Grammar parses for passage 9.12.3
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φασὶ δὲ οἱ Θηβαῖοι, καθότι τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἀγορά σφισιν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν πεποίηται, Κάδμου τὸ ἀρχαῖον οἰκίαν εἶναι·
Infinitival accusative-and-infinitive construction depends on φασί: Θηβαῖοι are the implicit/raised subject of εἶναι, with οἰκίαν as predicate accusative; πεποίηται is a perfect middle/passive predicate in the καθότι clause, with ἀγορά as subject and σφισιν as dative possessor/interest.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | φασὶ | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C----- | _ | 1 φασὶ | cc | high | |
| 3 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | RA-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 Θηβαῖοι | det | high | |
| 4 | Θηβαῖοι | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | A-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 φασὶ | nsubj | high | Demonym used substantivally. |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 φασὶ | punct | high | |
| 6 | καθότι | καθότι | SCONJ | C----- | _ | 13 πεποίηται | mark | medium | Introduces an explanatory subordinate clause. |
| 7 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | RA-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἀκροπόλεως | det | high | |
| 8 | ἀκροπόλεως | ἀκρόπολις | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἀγορά | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἀγορά. |
| 9 | ἀγορά | ἀγορά | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 πεποίηται | nsubj:pass | medium | Subject of πεποίηται; semantic relation is somewhat elliptical. |
| 10 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | RP-D3P | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 13 πεποίηται | iobj | medium | Dative of possession/interest; dialectal or orthographic form. |
| 11 | ἐφʼ | ἐπί | ADP | P----D- | Case=Dat | 12 ἡμῶν | case | high | Elided before ἡμῶν. |
| 12 | ἡμῶν | ἐγώ | PRON | RP-G1P | Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1 | 13 πεποίηται | obl | medium | Genitive with ἐπί, ‘in our time/under our observation’. |
| 13 | πεποίηται | ποιέω | VERB | V-RMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Mid | 18 οἰκίαν | acl:relcl | medium | Perfect middle/passive; clause is explanatory and syntactically nested before the infinitive. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 οἰκίαν | punct | high | |
| 15 | Κάδμου | Κάδμος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 οἰκίαν | nmod:poss | high | |
| 16 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 ἀρχαῖον | det | high | |
| 17 | ἀρχαῖον | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 οἰκίαν | amod | high | Substantival/attributive adjective: ‘the ancient [one/time]’; modifies οἰκίαν in the transmitted construction. |
| 18 | οἰκίαν | οἰκία | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative in the accusative-and-infinitive construction. |
| 19 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 1 φασὶ | ccomp | high | Infinitive governed by φασί. |
| 20 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 φασὶ | punct | high |
θαλάμων δὲ ἀποφαίνουσι τοῦ μὲν Ἁρμονίας ἐρείπια καὶ ὃν Σεμέλης φασὶν εἶναι, τοῦτον δὲ καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι ἄβατον φυλάσσουσιν ἀνθρώποις.
The construction is θαλάμων ... ἀποφαίνουσι, with ἐρείπια as the accusative predicate/object and a second coordinated object τοῦτον referring to the chamber attributed to Semele; ὃν ... εἶναι is a relative clause with omitted copular subject understood as τοῦτον/θαλάμων. ἄβατον is predicative with φυλάσσουσιν, while ἀνθρώποις is a dative of respect or agent-like dative. The first phrase τοῦ μὲν Ἁρμονίας is elliptical after θαλάμων and is parsed as a genitive specification.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | θαλάμων | θάλαμος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 ἀποφαίνουσι | obj | medium | Genitive plural; elliptical specification of the chambers/rooms being pointed out. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 3 ἀποφαίνουσι | cc | high | |
| 3 | ἀποφαίνουσι | ἀποφαίνω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 4 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 Ἁρμονίας | det | high | Article with Ἁρμονίας. |
| 5 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PART | _ | 3 ἀποφαίνουσι | advmod | high | Correlative μέν, paired with later δέ. |
| 6 | Ἁρμονίας | Ἁρμονία | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 ἐρείπια | nmod | high | Genitive of association/specification with ἐρείπια. |
| 7 | ἐρείπια | ἐρείπιον | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 3 ἀποφαίνουσι | obj | high | Accusative neuter plural, coordinated object/predicate of ἀποφαίνουσι. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 τοῦτον | cc | high | Coordinates the second object with ἐρείπια. |
| 9 | ὃν | ὅς | PRON | R-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 εἶναι | obj | high | Relative accusative, object of εἶναι; antecedent is τοῦτον. |
| 10 | Σεμέλης | Σεμέλη | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 φασὶν | nsubj | high | Genitive subject of the impersonal/reporting φασίν construction. |
| 11 | φασὶν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 12 εἶναι | advcl | medium | Reporting verb governing the infinitive εἶναι; subject relation is structurally elliptical/impersonal. |
| 12 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 14 τοῦτον | acl:relcl | medium | Infinitive in reported speech, with ὃν as accusative subject/predicate complement structure. |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 εἶναι | punct | high | |
| 14 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | PRON | D-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 ἀποφαίνουσι | obj | high | Second accusative object, resumed/deictic reference to the chamber identified in the relative clause. |
| 15 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 τοῦτον | cc | high | Coordinates the contrasting second assertion. |
| 16 | καὶ | καί | ADV | ADV | _ | 19 ἔτι | advmod | high | Additive adverb modifying ἔτι or the following predication. |
| 17 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 18 ἡμᾶς | case | high | |
| 18 | ἡμᾶς | ἐγώ | PRON | P-1AP | Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1 | 19 ἔτι | obl | high | Object of ἐς, temporal/endpoint phrase ‘down to our time’. |
| 19 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | ADV | _ | 21 φυλάσσουσιν | advmod | high | Still/yet, modifying φυλάσσουσιν. |
| 20 | ἄβατον | ἄβατος | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 21 φυλάσσουσιν | xcomp | high | Predicative accusative adjective agreeing with τοῦτον. |
| 21 | φυλάσσουσιν | φυλάσσω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 14 τοῦτον | conj | high | Coordinated finite predicate with τοῦτον as its object and ἄβατον as predicative complement. |
| 22 | ἀνθρώποις | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 φυλάσσουσιν | obl | medium | Dative of respect (‘inaccessible to humans’) or agent-like dative. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἀποφαίνουσι | punct | high |
Ἑλλήνων δὲ τοῖς ἀποδεχομένοις ᾆσαι Μούσας ἐς τὸν Ἁρμονίας γάμον τὸ χωρίον ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς, ἔνθα δή φασι τὰς θεὰς ᾆσαι.
The dative plural τοῖς ἀποδεχομένοις is substantivized (‘those who accept/approve’), with ᾆσαι Μούσας as its complementary infinitival construction; the main clause is τὸ χωρίον ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς, followed by a relative adverbial clause ἔνθα ... φασι τὰς θεὰς ᾆσαι. The exact force of ἀποδέχομαι and the infinitival complement is somewhat interpretive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἑλλήνων | Ἕλλην | PROPN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 ἀποδεχομένοις | nmod | medium | Genitive plural, likely partitive/possessive with τοῖς ἀποδεχομένοις; ethnic noun used substantivally. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | -------- | _ | 13 ἐστὶν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 ἀποδεχομένοις | det | high | Article substantivizing the participle. |
| 4 | ἀποδεχομένοις | ἀποδέχομαι | VERB | V-PMP-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 5 ᾆσαι | iobj | medium | Substantivized present middle participle, ‘for those accepting/approving’; construed with the infinitive. |
| 5 | ᾆσαι | ᾄδω | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 4 ἀποδεχομένοις | xcomp | medium | Aorist active infinitive; complementary infinitive, with Μούσας as its accusative subject/object-like accusative. |
| 6 | Μούσας | Μοῦσα | PROPN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 5 ᾆσαι | obj | medium | Accusative plural with the infinitive; likely accusative subject of the infinitival clause. |
| 7 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R- | _ | 10 γάμον | case | high | Preposition governing τὸν ... γάμον. |
| 8 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 γάμον | det | high | Article. |
| 9 | Ἁρμονίας | Ἁρμονία | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 γάμον | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on γάμον. |
| 10 | γάμον | γάμος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ᾆσαι | obl | medium | Prepositional accusative phrase ἐς τὸν Ἁρμονίας γάμον; semantic relation to the infinitive is somewhat elliptical. |
| 11 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 χωρίον | det | high | Article agreeing with χωρίον. |
| 12 | χωρίον | χωρίον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ἐστὶν | nsubj | high | Nominal subject of ἐστίν. |
| 13 | ἐστὶν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular main predicate. |
| 14 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R- | _ | 16 ἀγορᾶς | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive phrase. |
| 15 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 ἀγορᾶς | det | high | Article. |
| 16 | ἀγορᾶς | ἀγορά | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 ἐστὶν | obl | high | Locative/whereabouts phrase with ἐπί. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἐστὶν | punct | high | |
| 18 | ἔνθα | ἔνθα | ADV | D-------- | PronType=Rel | 20 φασι | advmod | high | Relative adverb introducing the following clause, ‘where’. |
| 19 | δή | δή | PART | X-------- | _ | 20 φασι | advmod | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 20 | φασι | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 13 ἐστὶν | parataxis | high | Impersonal/plural reporting verb, ‘they say’; subject is unexpressed. |
| 21 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 22 θεὰς | det | high | Article agreeing with θεάς. |
| 22 | θεὰς | θεά | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 23 ᾆσαι | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive in reported speech. |
| 23 | ᾆσαι | ᾄδω | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 20 φασι | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement of φασι. |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἐστὶν | punct | high |