Grammar parses for passage 7.19.4
Open translation for this passage
καταφυγόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ χρηστήριον τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς, ἤλεγχεν ἡ Πυθία Μελάνιππον καὶ Κομαιθώ·
The opening genitive absolute καταφυγόντων ... αὐτῶν is an adverbial circumstance; ἐπὶ χρηστήριον is the goal of καταφεύγω, while τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς modifies χρηστήριον.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καταφυγόντων | καταφεύγω | VERB | V--AAP-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Mood=Participle|Number=Plural|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 10 ἤλεγχεν | advcl | high | Genitive absolute with αὐτῶν. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 ἤλεγχεν | cc | high | |
| 3 | αὐτῶν | αὐτός | PRON | P-GPM | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Plural|PronType=Prs | 1 καταφυγόντων | nsubj | high | Subject of the genitive absolute. |
| 4 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 χρηστήριον | case | high | Takes accusative here. |
| 5 | χρηστήριον | χρηστήριον | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 1 καταφυγόντων | obl | high | |
| 6 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Accusative|Definite=Def|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 5 χρηστήριον | det | high | |
| 7 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 8 Δελφοῖς | case | high | |
| 8 | Δελφοῖς | Δελφοί | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dative|Gender=Masc|Number=Plural | 5 χρηστήριον | nmod | high | Locative complement of ἐν. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἤλεγχεν | punct | high | |
| 10 | ἤλεγχεν | ἐλέγχω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb. |
| 11 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NSF | Case=Nominative|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Singular | 12 Πυθία | det | high | |
| 12 | Πυθία | Πυθία | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nominative|Gender=Fem|Number=Singular | 10 ἤλεγχεν | nsubj | high | |
| 13 | Μελάνιππον | Μελάνιππος | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masc|Number=Singular | 10 ἤλεγχεν | obj | high | First coordinated accusative object. |
| 14 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 15 Κομαιθώ | cc | high | |
| 15 | Κομαιθώ | Κομαιθώ | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Accusative|Gender=Fem|Number=Singular | 13 Μελάνιππον | conj | high | Second coordinated accusative object. |
| 16 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἤλεγχεν | punct | high |
καὶ ἐκείνους τε αὐτοὺς μάντευμα ἀφίκετο θῦσαι τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι καὶ ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτος παρθένον καὶ παῖδα οἳ τὸ εἶδος εἶεν κάλλιστοι τῇ θεῷ θύειν.
The finite verb ἀφίκετο governs the accusative-and-infinitive construction: μάντευμα is the subject of ἀφίκετο, with θῦσαι and θύειν as complementary infinitives; οἳ εἶεν κάλλιστοι is a relative clause modifying παῖδα (and coordinated παρθένον), with εἶεν concessively/optatively understood as ‘were’ or ‘might be’.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 ἀφίκετο | cc | high | |
| 2 | ἐκείνους | ἐκεῖνος | PRON | A-P---AM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 7 θῦσαι | obj | medium | Accusative subject of θῦσαι; coordinated with αὐτούς. |
| 3 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 αὐτοὺς | cc | high | |
| 4 | αὐτοὺς | αὐτός | PRON | A-P---AM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 2 ἐκείνους | conj | medium | Emphatic pronoun, coordinated with ἐκείνους. |
| 5 | μάντευμα | μάντευμα | NOUN | N-S---NN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἀφίκετο | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | ἀφίκετο | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V3SAMI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | θῦσαι | θύω | VERB | V--AAN--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 6 ἀφίκετο | xcomp | high | Infinitival complement; its accusative subject is ἐκείνους αὐτούς. |
| 8 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-SFDSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 Ἀρτέμιδι | det | high | |
| 9 | Ἀρτέμιδι | Ἄρτεμις | PROPN | N-SF---D- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 θῦσαι | iobj | high | |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 24 θύειν | cc | medium | Coordinates the two infinitival requirements. |
| 11 | ἀνὰ | ἀνά | ADP | P | _ | 13 ἔτος | case | high | |
| 12 | πᾶν | πᾶς | DET | A-S---NN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Tot | 13 ἔτος | det | high | |
