Grammar parses for passage 7.23.8
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Ἀσκληπιὸν μὲν γὰρ ἀέρα γένει τε ἀνθρώπων εἶναι καὶ πᾶσιν ὁμοίως ζῴοις ἐπιτήδειον πρὸς ὑγίειαν, Ἀπόλλωνα δὲ ἥλιον, καὶ αὐτὸν ὀρθότατα Ἀσκληπιῷ πατέρα ἐπονομάζεσθαι, ὅτι ἐς τὸ ἁρμόζον ταῖς ὥραις ποιούμενος ὁ ἥλιος τὸν δρόμον μεταδίδωσι καὶ τῷ ἀέρι ὑγιείας.
The sentence has two coordinated accusative-infinitive clauses dependent on an understood governing verb: Asclepius is air and Apollo sun; ὅτι introduces the causal finite clause. The participle ποιούμενος is middle and modifies ὁ ἥλιος; ἁρμόζον is a substantivized participle governed by ἐς.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἀσκληπιὸν | Ἀσκληπιός | PROPN | Neut-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of infinitive. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | Particle | _ | 1 Ἀσκληπιὸν | discourse | high | |
| 3 | γὰρ | γάρ | SCONJ | Conj | _ | 8 εἶναι | mark | medium | Explanatory particle; attachment follows the infinitival clause. |
| 4 | ἀέρα | ἀήρ | NOUN | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with εἶναι. |
| 5 | γένει | γένος | NOUN | Neut-Dat-Sg | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἀέρα | obl | high | Dative of respect/kind. |
| 6 | τε | τε | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 5 γένει | cc | high | |
| 7 | ἀνθρώπων | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | Masc-Gen-Pl | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 γένει | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on γένει. |
| 8 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | Pres-Inf-Act | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | ccomp | medium | First coordinated accusative-infinitive clause; governing verb is understood. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 13 ἐπιτήδειον | cc | high | |
| 10 | πᾶσιν | πᾶς | DET | Masc-Dat-Pl | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 ζῴοις | det | high | |
| 11 | ὁμοίως | ὁμοίως | ADV | Adv | _ | 13 ἐπιτήδειον | advmod | high | |
| 12 | ζῴοις | ζῷον | NOUN | Neut-Dat-Pl | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 13 ἐπιτήδειον | obl | high | Dative complement with ἐπιτήδειον. |
| 13 | ἐπιτήδειον | ἐπιτήδειος | ADJ | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ἀέρα | amod | medium | Predicative adjective coordinated with ἀέρα; semantically ‘suitable’. |
| 14 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | Prep | _ | 15 ὑγίειαν | case | high | |
| 15 | ὑγίειαν | ὑγίεια | NOUN | Fem-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 ἐπιτήδειον | obl | high | |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 εἶναι | punct | high | |
| 17 | Ἀπόλλωνα | Ἀπόλλων | PROPN | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the second infinitive. |
| 18 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 17 Ἀπόλλωνα | cc | high | |
| 19 | ἥλιον | ἥλιος | NOUN | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with ἐπονομάζεσθαι. |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | punct | high | |
| 21 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | cc | high | |
| 22 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | obj | medium | Refers to Apollo and functions as the accusative subject of the passive infinitive. |
| 23 | ὀρθότατα | ὀρθῶς | ADV | Adv-Sup | Degree=Sup | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | advmod | high | |
| 24 | Ἀσκληπιῷ | Ἀσκληπιός | PROPN | Masc-Dat-Sg | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | obl | high | Dative with ἐπονομάζεσθαι, ‘be named father to Asclepius’. |
| 25 | πατέρα | πατήρ | NOUN | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative of ἐπονομάζεσθαι. |
| 26 | ἐπονομάζεσθαι | ἐπονομάζω | VERB | Pres-Inf-MP | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Passive infinitive in the coordinated reported construction; exact governing finite verb is elided. |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | punct | high | |
| 28 | ὅτι | ὅτι | SCONJ | Conj | _ | 39 μεταδίδωσι | mark | high | Causal subordinator. |
| 29 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | Prep | _ | 31 ἁρμόζον | case | high | |
| 30 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | Neut-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 31 ἁρμόζον | det | high | Article substantivizing ἁρμόζον. |
