Grammar parses for passage 8.35.4
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λέγουσι μὲν δὴ οἱ Ἀρκάδες τὴν Βελεμίναν τῆς σφετέρας οὖσαν τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἀποτεμέσθαι Λακεδαιμονίους·
The main verb λέγουσι introduces an accusative-and-infinitive report: the Lacedaemonians allegedly cut off Βελεμίνα, which was formerly Arcadian; τῆς σφετέρας οὖσαν is a predicative participial phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λέγουσι | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 1 λέγουσι | discourse | high | Correlative particle; δὴ reinforces the assertion. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | PART | _ | 1 λέγουσι | discourse | high | |
| 4 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 Ἀρκάδες | det | high | |
| 5 | Ἀρκάδες | Ἀρκάς | PROPN | N-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 λέγουσι | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 Βελεμίναν | det | high | |
| 7 | Βελεμίναν | Βελεμίνα | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 ἀποτεμέσθαι | obj | high | |
| 8 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 σφετέρας | det | high | |
| 9 | σφετέρας | σφέτερος | ADJ | A-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes | 10 οὖσαν | pred | medium | Possessive adjective with οὖσαν, predicated of Βελεμίναν. |
| 10 | οὖσαν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAP-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 13 ἀποτεμέσθαι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with Βελεμίναν. |
| 11 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 ἀρχαῖον | det | high | |
| 12 | ἀρχαῖον | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Nominalization=Yes|Number=Sing | 13 ἀποτεμέσθαι | advmod | high | Adverbialized accusative: formerly/in ancient times. |
| 13 | ἀποτεμέσθαι | ἀποτέμνω | VERB | V-AIN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 1 λέγουσι | ccomp | high | Accusative-and-infinitive construction after λέγουσι. |
| 14 | Λακεδαιμονίους | Λακεδαιμόνιος | PROPN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 13 ἀποτεμέσθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 15 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 λέγουσι | punct | high |
λέγειν δὲ οὐκ εἰκότα ἐφαίνοντό μοι καὶ ἄλλων ἕνεκα καὶ μάλιστα ὅτι μοι δοκοῦσι Θηβαῖοι μηδʼ ἂν τοῦτο ἐλασσουμένους περιιδεῖν τοὺς Ἀρκάδας, εἴ σφισιν ἔσεσθαι σὺν τῷ δικαίῳ τὸ ἐπανόρθωμα ἔμελλεν.
The ὅτι clause is complement of δοκοῦσι; its infinitive περιιδεῖν takes Ἀρκάδας as accusative subject/object, while εἰ introduces a conditional infinitival construction dependent on the prospective μέλλω.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λέγειν | λέγω | VERB | V--PAN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 5 ἐφαίνοντό | csubj | high | Subject infinitive of ἐφαίνοντό. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 5 ἐφαίνοντό | cc | high | |
| 3 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | D/PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 εἰκότα | advmod | high | |
| 4 | εἰκότα | εἰκός | ADJ | A--APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 1 λέγειν | obj | medium | Neuter substantivized accusative, object of λέγειν. |
| 5 | ἐφαίνοντό | φαίνομαι | VERB | V-3PIM- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 6 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P1-SD | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1 | 5 ἐφαίνοντό | iobj | high | Dative of the experiencer. |
| 7 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἄλλων | cc | high | |
| 8 | ἄλλων | ἄλλος | ADJ | A--GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 9 ἕνεκα | nmod | high | Substantivized genitive, dependent on ἕνεκα. |
| 9 | ἕνεκα | ἕνεκα | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 ἐφαίνοντό | obl | high | Postpositive causal preposition. |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 μάλιστα | cc | high | |
| 11 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | D-----S | Degree=Sup | 12 ὅτι | advmod | high | |
| 12 | ὅτι | ὅτι | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 δοκοῦσι | mark | high | Introduces content clause. |
| 13 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P1-SD | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1 | 14 δοκοῦσι | iobj | high | Dative with δοκοῦσι. |
| 14 | δοκοῦσι | δοκέω | VERB | V-3PPAI- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 5 ἐφαίνοντό | ccomp | high | Finite verb of the ὅτι clause. |
| 15 | Θηβαῖοι | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | A--NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 δοκοῦσι | nsubj | high | Substantivized ethnic adjective. |
| 16 | μηδʼ | μηδέ | CCONJ | CONJ | Polarity=Neg | 20 περιιδεῖν | cc | medium | Negative coordinator introducing the infinitival complement. |
| 17 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | PART | _ | 20 περιιδεῖν | aux | high | Modal particle with περιιδεῖν. |
| 18 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PD--ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἐλασσουμένους | obj | high | Object of ἐλασσουμένους. |
| 19 | ἐλασσουμένους | ἐλασσόω | VERB | V-PPMANM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 20 περιιδεῖν | advcl | medium | Predicative participle with the Arcadians, ‘being worsted’; morphology may be analyzed as passive in some schemes. |
| 20 | περιιδεῖν | περιοράω | VERB | V--AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 14 δοκοῦσι | xcomp | high | Infinitive governed by δοκοῦσι, with ἄν. |
| 21 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T--APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 Ἀρκάδας | det | high | |
| 22 | Ἀρκάδας | Ἀρκάς | PROPN | N--APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 20 περιιδεῖν | obj | high | Accusative subject/object of the infinitive περιιδεῖν. |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 περιιδεῖν | punct | high | |
| 24 | εἴ | εἰ | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 32 ἔμελλεν | mark | high | Introduces conditional protasis. |
| 25 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P3-PD | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 26 ἔσεσθαι | iobj | high | Dative of possession/interest with ἔσεσθαι. |
| 26 | ἔσεσθαι | εἰμί | AUX | V--FNM | Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 32 ἔμελλεν | ccomp | high | Infinitive in the indirect conditional construction. |
| 27 | σὺν | σύν | ADP | PREP | _ | 29 δικαίῳ | case | high | |
| 28 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T--DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 29 δικαίῳ | det | high | |
| 29 | δικαίῳ | δίκαιος | ADJ | A--DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 26 ἔσεσθαι | obl | high | Substantivized neuter adjective, ‘the just/right cause’. |
| 30 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T--NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 31 ἐπανόρθωμα | det | high | |
| 31 | ἐπανόρθωμα | ἐπανόρθωμα | NOUN | N--NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 26 ἔσεσθαι | nsubj | high | Subject of ἔσεσθαι. |
| 32 | ἔμελλεν | μέλλω | VERB | V-3SII- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act | 20 περιιδεῖν | advcl | medium | Conditional clause; governs the infinitive ἔσεσθαι. |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἐφαίνοντό | punct | high |