Grammar parses for passage 8.11.3
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παραλαμβάνει τε δὴ τὸν Πελίαν κατακόψασα ἑψῆσαι, καὶ αὐτὸν ἐκομίσαντο αἱ θυγατέρες οὐδὲ ἐς ταφὴν ἔτι ἐπιτήδειον.
The first clause has an understood subject Medea with κατακόψασα agreeing with her and an infinitival complement ἑψῆσαι; the second clause has αἱ θυγατέρες as subject, with αὐτόν and ἐπιτήδειον as a coordinated accusative predicate/object phrase meaning they carried him away no longer fit even for burial. The exact attachment of ἔτι is adverbial and κατακόψασα may be read as circumstantial.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | παραλαμβάνει | παραλαμβάνω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite verb; subject is understood from context. |
| 2 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 παραλαμβάνει | cc | high | Postpositive coordinating particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 1 παραλαμβάνει | advmod | high | Emphatic/discourse particle. |
| 4 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 Πελίαν | det | high | |
| 5 | Πελίαν | Πελίας | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 παραλαμβάνει | obj | high | Accusative object of παραλαμβάνει. |
| 6 | κατακόψασα | κατακόπτω | VERB | V-2AAP-NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 1 παραλαμβάνει | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, agreeing with understood feminine subject. |
| 7 | ἑψῆσαι | ἕψω | VERB | V-AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 1 παραλαμβάνει | xcomp | medium | Aorist active infinitive; lexical form/analysis is somewhat uncertain, but it is governed by παραλαμβάνει. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 παραλαμβάνει | punct | high | |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 ἐκομίσαντο | cc | high | Coordinates the second finite clause. |
| 10 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 11 ἐκομίσαντο | obj | high | Object of ἐκομίσαντο. |
| 11 | ἐκομίσαντο | κομίζω | VERB | V-AMI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 1 παραλαμβάνει | conj | high | Second coordinated finite verb. |
| 12 | αἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 13 θυγατέρες | det | high | |
| 13 | θυγατέρες | θυγάτηρ | NOUN | N-NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 11 ἐκομίσαντο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐκομίσαντο. |
| 14 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 ταφὴν | cc | high | Coordinates ταφήν with the preceding object/predicate phrase. |
| 15 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 16 ταφὴν | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 16 | ταφὴν | ταφή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 ἐπιτήδειον | obl | high | Accusative complement of ἐπιτήδειον in the εἰς phrase. |
| 17 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | ADV | _ | 18 ἐπιτήδειον | advmod | high | Temporal/adverbial modifier, ‘any longer’. |
| 18 | ἐπιτήδειον | ἐπιτήδειος | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἐκομίσαντο | xcomp | medium | Accusative predicate adjective referring to αὐτόν; attachment as xcomp reflects the predicative complement of ἐκομίσαντο. |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 παραλαμβάνει | punct | high |
τοῦτο ἠνάγκασε τὰς γυναῖκας ἐς Ἀρκαδίαν μετοικῆσαι, καὶ ἀποθανούσαις τὰ μνήματα ἐχώσθη σφίσιν αὐτοῦ·
τοῦτο is the neuter demonstrative subject of ἠνάγκασε; μετοικῆσαι is its complementary infinitive with accusative subject τὰς γυναῖκας. The second clause is somewhat textually/syntactically difficult: ἀποθανούσαις is treated as a dative plural participle agreeing with an understood/elliptical feminine referent, while σφίσιν is a dative plural reflexive pronoun and αὐτοῦ an adverbial genitive meaning ‘there’; ἐχώσθη is passive singular with τὰ μνήματα as its postposed subject.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PD-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 2 ἠνάγκασε | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | ἠνάγκασε | ἀναγκάζω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 3 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | DAF-PAF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 γυναῖκας | det | high | |
| 4 | γυναῖκας | γυνή | NOUN | N-PAF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 7 μετοικῆσαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the complementary infinitive. |
| 5 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 6 Ἀρκαδίαν | case | high | |
| 6 | Ἀρκαδίαν | Ἀρκαδία | PROPN | N-PAF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Proper=Yes | 7 μετοικῆσαι | obl | high | |
| 7 | μετοικῆσαι | μετοικέω | VERB | V-AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 2 ἠνάγκασε | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive after ἠνάγκασε. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 ἠνάγκασε | punct | high | |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 13 ἐχώσθη | cc | high | Coordinates the following clause with the preceding event. |
| 10 | ἀποθανούσαις | ἀποθνῄσκω | VERB | V-2AAP-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 13 ἐχώσθη | advcl | low | Form is dative plural feminine; syntactic attachment is uncertain, likely a dative temporal/circumstantial participle with an elliptical referent. |
| 11 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | DAN-PNN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 12 μνήματα | det | high | |
| 12 | μνήματα | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-PNN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 13 ἐχώσθη | nsubj:pass | medium | Postposed neuter plural subject of passive ἐχώσθη. |
| 13 | ἐχώσθη | χώννυμι | VERB | V-API-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 2 ἠνάγκασε | conj | medium | Singular verb with neuter plural subject, as permitted in Greek. |
| 14 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | RP-DP | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes | 13 ἐχώσθη | iobj | medium | Dative plural reflexive pronoun, likely ‘for them/their’; exact semantic role is uncertain. |
| 15 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτοῦ | ADV | DGS | _ | 13 ἐχώσθη | advmod | medium | Adverbial genitive form, ‘there/in that place’; lemma retained as lexical adverb. |
| 16 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 ἠνάγκασε | punct | high |
ὀνόματα δὲ αὐταῖς ποιητὴς μὲν ἔθετο οὐδείς, ὅσα γε ἐπελεξάμεθα ἡμεῖς, Μίκων δὲ ὁ ζωγράφος Ἀστερόπειάν τε εἶναι καὶ Ἀντινόην ἐπὶ ταῖς εἰκόσιν αὐτῶν ἐπέγραψεν.
The first clause has a fronted accusative subject-like object ὀνόματα with ποιητής as nominative agent and ἔθετο as its verb; ὅσα ἐπελεξάμεθα is a parenthetical relative clause. In the second clause Μίκων is subject of ἐπέγραψεν, with Ἀστερόπειαν and Ἀντινόην coordinated accusative names in the infinitival complement εἶναι, while ἐπὶ ταῖς εἰκόσιν specifies the inscriptions' location.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὀνόματα | ὄνομα | NOUN | N- ACC PL N | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 ἔθετο | obj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G- CONJ | _ | 6 ἔθετο | cc | high | |
| 3 | αὐταῖς | αὐτός | PRON | P- DAT PL F | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 6 ἔθετο | obl | medium | Dative of reference/association: names for them. |
| 4 | ποιητὴς | ποιητής | NOUN | N- NOM SG M | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἔθετο | nsubj | high | |
| 5 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G- PTCL | _ | 6 ἔθετο | discourse | high | Correlative with δέ at token 15. |
| 6 | ἔθετο | τίθημι | VERB | V- AOR MID IND 3SG | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | οὐδείς | οὐδείς | PRON | P- NOM SG M | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 4 ποιητὴς | appos | medium | Predicative/contrastive ‘no poet’; analyzed appositionally to ποιητής. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἔθετο | punct | high | |
| 9 | ὅσα | ὅσος | PRON | P- ACC PL N | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 11 ἐπελεξάμεθα | obj | high | Relative accusative, ‘as many as/whatever things’. |
| 10 | γε | γε | PART | G- PTCL | _ | 11 ἐπελεξάμεθα | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 11 | ἐπελεξάμεθα | ἐπιλέγω | VERB | V- AOR MID IND 1PL | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 6 ἔθετο | parataxis | medium | Parenthetical relative clause; the relative pronoun is its object. |
| 12 | ἡμεῖς | ἐγώ | PRON | P- NOM PL | Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 11 ἐπελεξάμεθα | nsubj | high | |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐπελεξάμεθα | punct | high | |
| 14 | Μίκων | Μίκων | PROPN | N- NOM SG M | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 27 ἐπέγραψεν | nsubj | high | |
| 15 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G- CONJ | _ | 27 ἐπέγραψεν | cc | high | |
| 16 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | D- NOM SG M | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 17 ζωγράφος | det | high | |
| 17 | ζωγράφος | ζωγράφος | NOUN | N- NOM SG M | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 Μίκων | appos | high | Apposition to Μίκων. |
| 18 | Ἀστερόπειάν | Ἀστερόπεια | PROPN | N- ACC SG F | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 εἶναι | obj | high | |
| 19 | τε | τε | CCONJ | G- CONJ | _ | 18 Ἀστερόπειάν | cc | high | Coordinates the two accusative names. |
| 20 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V- PRES ACT INF | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 27 ἐπέγραψεν | xcomp | high | Infinitive complement of ἐπέγραψεν; accusative names are its predicative complements. |
| 21 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | G- CONJ | _ | 22 Ἀντινόην | cc | high | |
| 22 | Ἀντινόην | Ἀντινόη | PROPN | N- ACC SG F | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 εἶναι | conj | high | |
| 23 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R- DAT | _ | 25 εἰκόσιν | case | high | With dative. |
| 24 | ταῖς | ὁ | DET | D- DAT PL F | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 25 εἰκόσιν | det | high | |
| 25 | εἰκόσιν | εἰκών | NOUN | N- DAT PL F | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 27 ἐπέγραψεν | obl | high | |
| 26 | αὐτῶν | αὐτός | PRON | P- GEN PL | Case=Gen|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 25 εἰκόσιν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on εἰκόσιν. |
| 27 | ἐπέγραψεν | ἐπιγράφω | VERB | V- AOR ACT IND 3SG | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Second coordinated finite clause; coordination with the first clause is mediated by δέ. |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 27 ἐπέγραψεν | punct | high |