Grammar parses for passage 7.17.1
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Ἄργος μέν, ἐς πλεῖστον ἀφικομένην δυνάμεως πόλιν ἐπὶ τῶν καλουμένων ἡρώων, ὁμοῦ τῇ μεταβολῇ τῇ ἐς Δωριέας ἐπέλιπε τὸ ἐκ τῆς τύχης εὐμενές·
Ἄργος is the topic; μέν sets up an omitted or following contrast. ἀφικομένην agrees with πόλιν and expresses the extent to which Argos had reached power in the age of the heroes. The finite verb ἐπέλιπε takes τὸ ... εὐμενές as subject and Ἄργος as its understood experiencer/topic; τῇ μεταβολῇ is temporal/concomitant, while τῇ ἐς Δωριέας specifies the change.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἄργος | Ἄργος | PROPN | Neut.Sg.Nom | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 20 ἐπέλιπε | nsubj | medium | Topic/subject of the clause semantically; syntactically the finite clause is somewhat compressed. |
| 2 | μέν | μέν | PART | Particle | _ | 1 Ἄργος | discourse | high | Correlative particle, with contrast left implicit or supplied by context. |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | Punct | _ | 1 Ἄργος | punct | high | |
| 4 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | Prep | _ | 5 πλεῖστον | case | high | Attic/Ionic form of εἰς. |
| 5 | πλεῖστον | πολύς | ADJ | Neut.Sg.Acc.Superl | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 δυνάμεως | amod | medium | Substantivized/elliptical superlative, modifying δύναμις in the extent phrase. |
| 6 | ἀφικομένην | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | Pres.Mid.Part.Acc.Fem.Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 8 πόλιν | acl | high | Aorist-like lexical meaning but formally present middle participle; agrees with πόλιν. |
| 7 | δυνάμεως | δύναμις | NOUN | Fem.Sg.Gen | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἀφικομένην | obl | medium | Genitive of extent or respect with ἀφικομένην; πλεῖστον is substantivized/elliptical. |
| 8 | πόλιν | πόλις | NOUN | Fem.Sg.Acc | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 ἐπέλιπε | obl | medium | Accusative of respect/description, modified by ἀφικομένην. |
| 9 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | Prep | _ | 12 ἡρώων | case | high | With genitive, marking the period/realm of the heroes. |
| 10 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | Art.Gen.Pl | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 καλουμένων | det | high | |
| 11 | καλουμένων | καλέω | VERB | Pres.MidPart.Gen.Masc.Pl | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 12 ἡρώων | amod | high | Substantival participle, ‘the so-called’; modifies ἡρώων. |
| 12 | ἡρώων | ἥρως | NOUN | Masc.Pl.Gen | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 πόλιν | nmod | high | Object of ἐπί in a temporal/period phrase. |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | Punct | _ | 8 πόλιν | punct | high | |
| 14 | ὁμοῦ | ὁμοῦ | ADV | Adv | _ | 16 μεταβολῇ | advmod | high | ‘Together with/at the same time as’; scopes over the temporal dative phrase. |
| 15 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | Art.Dat.Sg.Fem | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 μεταβολῇ | det | high | |
| 16 | μεταβολῇ | μεταβολή | NOUN | Fem.Sg.Dat | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 ἐπέλιπε | obl | high | Dative of concomitant time/event with ὁμοῦ. |
| 17 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | Art.Dat.Sg.Fem | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 μεταβολῇ | det | high | Second article introduces an attributive specification of μεταβολῇ. |
| 18 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | Prep | _ | 19 Δωριέας | case | high | Attic/Ionic form of εἰς. |
| 19 | Δωριέας | Δωριεύς | PROPN | Masc.Pl.Acc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 μεταβολῇ | nmod | high | Object of ἐς; specifies the change as one to the Dorians. |
| 20 | ἐπέλιπε | ἐπιλείπω | VERB | Aor.Act.Ind.3Sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 21 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | Art.Nom.Sg.Neut | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 εὐμενές | det | high | |
| 22 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | Prep | _ | 24 τύχης | case | high | Marks source/origin. |
| 23 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | Art.Gen.Sg.Fem | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 τύχης | det | high | |
| 24 | τύχης | τύχη | NOUN | Fem.Sg.Gen | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 εὐμενές | nmod | high | Object of ἐκ. |
| 25 | εὐμενές | εὐμενής | ADJ | Neut.Sg.Nom | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 20 ἐπέλιπε | nsubj | high | Substantivized neuter adjective, subject of ἐπέλιπε: ‘the favorable element/favor’. |
| 26 | · | · | PUNCT | Punct | _ | 20 ἐπέλιπε | punct | high |