Grammar parses for passage 9.21.3
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ἔστι δὲ ἄλκη καλούμενον θηρίον, εἶδος μὲν ἐλάφου καὶ καμήλου μεταξύ, γίνεται δὲ ἐν τῇ Κελτῶν γῇ.
ἔστι introduces an existential/presentational clause with ἄλκη as subject and καλούμενον θηρίον as a nominative predicate/appositional description; εἶδος is coordinated with an understood copula and compares the animal to deer and camel, while γίνεται takes an ἐν-phrase for location. The form ἄλκη is morphologically ambiguous in isolation; here it is treated as nominative singular neuter.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔστι | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 3 ἄλκη | cop | high | Existential/presentational copula. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C—— | _ | 14 γίνεται | cc | high | Adversative/continuative connective for the first clause. |
| 3 | ἄλκη | ἄλκη | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Treated as the neuter nominative singular subject/name; form is syncretic and lexically unusual. |
| 4 | καλούμενον | καλέω | VERB | V-PPN-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass | 5 θηρίον | amod | high | Passive participle agreeing with θηρίον, ‘called’. |
| 5 | θηρίον | θηρίον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 ἄλκη | appos | medium | Nominative predicate/appositional noun describing ἄλκη. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἄλκη | punct | high | |
| 7 | εἶδος | εἶδος | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 ἄλκη | parataxis | medium | Nominal descriptive clause with an understood copula and subject reference to ἄλκη. |
| 8 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X—— | _ | 7 εἶδος | discourse | high | Sets up the μέν ... δέ contrast. |
| 9 | ἐλάφου | ἔλαφος | NOUN | N-GS | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 εἶδος | nmod | high | Genitive of comparison/description after εἶδος. |
| 10 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C—— | _ | 11 καμήλου | cc | high | Coordinates the two genitive comparison nouns. |
| 11 | καμήλου | κάμηλος | NOUN | N-GS | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἐλάφου | conj | high | Second genitive comparison noun. |
| 12 | μεταξύ | μεταξύ | ADP | R—— | _ | 7 εἶδος | case | medium | Postpositive preposition/adverb governing the genitive phrase, ‘between’. |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 εἶδος | punct | high | |
| 14 | γίνεται | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite verb of the second coordinated clause; root analysis treats the sentence as paratactic. |
| 15 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C—— | _ | 14 γίνεται | cc | high | Connective marking continuation/contrast. |
| 16 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R—— | _ | 19 γῇ | case | high | Preposition governing τῇ ... γῇ. |
| 17 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | RA-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 19 γῇ | det | high | Article agreeing with γῇ. |
| 18 | Κελτῶν | Κελτός | PROPN | N-GP | Case=Gen|Number=Plur | 19 γῇ | nmod | high | Genitive ethnic name modifying γῇ. |
| 19 | γῇ | γῆ | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 γίνεται | obl | high | Locative oblique governed by ἐν. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 γίνεται | punct | high |
εἰ δὲ μὴ τύχοι ταύτῃ φωλεύουσα, ἑτέρα γε ἄλκην ἑλεῖν ἐστιν οὐδεμία μηχανή.
Conditional clause: εἰ with optative τύχοι (potential/iterative nuance), with ταύτῃ modifying φωλεύουσα; main clause has impersonal ἐστιν with μηχανή as subject and ἑλεῖν as complementary infinitive. The adjective phrase οὐδεμία μηχανή means ‘no method at all’.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 τύχοι | mark | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 τύχοι | cc | high | |
| 3 | μὴ | μή | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 τύχοι | advmod | high | |
| 4 | τύχοι | τυγχάνω | VERB | V-PAO-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 12 ἐστιν | advcl | medium | Aorist optative in the εἰ-clause; exact potential/iterative force depends on context. |
| 5 | ταύτῃ | οὗτος | PRON | D-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 6 φωλεύουσα | obl | high | Dative of place or manner with φωλεύουσα. |
| 6 | φωλεύουσα | φωλεύω | VERB | V-PAP-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 4 τύχοι | advcl | medium | Predicative/temporal participle, likely sharing an understood feminine subject with τύχοι. |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 4 τύχοι | punct | high | |
| 8 | ἑτέρα | ἕτερος | ADJ | A-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 μηχανή | amod | high | Substantival adjective modifying μηχανή. |
| 9 | γε | γε | PART | PART | _ | 8 ἑτέρα | advmod | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 10 | ἄλκην | ἀλκή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἑλεῖν | obj | high | |
| 11 | ἑλεῖν | αἱρέω | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 12 ἐστιν | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive with impersonal ἐστιν. |
| 12 | ἐστιν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Impersonal existential/copular predicate. |
| 13 | οὐδεμία | οὐδείς | ADJ | A-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Polarity=Neg | 14 μηχανή | amod | high | Negative adjective modifying μηχανή. |
| 14 | μηχανή | μηχανή | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 ἐστιν | nsubj | high | Subject of impersonal ἐστιν; predicate notion is ‘there is no method’. |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 12 ἐστιν | punct | high |