Grammar parses for passage 8.12.7
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καλεῖται δὲ τὸ χωρίον τοῦτο ἐφʼ ἡμῶν Πτόλις.
Naming construction with predicative noun Πτόλις; ἐφʼ ἡμῶν is best taken as a prepositional modifier of that name.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καλεῖται | καλέω | VERB | V-PPM/P-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb, passive/middle deponent sense 'is called'. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 1 καλεῖται | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 χωρίον | det | high | Article modifying χωρίον. |
| 4 | χωρίον | χωρίον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 καλεῖται | nsubj:pass | high | Subject of the passive/copular naming construction. |
| 5 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | DET | PD-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 4 χωρίον | amod | high | Demonstrative adjective modifying χωρίον. |
| 6 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | R | Case=Gen | 8 Πτόλις | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive pronoun. |
| 7 | ἡμῶν | ἐγώ | PRON | P-P---1P- | Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 8 Πτόλις | nmod | medium | Object of ἐπί; idiomatically 'in our view / among us'. |
| 8 | Πτόλις | Πτόλις | PROPN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 καλεῖται | xcomp | medium | Predicative naming element after καλεῖται; analysis somewhat uncertain. |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 καλεῖται | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
κατὰ δὲ τὸ πρὸς ἄρκτον αὐτῆς προελθόντι ὁδὸν οὐ μακρὰν Ἀλαλκομενείας ἐστὶ πηγή,
The syntax is a locative/existential statement with a fronted prepositional-path phrase; προελθόντι is treated as adjectival to ὁδὸν, though the exact participial attachment is somewhat uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | _ | _ | 7 προελθόντι | case | high | Governs the accusative phrase τὸ ... ὁδὸν. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 12 ἐστὶ | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 προελθόντι | det | high | Article modifying the substantive prepositional phrase. |
| 4 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | _ | _ | 5 ἄρκτον | case | high | Preposition governing ἄρκτον. |
| 5 | ἄρκτον | ἄρκτος | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 προελθόντι | obl | high | Object of πρὸς. |
| 6 | αὐτῆς | αὐτός | PRON | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 5 ἄρκτον | nmod | high | Genitive possessive modifying ἄρκτον. |
| 7 | προελθόντι | προέρχομαι | VERB | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 8 ὁδὸν | amod | medium | Aorist active participle agreeing with ὁδὸν; likely adjectival in the road phrase. |
| 8 | ὁδὸν | ὁδός | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ἐστὶ | obl | high | Accusative with κατὰ. |
| 9 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | _ | _ | 10 μακρὰν | advmod | high | Negates μακρὰν. |
| 10 | μακρὰν | μακράν | ADV | _ | _ | 12 ἐστὶ | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἐστὶ. |
| 11 | Ἀλαλκομενείας | Ἀλαλκομεναιαί | PROPN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 13 πηγή | nmod | medium | Genitive plural/name; likely dependent on πηγή, though form is somewhat unclear. |
| 12 | ἐστὶ | εἰμί | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular/existential predicate. |
| 13 | πηγή | πηγή | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ἐστὶ | nsubj | high | Subject of existential ἐστὶ. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 ἐστὶ | punct | high | Punctuation. |
Τεγεάταις γὰρ τοῦ λόγου τὸ εἰκὸς καὶ οὐ Μαντινεῦσιν ἕπεται, Μαιρὰν τὴν Ἄτλαντος παρὰ σφίσι ταφῆναι.
The syntax is somewhat compressed: εἰκὸς appears as a substantivized subject of ἕπεται, and the second clause is an infinitival complement with ταφῆναι governing Μαιρὰν as its object.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Τεγεάταις | Τεγεάτης | PROPN | N-P---DP- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur | 10 ἕπεται | nsubj | high | Dative plural subject with ἕπεται; proper name/adjectival ethnonym. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | PART | G-------- | _ | 10 ἕπεται | discourse | high | Postpositive explanatory particle. |
| 3 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 λόγου | det | high | Article modifying λόγου. |
| 4 | λόγου | λόγος | NOUN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 εἰκὸς | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of εἰκός. |
| 5 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | L-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 εἰκὸς | det | high | Article with substantivized adjective εἰκός. |
| 6 | εἰκὸς | εἰκός | ADJ | A-S---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 ἕπεται | nsubj | medium | Likely substantivized neuter adjective meaning 'what is likely/reasonable' functioning as subject. |
| 7 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 8 οὐ | cc | high | Connects οὐ with preceding clause element in a correlative/coordination-like structure. |
| 8 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D--------- | _ | 10 ἕπεται | advmod | high | Negator modifying ἕπεται. |
| 9 | Μαντινεῦσιν | Μαντινεύς | PROPN | N-P---DP- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur | 10 ἕπεται | conj | high | Parallel dative with Τεγεάταις, governed by ἕπεται. |
| 10 | ἕπεται | ἕπομαι | VERB | V-3SPI-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the sentence. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἕπεται | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 12 | Μαιρὰν | Μαιράς | PROPN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ταφῆναι | obj | medium | Accusative proper name governed by infinitive ταφῆναι. |
| 13 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 Ἄτλαντος | det | high | Article with Ἄτλαντος. |
| 14 | Ἄτλαντος | Ἄτλας | PROPN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 Μαιρὰν | nmod | high | Genitive attribute/patronymic of Μαιράν. |
| 15 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | R--------- | _ | 16 σφίσι | case | high | Preposition with dative. |
| 16 | σφίσι | σφεῖς | PRON | P-P---DD- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 17 ταφῆναι | obl | high | Dative object of παρὰ in the infinitival clause. |
| 17 | ταφῆναι | θάπτω | VERB | V--ANP--- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Pass | 10 ἕπεται | xcomp | high | Complement infinitive dependent on ἕπεται. |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἕπεται | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |