | VERB | V-PMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 9 φησὶν | conj | high | Second coordinated infinitival complement of φησίν; means to be devoted or attached. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 φησὶν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |