Grammar parses for passage 6.15.7
Open translation for this passage
οὗτοι δὲ οἱ Παλεῖς ἐκαλοῦντο Δουλιχιεῖς τὰ ἀρχαιότερα.
The construction is a passive naming clause: οὗτοι δὲ ... ἐκαλοῦντο Δουλιχιεῖς, with τὰ ἀρχαιότερα best taken as an accusative of time/reference ('formerly').
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὗτοι | οὗτος | PRON | PD--MPN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Dem | 5 ἐκαλοῦντο | nsubj | high | Demonstrative pronoun functioning as subject. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | Pt | _ | 5 ἐκαλοῦντο | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | lxx | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 Παλεῖς | det | high | Definite article with Παλεῖς. |
| 4 | Παλεῖς | Παλεύς | NOUN | NNPM--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 οὗτοι | appos | medium | Likely apposition to οὗτοι; proper ethnonym/common noun form. |
| 5 | ἐκαλοῦντο | καλέω | VERB | V-3PIIP--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 6 | Δουλιχιεῖς | Δουλιχιεύς | NOUN | NNPM--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 ἐκαλοῦντο | xcomp | medium | Predicative complement with 'were called'; could be appositional predicative nominal. |
| 7 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | lxx | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 8 ἀρχαιότερα | det | high | Article with substantivized adjective. |
| 8 | ἀρχαιότερα | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A--NPA--- | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 ἐκαλοῦντο | obl | medium | Adverbial accusative meaning 'in earlier times'. |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἐκαλοῦντο | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |