Grammar parses for passage 7.17.11
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τεκούσης δὲ τράγος περιεῖπε τὸν παῖδα ἐκκείμενον.
Genitive absolute τεκούσης δὲ sets the temporal background (‘after she had given birth’); τράγος is the subject of περιεῖπε, with παῖδα as object and ἐκκείμενον agreeing with παῖδα.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τεκούσης | τίκτω | VERB | V--GSA-P | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 περιεῖπε | advcl | high | Genitive absolute participle; understood subject is feminine. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 1 τεκούσης | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τράγος | τράγος | NOUN | N-----NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 περιεῖπε | nsubj | high | Subject of περιεῖπε. |
| 4 | περιεῖπε | περιέπω | VERB | V-IAI-3S-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Imperfect indicative; spelling and accent may represent περιέπει/περιεῖχε-like lexical variation, but context requires ‘tended/cared for’. |
| 5 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | L--------- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 παῖδα | det | high | |
| 6 | παῖδα | παῖς | NOUN | N-----ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 περιεῖπε | obj | high | Direct object of περιεῖπε. |
| 7 | ἐκκείμενον | ἐκκεῖμαι | VERB | V-PMP-ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 6 παῖδα | acl | high | Participial modifier of παῖδα; agrees in accusative masculine singular. |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 περιεῖπε | punct | high |
ὡς δὲ αὐξανομένῳ κάλλους οἱ μετῆν πλέον ἢ κατὰ εἶδος ἀνθρώπου, ἐνταῦθα τοῦ παιδὸς ἔρως ἔσχεν Ἄγδιστιν.
ὡς introduces a temporal subordinate clause with dative αὐξανομένῳ agreeing with the implied/previously mentioned boy; οἱ μετῆν is an impersonal/existential construction, with κάλλους as genitive of quality or measure and πλέον ἢ κατὰ εἶδος ἀνθρώπου as a comparative complement. Main clause: ἔρως ἔσχεν Ἄγδιστιν, with the boy as genitive possessor/object of desire.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | PronType=Rel | 6 μετῆν | mark | medium | Temporal/conjunctive ὡς; could be analyzed as subordinating conjunction. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 μετῆν | cc | high | |
| 3 | αὐξανομένῳ | αὐξάνω | VERB | V-PMP-DMS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 6 μετῆν | advcl | medium | Dative present passive participle, circumstantial/temporal; agrees with an implied masculine singular referent, probably the boy. |
| 4 | κάλλους | κάλλος | NOUN | N-GNS | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 μετῆν | obl | low | Genitive of quality/measure with μετῆν; exact construction is somewhat elliptical. |
| 5 | οἱ | εἰμί | AUX | V-3IIS | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 6 μετῆν | expl | low | Likely the orthographic form of impersonal ἦν/μετῆν construction; parsed as existential auxiliary, though the form is textually difficult. |
| 6 | μετῆν | ἔνειμι | VERB | V-3IIS | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 17 ἔσχεν | advcl | medium | Imperfect of ἔνειμι, ‘there was/was present’; governs the subordinate clause and has impersonal/existential use. |
| 7 | πλέον | πολύς | ADV | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 μετῆν | advmod | high | Comparative adverb, ‘more’. |
| 8 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 7 πλέον | cc | high | Comparative conjunction introducing the standard of comparison. |
| 9 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | Case=Acc | 10 εἶδος | case | high | |
| 10 | εἶδος | εἶδος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 πλέον | obl | high | Accusative object of κατά; ‘in respect of form/appearance’. |
| 11 | ἀνθρώπου | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 εἶδος | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on εἶδος. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 μετῆν | punct | high | |
| 13 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 ἔσχεν | advmod | high | ‘Then/thereupon’, marking the point at which the main event occurs. |
| 14 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 παιδὸς | det | high | |
| 15 | παιδὸς | παῖς | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 ἔρως | nmod:poss | high | Genitive possessor with ἔρως, ‘love/desire for the boy’. |
| 16 | ἔρως | ἔρως | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 ἔσχεν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἔσχεν. |
| 17 | ἔσχεν | ἔχω | VERB | V-3AAI | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Aorist active indicative, ‘seized/possessed’. |
| 18 | Ἄγδιστιν | Ἄγδιστις | PROPN | N-AS | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ἔσχεν | obj | high | Proper-name accusative; person seized by/desiring object of ἔσχεν. |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 ἔσχεν | punct | high |