Grammar parses for passage 9.17.7
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τοὺς δὲ παρὰ τὸ Ἀμφίονος μνῆμα λίθους, οἳ κάτωθεν ὑποβέβληνται μηδὲ ἄλλως εἰργασμένοι πρὸς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον, ἐκείνας εἶναί φασι τὰς πέτρας αἳ τῇ ᾠδῇ τοῦ Ἀμφίονος ἠκολούθησαν·
The sentence has an accusative subject/object construction with φασι governing εἶναι: the stones by Amphion's monument are said to be the rocks that followed his song. οἳ is a relative subject modifying λίθους; αἳ introduces the complement's relative clause. The form ἐκείνας agrees with πέτρας, while εἰργασμένοι is a nominative masculine plural participle agreeing with οἳ by attraction/loose predication; the exact attachment of the first relative material is mildly uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-AMP | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 7 λίθους | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 21 φασι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 6 μνῆμα | case | high | |
| 4 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 μνῆμα | det | high | |
| 5 | Ἀμφίονος | Ἀμφίων | PROPN | Ne-sm | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 μνῆμα | nmod | high | |
| 6 | μνῆμα | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 λίθους | obl | high | Object of παρά in the sense 'beside/by the monument'. |
| 7 | λίθους | λίθος | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 21 φασι | obj | high | Topicalized accusative, resumed by the accusative predicate construction. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 λίθους | punct | high | |
| 9 | οἳ | ὅς | PRON | P-RNM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 11 ὑποβέβληνται | nsubj | high | Relative subject, referring to λίθους. |
| 10 | κάτωθεν | κάτωθεν | ADV | D-------- | _ | 11 ὑποβέβληνται | advmod | high | |
| 11 | ὑποβέβληνται | ὑποβάλλω | VERB | V-RPPI3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Pass | 7 λίθους | acl:relcl | high | Perfect passive, 'have been laid underneath'. |
| 12 | μηδὲ | μηδέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 14 εἰργασμένοι | cc | high | Coordinates the participial predicate with an understood negative relation. |
| 13 | ἄλλως | ἄλλως | ADV | D-------- | _ | 14 εἰργασμένοι | advmod | high | |
| 14 | εἰργασμένοι | ἐργάζομαι | VERB | V-RMPNM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 11 ὑποβέβληνται | conj | medium | Perfect middle/passive participle; construction is compressed and its precise relation to ὑποβέβληνται is uncertain. |
| 15 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R-------- | _ | 17 ἀκριβέστατον | case | high | |
| 16 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 17 ἀκριβέστατον | det | high | |
| 17 | ἀκριβέστατον | ἀκριβής | ADJ | A-SNS | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 εἰργασμένοι | obl | high | Substantivized neuter superlative, 'to the utmost precision'. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 φασι | punct | high | |
| 19 | ἐκείνας | ἐκεῖνος | DET | R-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 23 πέτρας | det | high | Demonstrative determiner agreeing with πέτρας. |
| 20 | εἶναί | εἰμί | AUX | V-PNA | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 21 φασι | xcomp | high | Accusative-and-infinitive complement of φασι. |
| 21 | φασι | φημί | VERB | V-PAI3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 22 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 23 πέτρας | det | high | |
| 23 | πέτρας | πέτρα | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 20 εἶναί | obj | high | Accusative subject of εἶναι. |
| 24 | αἳ | ὅς | PRON | P-RNF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 29 ἠκολούθησαν | nsubj | high | Relative subject referring to πέτρας. |
| 25 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 26 ᾠδῇ | det | high | |
| 26 | ᾠδῇ | ᾠδή | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 ἠκολούθησαν | obl | high | Dative with ἀκολουθέω, 'followed the song'. |
| 27 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 28 Ἀμφίονος | det | high | |
| 28 | Ἀμφίονος | Ἀμφίων | PROPN | Ne-sm | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 26 ᾠδῇ | nmod | high | |
| 29 | ἠκολούθησαν | ἀκολουθέω | VERB | V-AAI3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 23 πέτρας | acl:relcl | high | |
| 30 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 21 φασι | punct | high |
τοιαῦτα δὲ ἕτερα λέγεται καὶ περὶ Ὀρφέως, ὡς κιθαρῳδοῦντι ἕποιτο αὐτῷ τὰ θηρία.
The ὡς-clause is treated as reported content dependent on impersonal λέγεται; κιθαρῳδοῦντι is a circumstantial dative participle agreeing with the understood Orpheus.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοιαῦτα | τοιοῦτος | ADJ | A-PNA | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 4 λέγεται | nsubj:pass | high | Neuter plural substantive adjective. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 λέγεται | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἕτερα | ἕτερος | ADJ | A-PNA | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 1 τοιαῦτα | amod | high | Neuter plural adjective modifying τοιαῦτα. |
| 4 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Impersonal passive: such other things are said. |
| 5 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 λέγεται | cc | high | Coordinates the περὶ phrase with the preceding discourse. |
| 6 | περὶ | περί | ADP | PREP | _ | 4 λέγεται | obl | high | Preposition introducing the person concerned. |
| 7 | Ὀρφέως | Ὀρφεύς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 περὶ | obj | high | Genitive governed by περί. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 λέγεται | punct | high | |
| 9 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 ἕποιτο | mark | high | Introduces the content clause. |
| 10 | κιθαρῳδοῦντι | κιθαρῳδέω | VERB | V-PAP-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 11 ἕποιτο | advcl | high | Dative circumstantial participle, agreeing with implicit Orpheus. |
| 11 | ἕποιτο | ἕπομαι | VERB | V-OMI-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 4 λέγεται | ccomp | high | Optative in reported content after ὡς. |
| 12 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-DMS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 11 ἕποιτο | iobj | high | Dative complement with ἕποιτο, referring to Orpheus. |
| 13 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-PNA | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 14 θηρία | det | high | |
| 14 | θηρία | θηρίον | NOUN | N-PNA | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 11 ἕποιτο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἕποιτο. |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 λέγεται | punct | high |