Pausanias Analysis

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Passage 6.5.1

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Sentence 1

6.5.1 sentence 1

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ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ βάθρῳ τῷ ὑψηλᾷ Λυσίππου μέν ἐστιν ἔργον, μέγιστος δὲ ἁπάντων ἐγένετο ἀνθρώπων πλὴν τῶν ἡρώων καλουμένων καὶ εἰ δή τι ἄλλο ἦν πρὸ τῶν ἡρώων θνητὸν γένος·

The text has an apparent agreement anomaly in τῷ ὑψηλᾷ; the phrase is construed as the dative location ἐπὶ τῷ βάθρῳ, with ὑψηλᾷ retained as an anomalous modifier. The latter εἰ-clause is elliptical and parenthetical.

punct advcl nsubj cc conj amod obl cc nsubj mark nmod xcomp case discourse obl case amod punct cc obl nmod obl case det det discourse attr det acl det det amod root 1 ὁ ὁ / DET 2 δὲ δέ / CCONJ 3 ἐπὶ ἐπί / ADP 4 τῷ ὁ / DET 5 βάθρῳ βάθρον / NOUN 6 τῷ ὁ / DET 7 ὑψηλᾷ ὑψηλός / ADJ 8 Λυσίππου Λύσιππος / PROPN 9 μέν μέν / PART 10 ἐστιν εἰμί / AUX 11 ἔργον ἔργον / NOUN 12 , , / PUNCT 13 μέγιστος μέγας / ADJ 14 δὲ δέ / CCONJ 15 ἁπάντων ἅπας / PRON 16 ἐγένετο γίγνομαι / VERB 17 ἀνθρώπων ἄνθρωπος / NOUN 18 πλὴν πλήν / ADP 19 τῶν ὁ / DET 20 ἡρώων ἥρως / NOUN 21 καλουμένων καλέω / VERB 22 καὶ καί / CCONJ 23 εἰ εἰ / SCONJ 24 δή δή / PART 25 τι τις / PRON 26 ἄλλο ἄλλος / ADJ 27 ἦν εἰμί / AUX 28 πρὸ πρό / ADP 29 τῶν ὁ / DET 30 ἡρώων ἥρως / NOUN 31 θνητὸν θνητός / ADJ 32 γένος γένος / NOUN 33 · · / PUNCT
#FormLemmaUPOSXPOSFeaturesHeadDepRelConf.Note
1ὁὁDETP-NSMCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing10 ἐστινnsubjhigh
2δὲδέCCONJCONJ_10 ἐστινcchigh
3ἐπὶἐπίADPPREP_5 βάθρῳcasehigh
4τῷὁDETP-DSMCase=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing5 βάθρῳdethigh
5βάθρῳβάθρονNOUNN-DSNCase=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing10 ἐστινoblhigh
6τῷὁDETP-DSFCase=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing7 ὑψηλᾷdethighForm appears anomalous with βάθρῳ; construed with ὑψηλᾷ.
7ὑψηλᾷὑψηλόςADJA-DSFCase=Dat|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing5 βάθρῳamodlowLikely textual/agreement anomaly; expected neuter agreement with βάθρῳ if modifying it.
8ΛυσίππουΛύσιπποςPROPNN-GSMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing11 ἔργονnmodhigh
9μένμένPARTPART_10 ἐστινdiscoursehigh
10ἐστινεἰμίAUXV-PAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act0 ROOTroothigh
11ἔργονἔργονNOUNN-NSNCase=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing10 ἐστινattrhigh
12,,PUNCT__10 ἐστινpuncthigh
13μέγιστοςμέγαςADJA-NSMCase=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing16 ἐγένετοxcompmediumPredicative adjective with γίγνομαι; masculine likely agrees with implicit male referent.
14δὲδέCCONJCONJ_16 ἐγένετοcchigh
15ἁπάντωνἅπαςPRONA-GPMCase=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur13 μέγιστοςoblhighPartitive genitive.
16ἐγένετογίγνομαιVERBV-ADI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid10 ἐστινconjhigh
17ἀνθρώπωνἄνθρωποςNOUNN-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur15 ἁπάντωνnmodhighGenitive dependent within the comparison set.
18πλὴνπλήνADPPREP_15 ἁπάντωνcasehighExceptive construction.
19τῶνὁDETP-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur20 ἡρώωνdethigh
20ἡρώωνἥρωςNOUNN-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur18 πλὴνoblhigh
21καλουμένωνκαλέωVERBV-PPM-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass20 ἡρώωνaclhigh
22καὶκαίCCONJCONJ_27 ἦνcchigh
23εἰεἰSCONJCONJ_27 ἦνmarkhighIntroduces an elliptical conditional/parenthetical clause.
24δήδήPARTPART_27 ἦνdiscoursehigh
25τιτιςPRONX-NSNCase=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind26 ἄλλοdetmediumIndefinite τι modifying ἄλλο.
26ἄλλοἄλλοςADJA-NSNCase=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing32 γένοςamodhigh
27ἦνεἰμίAUXV-IAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act16 ἐγένετοadvclmediumElliptical clause, with γένος as understood subject/complement context.
28πρὸπρόADPPREP_30 ἡρώωνcasehigh
29τῶνὁDETP-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur30 ἡρώωνdethigh
30ἡρώωνἥρωςNOUNN-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur27 ἦνoblhigh
31θνητὸνθνητόςADJA-NSNCase=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing32 γένοςamodhigh
32γένοςγένοςNOUNN-NSNCase=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing27 ἦνnsubjhighSubject of elliptical ἦν.
33··PUNCT__10 ἐστινpuncthigh
Sentence 2

