Grammar parses for passage 6.17.8
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οὗτος ὁ Γοργίας πατρὸς μὲν ἦν Χαρμαντίδου, λέγεται δὲ ἀνασώσασθαι μελέτην λόγων πρῶτος ἠμελημένην τε ἐς ἅπαν καὶ ἐς λήθην ὀλίγου δεῖν ἥκουσαν ἀνθρώποις·
Οὗτος ὁ Γοργίας is the subject; ἦν takes the predicative genitive πατρός with Χαρμαντίδου as its dependent genitive. λέγεται governs the infinitival clause ἀνασώσασθαι, whose subject is understood as Γοργίας; μελέτην is the object, modified by πρῶτος and ἠμελημένην. ἠμελημένην agrees with μελέτην and ἥκουσαν agrees with μελέτην, with the coordinated ἐς phrases expressing extent/result; ὀλίγου δεῖν is an idiom meaning nearly/almost.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὗτος | οὗτος | PRON | RDNSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem | 3 Γοργίας | det | high | |
| 2 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | RA--NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 Γοργίας | det | high | |
| 3 | Γοργίας | Γοργίας | PROPN | N--NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἦν | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | πατρὸς | πατήρ | NOUN | N--GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἦν | xcomp | medium | Predicative genitive with εἰμί. |
| 5 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X----- | _ | 6 ἦν | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 6 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V3SIAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | Χαρμαντίδου | Χαρμαντίδης | PROPN | N--GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 πατρὸς | nmod | high | |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἦν | punct | high | |
| 9 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V3SPI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 6 ἦν | parataxis | high | Impersonal/passive reporting construction. |
| 10 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | X----- | _ | 9 λέγεται | cc | high | |
| 11 | ἀνασώσασθαι | ἀνασῴζω | VERB | V--ANA--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 9 λέγεται | xcomp | high | Infinitive dependent on λέγεται. |
| 12 | μελέτην | μελέτη | NOUN | N--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἀνασώσασθαι | obj | high | |
| 13 | λόγων | λόγος | NOUN | N--GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 μελέτην | nmod | high | Genitive specifying the subject matter of μελέτη. |
| 14 | πρῶτος | πρῶτος | ADJ | A--NSM-S | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἀνασώσασθαι | advmod | medium | Predicative/depictive nominative referring to the understood subject Γοργίας. |
| 15 | ἠμελημένην | ἀμελέω | VERB | V--SΡΡFA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 12 μελέτην | acl | high | Perfect passive participle modifying μελέτην. |
| 16 | τε | τε | CCONJ | X----- | _ | 15 ἠμελημένην | cc | high | Coordinates the following prepositional phrase with the preceding one. |
| 17 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 18 ἅπαν | case | high | |
| 18 | ἅπαν | ἅπας | ADJ | A--ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 ἠμελημένην | obl | medium | Substantivized neuter, ‘altogether’; phrase is an extent/result complement. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 20 ἐς | cc | high | |
| 20 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 21 λήθην | case | high | |
| 21 | λήθην | λήθη | NOUN | N--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 ἠμελημένην | obl | high | Second coordinated extent/result phrase. |
| 22 | ὀλίγου | ὀλίγος | ADJ | A--GSM- | Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 23 δεῖν | obl | high | Genitive in the idiom ὀλίγου δεῖν, ‘almost’. |
| 23 | δεῖν | δεῖ | VERB | V--PAN--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 24 ἥκουσαν | advmod | medium | Impersonal infinitive in the idiom ὀλίγου δεῖν. |
| 24 | ἥκουσαν | ἥκω | VERB | V--SAPFA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 15 ἠμελημένην | acl | medium | Aorist active participle agreeing with μελέτην; semantically ‘having nearly reached’ λήθην. |
| 25 | ἀνθρώποις | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N--DPM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 24 ἥκουσαν | obl | high | Dative of reference. |
| 26 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἦν | punct | high |
εὐδοκιμῆσαι δὲ Γοργίαν λόγων ἕνεκα ἔν τε πανηγύρει τῇ Ὀλυμπικῇ φασι καὶ ἀφικόμενον κατὰ πρεσβείαν ὁμοῦ Τισίᾳ παρʼ Ἀθηναίους.
