Grammar parses for passage 5.4.5
Open translation for this passage
οὐ μὴν τούς γε ἀπογόνους αὐτοῦ βασιλεύοντας εὕρισκον, καὶ σφᾶς ἐπιστάμενος ὅμως παρίημι· οὐ γάρ τί μοι καταβῆναι τὸν λόγον ἠθέλησα ἐς ἄνδρας ἰδιώτας.
The second clause is explanatory: the speaker did not want the account to descend to private men; τι is treated as an uncertain adverbial/indefinite element.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | ἄρνησις | Polarity=Neg | 8 εὕρισκον | advmod | high | |
| 2 | μὴν | μήν | PART | μόριον | _ | 8 εὕρισκον | discourse | high | |
| 3 | τούς | ὁ | DET | article-Acc.Pl.Masc | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 ἀπογόνους | det | high | |
| 4 | γε | γε | PART | μόριον | _ | 5 ἀπογόνους | advmod | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 5 | ἀπογόνους | ἀπόγονος | NOUN | n-Acc.Pl.Masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 εὕρισκον | obj | high | |
| 6 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | p-gen.Sg.Masc | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 5 ἀπογόνους | nmod:poss | high | |
| 7 | βασιλεύοντας | βασιλεύω | VERB | v-pres-act-part-Acc.Pl.Masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 5 ἀπογόνους | acl | high | Predicative participle with ἀπογόνους. |
| 8 | εὕρισκον | εὑρίσκω | VERB | v-imperf-act-ind-1sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 εὕρισκον | punct | high | |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | conj | _ | 14 παρίημι | cc | high | |
| 11 | σφᾶς | σφεῖς | PRON | p-Acc.Pl | Case=Acc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 14 παρίημι | obj | medium | Object of παρίημι; antecedent is the descendants. |
| 12 | ἐπιστάμενος | ἐπίσταμαι | VERB | v-pres-mid-part-Nom.Sg.Masc | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 14 παρίημι | advcl | high | Concessive/temporal circumstantial participle. |
| 13 | ὅμως | ὅμως | ADV | adv | _ | 14 παρίημι | advmod | high | |
| 14 | παρίημι | παρίημι | VERB | v-pres-act-ind-1sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 8 εὕρισκον | conj | high | |
| 15 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 παρίημι | punct | high | |
| 16 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | ἄρνησις | Polarity=Neg | 23 ἠθέλησα | advmod | high | |
| 17 | γάρ | γάρ | PART | μόριον | _ | 23 ἠθέλησα | discourse | high | Explanatory particle. |
| 18 | τί | τις | PRON | p-nom/acc.Sg.Neut | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Int | 20 καταβῆναι | obj | low | Adverbial/indefinite τι; exact syntactic force is uncertain. |
| 19 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | p-dat.Sg | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 23 ἠθέλησα | iobj | medium | Dative of interest with ἠθέλησα. |
| 20 | καταβῆναι | καταβαίνω | VERB | v-aor-act-inf | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 23 ἠθέλησα | xcomp | high | Infinitival complement of ἠθέλησα. |
| 21 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | article-Acc.Sg.Masc | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 λόγον | det | high | |
| 22 | λόγον | λόγος | NOUN | n-Acc.Sg.Masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 καταβῆναι | obj | high | Accusative subject/object associated with the infinitive. |
| 23 | ἠθέλησα | ἐθέλω | VERB | v-aor-act-ind-1sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 14 παρίημι | parataxis | high | |
| 24 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | prep-Acc | _ | 25 ἄνδρας | case | high | |
| 25 | ἄνδρας | ἀνήρ | NOUN | n-Acc.Pl.Masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 20 καταβῆναι | obl | high | Prepositional complement indicating the target/domain of καταβῆναι. |
| 26 | ἰδιώτας | ἰδιώτης | ADJ | a-Acc.Pl.Masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 25 ἄνδρας | amod | high | |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἠθέλησα | punct | high |
αἰτίαν δὲ διʼ ἥντινα ἐξέλιπε τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ἐν τοῖς ἔχουσιν ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν τοῦ λόγου δηλώσω.
The relative clause διʼ ἥντινα ἐξέλιπε τὰ Ὀλύμπια modifies αἰτίαν; ἐν τοῖς ἔχουσιν ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν τοῦ λόγου is a compressed reference to the relevant discussion, with τοῦ λόγου dependent on ἔχουσιν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | αἰτίαν | αἰτία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 δηλώσω | obj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 16 δηλώσω | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | διʼ | διά | ADP | P-------- | _ | 4 ἥντινα | case | high | Elided form before vowel. |
| 4 | ἥντινα | ὅστις | PRON | P----AFS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 ἐξέλιπε | obl | high | Indefinite relative pronoun; object of διά. |
| 5 | ἐξέλιπε | ἐκλείπω | VERB | V-2AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 1 αἰτίαν | acl:rel | high | Relative-clause predicate. |
| 6 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 7 Ὀλύμπια | det | high | |
| 7 | Ὀλύμπια | Ὀλύμπια | PROPN | Neut-Acc-Plur | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 ἐξέλιπε | nsubj | high | Name of the Olympic games. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἐξέλιπε | punct | high | |
| 9 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | P-------- | _ | 10 τοῖς | case | high | |
| 10 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 ἔχουσιν | obl | medium | Substantivized article with ἔχουσιν. |
| 11 | ἔχουσιν | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAP-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 16 δηλώσω | obl | medium | Substantivized participle, literally 'in those having/containing'; construction is compressed. |
| 12 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P-------- | _ | 13 Ὀλυμπίαν | case | high | Epic/poetic form of εἰς. |
| 13 | Ὀλυμπίαν | Ὀλυμπία | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἔχουσιν | obl | medium | Goal/place complement within the substantivized participial phrase. |
| 14 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 λόγου | det | high | |
| 15 | λόγου | λόγος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἔχουσιν | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent on ἔχουσιν; idiomatic/compressed phrase. |
| 16 | δηλώσω | δηλόω | VERB | V-FAI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Fut|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 δηλώσω | punct | high |