Grammar parses for passage 7.27.7
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Πελληνεῖς δʼ οὖν Πρόμαχον τὰ μάλιστα ἄγουσιν ἐν τιμῇ.
Πελληνεῖς is the nominative subject; Πρόμαχον is the accusative object, with τὰ μάλιστα functioning adverbially (‘especially/above all’).
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Πελληνεῖς | Πελληνίς | PROPN | N----MP- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 ἄγουσιν | nsubj | high | Ethnic name used substantivally for the people of Pellene. |
| 2 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 7 ἄγουσιν | cc | high | Apocopated/elided form. |
| 3 | οὖν | οὖν | ADV | D-------- | _ | 7 ἄγουσιν | advmod | high | Inferential particle. |
| 4 | Πρόμαχον | Πρόμαχος | PROPN | N----MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἄγουσιν | obj | high | Personal name, accusative singular. |
| 5 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T----NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 μάλιστα | advmod | medium | Neuter plural article in the adverbial expression τὰ μάλιστα. |
| 6 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | D-------- | _ | 7 ἄγουσιν | advmod | high | Superlative adverb, strengthened by τὰ. |
| 7 | ἄγουσιν | ἄγω | VERB | V-PIA-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite predicate. |
| 8 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 9 τιμῇ | case | high | Preposition governing τιμῇ. |
| 9 | τιμῇ | τιμή | NOUN | N----FS- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 ἄγουσιν | obl | high | Dative complement of ἐν. |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἄγουσιν | punct | high |
Χαίρωνα δὲ δύο ἀνελόμενον πάλης νίκας Ἰσθμικὰς καὶ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τέσσαρας οὐδὲ ἀρχὴν ἐθέλουσιν ὀνομάζειν, ὅτι κατέλυσε πολιτείαν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν τὴν ἐν Πελλήνῃ, δῶρον τὸ ἐπιφθονώτατον παρὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Φιλίππου λαβών, τύραννος πατρίδος τῆς αὑτοῦ καταστῆναι.
The sentence has a main θέλουσιν ὀνομάζειν construction; the causal ὅτι-clause contains an interruptive δοκεῖν and a compressed infinitival/predicative sequence involving δῶρον, λαβών, and τύραννος καταστῆναι.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Χαίρωνα | Χαίρων | PROPN | N-AMS | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 ὀνομάζειν | obj | high | Personal name, accusative subject of the infinitival naming construction. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 ἐθέλουσιν | cc | high | |
| 3 | δύο | δύο | NUM | CARD | Case=Acc|Number=Plur | 6 νίκας | nummod | high | |
| 4 | ἀνελόμενον | ἀναιρέω | VERB | V-AMP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 1 Χαίρωνα | acl | medium | Participial modifier of Χαίρωνα; construed with victories as object. |
| 5 | πάλης | πάλη | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 νίκας | nmod | high | |
| 6 | νίκας | νίκη | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 4 ἀνελόμενον | obj | high | |
| 7 | Ἰσθμικὰς | Ἰσθμικός | ADJ | A-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 6 νίκας | amod | high | |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 νίκας | cc | high | |
| 9 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 10 Ὀλυμπίᾳ | case | high | |
| 10 | Ὀλυμπίᾳ | Ὀλυμπία | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἀνελόμενον | obl | high | Locative prepositional phrase modifying the participle. |
| 11 | τέσσαρας | τέσσαρες | NUM | CARD-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 6 νίκας | conj | high | Second quantified set of victories, with ellipsis of νίκας. |
| 12 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 ἐθέλουσιν | cc | high | |
| 13 | ἀρχὴν | ἀρχή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ἐθέλουσιν | advmod | high | Accusative in the idiom οὐδὲ ἀρχήν, ‘not at all’. |
| 14 | ἐθέλουσιν | ἐθέλω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 15 | ὀνομάζειν | ὀνομάζω | VERB | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 14 ἐθέλουσιν | xcomp | high | |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἐθέλουσιν | punct | high | |
| 17 | ὅτι | ὅτι | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 κατέλυσε | mark | high | Introduces causal clause. |
| 18 | κατέλυσε | καταλύω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 15 ὀνομάζειν | advcl | high | Causal clause explaining why he is not named. |
| 19 | πολιτείαν | πολιτεία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 κατέλυσε | obj | high | |
| 20 | ἐμοὶ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1DS | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1 | 21 δοκεῖν | iobj | high | Ethical/experiencer dative with δοκεῖν. |
| 21 | δοκεῖν | δοκέω | VERB | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 18 κατέλυσε | parataxis | medium | Parenthetical infinitive, ‘as it seems to me’; syntactically interruptive. |
| 22 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 πολιτείαν | det | high | |
| 23 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 24 Πελλήνῃ | case | high | |
| 24 | Πελλήνῃ | Πελλήνη | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 πολιτείαν | nmod | high | Place phrase modifying πολιτείαν. |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 κατέλυσε | punct | high | |
| 26 | δῶρον | δῶρον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 κατέλυσε | xcomp | medium | Predicative/appositional noun, likely ‘a gift’. |
| 27 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 28 ἐπιφθονώτατον | det | high | |
| 28 | ἐπιφθονώτατον | ἐπίφθονος | ADJ | A-ASN-S | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 26 δῶρον | amod | medium | Accusative form despite nominative δῶρον; likely predicative accusative/attraction in the infinitival construction. |
| 29 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | PREP | _ | 30 Ἀλεξάνδρου | case | high | |
| 30 | Ἀλεξάνδρου | Ἀλέξανδρος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 δῶρον | nmod | high | |
| 31 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 32 Φιλίππου | det | high | |
| 32 | Φιλίππου | Φίλιππος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 Ἀλεξάνδρου | appos | high | Patronymic apposition identifying Alexander. |
| 33 | λαβών | λαμβάνω | VERB | V-AAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 35 τύραννος | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle with implied subject Χαίρων. |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 33 λαβών | punct | high | |
| 35 | τύραννος | τύραννος | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 39 καταστῆναι | xcomp | medium | Predicate noun with καταστῆναι. |
| 36 | πατρίδος | πατρίς | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 35 τύραννος | nmod | high | |
| 37 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 36 πατρίδος | det | high | |
| 38 | αὑτοῦ | ἑαυτοῦ | PRON | P-3GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Reflex=Yes | 36 πατρίδος | nmod:poss | high | |
| 39 | καταστῆναι | καθίστημι | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 18 κατέλυσε | xcomp | high | Infinitive dependent on the implied content of the causal explanation. |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἐθέλουσιν | punct | high |