Grammar parses for passage 8.50.4
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Φίλιππος δὲ ὁ Δημητρίου Μακεδόνων βασιλεύς, ὃς καὶ Ἄρατον φαρμάκῳ τὸν Σικυώνιον ἀπέκτεινεν, ἀπέστειλεν ἄνδρας ἐς Μεγάλην πόλιν φονεῦσαί σφισι Φιλοποίμενα ἐντειλάμενος·
The main clause is ἀπέστειλεν, with a relative clause on ὃς/ἀπέκτεινεν modifying Φίλιππος and an attendant participial clause ἐντειλάμενος governing the infinitival purpose/content.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Φίλιππος | Φίλιππος | PROPN | _ | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 6 βασιλεύς | nsubj | high | Subject of βασιλεύς in apposition. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 6 βασιλεύς | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 6 βασιλεύς | det | high | Article with appositive noun βασιλεύς. |
| 4 | Δημητρίου | Δημήτριος | PROPN | _ | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 6 βασιλεύς | nmod | high | Genitive modifier of βασιλεύς. |
| 5 | Μακεδόνων | Μακεδών | NOUN | _ | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Plural | 6 βασιλεύς | nmod | high | Ethnic/genitive modifier of βασιλεύς. |
| 6 | βασιλεύς | βασιλεύς | NOUN | _ | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 16 ἀπέστειλεν | nsubj | high | Appositive to Φίλιππος; subject of ἀπέστειλεν. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 βασιλεύς | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 8 | ὃς | ὅς | PRON | _ | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 14 ἀπέκτεινεν | nsubj | high | Relative pronoun referring to Φίλιππος. |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | PART | _ | _ | 10 Ἄρατον | advmod | medium | Probably focusing/adding particle modifying Ἄρατον. |
| 10 | Ἄρατον | Ἄρατος | PROPN | _ | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 14 ἀπέκτεινεν | obj | high | Direct object of ἀπέκτεινεν. |
| 11 | φαρμάκῳ | φάρμακον | NOUN | _ | Case=Dative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 14 ἀπέκτεινεν | obl | high | Instrumental dative. |
| 12 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 13 Σικυώνιον | det | high | Article with Σικυώνιον. |
| 13 | Σικυώνιον | Σικυώνιος | ADJ | _ | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 10 Ἄρατον | amod | high | Attributive ethnic adjective modifying Ἄρατον. |
| 14 | ἀπέκτεινεν | ἀποκτείνω | VERB | _ | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 8 ὃς | acl:relcl | high | Verb of the relative clause modifying Φίλιππος. |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 ἀπέστειλεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 16 | ἀπέστειλεν | ἀποστέλλω | VERB | _ | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 17 | ἄνδρας | ἀνήρ | NOUN | _ | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Plural | 16 ἀπέστειλεν | obj | high | Direct object of ἀπέστειλεν. |
| 18 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 20 πόλιν | case | high | Preposition governing πόλιν. |
| 19 | Μεγάλην | μέγας | ADJ | _ | Case=Accusative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 20 πόλιν | amod | high | Adjectival modifier of πόλιν. |
| 20 | πόλιν | πόλις | NOUN | _ | Case=Accusative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 21 φονεῦσαί | obl | high | Goal of motion with ἐς. |
| 21 | φονεῦσαί | φονεύω | VERB | _ | Tense=Aorist|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Active | 16 ἀπέστειλεν | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive dependent on ἀπέστειλεν. |
| 22 | σφισι | σφεῖς | PRON | _ | Case=Dative|Number=Plural|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 24 ἐντειλάμενος | iobj | high | Dative of indirect object with ἐντειλάμενος. |
| 23 | Φιλοποίμενα | Φιλοποίμην | PROPN | _ | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 24 ἐντειλάμενος | obj | high | Object of the participle's command content. |
| 24 | ἐντειλάμενος | ἐντέλλομαι | VERB | _ | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|Tense=Aorist|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Middle | 16 ἀπέστειλεν | advcl | high | Concessive/attendant participle modifying main verb. |
| 25 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 ἀπέστειλεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
Θηβαῖοι δὲ κεκρατηκότες μάχῃ Μεγαρέας καὶ ἤδη τοῦ Μεγαρικοῦ τείχους ἐπιβαίνοντες, ἀπάτῃ τῶν Μεγαρέων μετελθόντων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἥκοι Φιλοποίμην σφίσιν ἐς τὴν πόλιν,
The sentence is a chain of participial clauses with a genitive absolute (ἀπάτῃ τῶν Μεγαρέων μετελθόντων) and indirect discourse introduced by ὡς.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Θηβαῖοι | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | N---MPN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 κεκρατηκότες | nsubj | high | Subject of κεκρατηκότες. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PRT | _ | 3 κεκρατηκότες | discourse | high | Postpositive connective particle. |
| 3 | κεκρατηκότες | κρατέω | VERB | V-RAPMPN- | Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main participial predication. |
| 4 | μάχῃ | μάχη | NOUN | N---FS-D | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 κεκρατηκότες | obl | high | Dative of respect/means with κεκρατηκότες. |
| 5 | Μεγαρέας | Μεγαρεύς | PROPN | N---MPA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 κεκρατηκότες | obj | high | Object of κεκρατηκότες. |
| 6 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 ἐπιβαίνοντες | cc | high | Coordinates participles. |
| 7 | ἤδη | ἤδη | ADV | D-------- | _ | 11 ἐπιβαίνοντες | advmod | high | Adverb modifying ἐπιβαίνοντες. |
| 8 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L-SGM--- | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 τείχους | det | high | Article with τείχους. |
| 9 | Μεγαρικοῦ | Μεγαρικός | ADJ | A--SGN- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 τείχους | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying τείχους. |
| 10 | τείχους | τεῖχος | NOUN | N-SGNN- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 ἐπιβαίνοντες | obl | high | Object of ἐπιβαίνοντες with genitive complement. |
| 11 | ἐπιβαίνοντες | ἐπιβαίνω | VERB | V-PAPMPN- | Aspect=Imp|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 3 κεκρατηκότες | conj | high | Conjoined participle with same subject as κεκρατηκότες. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 κεκρατηκότες | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 13 | ἀπάτῃ | ἀπάτη | NOUN | N---FS-D | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 μετελθόντων | obl | high | Dative of means/attendant circumstance. |
| 14 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | L-PG--- | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 15 Μεγαρέων | det | high | Article with Μεγαρέων. |
| 15 | Μεγαρέων | Μεγαρεύς | PROPN | N---MPG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 16 μετελθόντων | nsubj | medium | Subject of participle μετελθόντων. |
| 16 | μετελθόντων | μετέρχομαι | VERB | V-AAPMPG- | Aspect=Perf|Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 13 ἀπάτῃ | advcl | high | Genitive absolute with τῶν Μεγαρέων. |
| 17 | αὐτοὺς | αὐτός | PRON | P-P-AMA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 19 ἥκοι | obj | high | Object of ἥκοι in indirect discourse. |
| 18 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 19 ἥκοι | mark | high | Marks indirect statement/comparative clause. |
| 19 | ἥκοι | ἥκω | VERB | V-PAO3SG- | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 16 μετελθόντων | ccomp | high | Optative in indirect discourse after ὡς. |
| 20 | Φιλοποίμην | Φιλοποίμην | PROPN | N-S---N- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 ἥκοι | nsubj | high | Subject of ἥκοι. |
| 21 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-P---D- | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 19 ἥκοι | iobj | high | Dative indirect object / reference. |
| 22 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 24 πόλιν | case | high | Preposition governing πόλιν. |
| 23 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L-SFA--- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 24 πόλιν | det | high | Article with πόλιν. |
| 24 | πόλιν | πόλις | NOUN | N-SF-A- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἥκοι | obl | high | Goal phrase with ἐς. |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 κεκρατηκότες | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
ἐς τοσοῦτο εὐλαβείας προῆλθον ὡς οἴκαδε ἀποχωρῆσαι καταλιπόντες ἄπρακτον τοῦ πολέμου τὸ ἔργον.
The ὡς + infinitive construction is best taken as result/purpose dependent on προῆλθον, with καταλιπόντες introducing a concomitant action.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 4 προῆλθον | case | high | Preposition governing τοσοῦτο. |
| 2 | τοσοῦτο | τοσοῦτος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 προῆλθον | obj | medium | Accusative of extent/degree with προῆλθον; syntactically somewhat adverbial. |
| 3 | εὐλαβείας | εὐλάβεια | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 2 τοσοῦτο | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on τοσοῦτο, expressing degree/quality. |
| 4 | προῆλθον | προέρχομαι | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 5 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | _ | _ | 7 ἀποχωρῆσαι | mark | high | Introduces purpose/result clause. |
| 6 | οἴκαδε | οἴκαδε | ADV | _ | _ | 7 ἀποχωρῆσαι | advmod | high | Directional adverb. |
| 7 | ἀποχωρῆσαι | ἀποχωρέω | VERB | _ | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 4 προῆλθον | xcomp | high | Complement of ὡς-clause/result-infinitive construction. |
| 8 | καταλιπόντες | καταλείπω | VERB | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 προῆλθον | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle modifying the main verb. |
| 9 | ἄπρακτον | ἄπρακτος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ἔργον | amod | high | Attributive to ἔργον. |
| 10 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 πολέμου | det | high | Article. |
| 11 | πολέμου | πόλεμος | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 ἔργον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἔργον. |
| 12 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ἔργον | det | high | Article. |
| 13 | ἔργον | ἔργον | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 καταλιπόντες | obj | high | Object of καταλιπόντες. |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 προῆλθον | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |