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.
Conditional protasis (εἰ ... ἀνεμίμνησκεν) with a counterfactual/apodictic-looking main clause; ἀνδρὸς εὐόρκου γενεή ... ἀρείων is a compressed comparative gnomic clause, and σβέσαι is the infinitival complement of δοκεῖ with θεῶν τις as its agent-like subject.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἐποιήσατο | mark | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 8 ἐποιήσατο | cc | high | |
| 3 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 λόγον | det | high | Substantivized genitive, part of the phrase τῶν ἐς Γλαῦκον. |
| 4 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 Γλαῦκον | case | high | |
| 5 | Γλαῦκον | Γλαῦκος | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 λόγον | nmod | high | |
| 6 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 Σπαρτιάτην | det | high | |
| 7 | Σπαρτιάτην | Σπαρτιάτης | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 Γλαῦκον | appos | high | Apposition identifying Glaucus. |
| 8 | ἐποιήσατο | ποιέω | VERB | V-AMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 34 δοκεῖ | advcl | high | Protasis verb; middle idiom ποιεῖσθαι λόγον. |
| 9 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 Φίλιππος | det | high | |
| 10 | Φίλιππος | Φίλιππος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἐποιήσατο | nsubj | high | |
| 11 | λόγον | λόγος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἐποιήσατο | obj | high | |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 ἀνεμίμνησκεν | cc | high | |
| 13 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 ἔπος | det | high | |
| 14 | ἔπος | ἔπος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἀνεμίμνησκεν | obj | high | |
| 15 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | _ | 16 ἑκάστου | case | high | |
| 16 | ἑκάστου | ἕκαστος | PRON | A-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 ἔργων | det | high | Genitive of distribution/reference with ἐπί. |
| 17 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 18 ἔργων | det | high | |
| 18 | ἔργων | ἔργον | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 14 ἔπος | nmod | high | |
| 19 | ἀνεμίμνησκεν | ἀναμιμνήσκω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act | 34 δοκεῖ | advcl | high | Second coordinated protasis verb; subject is Φίλιππος. |
| 20 | αὑτόν | ἑαυτοῦ | PRON | RF-ASM3 | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes | 19 ἀνεμίμνησκεν | obj | high | |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNC | _ | 8 ἐποιήσατο | punct | high | |
| 22 | ἀνδρὸς | ἀνήρ | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 γενεὴ | nmod | medium | Genitive modifying γενεή, with εὐόρκου agreeing. |
| 23 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 25 γενεὴ | cc | medium | Postpositive connective in the compressed comparative clause. |
| 24 | εὐόρκου | εὔορκος | ADJ | A-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 ἀνδρὸς | amod | high | |
| 25 | γενεὴ | γενεή | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 27 ἀρείων | nsubj | medium | Predicate/comparative clause is elliptical; γενεή is the subject of ἀρείων. |
| 26 | μετόπισθεν | μετόπισθεν | ADV | ADV | _ | 27 ἀρείων | advmod | high | |
| 27 | ἀρείων | ἀρείων | ADJ | A-NSF-CMP | Case=Nom|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 34 δοκεῖ | advcl | low | Comparative clause/parenthetical with ellipsis; exact attachment is uncertain. |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNC | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | punct | high | |
| 29 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 δοκεῖ | advmod | high | |
| 30 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | PART | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | aux | high | Modal particle with δοκεῖ. |
| 31 | οὕτω | οὕτως | ADV | ADV | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | advmod | high | |
| 32 | δίχα | δίχα | ADP | PREP | _ | 33 λόγου | case | high | Preposition/adverb governing λόγου. |
| 33 | λόγου | λόγος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 34 δοκεῖ | obl | high | |
| 34 | δοκεῖ | δοκέω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 35 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1DS | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 34 δοκεῖ | iobj | high | |
| 36 | θεῶν | θεός | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 37 τις | nmod | high | Partitive genitive with τις. |
| 37 | τις | τις | PRON | PI-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 47 σβέσαι | nsubj | medium | Subject of the infinitive σβέσαι, construed as an agent-like nominative with accusative-and-infinitive. |
| 38 | Ἀλεξάνδρου | Ἀλέξανδρος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 42 βίον | nmod | high | |
| 39 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 42 βίον | cc | high | First member of τε ... καί. |
| 40 | ὁμοῦ | ὁμοῦ | ADV | ADV | _ | 47 σβέσαι | advmod | high | |
| 41 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 42 βίον | det | high | |
| 42 | βίον | βίος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 47 σβέσαι | obj | high | First coordinated object of σβέσαι. |
| 43 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 44 ἀκμὴν | cc | high | |
| 44 | ἀκμὴν | ἀκμή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 47 σβέσαι | obj | high | Second coordinated object of σβέσαι. |
| 45 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 44 ἀκμὴν | det | high | |
| 46 | Μακεδόνων | Μακεδών | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 44 ἀκμὴν | nmod | high | |
| 47 | σβέσαι | σβέννυμι | VERB | V-AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 34 δοκεῖ | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement of δοκεῖ. |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNC | _ | 34 δοκεῖ | punct | high |