Grammar parses for passage 9.18.4
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ἐν Μυσίᾳ τῇ ὑπὲρ Καΐκου πόλισμά ἐστι Πιονίαι,
Existential clause: πόλισμα is the subject and ἐστι the root; Πιονίαι is a locative/place predicate identifying the settlement. The phrase ἐν Μυσίᾳ τῇ ὑπὲρ Καΐκου supplies the broader location, with ὑπὲρ Καΐκου modifying Μυσίᾳ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 2 Μυσίᾳ | case | high | |
| 2 | Μυσίᾳ | Μυσία | PROPN | N--DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 πόλισμά | obl | high | Dative governed by ἐν. |
| 3 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | RA--DSF- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 2 Μυσίᾳ | det | high | |
| 4 | ὑπὲρ | ὑπέρ | ADP | PREP | _ | 5 Καΐκου | case | high | |
| 5 | Καΐκου | Καΐκος | PROPN | N--GSM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 2 Μυσίᾳ | nmod | high | Genitive governed by ὑπέρ. |
| 6 | πόλισμά | πόλισμα | NOUN | N--NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 7 ἐστι | nsubj | high | Subject of the existential clause. |
| 7 | ἐστι | εἰμί | VERB | V--3SIAI- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 8 | Πιονίαι | Πιονία | PROPN | N--NPF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 7 ἐστι | xcomp | medium | Place-name form; syntactically a predicate complement or appositional identification of πόλισμα. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἐστι | punct | high |
τὸν δὲ οἰκιστὴν οἱ ἐνταῦθα Πίονιν τῶν τινα ἀπογόνων τῶν Ἡρακλέους φασὶν εἶναι·
Accusative-and-infinitive: οἱ ἐνταῦθα φασὶν τὸν οἰκιστὴν Πίονιν εἶναι, with τῶν τινα ἀπογόνων τῶν Ἡρακλέους specifying Πίονιν as one of Heracles’ descendants.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 οἰκιστὴν | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 12 φασὶν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | οἰκιστὴν | οἰκιστής | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 Πίονιν | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 4 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 12 φασὶν | nsubj | high | Substantivized article, 'the people here'. |
| 5 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | D | _ | 4 οἱ | advmod | medium | Locative adverb modifying the substantivized οἱ. |
| 6 | Πίονιν | Πίων | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 εἶναι | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative with εἶναι. |
| 7 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 ἀπογόνων | det | high | |
| 8 | τινα | τις | PRON | PX-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 ἀπογόνων | det | medium | Indefinite/partitive determiner with ἀπογόνων. |
| 9 | ἀπογόνων | ἀπόγονος | NOUN | N-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 Πίονιν | nmod | high | Partitive or specifying genitive: one of the descendants. |
| 10 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 Ἡρακλέους | det | high | |
| 11 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 ἀπογόνων | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ἀπογόνων. |
| 12 | φασὶν | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 13 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 12 φασὶν | ccomp | high | Infinitival complement of φασίν. |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 φασὶν | punct | high |
μελλόντων δὲ ἐναγίζειν αὐτῷ καπνὸς αὐτόματος ἄνεισιν ἐκ τοῦ τάφου.
Genitive absolute μελλόντων ... ἐναγίζειν sets the temporal circumstance; καπνὸς is the subject of ἄνεισιν, with αὐτόματος as a predicate-like adjective meaning spontaneous, and αὐτῷ is a dative of reference.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μελλόντων | μέλλω | VERB | V-PAP-GNP | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 3 ἐναγίζειν | advcl | high | Genitive plural masculine participle in a genitive absolute; governs the infinitive ἐναγίζειν. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 μελλόντων | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἐναγίζειν | ἐναγίζω | VERB | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 1 μελλόντων | xcomp | high | Present active infinitive complementary to μελλόντων. |
| 4 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-GSD | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 3 ἐναγίζειν | iobj | medium | Dative object or recipient of sacrifice; antecedent is the person honored in context. |
| 5 | καπνὸς | καπνός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἄνεισιν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἄνεισιν. |
| 6 | αὐτόματος | αὐτόματος | ADJ | A-NSM | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἄνεισιν | xcomp | medium | Predicative adjective with καπνός: spontaneous or self-generated. |
| 7 | ἄνεισιν | ἄνειμι | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite main verb, ‘rises/goes up’. |
| 8 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 10 τάφου | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive τάφου. |
| 9 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 τάφου | det | high | Article modifying τάφου. |
| 10 | τάφου | τάφος | NOUN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἄνεισιν | obl | high | Genitive complement of ἐκ, marking source. |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἄνεισιν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν συμβαίνοντα εἶδον,
ταῦτα συμβαίνοντα is an accusative-and-participial construction with εἶδον: “I saw these things happening.”
