Grammar parses for passage 7.17.6
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ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ τὰ μὲν ἀρχαιότερα Πάλεια· ἐχόντων δὲ ἔτι Ἰώνων ὄνομά οἱ μετέθεντο τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν, σαφῶς δὲ οὐκ οἶδα εἴτε ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἐπιχωρίας Δύμης εἴτε ἀπὸ Δύμαντος τοῦ Αἰγιμίου.
The passage has two coordinated main predicates (ἐκαλεῖτο and μετέθεντο), followed by οἶδα with an εἴτε...εἴτε alternative; ἐχόντων Ἰώνων is a genitive absolute.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐκαλεῖτο | καλέω | VERB | V-3IISMI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Middle | 6 Πάλεια | cop | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἐκαλεῖτο | cc | high | |
| 3 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 5 ἀρχαιότερα | det | high | |
| 4 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 5 ἀρχαιότερα | discourse | high | |
| 5 | ἀρχαιότερα | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A-APN-C | Case=Accusative|Degree=Comparative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 6 Πάλεια | nsubj | high | Substantivized neuter plural, the earlier name. |
| 6 | Πάλεια | Πάλεια | PROPN | N-ASN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Predicate nominative/name complement; form is indeclinable or orthographically ambiguous. |
| 7 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 Πάλεια | punct | high | |
| 8 | ἐχόντων | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAP-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Mood=Participle|Number=Plural|Tense=Present|Voice=Active | 14 μετέθεντο | advcl | high | Genitive absolute. |
| 9 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἐχόντων | cc | high | |
| 10 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | ADV | _ | 8 ἐχόντων | advmod | high | |
| 11 | Ἰώνων | Ἴων | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Plural | 8 ἐχόντων | nsubj | high | Genitive-absolute subject. |
| 12 | ὄνομά | ὄνομα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 14 μετέθεντο | obj | high | |
| 13 | οἱ | οἱ | PRON | P-3DSM | Case=Dative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|Person=3 | 14 μετέθεντο | iobj | medium | Dative pronoun, likely referring to the place/person whose name was changed. |
| 14 | μετέθεντο | μετατίθημι | VERB | V-AMI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plural|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Middle | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the second clause; coordinated discourse with prior clause. |
| 15 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 12 ὄνομά | det | high | |
| 16 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | Case=Genitive | 17 ἡμῶν | case | high | |
| 17 | ἡμῶν | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1GP | Case=Genitive|Number=Plural|Person=1 | 15 τὸ | nmod | high | Prepositional phrase modifying the new name. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 μετέθεντο | punct | high | |
| 19 | σαφῶς | σαφῶς | ADV | ADV | _ | 22 οἶδα | advmod | high | |
| 20 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 22 οἶδα | cc | high | |
| 21 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 οἶδα | advmod | high | |
| 22 | οἶδα | οἶδα | VERB | V-RAI-1S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=1|Tense=Perfect|Voice=Active | 14 μετέθεντο | parataxis | high | Present meaning from perfect form. |
| 23 | εἴτε | εἴτε | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 22 οἶδα | mark | high | |
| 24 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | PREP | Case=Genitive | 25 γυναικὸς | case | high | |
| 25 | γυναικὸς | γυνή | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Genitive|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 22 οἶδα | obl | high | Source/origin complement of οἶδα in the alternative explanation. |
| 26 | ἐπιχωρίας | ἐπιχώριος | ADJ | A-GSF | Case=Genitive|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 25 γυναικὸς | amod | high | |
| 27 | Δύμης | Δύμη | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Genitive|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 25 γυναικὸς | nmod | medium | Name in apposition or specification to γυναικός. |
| 28 | εἴτε | εἴτε | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 22 οἶδα | cc | high | |
| 29 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | PREP | Case=Genitive | 30 Δύμαντος | case | high | |
| 30 | Δύμαντος | Δύμαντος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 22 οἶδα | obl | high | Alternative source/origin phrase. |
| 31 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 32 Αἰγιμίου | det | high | |
| 32 | Αἰγιμίου | Αἰγίμιος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 30 Δύμαντος | appos | high | Patronymic/name identifying Δύμαντος. |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 οἶδα | punct | high |
ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἐλεγείου τοῦ Ὀλυμπίασιν ἐπὶ τῇ εἰκόνι τῇ Οἰβώτα οὐ προαχθείη ἄν τις ἐς ἀλογίαν.
