Grammar parses for passage 6.20.18
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ἠξίου δὲ οὗτος ὁ Αἰγύπτιος εἶναι μὲν Ἀμφίονα, εἶναι δὲ καὶ τὸν Θρᾷκα Ὀρφέα μαγεῦσαι δεινόν, καὶ αὐτοῖς ἐπᾴδουσι θηρία τε ἀφικνεῖσθαι τῷ Ὀρφεῖ καὶ Ἀμφίονι ἐς τὰς τοῦ τείχους οἰκοδομίας τὰς πέτρας.
The sentence contains several coordinated infinitival clauses with compressed predicate structure, especially around εἶναι and μαγεῦσαι, so some attachments are necessarily tentative.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἠξίου | ἀξιόω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the sentence. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PART | _ | 1 ἠξίου | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οὗτος | οὗτος | PRON | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem | 1 ἠξίου | nsubj | high | Subject of ἠξίου. |
| 4 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 Αἰγύπτιος | det | high | Article with Αἰγύπτιος. |
| 5 | Αἰγύπτιος | Αἰγύπτιος | ADJ | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 οὗτος | appos | high | Appositive to οὗτος. |
| 6 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 1 ἠξίου | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement of ἠξίου. |
| 7 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 6 εἶναι | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 8 | Ἀμφίονα | Ἀμφίων | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 εἶναι | xcomp | medium | Complement of εἶναι; predicate/appositive use. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 εἶναι | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 10 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 1 ἠξίου | ccomp | high | Second coordinated infinitival complement. |
| 11 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PART | _ | 10 εἶναι | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 εἶναι | cc | high | Coordinating conjunction. |
| 13 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 Ὀρφέα | det | high | Article with Ὀρφέα. |
| 14 | Θρᾷκα | Θρᾷξ | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 Ὀρφέα | amod | high | Attributive ethnic adjective. |
| 15 | Ὀρφέα | Ὀρφεύς | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 εἶναι | obj | medium | Accusative complement within the second εἶναι clause; syntax is somewhat compressed. |
| 16 | μαγεῦσαι | μαγεύω | VERB | V-AAI | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 15 Ὀρφέα | acl | medium | Likely dependent on Ὀρφέα, expressing 'who bewitched' / 'to have bewitched'. |
| 17 | δεινόν | δεινός | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 μαγεῦσαι | xcomp | low | Interpreted as predicative complement to μαγεῦσαι, but syntax is difficult. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 εἶναι | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 24 ἀφικνεῖσθαι | cc | high | Coordinates with prior infinitival clause. |
| 20 | αὐτοῖς | αὐτός | PRON | A-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 21 ἐπᾴδουσι | nsubj | high | Dative subject with ἐπᾴδουσι. |
| 21 | ἐπᾴδουσι | ἐπᾴδω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 24 ἀφικνεῖσθαι | advcl | medium | Circumstantial participial-like finite clause; attaches to ἀφικνεῖσθαι. |
| 22 | θηρία | θηρίον | NOUN | N-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 24 ἀφικνεῖσθαι | nsubj | high | Subject of ἀφικνεῖσθαι. |
| 23 | τε | τε | PART | PART | _ | 22 θηρία | discourse | high | Enclitic connective. |
| 24 | ἀφικνεῖσθαι | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V-PMN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 1 ἠξίου | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement coordinated with prior complements. |
| 25 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 26 Ὀρφεῖ | det | high | Article with Ὀρφεῖ. |
| 26 | Ὀρφεῖ | Ὀρφεύς | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 24 ἀφικνεῖσθαι | obl | high | Dative of interest/reference with ἀφικνεῖσθαι. |
| 27 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 28 Ἀμφίονι | cc | high | Coordinates dative recipients. |
| 28 | Ἀμφίονι | Ἀμφίων | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 Ὀρφεῖ | conj | high | Coordinated with Ὀρφεῖ. |
| 29 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R | _ | 24 ἀφικνεῖσθαι | case | high | Preposition. |
| 30 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 33 οἰκοδομίας | det | high | Article with οἰκοδομίας. |
| 31 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 32 τείχους | det | high | Article with τείχους. |
| 32 | τείχους | τεῖχος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 33 οἰκοδομίας | nmod | high | Genitive modifier of οἰκοδομίας. |
| 33 | οἰκοδομίας | οἰκοδομία | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 24 ἀφικνεῖσθαι | obl | medium | Goal/location phrase with ἐς; could also be object-like depending on construal. |
| 34 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 35 πέτρας | det | high | Article with πέτρας. |
| 35 | πέτρας | πέτρα | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 24 ἀφικνεῖσθαι | obj | medium | Likely object of ἀφικνεῖσθαι/implicit motion relation; syntax is compressed. |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἠξίου | punct | high | Punctuation. |
ὁ δὲ πιθανώτατος ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν τῶν λόγων Ποσειδῶνος ἐπίκλησιν εἶναι τοῦ Ἱππίου φησίν.
The syntax is somewhat compressed: φησίν governs an infinitival clause (δοκεῖν … εἶναι), with πιθανώτατος functioning as the subject of φησίν and ἐμοὶ as a dative with δοκεῖν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | S-NSM | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 πιθανώτατος | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | G | _ | 3 πιθανώτατος | discourse | high | |
| 3 | πιθανώτατος | πιθανός | ADJ | A-NSM-SUP | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 φησίν | nsubj | medium | Likely subject of φησίν; clause embedding is somewhat elliptical. |
| 4 | ἐμοὶ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1DS | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 5 δοκεῖν | nsubj | low | Dative with δοκεῖν; could be dative of person judging rather than core subject. |
| 5 | δοκεῖν | δοκέω | VERB | V-PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 3 πιθανώτατος | xcomp | high | |
| 6 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | S-GPM | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 7 λόγων | det | high | |
| 7 | λόγων | λόγος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 ἐπίκλησιν | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent of ἐπίκλησιν; relation to the clause is semantically loose. |
| 8 | Ποσειδῶνος | Ποσειδῶν | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 ἐπίκλησιν | nmod | high | |
| 9 | ἐπίκλησιν | ἐπίκλησις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 εἶναι | obj | high | |
| 10 | εἶναι | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 13 φησίν | xcomp | high | |
| 11 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | S-GNS | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 Ἱππίου | det | high | |
| 12 | Ἱππίου | Ἴππιος | ADJ | A-GNS | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 9 ἐπίκλησιν | nmod | low | Probably genitive modifier in the phrase τοῦ Ἱππίου; form may be construed as epithet/name. |
| 13 | φησίν | φημί | VERB | V-3SPI | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 φησίν | punct | high |