6.5.1 sentence 2

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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.

obl punct cc nmod det xcomp case nsubj det appos nmod root 1 ἀνθρώπων ἄνθρωπος / NOUN 2 δὲ δέ / CCONJ 3 τῶν ὁ / DET 4 καθʼ κατά / ADP 5 ἡμᾶς ἐγώ / PRON 6 οὗτός οὗτος / PRON 7 ἐστιν εἰμί / AUX 8 ὁ ὁ / DET 9 μέγιστος μέγας / ADJ 10 Πουλυδάμας Πουλυδάμας / PROPN 11 Νικίου Νικίας / PROPN 12 . . / PUNCT
#FormLemmaUPOSXPOSFeaturesHeadDepRelConf.Note
1ἀνθρώπωνἄνθρωποςNOUNN-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur6 οὗτόςoblhighGenitive of comparison/partitive frame: ‘of the people of our time’.
2δὲδέCCONJCONJ_6 οὗτόςcchighPostpositive connective.
3τῶνὁDETT-GPMCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur1 ἀνθρώπωνdethighArticle substantivizing/modifying ἀνθρώπων.
4καθʼκατάADPPREP_5 ἡμᾶςcasehighElided κατά before accusative.
5ἡμᾶςἐγώPRONP-A1PCase=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=11 ἀνθρώπωνnmodhighAccusative object of κατά within the genitive nominal phrase.
6οὗτόςοὗτοςPROND-DMSCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem7 ἐστινnsubjhighDemonstrative subject of ἐστιν.
7ἐστινεἰμίAUXV-PAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act0 ROOTroothighCopular root.
8ὁὁDETT-NMSCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing9 μέγιστοςdethighArticle with superlative predicate noun.
9μέγιστοςμέγαςADJA-NMS-SCase=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing7 ἐστινxcomphighSuperlative predicate complement, agreeing with the subject.
10ΠουλυδάμαςΠουλυδάμαςPROPNN-NMSCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing9 μέγιστοςapposhighPersonal name in apposition to the subject; the predicate phrase identifies him.
11ΝικίουΝικίαςPROPNN-GMSCase=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing10 ΠουλυδάμαςnmodhighPatronymic genitive: ‘son of Nicias’.
12..PUNCT__7 ἐστινpuncthighSentence-final punctuation.
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