Grammar parses for passage 8.25.13
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οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε οὐδὲ νηὶ παρισουμένας πορθμίδι παράσχοιτο ὁ Λάδων νήσους.
Potentially elliptical conditional construction: ἄν with the optative παράσχοιτο; παρισουμένας πορθμίδι is an attributive participial phrase modifying νήσους, with νηί functioning adverbially/instrumentally. The finite verb is optative, middle, 3sg, with Λάδων as subject and νήσους as object.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D-------- | Polarity=Neg | 9 παράσχοιτο | advmod | high | |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 9 παράσχοιτο | cc | high | Postpositive explanatory conjunction. |
| 3 | ἄν | ἄν | PART | X-------- | _ | 9 παράσχοιτο | aux | medium | Modal particle with the optative; some schemes classify it as an auxiliary or adverbial particle. |
| 4 | ποτε | ποτε | ADV | D-------- | _ | 9 παράσχοιτο | advmod | high | |
| 5 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 6 νηὶ | cc | medium | Coordinates or emphasizes the following instrumental phrase. |
| 6 | νηὶ | ναῦς | NOUN | N----DS-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 παράσχοιτο | obl | medium | Dative of means/instrument; syntactic attachment is somewhat uncertain. |
| 7 | παρισουμένας | παρισόω | VERB | V-PPAP-AFS | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 12 νήσους | acl | medium | Present active participle, agreeing with νήσους; form may be interpreted as παρισοῦσας/παρισουμένας depending on transmitted accent and morphology. |
| 8 | πορθμίδι | πορθμίς | NOUN | N----DS-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 παρισουμένας | obl | medium | Dative instrumental or comparative adjunct with the participle. |
| 9 | παράσχοιτο | παρέχω | VERB | V-AO-M-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 10 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T----NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 11 Λάδων | det | high | |
| 11 | Λάδων | Λάδων | PROPN | N----NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 παράσχοιτο | nsubj | high | Proper name, nominative subject. |
| 12 | νήσους | νῆσος | NOUN | N----APF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 9 παράσχοιτο | obj | high | |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 παράσχοιτο | punct | high |
κάλλους μὲν γὰρ ἕνεκα οὐδενὸς ποταμῶν δεύτερος οὔτε τῶν βαρβαρικῶν ἐστιν οὔτε Ἕλληνος, μέγεθος δὲ οὐ τοσοῦτος ὡς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ νήσους ἀναφαίνεσθαι καθάπερ ἐν Ἴστρῳ τε καὶ Ἠριδανῷ.
The sentence has two coordinated predications under ἐστιν: the river is second to none in beauty, but not so large that islands appear in it; the comparison uses an accusative-and-infinitive result construction with ὡς.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | κάλλους | κάλλος | NOUN | N-gen.sg. | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἕνεκα | obl | high | Genitive of purpose with ἕνεκα. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | Ptc | _ | 7 δεύτερος | discourse | high | Correlative μὲν, answered by δέ. |
| 3 | γὰρ | γάρ | SCONJ | Conj | _ | 7 δεύτερος | mark | high | Explanatory connective. |
| 4 | ἕνεκα | ἕνεκα | ADP | Postp | _ | 7 δεύτερος | case | high | Postpositive preposition governing κάλλους. |
| 5 | οὐδενὸς | οὐδείς | PRON | Pron-gen.sg.masc. | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Neg | 6 ποταμῶν | det | high | Substantival/attributive genitive plural-partitive construction. |
| 6 | ποταμῶν | ποταμός | NOUN | N-gen.pl.masc. | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 δεύτερος | obl | high | Partitive genitive with δεύτερος. |
| 7 | δεύτερος | δεύτερος | ADJ | A-nom.sg.masc. | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἐστιν | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective: second to none. |
| 8 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 10 βαρβαρικῶν | cc | high | First member of οὔτε...οὔτε. |
| 9 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | Art-gen.pl.masc. | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 10 βαρβαρικῶν | det | high | Article substantivizing βαρβαρικῶν. |
| 10 | βαρβαρικῶν | βαρβαρικός | ADJ | A-gen.pl.masc. | Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 δεύτερος | obl | high | Substantivized adjective, coordinated comparison set. |
| 11 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | V-pres.ind.act.3sg | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular root; subject is understood from context. |
| 12 | οὔτε | οὔτε | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 13 Ἕλληνος | cc | high | Second member of οὔτε...οὔτε. |
| 13 | Ἕλληνος | Ἕλλην | PROPN | N-gen.sg.masc. | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 δεύτερος | obl | high | Elliptical genitive: no Greek river. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐστιν | punct | high | |
| 15 | μέγεθος | μέγεθος | NOUN | N-nom.sg.neut. | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 τοσοῦτος | obl | high | Accusative/genitive-like measure construction is expressed by nominative neuter here; topic of second predication. |
| 16 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 18 τοσοῦτος | cc | high | Contrastive connective. |
| 17 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | Adv | Polarity=Neg | 18 τοσοῦτος | advmod | high | Negates the comparison. |
| 18 | τοσοῦτος | τοσοῦτος | ADJ | A-nom.sg.masc. | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἐστιν | conj | medium | Predicate adjective with an understood masculine subject, coordinated with the first copular predication; agreement is semantically expected though μέγεθος is neuter. |
| 19 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | Conj | _ | 24 ἀναφαίνεσθαι | mark | high | Introduces consecutive/result infinitival clause. |
| 20 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | Prep | _ | 21 αὐτῷ | case | high | Locative preposition. |
| 21 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | Pron-dat.sg.masc. | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 24 ἀναφαίνεσθαι | obl | high | Refers to the river; complement of ἐν. |
| 22 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 23 νήσους | cc | high | Coordinates the object islands. |
| 23 | νήσους | νῆσος | NOUN | N-acc.pl.fem. | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 24 ἀναφαίνεσθαι | obj | high | Subject of the infinitive in accusative. |
| 24 | ἀναφαίνεσθαι | ἀναφαίνω | VERB | V-pres.inf.mid | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 18 τοσοῦτος | xcomp | high | Infinitive in the ὡς result clause. |
| 25 | καθάπερ | καθάπερ | SCONJ | Conj | _ | 24 ἀναφαίνεσθαι | advmod | high | Comparative subordinator, 'just as'. |
| 26 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | Prep | _ | 27 Ἴστρῳ | case | high | Locative preposition. |
| 27 | Ἴστρῳ | Ἴστρος | PROPN | N-dat.sg.masc. | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 24 ἀναφαίνεσθαι | obl | high | Comparison location, coordinated with Ἠριδανῷ. |
| 28 | τε | τε | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 30 Ἠριδανῷ | cc | high | Enclitic coordinator. |
| 29 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | Conj | _ | 30 Ἠριδανῷ | cc | high | Coordinates the two river names. |
| 30 | Ἠριδανῷ | Ἠριδανός | PROPN | N-dat.sg.masc. | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 27 Ἴστρῳ | conj | high | Second comparative location. |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐστιν | punct | high |