Grammar parses for passage 8.48.3
Open translation for this passage
τοῦτο μὲν δὴ ἄρξαι λέγουσιν ἐντεῦθεν·
The phrase ἄρξαι λέγουσιν is syntactically compact and somewhat elliptical; I analyze λέγουσιν as the matrix predicate with ἄρξαι as an xcomp.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | Pd-S---NA- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 4 ἄρξαι | obj | high | Neuter demonstrative pronoun; syntactic role in the infinitival clause is uncertain, but object/complement is most likely. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | G-------- | _ | 4 ἄρξαι | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | G-------- | _ | 4 ἄρξαι | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 4 | ἄρξαι | ἄρχω | VERB | V-AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 5 λέγουσιν | xcomp | high | Aorist active infinitive. |
| 5 | λέγουσιν | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 6 | ἐντεῦθεν | ἐντεῦθεν | ADV | D-------- | _ | 4 ἄρξαι | advmod | high | Adverb modifying the infinitive phrase. |
| 7 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 λέγουσιν | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |