Grammar parses for passage 9.19.3
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κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐς Γλίσαντα εὐθεῖαν ἐκ Θηβῶν λίθοις χωρίον περιεχόμενον λογάσιν Ὄφεως καλοῦσιν οἱ Θηβαῖοι κεφαλήν, τὸν ὄφιν τοῦτον---ὅστις δὴ ἦν---ἀνασχεῖν ἐνταῦθα ἐκ τοῦ φωλεοῦ λέγοντες τὴν κεφαλήν, Τειρεσίαν δὲ ἐπιτυχόντα ἀποκόψαι μαχαίρᾳ.
Complex construction: καλοῦσιν governs κεφαλήν, with χωρίον περιεχόμενον as an accusative predicative/relative description; λέγοντες introduces an accusative-and-infinitive report, with Τειρεσίαν as the understood subject of ἀποκόψαι and τὸν ὄφιν as the understood subject of ἀνασχεῖν. The punctuation hyphens are retained as tokens and attached to the parenthetical relative clause.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 6 εὐθεῖαν | case | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 14 καλοῦσιν | cc | high | |
| 3 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S--AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 6 εὐθεῖαν | det | high | |
| 4 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 5 Γλίσαντα | case | high | Epic/poetic variant of εἰς. |
| 5 | Γλίσαντα | Γλίσαντας | PROPN | S--AMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Proper=Yes | 6 εὐθεῖαν | nmod | medium | Place name, accusative after ἐς; lemma normalized to nominative. |
| 6 | εὐθεῖαν | εὐθύς | ADJ | A--AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 καλοῦσιν | obj | high | Accusative object/predicate of καλοῦσιν in the route designation. |
| 7 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 8 Θηβῶν | case | high | |
| 8 | Θηβῶν | Θῆβαι | PROPN | S---FGP | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|Proper=Yes | 6 εὐθεῖαν | nmod | high | |
| 9 | λίθοις | λίθος | NOUN | S---MDP | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 περιεχόμενον | obl | high | Instrumental dative. |
| 10 | χωρίον | χωρίον | NOUN | S---NNA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 περιεχόμενον | obj | high | Accusative subject/object-like noun of the participial description. |
| 11 | περιεχόμενον | περιέχω | VERB | V-PPNNA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 6 εὐθεῖαν | acl | high | |
| 12 | λογάσιν | λογάς | ADJ | A---MDP | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 λίθοις | amod | medium | Rare/lexicalized form, probably describing the stones as selected or hewn. |
| 13 | Ὄφεως | ὄφις | NOUN | S---GMS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 εὐθεῖαν | nmod | high | Genitive in the place-name-like designation Λογάσιν Ὄφεως. |
| 14 | καλοῦσιν | καλέω | VERB | V-PIA3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 15 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | S---NMP | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 16 Θηβαῖοι | det | high | |
| 16 | Θηβαῖοι | Θηβαῖος | PROPN | A--NMP | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Proper=Yes | 14 καλοῦσιν | nsubj | high | Demonym used substantivally. |
| 17 | κεφαλήν | κεφαλή | NOUN | S--AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 καλοῦσιν | obj | high | Object of καλοῦσιν; appositional/name-giving accusative. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 καλοῦσιν | punct | high | |
| 19 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | S---AMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 20 ὄφιν | det | high | |
| 20 | ὄφιν | ὄφις | NOUN | S---AMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 31 ἀνασχεῖν | obj | medium | Accusative subject of the infinitive ἀνασχεῖν. |
| 21 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | DET | P--AMA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 20 ὄφιν | det | high | |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ὅστις | punct | high | Retained punctuation token. |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ὅστις | punct | high | Retained punctuation token. |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ὅστις | punct | high | Retained punctuation token. |
| 25 | ὅστις | ὅστις | PRON | P--NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Rel | 27 ἦν | nsubj | high | Relative subject of ἦν, referring to the snake. |
| 26 | δὴ | δή | PART | D | _ | 27 ἦν | advmod | high | |
| 27 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PII3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 31 ἀνασχεῖν | advcl | high | Parenthetical relative clause. |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ὅστις | punct | high | Retained punctuation token. |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ὅστις | punct | high | Retained punctuation token. |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 25 ὅστις | punct | high | Retained punctuation token. |
| 31 | ἀνασχεῖν | ἀνέχω | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 36 λέγοντες | ccomp | high | Infinitive in the λέγοντες report. |
| 32 | ἐνταῦθα | ἐνταῦθα | ADV | D | _ | 31 ἀνασχεῖν | advmod | high | |
| 33 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 35 φωλεοῦ | case | high | |
| 34 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | S---GNS | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 35 φωλεοῦ | det | high | |
| 35 | φωλεοῦ | φωλεός | NOUN | S---GNS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 31 ἀνασχεῖν | obl | high | |
| 36 | λέγοντες | λέγω | VERB | V-PPA-NMP | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 14 καλοῦσιν | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle with Θηβαῖοι as subject. |
| 37 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | S---AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 38 κεφαλήν | det | high | |
| 38 | κεφαλήν | κεφαλή | NOUN | S---AFA | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 ἀνασχεῖν | obj | medium | Repetition specifying the part said to have been raised; linked to ἀνασχεῖν. |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 36 λέγοντες | punct | high | |
| 40 | Τειρεσίαν | Τειρεσίας | PROPN | S---MAS | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Proper=Yes | 43 ἀποκόψαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive ἀποκόψαι. |
| 41 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 43 ἀποκόψαι | cc | high | |
| 42 | ἐπιτυχόντα | ἐπιτυγχάνω | VERB | V-2AAPMAS | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 43 ἀποκόψαι | advcl | high | Accusative participle agreeing with Τειρεσίαν. |
| 43 | ἀποκόψαι | ἀποκόπτω | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 36 λέγοντες | conj | high | Coordinated infinitive in the λέγοντες report. |
| 44 | μαχαίρᾳ | μάχαιρα | NOUN | S---FDS | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 43 ἀποκόψαι | obl | high | Instrumental dative. |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 καλοῦσιν | punct | high |
τὸ μὲν δὴ χωρίον τοῦτο ἐπὶ λόγῳ καλεῖται τοιῷδε·
τοῦτο is a demonstrative appositive/predicative modifier of χωρίον; τοιῷδε agrees with λόγῳ and is cataphoric to the following explanation. ἐπὶ λόγῳ with dative means ‘for/on the following account’; καλεῖται is passive ‘is called’.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA--NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 χωρίον | det | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X--D---- | _ | 8 καλεῖται | discourse | high | Correlative particle, anticipating δὴ/contrastive continuation. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | X--D---- | _ | 8 καλεῖται | discourse | high | |
| 4 | χωρίον | χωρίον | NOUN | NB--NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 καλεῖται | nsubj:pass | high | |
| 5 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PD--NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 4 χωρίον | appos | medium | Demonstrative agrees with χωρίον; could also be treated as a predicative subject complement. |
| 6 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | R------ | _ | 7 λόγῳ | case | high | Takes the dative λόγῳ. |
| 7 | λόγῳ | λόγος | NOUN | NB--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 καλεῖται | obl | high | Dative object of ἐπί in the phrase ἐπὶ λόγῳ. |
| 8 | καλεῖται | καλέω | VERB | V3SPI-P---- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 9 | τοιῷδε | τοιόσδε | ADJ | PD--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 7 λόγῳ | amod | high | Agrees with λόγῳ; cataphoric (‘such as the following’). |
| 10 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 καλεῖται | punct | high |
ὑπὲρ δὲ Γλίσαντός ἐστιν ὄρος Ὕπατος καλούμενον, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτῷ Διὸς Ὑπάτου ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα·
Ὑπὲρ Γλισαντός is a prepositional adjunct; ὄρος is the subject of ἐστιν with Ὕπατος and καλούμενον agreeing in the nominative singular neuter. In the second clause, ἐπὶ αὐτῷ introduces the location, while ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα are coordinated subjects/predicatives understood with ἐστίν; Διὸς Ὑπάτου is a genitive attributive phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὑπὲρ | ὑπέρ | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 3 Γλίσαντός | case | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 ἐστιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | Γλίσαντός | Γλίσαντος | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ὄρος | nmod | medium | Place name; genitive governed by ὑπέρ. |
| 4 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular verb; the second clause has an understood repetition. |
| 5 | ὄρος | ὄρος | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 4 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | Ὕπατος | ὕπατος | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 ὄρος | amod | high | Name-like adjective, agreeing with ὄρος. |
| 7 | καλούμενον | καλέω | VERB | V-PPP-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 5 ὄρος | acl | high | Participial modifier of ὄρος. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 7 καλούμενον | punct | high | |
| 9 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | PREP | AdpType=Prep | 11 αὐτῷ | case | high | With dative, locative. |
| 10 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 14 ναὸς | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 11 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-DMS | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 14 ναὸς | obl | high | Refers to the mountain; ἐπὶ αὐτῷ means 'on it'. |
| 12 | Διὸς | Ζεύς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 ναὸς | nmod | high | |
| 13 | Ὑπάτου | ὕπατος | ADJ | A-GSM | Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 Διὸς | amod | high | Agrees with Διός. |
| 14 | ναὸς | ναός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ἐστιν | nsubj | medium | Subject of an understood ἐστίν in the coordinated second clause. |
| 15 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 16 ἄγαλμα | cc | high | |
| 16 | ἄγαλμα | ἄγαλμα | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 ναὸς | conj | high | Coordinated with ναός; differing gender is licensed by coordination. |
| 17 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 4 ἐστιν | punct | high |
τὸν δὲ ποταμὸν τὸν χείμαρρον Θερμώδοντα ὀνομάζουσιν.
Simple naming construction: the river is named Thermodon; the first accusative phrase is the object, with the second accusative noun phrase in apposition/specification.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 ποταμὸν | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 7 ὀνομάζουσιν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ποταμὸν | ποταμός | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ὀνομάζουσιν | obj | high | |
| 4 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 χείμαρρον | det | high | |
| 5 | χείμαρρον | χείμαρρος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 ποταμὸν | appos | medium | Accusative apposition/specification to ποταμόν. |
| 6 | Θερμώδοντα | Θερμώδων | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 χείμαρρον | appos | medium | Proper name in accusative, appositional to χείμαρρον; alternatively construed as a second appositional object. |
| 7 | ὀνομάζουσιν | ὀνομάζω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | U-------- | _ | 7 ὀνομάζουσιν | punct | high |