Grammar parses for passage 8.7.8
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εἰ δὲ τῶν ἐς Γλαῦκον τὸν Σπαρτιάτην ἐποιήσατο ὁ Φίλιππος λόγον καὶ τὸ ἔπος ἐφʼ ἑκάστου τῶν ἔργων ἀνεμίμνησκεν αὑτόν, ἀνδρὸς δʼ εὐόρκου γενεὴ μετόπισθεν ἀρείων, οὐκ ἂν οὕτω δίχα λόγου δοκεῖ μοι θεῶν τις Ἀλεξάνδρου τε ὁμοῦ τὸν βίον καὶ ἀκμὴν τὴν Μακεδόνων σβέσαι.
The syntax is heavily periodic; the main difficulty is that the first conditional clause and the intervening parenthetical/poetic material must be attached to the final matrix verb δοκεῖ, with the infinitive σβέσαι functioning as its complement.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | mark | high | Conditional marker for the protasis. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 11 λόγον | det | medium | Article with implied noun or participial phrase. |
| 4 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 5 Γλαῦκον | case | high | Preposition governing Γλαῦκον. |
| 5 | Γλαῦκον | Γλαῦκος | PROPN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 λόγον | obl | medium | Object of ἐς. |
| 6 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 7 Σπαρτιάτην | det | high | Article modifying Σπαρτιάτην. |
| 7 | Σπαρτιάτην | Σπαρτιάτης | PROPN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 Γλαῦκον | appos | medium | Appositive to Γλαῦκον. |
| 8 | ἐποιήσατο | ποιέω | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 34 δοκεῖ | advcl | medium | Adverbial conditional subordinate verb; exact attachment is somewhat uncertain. |
| 9 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 Φίλιππος | det | high | Article with Φίλιππος. |
| 10 | Φίλιππος | Φίλιππος | PROPN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἐποιήσατο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐποιήσατο. |
| 11 | λόγον | λόγος | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἐποιήσατο | obj | high | Direct object of ἐποιήσατο. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 19 ἀνεμίμνησκεν | cc | high | Coordinates with the first finite verb. |
| 13 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 ἔπος | det | high | Article with ἔπος. |
| 14 | ἔπος | ἔπος | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἀνεμίμνησκεν | obj | high | Direct object of ἀνεμίμνησκεν. |
| 15 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | _ | _ | 16 ἑκάστου | case | high | Preposition governing ἑκάστου. |
| 16 | ἑκάστου | ἕκαστος | ADJ | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 ἔργων | amod | medium | Used substantively in genitive after ἐπί. |
| 17 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 18 ἔργων | det | high | Article with ἔργων. |
| 18 | ἔργων | ἔργον | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 16 ἑκάστου | obl | medium | Genitive dependent of ἑκάστου in the prepositional phrase. |
| 19 | ἀνεμίμνησκεν | ἀναμιμνῄσκω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 34 δοκεῖ | conj | high | Second coordinated finite verb. |
| 20 | αὑτόν | ἑαυτοῦ | PRON | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Reflex=Yes | 19 ἀνεμίμνησκεν | obj | medium | Reflexive object; form and lemma normalized. |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 ἀνεμίμνησκεν | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 22 | ἀνδρὸς | ἀνήρ | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 γενεὴ | nmod | high | Genitive modifier of γενεή. |
| 23 | δʼ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 25 γενεὴ | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 24 | εὐόρκου | εὔορκος | ADJ | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 ἀνδρὸς | amod | high | Adjectival modifier of ἀνδρός. |
| 25 | γενεὴ | γενεή | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 34 δοκεῖ | nsubj | medium | Subject of δοκεῖ; line order is poetically inverted. |
| 26 | μετόπισθεν | μετόπισθεν | ADV | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | advmod | high | Adverb modifying δοκεῖ / clause-level predication. |
| 27 | ἀρείων | ἀρείων | ADJ | _ | Case=Gen|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 25 γενεὴ | amod | low | Comparative adjective; exact syntactic relation uncertain, likely adjectival modifier in the genitive phrase. |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 29 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | advmod | high | Negation. |
| 30 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | advmod | high | Modal particle with potential optative/indicative sense. |
| 31 | οὕτω | οὕτως | ADV | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | advmod | high | Manner adverb modifying δοκεῖ. |
| 32 | δίχα | δίχα | ADP | _ | _ | 33 λόγου | case | high | Preposition taking λόγου. |
| 33 | λόγου | λόγος | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 34 δοκεῖ | obl | high | Object of δίχα. |
| 34 | δοκεῖ | δοκέω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Matrix predicate. |
| 35 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | _ | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 34 δοκεῖ | iobj | high | Dative of judgment/experiencer with δοκεῖ. |
| 36 | θεῶν | θεός | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 37 τις | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent of τις. |
| 37 | τις | τις | PRON | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 34 δοκεῖ | nsubj | high | Subject of σβέσαι within infinitival complement. |
| 38 | Ἀλεξάνδρου | Ἀλέξανδρος | PROPN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 42 βίον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent of βίον. |
| 39 | τε | τε | PART | _ | _ | 37 τις | cc | medium | Coordinating enclitic with καί understood/linked to 42 and 44. |
| 40 | ὁμοῦ | ὁμοῦ | ADV | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | advmod | medium | Adverb of simultaneity modifying the infinitival content. |
| 41 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 42 βίον | det | high | Article with βίον. |
| 42 | βίον | βίος | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 47 σβέσαι | obj | high | First coordinated object of σβέσαι. |
| 43 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 44 ἀκμὴν | cc | high | Coordinates ἀκμήν with βίον. |
| 44 | ἀκμὴν | ἀκμή | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 42 βίον | conj | high | Second coordinated object of σβέσαι. |
| 45 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 46 Μακεδόνων | det | high | Article with Μακεδόνων. |
| 46 | Μακεδόνων | Μακεδών | PROPN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 44 ἀκμὴν | nmod | medium | Genitive modifier of ἀκμήν. |
| 47 | σβέσαι | σβέννυμι | VERB | V-AAN | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 34 δοκεῖ | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive dependent on δοκεῖ. |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |