Grammar parses for passage 8.14.7
Open translation for this passage
οὐ γάρ πω τότε τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὰ ἀγάλματα διὰ παντὸς ἠπίσταντο ἐργάσασθαι καθάπερ ἐσθῆτα ἐξυφαίνοντες.
The clause means that at that time they did not yet know how to make bronze statues throughout, as if weaving a garment; ἐργάσασθαι is an infinitival complement of ἠπίσταντο, while ἐξυφαίνοντες is a comparative circumstantial participle.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D--------- | Polarity=Neg | 11 ἠπίσταντο | advmod | high | |
| 2 | γάρ | γάρ | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 11 ἠπίσταντο | cc | high | Postpositive explanatory conjunction. |
| 3 | πω | πω | ADV | D--------- | Polarity=Neg | 11 ἠπίσταντο | advmod | medium | Temporal adverb with οὐ: ‘not yet’. |
| 4 | τότε | τότε | ADV | D--------- | _ | 11 ἠπίσταντο | advmod | high | |
| 5 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | S---GNM--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 χαλκοῦ | det | high | |
| 6 | χαλκοῦ | χαλκός | NOUN | S---GNM--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 ἐργάσασθαι | obl | high | Genitive of material with ἐργάσασθαι. |
| 7 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | S---NPN--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 8 ἀγάλματα | det | high | |
| 8 | ἀγάλματα | ἄγαλμα | NOUN | S---NPN--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 12 ἐργάσασθαι | obj | medium | Surface nominative; treated as infinitival subject with accusative-like syntactic function. |
| 9 | διὰ | διά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 10 παντὸς | case | high | |
| 10 | παντὸς | πᾶς | ADJ | S---GSM--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 ἐργάσασθαι | obl | medium | With διά, ‘throughout/entirely’; substantival or elliptic usage. |
| 11 | ἠπίσταντο | ἐπίσταμαι | VERB | V3PIIM--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Middle | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 12 | ἐργάσασθαι | ἐργάζομαι | VERB | V--AMN--- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Middle | 11 ἠπίσταντο | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive of ἠπίσταντο. |
| 13 | καθάπερ | καθάπερ | SCONJ | C--------- | _ | 15 ἐξυφαίνοντες | mark | high | Introduces the comparative participial clause. |
| 14 | ἐσθῆτα | ἐσθής | NOUN | S---AFS--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 ἐξυφαίνοντες | obj | high | |
| 15 | ἐξυφαίνοντες | ἐξυφαίνω | VERB | V-PAPNM--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 11 ἠπίσταντο | advcl | high | Comparative circumstantial participle, sharing the understood subject of ἠπίσταντο. |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἠπίσταντο | punct | high |