Pausanias Analysis - Grammar 6.5.1

Sentence 2

6.5.1 sentence 2

Tokens: 12
Input: 680
Output: 954
Total: 1,634

ἀνθρώπων δὲ τῶν καθʼ ἡμᾶς οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μέγιστος Πουλυδάμας Νικίου.

The sentence means ‘Of the people of our time, this Poly damas, son of Nicias, is the greatest’; ἀνθρώπων ... καθʼ ἡμᾶς is a genitive frame and μέγιστος is the predicative superlative.

#	Form	Lemma	UPOS	XPOS	Features	Head	DepRel	Conf.	Note
1	ἀνθρώπων	ἄνθρωπος	NOUN	N-GPM	Case=Gen\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Plur	6 οὗτός	obl	high	Genitive of comparison/partitive frame: ‘of the people of our time’.
2	δὲ	δέ	CCONJ	CONJ	_	6 οὗτός	cc	high	Postpositive connective.
3	τῶν	ὁ	DET	T-GPM	Case=Gen\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Plur	1 ἀνθρώπων	det	high	Article substantivizing/modifying ἀνθρώπων.
4	καθʼ	κατά	ADP	PREP	_	5 ἡμᾶς	case	high	Elided κατά before accusative.
5	ἡμᾶς	ἐγώ	PRON	P-A1P	Case=Acc\|Number=Plur\|Person=1	1 ἀνθρώπων	nmod	high	Accusative object of κατά within the genitive nominal phrase.
6	οὗτός	οὗτος	PRON	D-DMS	Case=Nom\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing\|PronType=Dem	7 ἐστιν	nsubj	high	Demonstrative subject of ἐστιν.
7	ἐστιν	εἰμί	AUX	V-PAI-3S	Mood=Ind\|Number=Sing\|Person=3\|Tense=Pres\|Voice=Act	0 ROOT	root	high	Copular root.
8	ὁ	ὁ	DET	T-NMS	Case=Nom\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing	9 μέγιστος	det	high	Article with superlative predicate noun.
9	μέγιστος	μέγας	ADJ	A-NMS-S	Case=Nom\|Degree=Sup\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing	7 ἐστιν	xcomp	high	Superlative predicate complement, agreeing with the subject.
10	Πουλυδάμας	Πουλυδάμας	PROPN	N-NMS	Case=Nom\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing	9 μέγιστος	appos	high	Personal name in apposition to the subject; the predicate phrase identifies him.
11	Νικίου	Νικίας	PROPN	N-GMS	Case=Gen\|Gender=Masc\|Number=Sing	10 Πουλυδάμας	nmod	high	Patronymic genitive: ‘son of Nicias’.
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	_	7 ἐστιν	punct	high	Sentence-final punctuation.

Passage 6.5.1