| 31 | ἁρμόζον | ἁρμόζω | VERB | Pres-Act-PTCP-Neut-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 34 ποιούμενος | obl | medium | Substantivized present participle, ‘what is fitting’; destination/goal with ἐς. |
| 32 | ταῖς | ὁ | DET | Fem-Dat-Pl | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 33 ὥραις | det | high | |
| 33 | ὥραις | ὥρα | NOUN | Fem-Dat-Pl | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 31 ἁρμόζον | obl | high | Dative with ἁρμόζω, ‘fitting the seasons’. |
| 34 | ποιούμενος | ποιέω | VERB | Pres-Mid-PTCP-Masc-Nom-Sg | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 39 μεταδίδωσι | advcl | high | Circumstantial middle participle modifying the sun. |
| 35 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | Masc-Nom-Sg | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 36 ἥλιος | det | high | |
| 36 | ἥλιος | ἥλιος | NOUN | Masc-Nom-Sg | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 39 μεταδίδωσι | nsubj | high | |
| 37 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 38 δρόμον | det | high | |
| 38 | δρόμον | δρόμος | NOUN | Masc-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 39 μεταδίδωσι | obj | high | |
| 39 | μεταδίδωσι | μεταδίδωμι | VERB | Pres-Act-Ind-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | ccomp | high | Finite verb of the causal ὅτι-clause. |
| 40 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 42 ἀέρι | cc | high | |
| 41 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | Neut-Dat-Sg | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 42 ἀέρι | det | high | |
| 42 | ἀέρι | ἀήρ | NOUN | Masc-Dat-Sg | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 39 μεταδίδωσι | iobj | high | Recipient/beneficiary dative with μεταδίδωσι. |
| 43 | ὑγιείας | ὑγίεια | NOUN | Fem-Gen-Sg | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 39 μεταδίδωσι | obj | high | Genitive object/thing transferred with μεταδίδωμι. |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 ἐπονομάζεσθαι | punct | high |
ἐγὼ δὲ ἀποδέχεσθαι μὲν τὰ εἰρημένα, οὐδὲν δέ τι Φοινίκων μᾶλλον ἢ καὶ Ἑλλήνων ἔφην τὸν λόγον, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐν Τιτάνῃ τῆς Σικυωνίων τὸ αὐτὸ ἄγαλμα Ὑγείαν τε ὀνομάζεσθαι καὶ †παιδὶ ἦν δῆλα ὡς τὸν ἡλιακὸν δρόμον ἐπὶ γῆς ὑγίειαν ποιοῦντα ἀνθρώποις.
The sentence has an explicit first-person subject with coordinated infinitival complements of ἔφην; ὀνομάζεσθαι is coordinated with ἀποδέχεσθαι. The cruX † before παιδί is retained as X and attached to the local predicate; παιδὶ is datival, but the passage's corrupt wording makes the exact relation uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐγὼ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-S---1-- | Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 16 ἔφην | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 ἔφην | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἀποδέχεσθαι | ἀποδέχομαι | VERB | V-PNN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 16 ἔφην | xcomp | high | Infinitive coordinated semantically with ὀνομάζεσθαι. |
| 4 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PRT | _ | 3 ἀποδέχεσθαι | advmod | high | |
| 5 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 6 εἰρημένα | det | high | |
| 6 | εἰρημένα | λέγω | VERB | V-RPΝ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 3 ἀποδέχεσθαι | obj | high | Substantivized perfect passive participle. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 16 ἔφην | punct | high | |
| 8 | οὐδὲν | οὐδείς | PRON | A-NSN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 16 ἔφην | obj | medium | Adverbial accusative, ‘in no respect’; syntactically linked to the saying. |
| 9 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 ἔφην | cc | high | |
| 10 | τι | τις | PRON | X-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 16 ἔφην | advmod | medium | Enclitic indefinite, adverbial in οὐδὲν δέ τι. |
| 11 | Φοινίκων | Φοῖνιξ | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 μᾶλλον | obl | high | Partitive/comparative genitive. |
| 12 | μᾶλλον | μᾶλλον | ADV | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 16 ἔφην | advmod | high | |
