Pausanias Analysis - Grammar 5.25.11

Sentence 4

5.25.11 sentence 4

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Input: 855
Output: 1,988
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καὶ σαφῶς μὲν ἡλικίαν οὐκ ἔχοι τις ἂν εἰπεῖν αὐτοῦ, δῆλα δὲ ὡς πρότερον ἔτι ἐγένετο πρὶν ἢ τῇ Ζάγκλῃ τὸ ὄνομα γενέσθαι τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν Μεσσήνην.

The syntax is somewhat compressed: ὡς introduces the content of δῆλα, and the temporal infinitival clause πρὶν ἢ τῇ Ζάγκλῃ ... γενέσθαι is embedded under ἐγένετο.

#	Form	Lemma	UPOS	XPOS	Features	Head	DepRel	Conf.	Note
1	καὶ	καί	CCONJ	_	_	2 σαφῶς	cc	high	Coordinating conjunction linking the sentence-level correlatives.
2	σαφῶς	σαφῶς	ADV	_	_	6 ἔχοι	advmod	high	Adverb modifying ἔχοι.
3	μὲν	μέν	PART	_	_	6 ἔχοι	discourse	high	Correlative particle.
4	ἡλικίαν	ἡλικία	NOUN	_	Case=Acc\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing	6 ἔχοι	obj	high	Direct object of ἔχοι.
5	οὐκ	οὐ	PART	_	_	6 ἔχοι	advmod	high	Negative particle.
6	ἔχοι	ἔχω	VERB	_	Mood=Opt\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|Tense=Pres\|Voice=Act	17 ἐγένετο	advcl	high	Optative verb in indirect/reportive sense, dependent on the main clause ἐγένετο.
7	τις	τις	PRON	_	Case=Nom\|Gender=Com\|Number=Sing	6 ἔχοι	nsubj	high	Indefinite subject of ἔχοι.
8	ἂν	ἄν	PART	_	_	6 ἔχοι	advmod	high	Modal particle with optative.
9	εἰπεῖν	λέγω	VERB	_	Tense=Aor\|VerbForm=Inf\|Voice=Act	6 ἔχοι	xcomp	high	Complementary infinitive to ἔχοι.
10	αὐτοῦ	αὐτός	PRON	_	Case=Gen\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing\|Person=3	9 εἰπεῖν	obj	medium	Likely dependent on εἰπεῖν with sense 'of him'; morphology secure, syntax somewhat uncertain.
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	_	17 ἐγένετο	punct	high	Comma.
12	δῆλα	δῆλος	ADJ	_	Case=Nom\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Plur	17 ἐγένετο	xcomp	high	Predicative adjective with implied ἐστίν/ἦν-like predication.
13	δὲ	δέ	PART	_	_	12 δῆλα	discourse	high	Postpositive particle.
14	ὡς	ὡς	SCONJ	_	_	17 ἐγένετο	mark	high	Introduces the content clause.
15	πρότερον	πρότερον	ADV	_	_	17 ἐγένετο	advmod	high	Temporal adverb.
16	ἔτι	ἔτι	ADV	_	_	17 ἐγένετο	advmod	high	Temporal adverb.
17	ἐγένετο	γίγνομαι	VERB	_	Mood=Ind\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|Tense=Aor\|Voice=Mid	0 ROOT	root	high	Main predicate.
18	πρὶν	πρίν	SCONJ	_	_	17 ἐγένετο	mark	high	Subordinating conjunction in pretemporal clause.
19	ἢ	ἤ	SCONJ	_	_	18 πρὶν	fixed	high	Part of the fixed sequence πρὶν ἢ.
20	τῇ	ὁ	DET	_	Case=Dat\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing	21 Ζάγκλῃ	det	high	Article with Ζάγκλῃ.
21	Ζάγκλῃ	Ζάγκλη	PROPN	_	Case=Dat\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing	18 πρὶν	obl	high	Dative complement of πρὶν ἢ.
22	τὸ	ὁ	DET	_	Case=Nom\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing	23 ὄνομα	det	high	Article with ὄνομα.
23	ὄνομα	ὄνομα	NOUN	_	Case=Nom\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing	24 γενέσθαι	nsubj	high	Subject of γενέσθαι.
24	γενέσθαι	γίγνομαι	VERB	_	Tense=Aor\|VerbForm=Inf\|Voice=Mid	18 πρὶν	advcl	high	Infinitival clause with πρὶν ἢ.
25	τὸ	ὁ	DET	_	Case=Acc\|Gender=Neut\|Number=Sing	28 Μεσσήνην	det	high	Article with Μεσσήνην.
26	ἐφʼ	ἐπί	ADP	_	_	24 γενέσθαι	obl	high	Preposition governing ἡμῶν.
27	ἡμῶν	ἐγώ	PRON	_	Case=Gen\|Number=Plur\|Person=1	26 ἐφʼ	obl	high	Object of ἐπί.
28	Μεσσήνην	Μεσσήνη	PROPN	_	Case=Acc\|Gender=Fem\|Number=Sing	24 γενέσθαι	obl	medium	Accusative of reference/destination with γενέσθαι; syntax somewhat compressed.
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	17 ἐγένετο	punct	high	Sentence-final punctuation.

Passage 5.25.11