Grammar parses for passage 6.9.1
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Θεογνήτῳ δὲ Αἰγινήτῃ πάλης μὲν στέφανον λαβεῖν ὑπῆρξεν ἐν παισί, τὸν δὲ ἀνδριάντα οἱ Πτόλιχος ἐποίησεν Αἰγινήτης.
Δὲ introduces a second clause: the dative Θεογνήτῳ Αἰγινήτῃ is the experiencer/possessor with ὑπῆρξεν, while Πτόλιχος is the agent-like subject of ἐποίησεν and οἱ is ethical/possessive dative referring to Θεογνήτῳ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Θεογνήτῳ | Θεογνήτος | PROPN | N--DSM-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ὑπῆρξεν | iobj | high | Dative person associated with ὑπῆρξεν; also antecedent of οἱ. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 8 ὑπῆρξεν | cc | high | |
| 3 | Αἰγινήτῃ | Αἰγινήτης | PROPN | N--DSM-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 Θεογνήτῳ | appos | high | Apposition to Θεογνήτῳ. |
| 4 | πάλης | πάλη | NOUN | N--GSF-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 στέφανον | nmod | high | Genitive specifying the kind of crown/contest. |
| 5 | μὲν | μέν | PART | Q-------- | _ | 6 στέφανον | advmod | high | Correlative μέν, answered by δέ. |
| 6 | στέφανον | στέφανος | NOUN | N--ASM-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 λαβεῖν | obj | high | Accusative object of λαβεῖν. |
| 7 | λαβεῖν | λαμβάνω | VERB | V--AAN-- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 8 ὑπῆρξεν | xcomp | high | Aorist infinitive complementary to ὑπῆρξεν. |
| 8 | ὑπῆρξεν | ὑπάρχω | VERB | V--AAI-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main predicate of the first clause. |
| 9 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | AdpType=Prep | 10 παισί | case | high | |
| 10 | παισί | παῖς | NOUN | N--DPM-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 ὑπῆρξεν | obl | high | ἐν παισί means in the boys' category/division. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ὑπῆρξεν | punct | high | |
| 12 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | P--ASM-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 ἀνδριάντα | det | high | |
| 13 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 17 ἐποίησεν | cc | high | Introduces the second coordinated clause. |
| 14 | ἀνδριάντα | ἀνδριάς | NOUN | N--ASM-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 ἐποίησεν | obj | high | Accusative object of ἐποίησεν. |
| 15 | οἱ | οἱ | PRON | P-------- | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 17 ἐποίησεν | iobj | medium | Dative pronoun, probably ethical/possessive, referring to Θεογνήτῳ; homographic with the article. |
| 16 | Πτόλιχος | Πτόλιχος | PROPN | N--NSM-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 ἐποίησεν | nsubj | high | |
| 17 | ἐποίησεν | ποιέω | VERB | V--AAI-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 8 ὑπῆρξεν | conj | high | Predicate of the second clause, coordinated with the first. |
| 18 | Αἰγινήτης | Αἰγινήτης | PROPN | N--NSM-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 Πτόλιχος | appos | high | Apposition to Πτόλιχος. |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ὑπῆρξεν | punct | high |
διδάσκαλοι δὲ ἐγεγόνεσαν Πτολίχῳ μὲν Συννοῶν ὁ πατήρ, ἐκείνῳ δὲ Ἀριστοκλῆς Σικυώνιος, ἀδελφός τε Κανάχου καὶ οὐ πολὺ τὰ ἐς δόξαν ἐλασσούμενος.
The copular/possessive construction means “they became teachers”: Πτολίχῳ and ἐκείνῳ are dative recipients/possessors, with πατήρ and Ἀριστοκλῆς respectively as subjects of the implied teaching relation; ἐλασσούμενος is a coordinated participial predicate modifying Ἀριστοκλῆς, with τὰ ἐς δόξαν as an idiomatic accusative of respect.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | διδάσκαλοι | διδάσκαλος | NOUN | N--MPN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 ἐγεγόνεσαν | xcomp | high | Predicate nominative with ἐγεγόνεσαν. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 3 ἐγεγόνεσαν | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἐγεγόνεσαν | γίγνομαι | VERB | V3PPAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Perfect of γίγνομαι, ‘became/had become’. |
| 4 | Πτολίχῳ | Πτολίχος | PROPN | NeMS---D- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 πατήρ | iobj | medium | Dative of the person for whom the teachers existed/were appointed. |
| 5 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G-------- | _ | 4 Πτολίχῳ | discourse | high | Correlative μέν with later δέ. |
| 6 | Συννοῶν | Συννοῶν | PROPN | NeMS---N- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 πατήρ | appos | medium | Proper name in apposition to πατήρ. |
| 7 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | L-------- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 πατήρ | det | high | |
| 8 | πατήρ | πατήρ | NOUN | N--MSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 ἐγεγόνεσαν | nsubj | high | Subject of the first implicit teacher relation. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | --------- | _ | 3 ἐγεγόνεσαν | punct | high | |
| 10 | ἐκείνῳ | ἐκεῖνος | PRON | Pp3MS-D-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Dem | 12 Ἀριστοκλῆς | iobj | high | Dative counterpart to Πτολίχῳ. |
| 11 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 12 Ἀριστοκλῆς | cc | high | Correlative contrast with μέν. |
| 12 | Ἀριστοκλῆς | Ἀριστοκλῆς | PROPN | NeMS---N- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 ἐγεγόνεσαν | nsubj | high | Subject of the second implicit teacher relation. |
| 13 | Σικυώνιος | Σικυώνιος | ADJ | A--MSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 Ἀριστοκλῆς | amod | high | Ethnic adjective modifying Ἀριστοκλῆς. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | --------- | _ | 12 Ἀριστοκλῆς | punct | high | |
| 15 | ἀδελφός | ἀδελφός | NOUN | N--MSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 Ἀριστοκλῆς | appos | high | Apposition to Ἀριστοκλῆς. |
| 16 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 15 ἀδελφός | cc | high | Links the appositional phrase with the following participial phrase. |
