Grammar parses for passage 8.2.5
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οὕτω πείθοιτο ἄν τις καὶ Λυκάονα θηρίον καὶ τὴν Ταντάλου Νιόβην γενέσθαι λίθον.
Potentially elliptical indirect statement: πείθοιτο ἄν governs an accusative-plus-infinitive construction, with Λυκάονα ... θηρίον and τὴν ... Νιόβην ... λίθον as coordinated predicate-accusative descriptions; γενέσθαι is the shared infinitive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὕτω | οὕτως | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Pos | 2 πείθοιτο | advmod | high | |
| 2 | πείθοιτο | πείθω | VERB | V3SIOP | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Potential optative with ἄν. |
| 3 | ἄν | ἄν | PART | X-------- | _ | 2 πείθοιτο | aux | high | Modal particle. |
| 4 | τις | τις | PRON | P---NS---- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 2 πείθοιτο | nsubj | high | |
| 5 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 6 Λυκάονα | cc | high | Coordinates the two examples. |
| 6 | Λυκάονα | Λυκάων | PROPN | Ne----Acc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing | 12 γενέσθαι | nsubj | medium | Accusative subject of the infinitive; proper-name morphology is somewhat irregular. |
| 7 | θηρίον | θηρίον | NOUN | Nb----Acc | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 Λυκάονα | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with γενέσθαι. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 11 Νιόβην | cc | high | |
| 9 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S----FAcc | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 11 Νιόβην | det | high | |
| 10 | Ταντάλου | Τάνταλος | PROPN | Ne----Gen | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing | 11 Νιόβην | nmod | high | Possessive genitive. |
| 11 | Νιόβην | Νιόβη | PROPN | Ne----Acc | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|NameType=Giv|Number=Sing | 12 γενέσθαι | conj | high | Coordinated accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 12 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V--AMN---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 2 πείθοιτο | ccomp | high | Infinitive in accusative-plus-infinitive construction. |
| 13 | λίθον | λίθος | NOUN | Nb----Acc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 Νιόβην | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with γενέσθαι. |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 πείθοιτο | punct | high |
ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ δὲ---κακία γὰρ δὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ηὔξετο καὶ γῆν τε ἐπενέμετο πᾶσαν καὶ πόλεις πάσας---οὔτε θεὸς ἐγίνετο οὐδεὶς ἔτι ἐξ ἀνθρώπου, πλὴν ὅσον λόγῳ καὶ κολακείᾳ πρὸς τὸ ὑπερέχον,
The dash-delimited parenthesis (7–20) explains the temporal setting; 24–30 is coordinated with the omitted/understood main predicate, and 32–39 gives an exception/qualification, with ὅσον limiting the instrumental expressions λόγῳ and κολακείᾳ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπʼ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 2 ἐμοῦ | case | high | |
| 2 | ἐμοῦ | ἐγώ | PRON | P1-GS | Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 12 ηὔξετο | obl | high | Genitive of time/period: 'in my time'. |
| 3 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 26 ἐγίνετο | cc | high | Connective particle. |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 κακία | punct | high | Opening dash. |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 κακία | punct | high | Opening dash. |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 κακία | punct | high | Opening dash. |
| 7 | κακία | κακία | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ηὔξετο | nsubj | high | Subject of ηὔξετο and ἐπενέμετο. |
| 8 | γὰρ | γάρ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 ηὔξετο | mark | high | Explanatory particle. |
| 9 | δὴ | δή | PART | PRT | _ | 12 ηὔξετο | advmod | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 10 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 11 πλεῖστον | case | high | |
| 11 | πλεῖστον | πολύς | ADJ | A-SASN | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 ηὔξετο | obl | high | Accusative extent: 'to the greatest extent'. |
| 12 | ηὔξετο | αὐξάνω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Aspect=Imperfective|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 26 ἐγίνετο | advcl | medium | Imperfect middle; parenthetical temporal clause. |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 ἐπενέμετο | cc | high | |
| 14 | γῆν | γῆ | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 ἐπενέμετο | obj | high | |
| 15 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 ἐπενέμετο | cc | high | Correlative καὶ ... τε construction. |
| 16 | ἐπενέμετο | ἐπινεμήω | VERB | V-IMI-3S | Aspect=Imperfective|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 12 ηὔξετο | conj | medium | Lemma sometimes normalized as ἐπινέμω; middle means 'spread over/occupied'. |
| 17 | πᾶσαν | πᾶς | ADJ | A-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 γῆν | amod | high | |
| 18 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 πόλεις | cc | high | |
| 19 | πόλεις | πόλις | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 16 ἐπενέμετο | obj | high | |
| 20 | πάσας | πᾶς | ADJ | A-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 19 πόλεις | amod | high | |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 κακία | punct | high | Closing dash. |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 κακία | punct | high | Closing dash. |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 κακία | punct | high | Closing dash. |
| 24 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 26 ἐγίνετο | cc | high | Coordinates the negative predicate with preceding context. |
| 25 | θεὸς | θεός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ἐγίνετο | xcomp | medium | Predicate nominative with γίγνομαι. |
| 26 | ἐγίνετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-IMI-3S | Aspect=Imperfective|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 27 | οὐδεὶς | οὐδείς | PRON | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 26 ἐγίνετο | nsubj | high | Subject: 'no one'. |
| 28 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | ADV | _ | 26 ἐγίνετο | advmod | high | |
| 29 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 30 ἀνθρώπου | case | high | |
| 30 | ἀνθρώπου | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ἐγίνετο | obl | high | Source/origin: 'from a human being'. |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 ἐγίνετο | punct | high | |
| 32 | πλὴν | πλήν | ADP | PREP | _ | 33 ὅσον | case | high | Exceptive preposition introducing ὅσον. |
| 33 | ὅσον | ὅσος | PRON | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 26 ἐγίνετο | obl | medium | Substantivized relative accusative, 'insofar as'; construction is elliptical. |
| 34 | λόγῳ | λόγος | NOUN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 ὅσον | obl | high | Dative of means. |
| 35 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 36 κολακείᾳ | cc | high | |
| 36 | κολακείᾳ | κολακεία | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 34 λόγῳ | conj | high | Dative of means coordinated with λόγῳ. |
| 37 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | PREP | _ | 39 ὑπερέχον | case | high | |
| 38 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 39 ὑπερέχον | det | high | |
| 39 | ὑπερέχον | ὑπερέχω | VERB | V-PAP-ASN | Aspect=Imperfective|Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 33 ὅσον | obl | medium | Substantivized present participle: 'the superior/powerful'; πρὸς phrase dependent on it. |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 ἐγίνετο | punct | high |