Grammar parses for passage 6.26.7
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μέγεθος μέν ἐστιν αὐτοῦ διπλάσιον ἢ κανθάρων ὁ μέγιστος, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα εἴκασται τοῖς ἀράχναις, οἳ ὑπὸ τοῖς δένδρεσιν ὑφαίνουσι, καὶ δὴ καὶ πόδας ἀριθμὸν ὀκτὼ κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἔχει τοῖς ἀράχναις.
Sentence has coordinated clauses: μέγεθος … ἐστιν with a comparative ἤ phrase; τὰ ἄλλα εἴκασται takes a dative comparison; οἳ is relative subject of ὑφαίνουσι, and the final καὶ clause has πόδας as an accusative measure/object with ἀριθμόν in apposition and ταὐτά as the comparative object of κατὰ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μέγεθος | μέγεθος | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | μέν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 3 ἐστιν | discourse | high | Correlative μέν; paired with δέ. |
| 3 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 4 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | P-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 διπλάσιον | nmod | medium | Possessive genitive, or genitive of reference. |
| 5 | διπλάσιον | διπλάσιος | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 ἐστιν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective agreeing with μέγεθος. |
| 6 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 5 διπλάσιον | cc | high | Introduces comparative standard. |
| 7 | κανθάρων | κάνθαρος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 μέγιστος | nmod | medium | Genitive plural in elliptical comparison; understood ‘than the largest [of beetles]’. |
| 8 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 μέγιστος | det | high | |
| 9 | μέγιστος | μέγας | ADJ | A-NSMS | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἢ | obl | medium | Substantivized superlative; elliptical comparison under ἤ. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἐστιν | punct | high | |
| 11 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-NPA | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 13 ἄλλα | det | high | |
| 12 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 εἴκασται | cc | high | Correlative contrast with μέν. |
| 13 | ἄλλα | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-NPNA | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 14 εἴκασται | nsubj:pass | high | Substantivized adjective, subject of εἴκασται. |
| 14 | εἴκασται | εἰκάζω | VERB | V-RPI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 3 ἐστιν | conj | medium | Perfect/passive-looking form is syntactically present with plural neuter subject; analyzed as present perfect with resultative sense ‘are like’. Parsers may lemmatize as ἔοικα. |
| 15 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 ἀράχναις | det | high | |
| 16 | ἀράχναις | ἀράχνη | NOUN | N-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 14 εἴκασται | obl | high | Dative of comparison/resemblance. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 εἴκασται | punct | high | |
| 18 | οἳ | ὅς | PRON | P-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 ὑφαίνουσι | nsubj | high | Relative pronoun referring to ἀράχναις by sense. |
| 19 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 21 δένδρεσιν | case | high | With dative, locative meaning ‘under’. |
| 20 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 21 δένδρεσιν | det | high | |
| 21 | δένδρεσιν | δένδρον | NOUN | N-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 22 ὑφαίνουσι | obl | high | Object of ὑπό. |
| 22 | ὑφαίνουσι | ὑφαίνω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 18 οἳ | acl:relcl | high | |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 ὑφαίνουσι | punct | high | |
| 24 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 32 ἔχει | cc | high | Coordinates the final clause. |
| 25 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 32 ἔχει | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 26 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 32 ἔχει | advmod | medium | Adverbial καί (‘also’), not a separate coordination. |
| 27 | πόδας | πούς | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 32 ἔχει | obj | medium | Accusative object/measure with ἔχει; ‘has eight feet’. |
| 28 | ἀριθμὸν | ἀριθμός | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 27 πόδας | appos | medium | Accusative of respect or apposition: ‘in number’. |
| 29 | ὀκτὼ | ὀκτώ | NUM | NUM | NumType=Card | 27 πόδας | nummod | high | |
| 30 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 31 ταὐτὰ | case | high | With accusative in the idiom κατὰ ταὐτά, ‘in the same way’. |
| 31 | ταὐτὰ | αὐτός | PRON | P-APNA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 32 ἔχει | obl | high | Contraction of τὰ αὐτά; idiomatic comparative complement. |
| 32 | ἔχει | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 14 εἴκασται | conj | high | Subject is the understood referent of αὐτοῦ / the described creature. |
| 33 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 34 ἀράχναις | det | high | |
