Grammar parses for passage 7.2.5
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Μιλήσιοι δὲ αὐτοὶ τοιάδε τὰ ἀρχαιότατά σφισιν εἶναι λέγουσιν·
Indirect statement: Μιλήσιοι are the subject of λέγουσιν; αὐτοὶ is emphatic, τοιάδε agrees substantivally with τὰ ἀρχαιότατα, and σφισιν is the dative possessor with εἶναι.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Μιλήσιοι | Μιλήσιος | PROPN | N----MP- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 λέγουσιν | nsubj | high | Ethnic name used substantivally. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 9 λέγουσιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | αὐτοὶ | αὐτός | PRON | P----NM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 Μιλήσιοι | appos | medium | Emphatic pronoun, coreferential with Μιλήσιοι. |
| 4 | τοιάδε | τοιόσδε | ADJ | A----NA- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 ἀρχαιότατά | amod | medium | Neuter plural demonstrative, agreeing with τὰ ἀρχαιότατα. |
| 5 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | L----NA- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 ἀρχαιότατά | det | high | Article with substantivized adjective. |
| 6 | ἀρχαιότατά | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A----NA- | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 8 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Substantivized neuter plural superlative, subject of εἶναι. |
| 7 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P---MD- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur | 8 εἶναι | iobj | medium | Dative of possession with εἶναι; exact person is third plural. |
| 8 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V--PAN-- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 9 λέγουσιν | ccomp | high | Infinitive in indirect statement. |
| 9 | λέγουσιν | λέγω | VERB | V-PIA-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb. |
| 10 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 λέγουσιν | punct | high |
ἐπὶ γενεὰς μὲν δύο Ἀνακτορίαν καλεῖσθαι τὴν γῆν Ἄνακτός τε αὐτόχθονος καὶ Ἀστερίου βασιλεύοντος τοῦ Ἄνακτος,
The sentence is an accusative-and-infinitive construction with passive καλεῖσθαι; τὴν γῆν is the accusative subject and Ἀνακτορίαν the predicative name. The genitives around Ἄνακτος/Ἀστερίου form a compressed explanatory phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 2 γενεὰς | case | high | |
| 2 | γενεὰς | γενεά | NOUN | N-PAI | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 6 καλεῖσθαι | obl | high | Accusative duration: 'for two generations'. |
| 3 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PRT | _ | 6 καλεῖσθαι | discourse | high | |
| 4 | δύο | δύο | NUM | X--NAI | Case=Acc|Number=Plur | 2 γενεὰς | nummod | high | |
| 5 | Ἀνακτορίαν | Ἀνακτορία | PROPN | N-AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 καλεῖσθαι | xcomp | high | Predicative accusative with καλεῖσθαι. |
| 6 | καλεῖσθαι | καλέω | VERB | V-PNM | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Infinitival clause, with understood governing verb. |
| 7 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 γῆν | det | high | |
| 8 | γῆν | γῆ | NOUN | N-AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 καλεῖσθαι | obj | high | Accusative subject of passive infinitive. |
| 9 | Ἄνακτός | Ἄναξ | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 αὐτόχθονος | nmod | high | |
| 10 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 αὐτόχθονος | cc | high | |
| 11 | αὐτόχθονος | αὐτόχθων | ADJ | A-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 Ἄνακτος | amod | high | Adjective agrees with Ἄνακτος; the genitive phrase identifies the eponymous Anax. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 βασιλεύοντος | cc | high | |
| 13 | Ἀστερίου | Ἀστέριος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 βασιλεύοντος | nmod | high | |
| 14 | βασιλεύοντος | βασιλεύω | VERB | V-PAP-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 16 Ἄνακτος | acl | high | Genitive absolute-like participial construction, coordinated with the preceding genitive identification. |
| 15 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 Ἄνακτος | det | high | |
| 16 | Ἄνακτος | Ἄναξ | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 καλεῖσθαι | obl | medium | Genitive complement/argument within the explanatory genitive phrase; attachment of the coordinated material is syntactically somewhat compressed. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 καλεῖσθαι | punct | high |
Μιλήτου δὲ κατάραντος στόλῳ Κρητῶν ἥ τε γῆ τὸ ὄνομα μετέβαλεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Μιλήτου καὶ ἡ πόλις.