The passive optative προαχθείη with ἄν is potential: 'one would not be led by the elegiac epigram into absurdity'; ὑπό + genitive marks the agent/source, and ἐπὶ τῇ εἰκόνι ... is a locative/contextual phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | P | _ | 13 προαχθείη | case | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 13 προαχθείη | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἐλεγείου | det | high | |
| 4 | ἐλεγείου | ἐλεγεῖον | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 προαχθείη | obl:agent | high | Substantivized/elliptical 'elegiac poem/epigram'; governed by ὑπό. |
| 5 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἐλεγείου | det | high | |
| 6 | Ὀλυμπίασιν | Ὀλυμπία | PROPN | N-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 4 ἐλεγείου | nmod | medium | Locative dative plural, 'at Olympia'; modifies the inscription/epigram context. |
| 7 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | _ | 9 εἰκόνι | case | high | |
| 8 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 εἰκόνι | det | high | |
| 9 | εἰκόνι | εἰκών | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐλεγείου | nmod | high | ἐπί + dative, 'on/at the statue'. |
| 10 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | RA | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 Οἰβώτα | det | high | |
| 11 | Οἰβώτα | Οἰβώτας | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 εἰκόνι | appos | low | Form is morphologically ambiguous; conventionally understood as the name Οἰβώτας, with the statue phrase in apposition. |
| 12 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D | Polarity=Neg | 13 προαχθείη | advmod | high | |
| 13 | προαχθείη | προάγω | VERB | V-3S-AOP-S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Potential passive optative with ἄν. |
| 14 | ἄν | ἄν | PART | D | _ | 13 προαχθείη | aux | high | Potential particle. |
| 15 | τις | τις | PRON | PX-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 13 προαχθείη | nsubj:pass | high | Indefinite subject, 'someone/one'. |
| 16 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 17 ἀλογίαν | case | high | |
| 17 | ἀλογίαν | ἀλογία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 προαχθείη | obl | high | Goal/result complement of προάγω, 'into absurdity/irrationality'. |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 13 προαχθείη | punct | high |
Οἰβώτᾳ γὰρ ἀνδρὶ Δυμαίῳ, σταδίου μὲν ἀνελομένῳ νίκην Ὀλυμπιάδι ἕκτῃ, εἰκόνος δὲ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ περὶ τὴν ὀγδοηκοστὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα κατὰ μάντευμα ἐκ Δελφῶν ἀξιωθέντι, ἐπίγραμμά ἐστιν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ λέγον·
Οἰβώτᾳ is the dative referent of ἐπίγραμμά ἐστιν; the two coordinated participial phrases modify him. ἀξιωθέντι is aorist passive participle, ‘having been deemed worthy’ of an image. λέγον introduces the inscription, with ἐπίγραμμά as its subject.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Οἰβώτᾳ | Οἰβώτας | PROPN | Ne-s--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 27 ἐπίγραμμά | iobj | high | Dative person for whom the inscription exists. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | G------- | _ | 27 ἐπίγραμμά | discourse | high | Postpositive explanatory particle. |
| 3 | ἀνδρὶ | ἀνήρ | NOUN | Nb-sd--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 Οἰβώτᾳ | appos | high | Apposition to Οἰβώτᾳ. |
| 4 | Δυμαίῳ | Δυμαῖος | ADJ | A-s---dm- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 ἀνδρὶ | amod | high | Ethnic adjective agreeing with ἀνδρί. |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | U-------- | _ | 1 Οἰβώτᾳ | punct | high | |
| 6 | σταδίου | στάδιον | NOUN | Nb-sg--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 ἀνελομένῳ | obj | high | Event/object specification with ἀνελομένῳ νίκην; genitive of the stadion race. |
| 7 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G------- | _ | 8 ἀνελομένῳ | discourse | high | First member of μέν...δέ coordination. |
| 8 | ἀνελομένῳ | ἀναιρέω | VERB | V-papdm--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 25 ἀξιωθέντι | conj | high | Aorist middle participle agreeing with Οἰβώτᾳ; νίκην is its object. |
| 9 | νίκην | νίκη | NOUN | Nb-sf--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἀνελομένῳ | obj | high | Object of ἀνελομένῳ. |
| 10 | Ὀλυμπιάδι | Ὀλυμπιάς | NOUN | Nb-sd--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἀνελομένῳ | obl | high | Dative temporal specification, ‘at an Olympiad’. |
| 11 | ἕκτῃ | ἕκτος | ADJ | A-s---df- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 Ὀλυμπιάδι | amod | high | Ordinal agreeing with Ὀλυμπιάδι. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | U-------- | _ | 8 ἀνελομένῳ | punct | high | |
| 13 | εἰκόνος | εἰκών | NOUN | Nb-sg--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἀξιωθέντι | obj | high | Genitive object/complement with ἀξιωθέντι, ‘deemed worthy of an image’. |
| 14 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G------- | _ | 25 ἀξιωθέντι | cc | high | Second member of μέν...δέ coordination. |
| 15 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 16 Ὀλυμπίᾳ | case | high | Introduces locative phrase. |
| 16 | Ὀλυμπίᾳ | Ὀλυμπία | PROPN | Ne-sd--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 εἰκόνος | nmod | high | Place where the image stood. |
| 17 | περὶ | περί | ADP | R-------- | _ | 20 Ὀλυμπιάδα | case | high | Introduces approximate temporal phrase. |
| 18 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S---af--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 20 Ὀλυμπιάδα | det | high | |
| 19 | ὀγδοηκοστὴν | ὀγδοηκοστός | ADJ | A-s---af- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 Ὀλυμπιάδα | amod | high | Ordinal modifying Ὀλυμπιάδα. |
| 20 | Ὀλυμπιάδα | Ὀλυμπιάς | NOUN | Nb-sf--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἀξιωθέντι | obl | high | Temporal accusative governed by περί. |
| 21 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 22 μάντευμα | case | high | Introduces the source/grounds phrase. |
| 22 | μάντευμα | μάντευμα | NOUN | Nb-sa--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 ἀξιωθέντι | obl | high | Accusative object of κατά, ‘according to an oracle/prophecy’. |
| 23 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R-------- | _ | 24 Δελφῶν | case | high | Introduces source phrase. |
| 24 | Δελφῶν | Δελφοί | PROPN | Ne-pg--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 μάντευμα | nmod | high | Source of the oracle. |
| 25 | ἀξιωθέντι | ἀξιόω | VERB | V-papdm--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 27 ἐπίγραμμά | conj | high | Coordinated participle agreeing with Οἰβώτᾳ. |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | U-------- | _ | 25 ἀξιωθέντι | punct | high | |
| 27 | ἐπίγραμμά | ἐπίγραμμα | NOUN | Nb-sn--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 28 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | Subject of the existential clause. |
| 28 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | V3spia--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite copular/existential predicate. |
| 29 | ἐπʼ | ἐπί | ADP | R-------- | _ | 30 αὐτῷ | case | high | Introduces the surface/support phrase. |
| 30 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P---sd--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 28 ἐστιν | obl | medium | Dative neuter likely refers to the image/statue; attachment may alternatively be to ἐπίγραμμα. |
| 31 | λέγον | λέγω | VERB | V-sppnn--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 27 ἐπίγραμμά | acl | high | Present participle agreeing with ἐπίγραμμα; introduces its wording. |
| 32 | · | · | PUNCT | U-------- | _ | 28 ἐστιν | punct | high |