| 13 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 15 Ἑλλήνων | cc | high | Introduces the second member of the comparison. |
| 14 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 15 Ἑλλήνων | cc | high | |
| 15 | Ἑλλήνων | Ἕλλην | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 μᾶλλον | obl | high | Coordinated comparative/partitive genitive. |
| 16 | ἔφην | φημί | VERB | V-IAI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 17 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 18 λόγον | det | high | |
| 18 | λόγον | λόγος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 ἔφην | obj | high | Object of ἔφην, ‘the statement/argument’. |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 16 ἔφην | punct | high | |
| 20 | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεί | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 ἔφην | mark | high | Introduces causal/explanatory subordinate clause. |
| 21 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 28 ἄγαλμα | advmod | high | Adverbial ‘also/even’. |
| 22 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 23 Τιτάνῃ | case | high | |
| 23 | Τιτάνῃ | Τιτάνη | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 28 ἄγαλμα | obl | high | Locative dative after ἐν. |
| 24 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GPF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 25 Σικυωνίων | det | high | |
| 25 | Σικυωνίων | Σικυώνιος | ADJ | A-GPF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 Τιτάνῃ | nmod | medium | Ethnic adjective modifying an understood place-name with τῆς. |
| 26 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 28 ἄγαλμα | det | high | |
| 27 | αὐτὸ | αὐτός | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Identity | 28 ἄγαλμα | amod | high | |
| 28 | ἄγαλμα | ἄγαλμα | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 31 ὀνομάζεσθαι | nsubj:pass | high | Subject of passive ὀνομάζεσθαι. |
| 29 | Ὑγείαν | Ὑγεία | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 ὀνομάζεσθαι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with passive ‘be called’. |
| 30 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 31 ὀνομάζεσθαι | cc | high | |
| 31 | ὀνομάζεσθαι | ὀνομάζω | VERB | V-PPN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 16 ἔφην | xcomp | high | Infinitive dependent on ἔφην; coordinated with ἀποδέχεσθαι. |
| 32 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 35 ἦν | cc | medium | Coordinates the following predication in the corrupt text. |
| 33 | † | † | X | _ | _ | 35 ἦν | dep | low | Critical crux marker, not a Greek inflected token. |
| 34 | παιδὶ | παῖς | NOUN | N-DSМ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 44 ποιοῦντα | iobj | low | Dative relation is uncertain because the transmitted text is corrupt. |
| 35 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 36 δῆλα | cop | medium | Copular verb in the clause with δῆλα. |
| 36 | δῆλα | δῆλος | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 16 ἔφην | conj | low | Predicative adjective; exact coordination and clause structure are obscured by the crux. |
| 37 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 44 ποιοῦντα | mark | medium | Introduces a content clause. |
| 38 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 40 δρόμον | det | high | |
| 39 | ἡλιακὸν | ἡλιακός | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 40 δρόμον | amod | high | |
| 40 | δρόμον | δρόμος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 44 ποιοῦντα | obj | high | Object of ποιοῦντα. |
| 41 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 42 γῆς | case | high | With genitive, ‘upon/on’. |
| 42 | γῆς | γῆ | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 40 δρόμον | obl | high | Object of ἐπί. |
| 43 | ὑγίειαν | ὑγίεια | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 44 ποιοῦντα | obj | high | Object/complement of ποιοῦντα, ‘making health’. |
| 44 | ποιοῦντα | ποιέω | VERB | V-PAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 37 ὡς | acl | medium | Accusative participle in the ὡς-content clause; its understood subject is the solar course. |
| 45 | ἀνθρώποις | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 44 ποιοῦντα | iobj | high | |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 16 ἔφην | punct | high |