Genitive absolute Μιλήτου ... κατάραντος introduces the circumstance ‘when/after Miletus had sailed down’; στόλῳ Κρητῶν is an instrumental/dative phrase, probably ‘with the Cretan fleet’. The coordinated subjects γῆ and πόλις share μετέβαλεν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Μιλήτου | Μίλητος | PROPN | N--GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 κατάραντος | nsubj | high | Subject of the genitive absolute participle. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 11 μετέβαλεν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | κατάραντος | καταίρω | VERB | V--GSA- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 11 μετέβαλεν | advcl | high | Aorist active participle in a genitive absolute. |
| 4 | στόλῳ | στόλος | NOUN | N--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 κατάραντος | obl | medium | Dative of means or accompaniment with κατάραντος. |
| 5 | Κρητῶν | Κρής | PROPN | N--GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 στόλῳ | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on στόλῳ: ‘of Cretans’. |
| 6 | ἥ | ὅς | PRON | P--NFS-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 8 γῆ | det | high | Correlative relative article/pronoun introducing the coordinated subject. |
| 7 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 8 γῆ | cc | high | First conjunct marker in ἥ τε ... καὶ. |
| 8 | γῆ | γῆ | NOUN | N--NFS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 μετέβαλεν | nsubj | high | First coordinated subject of μετέβαλεν. |
| 9 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | L--NAS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 ὄνομα | det | high | Article modifying ὄνομα. |
| 10 | ὄνομα | ὄνομα | NOUN | N--NAS- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 μετέβαλεν | obj | high | Direct object of μετέβαλεν. |
| 11 | μετέβαλεν | μεταβάλλω | VERB | V--3SAI- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite main verb; singular agrees with the coordinated subject as a collective/nearest-subject pattern. |
| 12 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | R-------- | _ | 14 Μιλήτου | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive. |
| 13 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L--GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 Μιλήτου | det | high | Article modifying the proper name. |
| 14 | Μιλήτου | Μίλητος | PROPN | N--GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 μετέβαλεν | obl | high | Genitive complement of ἀπό, marking the former name/source. |
| 15 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 17 πόλις | cc | high | Coordinates πόλις with γῆ. |
| 16 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | L--NFS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 17 πόλις | det | high | Article modifying πόλις. |
| 17 | πόλις | πόλις | NOUN | N--NFS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 μετέβαλεν | conj | high | Second coordinated subject of μετέβαλεν. |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 μετέβαλεν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
ἀφίκετο δὲ ἐκ Κρήτης ὁ Μίλητος καὶ ὁ σὺν αὐτῷ στρατὸς Μίνω τὸν Εὐρώπης φεύγοντες, οἱ δὲ Κᾶρες οἱ πρότερον νεμόμενοι τὴν χώραν σύνοικοι τοῖς Κρησὶν ἐγένοντο·
The first clause has a coordinated subject Μίλητος καὶ ὁ ... στρατός and a supplementary participle φεύγοντες; the second clause coordinates with ἀφίκετο and has σύνοικοι as the predicate complement of ἐγένοντο.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἀφίκετο | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V-3-S-A-I | Mood=Indicative|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Middle | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἀφίκετο | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 4 Κρήτης | case | high | |
| 4 | Κρήτης | Κρήτη | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 ἀφίκετο | obl | high | |
| 5 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 Μίλητος | det | high | |
| 6 | Μίλητος | Μίλητος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἀφίκετο | nsubj | high | |
| 7 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 Μίλητος | cc | high | |
| 8 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 στρατὸς | det | high | |
| 9 | σὺν | σύν | ADP | PREP | _ | 10 αὐτῷ | case | high | |
| 10 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-DMS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 11 στρατὸς | obl | high | |
| 11 | στρατὸς | στρατός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 Μίλητος | conj | high | Coordinated nominative subject. |
| 12 | Μίνω | Μίνως | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 φεύγοντες | obj | medium | Accusative object of φεύγοντες; proper-name accusative form. |
| 13 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 Εὐρώπης | det | high | |
| 14 | Εὐρώπης | Εὐρώπη | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 Μίνω | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on Μίνω: Minos of Europa. |
| 15 | φεύγοντες | φεύγω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 11 στρατὸς | acl | medium | Supplementary participle with the coordinated subject; subject is implicit plural. |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 φεύγοντες | punct | high | |
| 17 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 Κᾶρες | det | high | |
| 18 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 28 ἐγένοντο | cc | high | |
| 19 | Κᾶρες | Κᾶρ | PROPN | N-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 28 ἐγένοντο | nsubj | high | |
| 20 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 νεμόμενοι | det | high | |
| 21 | πρότερον | πρότερον | ADV | ADV | _ | 22 νεμόμενοι | advmod | high | |
| 22 | νεμόμενοι | νέμομαι | VERB | V-PMP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 19 Κᾶρες | acl | high | Attributive participle modifying Κᾶρες. |
| 23 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 24 χώραν | det | high | |
| 24 | χώραν | χώρα | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 νεμόμενοι | obj | high | |
| 25 | σύνοικοι | σύνοικος | ADJ | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 28 ἐγένοντο | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with ἐγένοντο. |
| 26 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 27 Κρησὶν | det | high | |
| 27 | Κρησὶν | Κρής | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 25 σύνοικοι | obl | high | Dative complement of σύνοικος. |
| 28 | ἐγένοντο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-2ADI-3P | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Middle | 1 ἀφίκετο | conj | high | Second coordinated clause. |
| 29 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 28 ἐγένοντο | punct | high |