| 34 | ἀράχναις | ἀράχνη | NOUN | N-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 32 ἔχει | obl | high | Dative of comparison, completing κατὰ ταὐτὰ … τοῖς ἀράχναις. |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἐστιν | punct | high |
ταῦτα τὰ ζῷα τρέφουσιν οἱ Σῆρες οἴκους κατασκευασάμενοι χειμῶνός τε καὶ θέρους ὥρᾳ ἐπιτηδείους·
The participial clause κατασκευασάμενοι οἴκους supplies the manner or prior circumstance of the Seres’ feeding; ἐπιτηδείους agrees with οἴκους, while ὥρᾳ with genitives χειμῶνος and θέρους expresses the seasons for which the houses are suitable.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | Pd----na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 4 τρέφουσιν | obj | high | Accusative neuter plural demonstrative, object of τρέφουσιν. |
| 2 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T----na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 3 ζῷα | det | high | |
| 3 | ζῷα | ζῷον | NOUN | Nb----na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 1 ταῦτα | appos | high | Appositional specification of ταῦτα. |
| 4 | τρέφουσιν | τρέφω | VERB | V3PPAAI | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 5 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T----nm- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 6 Σῆρες | det | high | |
| 6 | Σῆρες | Σῆρες | PROPN | Ne----nm- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 τρέφουσιν | nsubj | high | Ethnonym used substantivally. |
| 7 | οἴκους | οἶκος | NOUN | Nb----ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 κατασκευασάμενοι | obj | high | Object of the participle κατασκευασάμενοι. |
| 8 | κατασκευασάμενοι | κατασκευάζω | VERB | V-AMP-NMP | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 4 τρέφουσιν | advcl | high | Aorist middle circumstantial participle, sharing subject with οἱ Σῆρες. |
| 9 | χειμῶνός | χειμών | NOUN | Nb----mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 ὥρᾳ | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ὥρᾳ in the sense ‘season/time of winter’. |
| 10 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 9 χειμῶνός | cc | high | First member of the τε ... καί coordination. |
| 11 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 12 θέρους | cc | high | Coordinates θέρους with χειμῶνος. |
| 12 | θέρους | θέρος | NOUN | Nb----ng- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ὥρᾳ | nmod | high | Second genitive dependent on ὥρᾳ. |
| 13 | ὥρᾳ | ὥρα | NOUN | Nb----fd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ἐπιτηδείους | obl | medium | Dative of time/occasion with ἐπιτηδείους; the phrase means suitable for the winter and summer seasons. |
| 14 | ἐπιτηδείους | ἐπιτήδειος | ADJ | A----ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 οἴκους | amod | medium | Accusative masculine plural agreeing with οἴκους; ὥρᾳ is a dative of respect/occasion modifying the suitability. |
| 15 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 τρέφουσιν | punct | high |
τὸ δὲ ἔργον τῶν ζῴων κλῶσμα εὑρίσκεται λεπτὸν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν περιειλιγμένον.
The predicate is εὑρίσκεται with κλῶσμα as its predicative complement; περιειλιγμένον is a perfect passive participle modifying κλῶσμα, with τοῖς ποσίν as its dative complement.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | article | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 ἔργον | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | conj | _ | 7 εὑρίσκεται | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἔργον | ἔργον | NOUN | n-s---na- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 εὑρίσκεται | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | article | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 5 ζῴων | det | high | |
| 5 | ζῴων | ζῷον | NOUN | n-p---ng- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 3 ἔργον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἔργον. |
| 6 | κλῶσμα | κλῶσμα | NOUN | n-s---nn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 εὑρίσκεται | xcomp | medium | Predicative complement of εὑρίσκεται. |
| 7 | εὑρίσκεται | εὑρίσκω | VERB | v3spie--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Middle/passive-form predicate, ‘is found’. |
| 8 | λεπτὸν | λεπτός | ADJ | a-s---nn- | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 κλῶσμα | amod | high | |
| 9 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | article | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 ποσὶν | det | high | |
| 10 | ποσὶν | πούς | NOUN | n-p---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 περιειλιγμένον | obl | high | Dative with περιειλιγμένον, indicating the feet around which it is wrapped. |
| 11 | αὐτῶν | αὐτός | PRON | p-p---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 10 ποσὶν | nmod:poss | high | Possessive genitive modifying ποσίν. |
| 12 | περιειλιγμένον | περιελίσσω | VERB | v-srppna- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 6 κλῶσμα | acl | medium | Perfect passive participle agreeing with κλῶσμα; descriptive adjunct. |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 εὑρίσκεται | punct | high |