Grammar parses for passage 8.21.2
Open translation for this passage
εἰσὶ δὲ ἰχθῦς ἐν τῷ Ἀροανίῳ καὶ ἄλλοι καὶ οἱ ποικιλίαι καλούμενοι· τούτους λέγουσι τοὺς ποικιλίας φθέγγεσθαι κίχλῃ τῇ ὄρνιθι ἐοικός.
Two coordinated clauses: εἰσὶ introduces the fish subject, while λέγουσι takes τούτους/τοὺς ποικιλίας as accusative subject of the infinitive φθέγγεσθαι; ἐοικός agrees with κίχλῃ and governs a dative comparison.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | εἰσὶ | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 εἰσὶ | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἰχθῦς | ἰχθύς | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 εἰσὶ | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 6 Ἀροανίῳ | case | high | |
| 5 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 Ἀροανίῳ | det | high | |
| 6 | Ἀροανίῳ | Ἀροάνιος | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 εἰσὶ | obl | high | |
| 7 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἄλλοι | cc | high | |
| 8 | ἄλλοι | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 ἰχθῦς | conj | high | Substantivized adjective, coordinated with ἰχθῦς. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 ποικιλίαι | cc | high | |
| 10 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 ποικιλίαι | det | high | |
| 11 | ποικιλίαι | ποικιλίας | NOUN | N-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 ἄλλοι | conj | medium | Lexical form is ποικιλίας, nominative plural ποικιλιαί/ποικιλίαι; analyzed as a coordinated fish-name. |
| 12 | καλούμενοι | καλέω | VERB | V-PPM-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 11 ποικιλίαι | acl | high | |
| 13 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 εἰσὶ | punct | high | |
| 14 | τούτους | οὗτος | PRON | D-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 15 λέγουσι | obj | high | Accusative demonstrative resumes the fish just mentioned and functions as infinitival subject by control/raising analysis. |
| 15 | λέγουσι | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 1 εἰσὶ | parataxis | high | |
| 16 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 ποικιλίας | det | high | |
| 17 | ποικιλίας | ποικιλίας | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 φθέγγεσθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 18 | φθέγγεσθαι | φθέγγομαι | VERB | V-PMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 15 λέγουσι | ccomp | high | |
| 19 | κίχλῃ | κίχλη | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 ἐοικός | obl | high | Dative of comparison with ἐοικός. |
| 20 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 ὄρνιθι | det | high | |
| 21 | ὄρνιθι | ὄρνις | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 κίχλῃ | appos | high | Apposition specifying κίχλη. |
| 22 | ἐοικός | ἔοικα | ADJ | X-PNPNS | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 φθέγγεσθαι | advcl | medium | Perfect participial/adjectival form, neuter singular in the supplied text; likely impersonal comparison ('like a thrush'). Agreement is textually difficult. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 λέγουσι | punct | high |