| 13 | ἔτος | ἔτος | NOUN | N-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 24 θύειν | obl | high | Temporal accusative with ἀνά. |
| 14 | παρθένον | παρθένος | NOUN | N-S---AF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 θύειν | obj | high | First object coordinated with παῖδα. |
| 15 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 παῖδα | cc | high | |
| 16 | παῖδα | παῖς | NOUN | N-S---AM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 παρθένον | conj | high | Second object, coordinated with παρθένον. |
| 17 | οἳ | ὅς | PRON | P-P---NM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 20 εἶεν | nsubj | medium | Relative pronoun appears attracted/semantically linked to the coordinated sacrificial victims; morphology is masculine plural despite singular antecedents. |
| 18 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-SN---N- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 19 εἶδος | det | high | |
| 19 | εἶδος | εἶδος | NOUN | N-S---NN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 20 εἶεν | nsubj | high | Subject of εἶεν in the idiom τὸ εἶδος εἶεν κάλλιστοι. |
| 20 | εἶεν | εἰμί | AUX | V3PPOA--- | Mood=Opt|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 24 θύειν | acl:rel | medium | Optative form; relative predicate is syntactically irregular, with κάλλιστοι as predicate adjective. |
| 21 | κάλλιστοι | καλός | ADJ | A-NP---M- | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 20 εἶεν | xcomp | medium | Predicate adjective agreeing with the understood masculine plural referents of οἳ. |
| 22 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-SFDSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 23 θεῷ | det | high | |
| 23 | θεῷ | θεός | NOUN | N-SF---DF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 θύειν | iobj | high | Dative of recipient. |
| 24 | θύειν | θύω | VERB | V--PAN--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 6 ἀφίκετο | xcomp | high | Second infinitive coordinated with θῦσαι; παρθένον and παῖδα are its objects. |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἀφίκετο | punct | high |
ταύτης μὲν δὴ τῆς θυσίας ἕνεκα ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ πρὸς τῷ ἱερῷ τῆς Τρικλαρίας Ἀμείλιχος ἐκλήθη·
The postposition ἕνεκα governs the preceding genitive phrase; ὁ πρὸς τῷ ἱερῷ ... Ἀμείλιχος is treated as a nominal modifier/appositive name for the river.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταύτης | οὗτος | DET | PD-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 5 θυσίας | det | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X--P | Polarity=Pos | 6 ἕνεκα | discourse | high | Correlative μέν; δέ is absent in this sentence. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | X--P | _ | 6 ἕνεκα | discourse | high | |
| 4 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | DA-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 θυσίας | det | high | |
| 5 | θυσίας | θυσία | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἕνεκα | obl | high | Genitive object/complement of ἕνεκα. |
| 6 | ἕνεκα | ἕνεκα | ADP | R-G | _ | 16 ἐκλήθη | case | high | Postpositive genitive-governing postposition. |
| 7 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | DA-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 ποταμὸς | det | high | |
| 8 | ποταμὸς | ποταμός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 ἐκλήθη | nsubj | high | |
| 9 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | DA-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 15 Ἀμείλιχος | det | high | Article introducing the attributive relative-like phrase. |
| 10 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R-G-D-A | _ | 12 ἱερῷ | case | high | Here governing the dative τῷ ἱερῷ. |
| 11 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | DA-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 12 ἱερῷ | det | high | |
| 12 | ἱερῷ | ἱερόν | NOUN | N-DSN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 Ἀμείλιχος | obl | high | Dative complement of πρός; phrase modifies ποταμός. |
| 13 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | DA-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 Τρικλαρίας | det | high | |
| 14 | Τρικλαρίας | Τρικλαρία | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ἱερῷ | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἱερῷ. |
| 15 | Ἀμείλιχος | Ἀμείλιχος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ποταμὸς | appos | high | Proper-name apposition to ποταμός. |
| 16 | ἐκλήθη | καλέω | VERB | V-API-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 17 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 ἐκλήθη | punct | high |