| 17 | Κανάχου | Κάναχος | PROPN | NeMS---G- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 ἀδελφός | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἀδελφός. |
| 18 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 24 ἐλασσούμενος | cc | high | Coordinates ἀδελφός and ἐλασσούμενος. |
| 19 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D-------- | Polarity=Neg | 24 ἐλασσούμενος | advmod | high | Negates ἐλασσούμενος. |
| 20 | πολὺ | πολύς | ADV | D-------- | _ | 24 ἐλασσούμενος | advmod | high | Adverbial accusative, ‘much/far’. |
| 21 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | L--APN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 23 δόξαν | det | high | Substantivized article in τὰ ἐς δόξαν. |
| 22 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 23 δόξαν | case | high | |
| 23 | δόξαν | δόξα | NOUN | N--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 ἐλασσούμενος | obl | high | Accusative phrase τὰ ἐς δόξαν, ‘in matters of reputation/glory’. |
| 24 | ἐλασσούμενος | ἐλασσόω | VERB | V-PMPMSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 12 Ἀριστοκλῆς | conj | medium | Participial predicate coordinated with ἀδελφός; means ‘not inferior’. |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | --------- | _ | 3 ἐγεγόνεσαν | punct | high |
ἐφʼ ὅτῳ δὲ ὁ Θεόγνητος πίτυος τῆς γʼ ἡμέρου καὶ ῥοιᾶς φέρει καρπόν, ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐχ οἷά τε ἦν συμβαλέσθαι, τάχα δʼ ἂν Αἰγινήταις τισὶν ἐπιχώριος ἐς αὐτὰ ἂν εἴη λόγος.
The opening ἐφʼ ὅτῳ introduces the circumstance/topic of Θεόγνητος’s bearing fruit; οὐχ οἷά τε ἦν is an impersonal ability construction with συμβαλέσθαι, while the final optative with ἄν is potential. The idiom ἐπιχώριος ... λόγος is predicated of λόγος, with ἐς αὐτά referring to the matter.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 2 ὅτῳ | case | high | Elided form before dative. |
| 2 | ὅτῳ | ὅστις | PRON | P-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 12 φέρει | obl | medium | Relative pronoun after ἐπί; idiomatically introduces the point/circumstance. |
| 3 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 φέρει | cc | high | |
| 4 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 Θεόγνητος | det | high | |
| 5 | Θεόγνητος | Θεόγνητος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 φέρει | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | πίτυος | πίτυς | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 φέρει | obj | medium | Genitive object/partitive complement with καρπόν understood in the fruit-bearing construction. |
| 7 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 ἡμέρου | det | high | |
| 8 | γʼ | γε | PART | X | _ | 9 ἡμέρου | advmod | medium | Enclitic emphasis, modifying ἡμέρου. |
| 9 | ἡμέρου | ἥμερος | ADJ | A-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 πίτυος | amod | high | |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 ῥοιᾶς | cc | high | |
| 11 | ῥοιᾶς | ῥοιά | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 φέρει | obj | medium | Coordinated genitive fruit-bearing complement. |
| 12 | φέρει | φέρω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 13 | καρπόν | καρπός | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 φέρει | obj | high | |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 φέρει | punct | high | |
| 15 | ἐμοὶ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-DS | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 20 ἦν | obl | high | Dative of the person affected/judging. |
| 16 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X | _ | 20 ἦν | discourse | high | |
| 17 | οὐχ | οὐ | PART | X | Polarity=Neg | 20 ἦν | advmod | high | Negates the impersonal construction. |
| 18 | οἷά | οἷος | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 20 ἦν | xcomp | medium | Neuter plural predicate adjective in the οἷά τε εἰμί ability idiom. |
| 19 | τε | τε | PART | X | _ | 18 οἷά | advmod | high | Part of the idiom οἷά τε. |
| 20 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Finite verb of the first coordinated clause; the preceding ἕρει clause is discourse-framed. |
| 21 | συμβαλέσθαι | συμβάλλω | VERB | V-AAM-INF | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 20 ἦν | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive. |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 ἦν | punct | high | |
| 23 | τάχα | τάχα | ADV | ADV | _ | 32 εἴη | advmod | high | Potentially/ perhaps. |
| 24 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 32 εἴη | cc | high | Elided form. |
| 25 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | X | _ | 32 εἴη | aux | high | Potential particle with εἴη. |
| 26 | Αἰγινήταις | Αἰγινήτης | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 28 ἐπιχώριος | obl | high | Dative of reference. |
| 27 | τισὶν | τις | PRON | P-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Ind | 26 Αἰγινήταις | det | medium | Indefinite determiner modifying Αἰγινήταις. |
| 28 | ἐπιχώριος | ἐπιχώριος | ADJ | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 λόγος | amod | high | Predicate adjective agreeing with λόγος; copula εἴη is later. |
| 29 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 30 αὐτὰ | case | high | |
| 30 | αὐτὰ | αὐτός | PRON | P-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 28 ἐπιχώριος | obl | medium | Neuter plural pronoun, referring to the matters/things in question. |
| 31 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | X | _ | 32 εἴη | aux | high | Potential particle; repeated in the transmitted wording. |
| 32 | εἴη | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAO-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 33 λόγος | cop | high | Potential optative copula. |
| 33 | λόγος | λόγος | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 ἦν | conj | medium | Subject of the final nominal predicate; clause coordinated with the preceding impersonal clause. |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 ἦν | punct | high |