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | A-PRO-NNA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 4 συμβαίνοντα | obj | high | Accusative neuter plural demonstrative pronoun, object of εἶδον. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | Pcl | _ | 1 ταῦτα | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 3 | οὖν | οὖν | PART | Pcl | _ | 5 εἶδον | discourse | high | Inferential particle. |
| 4 | συμβαίνοντα | συμβαίνω | VERB | V-PAP-ANA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 5 εἶδον | xcomp | medium | Present active accusative neuter plural participle, predicative with ταῦτα under εἶδον. |
| 5 | εἶδον | ὁράω | VERB | V-2AAI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | First-person singular aorist active indicative. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 εἶδον | punct | high |
Θηβαῖοι δὲ καὶ Τειρεσίου μνῆμα ἀποφαίνουσι, πέντε μάλιστα καὶ δέκα ἀπωτέρω σταδίοις ἢ Οἰδίποδος τοῖς παισίν ἐστιν ὁ τάφος·
The sentence is elliptical/awkwardly transmitted: μνῆμα is the object of ἀποφαίνουσι, while the following clause states that the tomb is fifteen-plus stadia farther away than the tomb of Oedipus's sons; ἢ introduces the comparative standard and τοῖς παισίν is dative with ἐστιν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Θηβαῖοι | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | N--MPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἀποφαίνουσι | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 6 ἀποφαίνουσι | discourse | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 4 Τειρεσίου | cc | medium | Connects the additional object/name phrase; exact scope is slightly uncertain. |
| 4 | Τειρεσίου | Τειρεσίας | PROPN | N--MSG | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 μνῆμα | nmod | high | |
| 5 | μνῆμα | μνῆμα | NOUN | N--NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἀποφαίνουσι | obj | high | |
| 6 | ἀποφαίνουσι | ἀποφαίνω | VERB | V-PIA-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Here probably ‘point out/show’; μνῆμα is its object. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἀποφαίνουσι | punct | high | |
| 8 | πέντε | πέντε | NUM | M-------- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 18 ἐστιν | obl | high | Numeral expressing distance; dative of measure. |
| 9 | μάλιστα | μάλιστα | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Sup | 8 πέντε | advmod | high | Adverbial intensifier of the numerical expression. |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 11 δέκα | cc | high | Coordinates πέντε and δέκα. |
| 11 | δέκα | δέκα | NUM | M-------- | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 8 πέντε | conj | high | Second numeral in the coordinated measure phrase. |
| 12 | ἀπωτέρω | ἀπωτέρω | ADV | D-------- | Degree=Cmp | 18 ἐστιν | advmod | high | Comparative adverb, ‘farther away’. |
| 13 | σταδίοις | στάδιον | NOUN | N--NPD | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 12 ἀπωτέρω | obl | high | Dative of measure with ἀπωτέρω. |
| 14 | ἢ | ἤ | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 15 Οἰδίποδος | case | high | Comparative conjunction introducing the standard. |
| 15 | Οἰδίποδος | Οἰδίπους | PROPN | N--MSG | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 παισίν | nmod | high | |
| 16 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | L--DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 παισίν | det | high | |
| 17 | παισίν | παῖς | NOUN | N--DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 18 ἐστιν | obl | high | Dative with ἐστιν, probably ‘for/to the children’; with ὁ τάφος understood as subject. |
| 18 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PIA-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 20 τάφος | cop | high | Copular verb; the clause is syntactically elliptical/awkward in the transmitted wording. |
| 19 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | L--NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 20 τάφος | det | high | |
| 20 | τάφος | τάφος | NOUN | N--NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | Predicate/clausal subject of ἐστιν; overall syntax may involve an ellipsis or corruption. |
| 21 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἀποφαίνουσι | punct | high |
ὁμολογοῦντες δὲ καὶ οὗτοι συμβῆναι Τειρεσίᾳ τὴν τελευτὴν ἐν τῇ Ἁλιαρτίᾳ, τὸ παρὰ σφίσιν ἐθέλουσιν εἶναι κενὸν μνῆμα.
The participle ὁμολογοῦντες has οὗτοι as its understood subject and introduces an infinitival statement; τὸ ... μνῆμα is the subject of εἶναι, with κενόν as predicate adjective. The construction ἐθέλουσιν εἶναι is finite θέλουσιν plus complementary infinitive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὁμολογοῦντες | ὁμολογέω | VERB | V-PAP- nom pl masc | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 16 ἐθέλουσιν | advcl | high | Concessive or circumstantial participle; subject is οὗτοι. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ὁμολογοῦντες | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 οὗτοι | cc | high | Connects οὗτοι with the preceding context. |
| 4 | οὗτοι | οὗτος | PRON | D-DPNMP | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 1 ὁμολογοῦντες | nsubj | high | Subject of ὁμολογοῦντες and understood subject of ἐθέλουσιν. |
| 5 | συμβῆναι | συμβαίνω | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 1 ὁμολογοῦντες | ccomp | high | Infinitive in the content clause governed by ὁμολογοῦντες. |
| 6 | Τειρεσίᾳ | Τειρεσίας | PROPN | N-DM-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 συμβῆναι | iobj | high | Dative of the person to whom the event happened. |
| 7 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-DA-SF | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 τελευτὴν | det | high | |
| 8 | τελευτὴν | τελευτή | NOUN | N-DA-SF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 συμβῆναι | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive συμβῆναι. |
| 9 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 11 Ἁλιαρτίᾳ | case | high | |
| 10 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-DF-S | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 Ἁλιαρτίᾳ | det | high | |
| 11 | Ἁλιαρτίᾳ | Ἁλιαρτία | PROPN | N-DF-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 συμβῆναι | obl | high | Place complement of συμβῆναι. |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ὁμολογοῦντες | punct | high | |
| 13 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NA-SN | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 μνῆμα | det | high | Part of the substantivized phrase τὸ ... μνῆμα. |
| 14 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | PREP | _ | 15 σφίσιν | case | high | With dative σφίσιν, meaning among or with them. |
| 15 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-D-DP | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 19 μνῆμα | nmod | medium | Reflexive/third-person plural pronoun; παρὰ σφίσιν modifies μνῆμα. |
| 16 | ἐθέλουσιν | ἐθέλω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite predicate; subject οὗτοι. |
| 17 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 16 ἐθέλουσιν | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive of ἐθέλουσιν. |
| 18 | κενὸν | κενός | ADJ | A-NA-SN | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 μνῆμα | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective agreeing with μνῆμα. |
| 19 | μνῆμα | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-NA-SN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of εἶναι. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 ἐθέλουσιν | punct | high |