Accusative-and-infinitive report after φασι: Γοργίαν is the accusative subject of εὐδοκιμῆσαι, with ἀφικόμενον coordinated as a second participial predicate; ὁμοῦ Τισίᾳ is treated as a comitative adjunct to ἀφικόμενον, and παρʼ Ἀθηναίους as destination.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | εὐδοκιμῆσαι | εὐδοκιμέω | VERB | V- -AIA | Tense=Aorist|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Active | 11 φασι | xcomp | high | Infinitive in reported accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 φασι | cc | high | |
| 3 | Γοργίαν | Γοργίας | PROPN | N- -ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 εὐδοκιμῆσαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 4 | λόγων | λόγος | NOUN | N- -GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 εὐδοκιμῆσαι | obl | high | Genitive of cause or respect with εὐδοκιμῆσαι; governed semantically by ἕνεκα. |
| 5 | ἕνεκα | ἕνεκα | ADP | ADV | _ | 4 λόγων | case | high | Postpositive genitive-taking adposition. |
| 6 | ἔν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 8 πανηγύρει | case | high | Variant spelling of ἐν. |
| 7 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 πανηγύρει | cc | high | First member of τε...καί coordination. |
| 8 | πανηγύρει | πανήγυρις | NOUN | N- -DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 εὐδοκιμῆσαι | obl | high | Dative locative adjunct, coordinated with the later κατά phrase. |
| 9 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T- -DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 Ὀλυμπικῇ | det | high | |
| 10 | Ὀλυμπικῇ | Ὀλυμπικός | ADJ | A- -DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 πανηγύρει | amod | high | Adjectival modifier of πανηγύρει. |
| 11 | φασι | φημί | VERB | V- -PIA3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main reporting verb. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 εὐδοκιμῆσαι | cc | high | Coordinates ἀφικόμενον with εὐδοκιμῆσαι. |
| 13 | ἀφικόμενον | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V- -MAPSM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aorist|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Medium | 1 εὐδοκιμῆσαι | conj | high | Accusative participle agreeing with Γοργίαν; coordinated with the infinitival predicate. |
| 14 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 15 πρεσβείαν | case | high | Accusative-taking adposition indicating destination or direction. |
| 15 | πρεσβείαν | πρεσβεία | NOUN | N- -ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 ἀφικόμενον | obl | high | Accusative complement of κατά in the phrase κατά πρεσβείαν. |
| 16 | ὁμοῦ | ὁμοῦ | ADV | ADV | _ | 13 ἀφικόμενον | advmod | high | Comitative adverb modifying ἀφικόμενον. |
| 17 | Τισίᾳ | Τισίας | PROPN | N- -DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 ὁμοῦ | obl | medium | Dative complement of comitative ὁμοῦ. |
| 18 | παρʼ | παρά | ADP | PREP | _ | 19 Ἀθηναίους | case | high | Elided form of παρά; with accusative indicates destination toward or to. |
| 19 | Ἀθηναίους | Ἀθηναῖος | PROPN | N- -APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 13 ἀφικόμενον | obl | high | Accusative complement of παρʼ, destination ‘to the Athenians’. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 φασι | punct | high |
καίτοι ἄλλα τε Τισίας ἐς λόγους ἐσηνέγκατο καὶ πιθανώτατα τῶν καθʼ αὑτὸν γυναικὶ Συρακουσίᾳ χρημάτων ἔγραψεν ἀμφισβήτησιν·
Τισίας is the subject of both coordinated predicates. The first clause has ἄλλα ... λόγους as an object; in the second, πιθανώτατα is an adverbial superlative, τῶν ... χρημάτων is a partitive/genitive complement, and γυναικὶ Συρακουσίᾳ is the dative of the person concerned. The exact scope of καθʼ αὑτόν is somewhat uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καίτοι | καίτοι | PART | _ | _ | 7 ἐσηνέγκατο | discourse | high | |
| 2 | ἄλλα | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-p---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 λόγους | amod | high | Substantivized neuter plural. |
| 3 | τε | τε | CCONJ | _ | _ | 7 ἐσηνέγκατο | cc | high | |
| 4 | Τισίας | Τισίας | PROPN | Nbmsfn | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἐσηνέγκατο | nsubj | high | Proper name; form is also compatible with feminine declension, but context requires masculine subject. |
| 5 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R | _ | 6 λόγους | case | high | |
| 6 | λόγους | λόγος | NOUN | Nbmpa | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 ἐσηνέγκατο | obl | high | Object/complement of ἐσηνέγκατο. |
| 7 | ἐσηνέγκατο | εἰσφέρω | VERB | V3saia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 16 ἔγραψεν | cc | high | |
| 9 | πιθανώτατα | πιθανός | ADV | Df------- | Degree=Sup | 16 ἔγραψεν | advmod | high | Adverbial superlative. |
| 10 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | L-p---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 χρημάτων | det | high | |
| 11 | καθʼ | κατά | ADP | R | _ | 12 αὑτὸν | case | medium | Elided preposition; phrase likely means ‘with respect to himself’. |
| 12 | αὑτὸν | ἑαυτοῦ | PRON | P-3asm--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Reflex=Yes | 15 χρημάτων | nmod | medium | Reflexive accusative within καθʼ αὑτόν; syntactic attachment is uncertain. |
| 13 | γυναικὶ | γυνή | NOUN | Ncfsi | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἀμφισβήτησιν | iobj | high | |
| 14 | Συρακουσίᾳ | Συρακούσιος | ADJ | A-fs---d- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 γυναικὶ | amod | high | |
| 15 | χρημάτων | χρῆμα | NOUN | Nb-p---ng- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 17 ἀμφισβήτησιν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἀμφισβήτησιν, likely ‘dispute concerning money/property’. |
| 16 | ἔγραψεν | γράφω | VERB | V3saia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 7 ἐσηνέγκατο | conj | high | |
| 17 | ἀμφισβήτησιν | ἀμφισβήτησις | NOUN | Ncfsa | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 ἔγραψεν | obj | high | Object of ἔγραψεν. |
| 18 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἐσηνέγκατο | punct | high |