Grammar parses for passage 5.7.7
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τὸν δὲ Ἡρακλέα παίζοντα---εἶναι γὰρ δὴ αὐτὸν πρεσβύτατον ἡλικίᾳ---συμβαλεῖν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἐς ἅμιλλαν δρόμου καὶ τὸν νικήσαντα ἐξ αὐτῶν κλάδῳ στεφανῶσαι κοτίνου·
Infinitival historical construction: τὸν Ἡρακλέα παίζοντα is the accusative subject of συμβαλεῖν/στεφανῶσαι; εἶναι is an explanatory parenthetical infinitive with αὐτόν as accusative subject and πρεσβύτατον as predicate adjective. The final στεφανῶσαι coordinates with συμβαλεῖν and takes τὸν νικήσαντα as object; ἐξ αὐτῶν means ‘from among them’.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 Ἡρακλέα | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 17 συμβαλεῖν | cc | high | |
| 3 | Ἡρακλέα | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 συμβαλεῖν | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 4 | παίζοντα | παίζω | VERB | V-PAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 3 Ἡρακλέα | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with Ἡρακλέα. |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 συμβαλεῖν | punct | high | Dash. |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 συμβαλεῖν | punct | high | Dash. |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 συμβαλεῖν | punct | high | Dash. |
| 8 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 12 πρεσβύτατον | cop | medium | Parenthetical explanatory infinitive; treated with πρεσβύτατον as its predicate. |
| 9 | γὰρ | γάρ | SCONJ | C | _ | 8 εἶναι | mark | high | |
| 10 | δὴ | δή | PART | X | _ | 8 εἶναι | advmod | high | |
| 11 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 8 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of εἶναι. |
| 12 | πρεσβύτατον | πρέσβυς | ADJ | A-SMS | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with εἶναι. |
| 13 | ἡλικίᾳ | ἡλικία | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 πρεσβύτατον | obl | high | Dative of respect. |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 εἶναι | punct | high | Dash. |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 εἶναι | punct | high | Dash. |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 εἶναι | punct | high | Dash. |
| 17 | συμβαλεῖν | συμβάλλω | VERB | V-2AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main infinitive in an implied accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 18 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 ἀδελφοὺς | det | high | |
| 19 | ἀδελφοὺς | ἀδελφός | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 συμβαλεῖν | obj | high | Object of συμβαλεῖν. |
| 20 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 21 ἅμιλλαν | case | high | |
| 21 | ἅμιλλαν | ἅμιλλα | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 συμβαλεῖν | obl | high | Goal/state into which the brothers are brought. |
| 22 | δρόμου | δρόμος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 21 ἅμιλλαν | nmod | high | Genitive specifying the contest. |
| 23 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 29 στεφανῶσαι | cc | high | Coordinates the second infinitive. |
| 24 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 νικήσαντα | det | high | |
| 25 | νικήσαντα | νικάω | VERB | V-AAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 29 στεφανῶσαι | obj | high | Substantival participle: ‘the one who won’. |
| 26 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | P | _ | 27 αὐτῶν | case | high | |
| 27 | αὐτῶν | αὐτός | PRON | P-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 25 νικήσαντα | obl | high | Partitive phrase: ‘from among them’. |
| 28 | κλάδῳ | κλάδος | NOUN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 29 στεφανῶσαι | obl | high | Instrumental dative. |
| 29 | στεφανῶσαι | στεφανόω | VERB | V-AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 17 συμβαλεῖν | conj | high | Coordinated infinitive, with the winner as object. |
| 30 | κοτίνου | κότινος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 28 κλάδῳ | nmod | high | Genitive specifying the branch: wild olive. |
| 31 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 συμβαλεῖν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
κομισθῆναι δὲ ἐκ τῆς Ὑπερβορέων γῆς τὸν κότινόν φασιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐς Ἕλληνας, εἶναι δὲ ἀνθρώπους οἳ ὑπὲρ τὸν ἄνεμον οἰκοῦσι τὸν Βορέαν.
Accusative-and-infinitive constructions depend on φασιν: κομισθῆναι has τὸν κότινόν as subject and ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους as agent; εἶναι introduces a second reported proposition with ἀνθρώπους as subject and οἳ as its relative subject. The prepositional phrase ὑπὲρ τὸν ἄνεμον is semantically ‘beyond the north wind’; exact attachment of τὸν Βορέαν is elliptical/attributive and marked low confidence.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | κομισθῆναι | κομίζω | VERB | V-AAN | Tense=Aorist|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Passive | 9 φασιν | ccomp | high | First infinitival reported proposition under φασιν. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C------- | _ | 9 φασιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R-------- | _ | 6 γῆς | case | high | Preposition governing γῆς. |
| 4 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-SFGA | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 γῆς | det | high | |
| 5 | Ὑπερβορέων | Ὑπερβορεύς | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 γῆς | nmod | medium | Ethnic name in the genitive plural, modifying γῆς. |
| 6 | γῆς | γῆ | NOUN | N-SFG | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 κότινόν | nmod | high | Object of ἐκ and genitive modifier of κότινον. |
| 7 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-SMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 κότινόν | det | high | |
| 8 | κότινόν | κότινος | NOUN | N-SMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 κομισθῆναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the passive infinitive. |
| 9 | φασιν | φημί | VERB | V-PIA-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 10 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | R-------- | _ | 12 Ἡρακλέους | case | high | Agent preposition with passive κομισθῆναι. |
| 11 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-SMGA | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 Ἡρακλέους | det | high | |
| 12 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-SMG | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 κομισθῆναι | obl:agent | high | |
| 13 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 14 Ἕλληνας | case | high | Preposition governing Ἕλληνας. |
| 14 | Ἕλληνας | Ἕλλην | PROPN | N-PMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 κομισθῆναι | obl | high | Goal of motion. |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 κομισθῆναι | punct | high | |
| 16 | εἶναι | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 9 φασιν | ccomp | high | Second infinitival reported proposition under φασιν. |
| 17 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C------- | _ | 16 εἶναι | cc | high | Connective within the coordinated reported proposition. |
| 18 | ἀνθρώπους | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-PMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of εἶναι. |
| 19 | οἳ | ὅς | PRON | P---NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 23 οἰκοῦσι | nsubj | high | Relative pronoun, subject of οἰκοῦσι, with ἀνθρώπους as antecedent. |
| 20 | ὑπὲρ | ὑπέρ | ADP | R-------- | _ | 22 ἄνεμον | case | high | Preposition governing τὸν ἄνεμον. |
| 21 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-SMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 22 ἄνεμον | det | high | |
| 22 | ἄνεμον | ἄνεμος | NOUN | N-SMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 23 οἰκοῦσι | obl | high | Object of ὑπέρ. |
| 23 | οἰκοῦσι | οἰκέω | VERB | V-PIA-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 16 εἶναι | acl:relcl | high | Relative-clause predicate. |
| 24 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-SMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 25 Βορέαν | det | medium | Article with Βορέαν; construction is elliptical or appositional. |
| 25 | Βορέαν | Βορέας | PROPN | N-SMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 ἄνεμον | nmod | low | Likely an attributive/appositional specification of ἄνεμον (‘the north wind’); attachment is uncertain. |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 φασιν | punct | high |