Grammar parses for passage 8.51.7
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Δεινοκράτης μὲν καὶ ὅσοι τῶν Μεσσηνίων ἦσαν δυνατοὶ χρήμασι, παρεκελεύοντο ἀποκτεῖναι Φιλοποίμενα· οἱ δὲ τοῦ δήμου περιποιῆσαι τὰ μάλιστα εἶχον σπουδήν, πλέον τι ἢ παντὸς τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ πατέρα ὀνομάζοντες.
Two coordinated clauses: influential Messenians urged killing Philopoemen, while the dêmos faction hastened especially to preserve him; πλέον ... ἢ παντὸς ... is a comparative expression, and πατέρα ὀνομάζοντες is a predicative participial characterization of Philopoemen.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Δεινοκράτης | Δεινοκράτης | PROPN | N--NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 παρεκελεύοντο | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X-------- | _ | 11 παρεκελεύοντο | discourse | high | Correlative μέν anticipates δέ. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 4 ὅσοι | cc | high | |
| 4 | ὅσοι | ὅσος | PRON | P---NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 παρεκελεύοντο | nsubj | high | Substantivized relative/quantifying pronoun. |
| 5 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | L---GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 Μεσσηνίων | det | high | |
| 6 | Μεσσηνίων | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | A--GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 ὅσοι | nmod | high | Partitive genitive with ὅσοι. |
| 7 | ἦσαν | εἰμί | AUX | V-3PIA-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Act | 8 δυνατοὶ | cop | high | |
| 8 | δυνατοὶ | δυνατός | ADJ | A--NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 παρεκελεύοντο | nsubj | high | Predicate adjective with ἦσαν. |
| 9 | χρήμασι | χρῆμα | NOUN | N---DPN- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 8 δυνατοὶ | obl | high | Dative of respect/means: powerful in wealth. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 παρεκελεύοντο | punct | high | |
| 11 | παρεκελεύοντο | παρακελεύομαι | VERB | V-3IPI-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 12 | ἀποκτεῖναι | ἀποκτείνω | VERB | V--AN---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Act | 11 παρεκελεύοντο | xcomp | high | |
| 13 | Φιλοποίμενα | Φιλοποίμην | PROPN | N--ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 ἀποκτεῖναι | obj | high | |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 παρεκελεύοντο | punct | high | |
| 15 | οἱ | ὁ | PRON | P---NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 22 εἶχον | nsubj | high | Substantivized article, ‘those of the dêmos’. |
| 16 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 22 εἶχον | cc | high | Contrasts with μέν clause. |
| 17 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 δήμου | det | high | |
| 18 | δήμου | δῆμος | NOUN | N---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 οἱ | nmod | high | Genitive with substantivized οἱ: the men of the people/faction. |
| 19 | περιποιῆσαι | περιποιέω | VERB | V--AMN---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Act | 22 εἶχον | xcomp | high | Infinitive dependent on σπουδήν εἶχον. |
| 20 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | L---APN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 19 περιποιῆσαι | det | high | |
| 21 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Sup | 19 περιποιῆσαι | advmod | high | τὰ μάλιστα, idiomatic adverbial phrase ‘especially/above all’. |
| 22 | εἶχον | ἔχω | VERB | V-3PIA-- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Second coordinated finite predicate; coordination across the semicolon. |
| 23 | σπουδήν | σπουδή | NOUN | N---ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 εἶχον | obj | high | Idiomatic εἶχον σπουδήν, ‘were eager/hastened’. |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 εἶχον | punct | high | |
| 25 | πλέον | πολύς | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Cmp | 32 ὀνομάζοντες | advmod | medium | Comparative adverb modifying the naming characterization. |
| 26 | τι | τις | PART | X-------- | _ | 25 πλέον | advmod | medium | Indefinite particle strengthening/softening the comparative. |
| 27 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 25 πλέον | cc | high | Introduces the comparative standard. |
| 28 | παντὸς | πᾶς | DET | A---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 Ἑλληνικοῦ | det | high | |
| 29 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | L---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 Ἑλληνικοῦ | det | high | |
| 30 | Ἑλληνικοῦ | Ἑλληνικός | ADJ | A---GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 πλέον | obl | high | Substantivized adjective, ‘the whole Greek world/people’. |
| 31 | πατέρα | πατήρ | NOUN | N---ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 32 ὀνομάζοντες | obj | high | Predicative/object complement with ὀνομάζοντες. |
| 32 | ὀνομάζοντες | ὀνομάζω | VERB | V-PAPNPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 22 εἶχον | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, subject controlled by οἱ. |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 22 εἶχον | punct | high |
Δεινοκράτης δὲ καὶ ἀκόντων Μεσσηνίων ἔμελλεν τε ἄρα Φιλοποίμενα ἀναιρήσειν ἐσπέμψας φάρμακον.
Δεινοκράτης is the subject of ἔμελλεν; the coordinated/particle sequence τε ἄρα is treated as discourse linkage. ἀκόντων Μεσσηνίων is a genitive absolute (‘although the Messenians were unwilling’), while ἐσπέμψας governs φάρμακον as its object and is a circumstantial participle modifying the subject. The future infinitive ἀναιρήσειν is complementary to ἔμελλεν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Δεινοκράτης | Δεινοκράτης | PROPN | Ne-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἔμελλεν | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 6 ἔμελλεν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 6 ἔμελλεν | cc | medium | Coordinating/additive particle; exact scope is somewhat unclear. |
| 4 | ἀκόντων | ἄκων | ADJ | A--GPM--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἔμελλεν | advcl | medium | Genitive absolute with Μεσσηνίων; participial copula is understood. |
| 5 | Μεσσηνίων | Μεσσήνιος | PROPN | Ne-g---mp- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 ἀκόντων | nsubj | high | Subject of the genitive-absolute construction. |
| 6 | ἔμελλεν | μέλλω | VERB | V3I3SIA- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imperf|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | τε | τε | PART | C-------- | _ | 6 ἔμελλεν | discourse | medium | Particle; paired or connective force with ἄρα is not fully determinate. |
| 8 | ἄρα | ἄρα | PART | D-------- | _ | 6 ἔμελλεν | discourse | medium | Inferential/discourse particle. |
| 9 | Φιλοποίμενα | Φιλοποίμην | PROPN | Ne-s---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ἀναιρήσειν | obj | high | Accusative subject/object of the infinitival event, here object of ἀναιρήσειν. |
| 10 | ἀναιρήσειν | ἀναιρέω | VERB | V--F----A- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Fut|Voice=Act | 6 ἔμελλεν | xcomp | high | Complementary future infinitive after ἔμελλεν. |
| 11 | ἐσπέμψας | ἐσπέμπω | VERB | V-APA-NMS- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 6 ἔμελλεν | advcl | high | Circumstantial aorist participle sharing the subject of ἔμελλεν. |
| 12 | φάρμακον | φάρμακον | NOUN | Nb-s---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 ἐσπέμψας | obj | high | |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἔμελλεν | punct | high |