Grammar parses for passage 8.14.4
Open translation for this passage
οἰκιστὴν δὲ οἱ Φενεᾶται λέγουσιν ἄνδρα αὐτόχθονα εἶναι Φενεόν.
Indirect statement with λέγουσιν: οἰκιστὴν is the reported object, and ἄνδρα αὐτόχθονα εἶναι Φενεόν forms the infinitival content; the role of Φενεόν is syntactically ambiguous.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οἰκιστὴν | οἰκιστής | NOUN | N-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 λέγουσιν | obj | high | Object of λέγουσιν; accusative of respect/content in indirect statement not needed. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PCL | _ | 5 λέγουσιν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | L-S---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 Φενεᾶται | det | high | Article with Φενεᾶται. |
| 4 | Φενεᾶται | Φενεᾶται | PROPN | N-P---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 λέγουσιν | nsubj | high | Subject of λέγουσιν. |
| 5 | λέγουσιν | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb introducing indirect statement. |
| 6 | ἄνδρα | ἀνήρ | NOUN | N-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 εἶναι | nsubj | medium | Accusative subject of infinitive εἶναι. |
| 7 | αὐτόχθονα | αὐτόχθων | ADJ | A-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἄνδρα | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying ἄνδρα. |
| 8 | εἶναι | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI--- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 5 λέγουσιν | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement of λέγουσιν. |
| 9 | Φενεόν | Φενεός | PROPN | N-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 εἶναι | xcomp | low | Likely predicate complement or locative apposition with εἶναι; accusative form in indirect discourse is uncertain. |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 λέγουσιν | punct | high | Sentence-ending punctuation. |