Grammar parses for passage 9.11.2
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τοῦτο μὲν ἐνταῦθα οἱ Θηβαῖοι γραφῆναι λέγουσιν·
The demonstrative τοῦτο is the accusative subject of the infinitive γραφῆναι in an accusative-and-infinitive complement of λέγουσιν; μὲν is postpositive and anticipates a contrast. The precise implicit agent of γραφῆναι is not overtly expressed.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PD-NSN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 6 γραφῆναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive γραφῆναι. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PTCL | _ | 1 τοῦτο | discourse | high | Postpositive contrastive/topic particle. |
| 3 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 γραφῆναι | advmod | high | Locative adverb modifying γραφῆναι. |
| 4 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T----NPM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 5 Θηβαῖοι | det | high | Article with Θηβαῖοι. |
| 5 | Θηβαῖοι | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 λέγουσιν | nsubj | high | Theban subject of λέγουσιν. |
| 6 | γραφῆναι | γράφω | VERB | VAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 7 λέγουσιν | ccomp | high | Aorist passive infinitive, complement of λέγουσιν. |
| 7 | λέγουσιν | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite matrix verb. |
| 8 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 λέγουσιν | punct | high |
ἐπιδεικνύουσι δὲ Ἡρακλέους τῶν παίδων τῶν ἐκ Μεγάρας μνῆμα, οὐδέν τι ἀλλοίως τὰ ἐς τὸν θάνατον λέγοντες ἢ Στησίχορος ὁ Ἱμεραῖος καὶ Πανύασσις ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσιν ἐποίησαν.
Ἡρακλέους τῶν παίδων ... μνῆμα is a genitival description of the monument; λέγοντες is a circumstantial participle agreeing with the implicit subject of ἐπιδεικνύουσι, while ἢ coordinates the cited authorities and ἐποίησαν has an understood object referring to the preceding account.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπιδεικνύουσι | ἐπιδεικνύω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἐπιδεικνύουσι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 μνῆμα | nmod | high | |
| 4 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 παίδων | det | high | |
| 5 | παίδων | παῖς | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 Ἡρακλέους | nmod | high | Partitive/possessive within the dependent genitive phrase. |
| 6 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 παίδων | det | high | |
| 7 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 8 Μεγάρας | case | high | |
| 8 | Μεγάρας | Μέγαρα | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 παίδων | nmod | high | Place-name in the prepositional phrase ἐκ Μεγάρας. |
| 9 | μνῆμα | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 1 ἐπιδεικνύουσι | obj | high | |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἐπιδεικνύουσι | punct | high | |
| 11 | οὐδέν | οὐδείς | PRON | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ἀλλοίως | advmod | medium | Accusative adverbial expression, ‘in no respect’; some analyses treat it as an object-like complement. |
| 12 | τι | τις | PART | X | _ | 11 οὐδέν | advmod | medium | Enclitic in the idiom οὐδέν τι, intensifying the negation. |
| 13 | ἀλλοίως | ἀλλοίως | ADV | ADV | _ | 18 λέγοντες | advmod | high | |
| 14 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 17 θάνατον | det | high | Substantivizing article with understood nominal content, ‘the matters concerning…’. |
| 15 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 17 θάνατον | case | high | |
| 16 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 θάνατον | det | high | |
| 17 | θάνατον | θάνατος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 λέγοντες | obl | high | Object of ἐς within the phrase τὰ ἐς τὸν θάνατον. |
| 18 | λέγοντες | λέγω | VERB | V-PAP-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 1 ἐπιδεικνύουσι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle, agreeing with the implicit plural subject of ἐπιδεικνύουσι. |
| 19 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 20 Στησίχορος | cc | high | Coordinates the named authorities. |
| 20 | Στησίχορος | Στησίχορος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 28 ἐποίησαν | nsubj | high | |
| 21 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 22 Ἱμεραῖος | det | high | |
| 22 | Ἱμεραῖος | Ἱμεραῖος | PROPN | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 Στησίχορος | appos | high | Ethnic adjective used as an identifying apposition. |
| 23 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 24 Πανύασσις | cc | high | |
| 24 | Πανύασσις | Πανύασσις | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 28 ἐποίησαν | nsubj | high | |
| 25 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 27 ἔπεσιν | case | high | |
| 26 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 27 ἔπεσιν | det | high | |
| 27 | ἔπεσιν | ἔπος | NOUN | N-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 28 ἐποίησαν | obl | high | |
| 28 | ἐποίησαν | ποιέω | VERB | V-AAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 18 λέγοντες | conj | high | Coordinated finite verb; its object is understood from the preceding λέγοντες phrase. |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἐπιδεικνύουσι | punct | high |
Θηβαῖοι δὲ καὶ τάδε ἐπιλέγουσιν, ὡς Ἡρακλῆς ὑπὸ τῆς μανίας καὶ Ἀμφιτρύωνα ἔμελλεν ἀποκτιννύναι, πρότερον δὲ ἄρα ὕπνος ἐπέλαβεν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ λίθου τῆς πληγῆς· Ἀθηνᾶν δὲ εἶναι τὴν ἐπαφεῖσάν οἱ τὸν λίθον τοῦτον ὅντινα Σωφρονιστῆρα ὀνομάζουσιν.
The sentence contains reported content with ὡς and a following accusative-and-infinitive construction. In the final clause, τὴν ἐπαφεῖσάν is an accusative feminine participle agreeing with Ἀθηνᾶν, while ὅντινα modifies τὸν λίθον; the attachment of ὑπὸ τοῦ λίθου τῆς πληγῆς is interpreted as causal/instrumental with ἐπέλαβεν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Θηβαῖοι | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | A-N--PMN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 ἐπιλέγουσιν | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G-CC---- | _ | 5 ἐπιλέγουσιν | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | G-CC---- | _ | 4 τάδε | cc | high | |
| 4 | τάδε | ὅδε | PRON | D-P---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 5 ἐπιλέγουσιν | obj | high | |
| 5 | ἐπιλέγουσιν | ἐπιλέγω | VERB | V- PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἐπιλέγουσιν | punct | high | |
| 7 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | G-CN---- | _ | 14 ἔμελλεν | mark | high | Introduces reported content. |
| 8 | Ἡρακλῆς | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | A-N--SMN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 ἔμελλεν | nsubj | high | |
| 9 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | R-------- | _ | 11 μανίας | case | high | |
| 10 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | S-DFS--- | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 μανίας | det | high | |
| 11 | μανίας | μανία | NOUN | N-GF-S--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 ἔμελλεν | obl | high | Cause/agency phrase with ὑπό. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | G-CC---- | _ | 13 Ἀμφιτρύωνα | cc | high | |
| 13 | Ἀμφιτρύωνα | Ἀμφιτρύων | PROPN | A-ASMS--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 ἀποκτιννύναι | obj | high | |
| 14 | ἔμελλεν | μέλλω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 5 ἐπιλέγουσιν | ccomp | high | |
| 15 | ἀποκτιννύναι | ἀποκτείνω | VERB | V-PNA---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 14 ἔμελλεν | xcomp | high | |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 ἔμελλεν | punct | high | |
| 17 | πρότερον | πρότερος | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Pos | 21 ἐπέλαβεν | advmod | high | |
| 18 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G-CC---- | _ | 21 ἐπέλαβεν | cc | high | |
| 19 | ἄρα | ἄρα | PART | G-------- | _ | 21 ἐπέλαβεν | discourse | medium | Inferential particle; exact pragmatic force is context-dependent. |
| 20 | ὕπνος | ὕπνος | NOUN | N-MNS--- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 21 ἐπέλαβεν | nsubj | high | |
| 21 | ἐπέλαβεν | ἐπιλαμβάνω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 5 ἐπιλέγουσιν | conj | high | |
| 22 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASMS--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 21 ἐπέλαβεν | obj | high | |
| 23 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | R-------- | _ | 25 λίθου | case | high | |
| 24 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | S-GMS--- | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 25 λίθου | det | high | |
| 25 | λίθου | λίθος | NOUN | N-GMS--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 21 ἐπέλαβεν | obl | medium | ὑπό + genitive is interpreted causally/instrumentally here. |
| 26 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | S-GFS--- | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 27 πληγῆς | det | high | |
| 27 | πληγῆς | πληγή | NOUN | N-GF-S--- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 λίθου | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on λίθου. |
| 28 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 ἐπέλαβεν | punct | high | |
| 29 | Ἀθηνᾶν | Ἀθηνᾶ | PROPN | A-ASFS--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of εἶναι in reported content. |
| 30 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G-CC---- | _ | 31 εἶναι | cc | high | |
| 31 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PNA---- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 5 ἐπιλέγουσιν | conj | high | Infinitive in a second accusative-and-infinitive report. |
| 32 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S-AFS--- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 33 ἐπαφεῖσάν | det | high | |
| 33 | ἐπαφεῖσάν | ἐπαφίημι | VERB | V-APA-SFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 29 Ἀθηνᾶν | acl | high | Accusative participle agreeing with Ἀθηνᾶν; article is substantivizing/agrees with it. |
| 34 | οἱ | οἱ | PRON | P-D---SM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 33 ἐπαφεῖσάν | iobj | high | Dative pronoun, likely recipient/affected person. |
| 35 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | S-AMS--- | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 36 λίθον | det | high | |
| 36 | λίθον | λίθος | NOUN | N-AMS--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 ἐπαφεῖσάν | obj | high | |
| 37 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | DET | D-AMS--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 36 λίθον | det | high | Demonstrative determiner agreeing with λίθον. |
| 38 | ὅντινα | ὅστις | PRON | P-AM-S--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 39 Σωφρονιστῆρα | det | medium | Relative pronoun agreeing with the understood/expressed name-object; attachment is somewhat elliptical. |
| 39 | Σωφρονιστῆρα | Σωφρονιστήρ | PROPN | A-AM-S--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 40 ὀνομάζουσιν | obj | high | Predicate/object complement naming the stone. |
| 40 | ὀνομάζουσιν | ὀνομάζω | VERB | V- PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 31 εἶναι | ccomp | high | |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 31 εἶναι | punct | high |