Grammar parses for passage 8.10.3
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ἐσόδου δὲ ἐς αὐτὸ εἴργοντες ἀνθρώπους ἔρυμα μὲν πρὸ τῆς ἐσόδου προεβάλοντο οὐδέν, μίτον δὲ διατείνουσιν ἐρεοῦν, τάχα μέν που τοῖς τότε ἄγουσι τὰ θεῖα ἐν τιμῇ δεῖμα καὶ τοῦτο ἔσεσθαι νομίζοντες, τάχα δʼ ἄν τι μετείη καὶ ἰσχύος τῷ μίτῳ.
The syntax is driven by participial framing around προεβάλοντο, with two later clauses (νομίζοντες, and the optative μετείη) expressing added explanation and possibility.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐσόδου | ἔσοδος | NOUN | N-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἐσόδου | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of ἐσόδου repeated in phrase πρὸ τῆς ἐσόδου. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PTCL | _ | 12 προεβάλοντο | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R- | _ | 4 αὐτὸ | case | high | Preposition governing αὐτὸ. |
| 4 | αὐτὸ | αὐτός | PRON | P-S---AN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 12 προεβάλοντο | obl | high | Object of preposition ἐς. |
| 5 | εἴργοντες | εἴργω | VERB | V-PAP-NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 12 προεβάλοντο | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle modifying προεβάλοντο. |
| 6 | ἀνθρώπους | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-P---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 εἴργοντες | obj | high | Object of εἴργοντες. |
| 7 | ἔρυμα | ἔρυμα | NOUN | N-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 προεβάλοντο | obj | high | Direct object of προεβάλοντο. |
| 8 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PTCL | _ | 12 προεβάλοντο | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 9 | πρὸ | πρό | ADP | R- | _ | 11 ἐσόδου | case | high | Preposition governing ἐσόδου. |
| 10 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | D-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 11 ἐσόδου | det | high | Article modifying ἐσόδου. |
| 11 | ἐσόδου | ἔσοδος | NOUN | N-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 προεβάλοντο | obl | high | Prepositional object of πρὸ. |
| 12 | προεβάλοντο | προβάλλω | VERB | V-AMI-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb. |
| 13 | οὐδέν | οὐδείς | PRON | P-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Polarity=Neg|PronType=Ind | 12 προεβάλοντο | obj | high | Negated object/complement with προεβάλοντο. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 προεβάλοντο | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 15 | μίτον | μίτος | NOUN | N-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 διατείνουσιν | obj | high | Object of διατείνουσιν. |
| 16 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PTCL | _ | 17 διατείνουσιν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 17 | διατείνουσιν | διατείνω | VERB | V-PAI-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 12 προεβάλοντο | conj | high | Coordinate finite verb. |
| 18 | ἐρεοῦν | ἐρεός | ADJ | A-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 μίτον | amod | medium | Likely adjectival modifier of μίτον; form/analysis somewhat uncertain. |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 διατείνουσιν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 20 | τάχα | τάχα | ADV | D-------- | _ | 34 νομίζοντες | advmod | high | Sentence adverb. |
| 21 | μέν | μέν | PART | PTCL | _ | 34 νομίζοντες | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 22 | που | πού | PART | PTCL | _ | 34 νομίζοντες | discourse | high | Modal/uncertain particle. |
| 23 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-P---DM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 25 ἄγουσι | det | high | Article with participle ἄγουσι. |
| 24 | τότε | τότε | ADV | D-------- | _ | 25 ἄγουσι | advmod | high | Temporal modifier. |
| 25 | ἄγουσι | ἄγω | VERB | V-PAP-DPM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 34 νομίζοντες | obl | high | Dative participle dependent on νομίζοντες. |
| 26 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-P---AN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 27 θεῖα | det | high | Article with θεῖα. |
| 27 | θεῖα | θεῖος | ADJ | A-P---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 25 ἄγουσι | obj | high | Substantivized adjective, object of ἄγουσι. |
| 28 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R- | _ | 29 τιμῇ | case | high | Preposition governing τιμῇ. |
| 29 | τιμῇ | τιμή | NOUN | N-S---FD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἄγουσι | obl | high | Prepositional complement of ἄγουσι. |
| 30 | δεῖμα | δεῖμα | NOUN | N-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 40 μετείη | obj | high | Object of ἔσεσθαι within indirect statement. |
| 31 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C- | _ | 32 τοῦτο | cc | high | Coordinating conjunction. |
| 32 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | Pd-S---AN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 30 δεῖμα | conj | high | Coordinated with δεῖμα. |
| 33 | ἔσεσθαι | εἰμί | AUX | V-FMN---- | Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 34 νομίζοντες | xcomp | high | Future infinitive in indirect statement. |
| 34 | νομίζοντες | νομίζω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 12 προεβάλοντο | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle modifying προεβάλοντο. |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 34 νομίζοντες | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 36 | τάχα | τάχα | ADV | D-------- | _ | 40 μετείη | advmod | high | Sentence adverb. |
| 37 | δʼ | δέ | PART | PTCL | _ | 40 μετείη | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 38 | ἄν | ἄν | PART | PTCL | _ | 40 μετείη | advmod | high | Modal particle. |
| 39 | τι | τις | PRON | P---S---N- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 40 μετείη | obj | high | Indefinite pronoun as object. |
| 40 | μετείη | μέτειμι | VERB | V-PAO-3S- | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 12 προεβάλοντο | conj | high | Optative verb coordinated with the prior finite predication. |
| 41 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C- | _ | 42 ἰσχύος | cc | high | Coordinating conjunction. |
| 42 | ἰσχύος | ἰσχύς | NOUN | N-S---FG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 40 μετείη | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of τι. |
| 43 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-S---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 44 μίτῳ | det | high | Article with μίτῳ. |
| 44 | μίτῳ | μίτος | NOUN | N-S---MD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 40 μετείη | obl | high | Dative of reference/instrument with μετείη. |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 προεβάλοντο | punct | high | Punctuation. |
φαίνεται δὲ καὶ Αἴπυτος ὁ Ἱππόθου μήτε πηδήσας ὑπὲρ τὸν μίτον μήτε ὑποδύς, διακόψας δὲ αὐτὸν ἐσελθὼν ἐς τὸ ἱερόν·
The main predicate φαίνεται takes a nominative subject with several coordinated circumstantial participles; the syntax is straightforward except for the slightly elliptical correlative μήτε...μήτε... construction.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | φαίνεται | φαίνομαι | VERB | V-PII-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the sentence. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _PART | _ | 1 φαίνεται | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | PART | _ | _ | 4 Αἴπυτος | advmod | medium | Likely additive particle modifying the subject phrase. |
| 4 | Αἴπυτος | Αἴπυτος | PROPN | N--NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 φαίνεται | nsubj | high | Subject of φαίνεται. |
| 5 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | L-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 Ἱππόθου | det | high | Article with patronymic. |
| 6 | Ἱππόθου | Ἱππόθοος | PROPN | N-SG? | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 Αἴπυτος | nmod | medium | Patronymic genitive dependent on Αἴπυτος. |
| 7 | μήτε | μήτε | CCONJ | _ | _ | 8 πηδήσας | cc | high | Correlative negative coordinator. |
| 8 | πηδήσας | πηδάω | VERB | V-AAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 φαίνεται | advcl | high | Participle in temporal/causal relation to φαίνεται. |
| 9 | ὑπὲρ | ὑπέρ | ADP | R | _ | 8 πηδήσας | case | high | Preposition with accusative. |
| 10 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | L-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 11 μίτον | det | high | Article modifying μίτον. |
| 11 | μίτον | μῖτος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 πηδήσας | obl | high | Object of ὑπέρ. |
| 12 | μήτε | μήτε | CCONJ | _ | _ | 13 ὑποδύς | cc | high | Correlative coordinator. |
| 13 | ὑποδύς | ὑποδύω | VERB | V-AAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 φαίνεται | advcl | high | Second participial clause coordinated with πηδήσας. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ὑποδύς | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 15 | διακόψας | διακόπτω | VERB | V-AAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 φαίνεται | advcl | high | Another circumstantial participle. |
| 16 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 15 διακόψας | discourse | high | Connective particle. |
| 17 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 15 διακόψας | obj | high | Direct object of διακόψας. |
| 18 | ἐσελθὼν | εἰσέρχομαι | VERB | V-AAP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 φαίνεται | advcl | high | Final participial clause. |
| 19 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R | _ | 18 ἐσελθὼν | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 20 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | L-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 21 ἱερόν | det | high | Article modifying ἱερόν. |
| 21 | ἱερόν | ἱερόν | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 ἐσελθὼν | obl | high | Goal of ἐς. |
| 22 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 φαίνεται | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
καὶ ποιήσας οὐχ ὅσια ἐτυφλώθη τε ἐμπεσόντος ἐς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῷ τοῦ κύματος καὶ αὐτίκα ἐπιλαμβάνει τὸ χρεὼν αὐτόν.
The syntax is somewhat compressed: aorist participles and a genitive absolute precede the main narrative verb, and ἐπιλαμβάνει appears coordinated as a second finite clause.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 5 ἐτυφλώθη | cc | high | Coordinating conjunction linking participial clause to following main clause. |
| 2 | ποιήσας | ποιέω | VERB | PAPMSN | Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 5 ἐτυφλώθη | advcl | high | Aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular; likely circumstantial to ἐτυφλώθη. |
| 3 | οὐχ | οὐ | PART | _ | _ | 4 ὅσια | advmod | high | Negator modifying ὅσια. |
| 4 | ὅσια | ὅσιος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 2 ποιήσας | obj | medium | Neuter plural accusative used substantively, object of ποιήσας; with negation forms the phrase 'did unholy things'. |
| 5 | ἐτυφλώθη | τυφλόω | VERB | VAPI3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite verb. |
| 6 | τε | τε | PART | _ | _ | 5 ἐτυφλώθη | discourse | medium | Enclitic connective attaching the following dependent circumstance to the clause. |
| 7 | ἐμπεσόντος | ἐμπίπτω | VERB | AAPMSG | Aspect=Perf|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 13 κύματος | amod | high | Genitive aorist participle agreeing with κύματος in the genitive absolute. |
| 8 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 10 ὀφθαλμοὺς | case | high | Governed by ἐμπεσόντος. |
| 9 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 10 ὀφθαλμοὺς | det | high | Article modifying ὀφθαλμοὺς. |
| 10 | ὀφθαλμοὺς | ὀφθαλμός | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 ἐμπεσόντος | obl | high | Object of ἐμπεσόντος with preposition ἐς. |
| 11 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 5 ἐτυφλώθη | obl | medium | Dative of reference/interest with the genitive absolute or main clause. |
| 12 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 13 κύματος | det | high | Article modifying κύματος. |
| 13 | κύματος | κῦμα | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 ἐμπεσόντος | nsubj | high | Subject of the genitive participle in genitive absolute. |
| 14 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 16 ἐπιλαμβάνει | cc | high | Links the following clause to the previous narrative event. |
| 15 | αὐτίκα | αὐτίκα | ADV | _ | _ | 16 ἐπιλαμβάνει | advmod | high | Temporal adverb modifying ἐπιλαμβάνει. |
| 16 | ἐπιλαμβάνει | ἐπιλαμβάνω | VERB | VPAI3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 5 ἐτυφλώθη | conj | high | Second finite verb, coordinated with ἐτυφλώθη. |
| 17 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 18 χρεὼν | det | high | Article modifying χρεὼν. |
| 18 | χρεὼν | χρέος | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 16 ἐπιλαμβάνει | obj | high | Direct object of ἐπιλαμβάνει. |
| 19 | αὐτόν | αὐτός | PRON | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 16 ἐπιλαμβάνει | obj | medium | Likely another object/complement with ἐπιλαμβάνει; attachment is somewhat uncertain. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἐτυφλώθη | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |