Grammar parses for passage 7.27.8
Open translation for this passage
τὸ δὲ ὀνομαζόμενον Ποσείδιον τὰ μὲν ἀρχαιότερα ἦν δῆμος, ἔρημον δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν.
The syntax is partly appositional/correlative: the initial participial phrase introduces Ποσείδιον, while the main clauses contrast an earlier civic status with the later desolate condition.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | PDS | Case=Nominative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Sing | 3 ὀνομαζόμενον | det | high | Article with participle/substantivized phrase. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PTC | _ | 8 ἦν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ὀνομαζόμενον | ὀνομάζω | VERB | VMP--PNM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 9 δῆμος | acl | medium | Attributive participle modifying the subject noun phrase. |
| 4 | Ποσείδιον | Ποσείδιον | PROPN | N-NSN | Case=Nominative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Sing | 3 ὀνομαζόμενον | nsubj | medium | Likely the name of the place; syntactic attachment is somewhat uncertain. |
| 5 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | PDS | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plur | 7 ἀρχαιότερα | det | high | Article with substantive adjective. |
| 6 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PTC | _ | 7 ἀρχαιότερα | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 7 | ἀρχαιότερα | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A--NPN | Case=Nominative|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plur | 8 ἦν | nsubj | high | Predicate nominal subject with ἦν. |
| 8 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main copular verb. |
| 9 | δῆμος | δῆμος | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Sing | 8 ἦν | xcomp | medium | Predicative complement with ἦν; could also be analyzed as appositional predicate. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἦν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 11 | ἔρημον | ἔρημος | ADJ | A--ASM | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Sing | 8 ἦν | xcomp | medium | Predicate adjective; form is ambiguous in context, likely intended as nominative/accusative neuter singular predicative use. |
| 12 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PTC | _ | 11 ἔρημον | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 13 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | R-- | _ | 14 ἡμῶν | case | high | Crasis before vowel. |
| 14 | ἡμῶν | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1GP | Case=Genitive|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 11 ἔρημον | obl | high | Genitive object of preposition. |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ἦν | punct | high | Punctuation. |