Grammar parses for passage 9.21.5
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ἠπατήθησαν δὲ καὶ ἐς τὴν χρόαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁπότε κατὰ τοῦ ἡλίου φανείη σφίσιν ὁ τίγρις τὴν αὐγήν, ἐρυθρός τʼ ἐδόκει καὶ ὁμόχρους ἢ ὑπὸ τῆς ὠκύτητος ἢ ---εἰ μὴ θέοι--- διὰ τὸ ἐν ταῖς ἐπιστροφαῖς συνεχές, ἄλλως τε καὶ οὐκ ἐγγύθεν γινομένης τῆς θέας.
The main clause is ἠπατήθησαν ... καὶ ἐς τὴν χρόαν αὐτοῦ; a temporal ὁπότε-clause has optative φανείη with τίγρις as subject and αὐγήν as object, followed by an elliptical explanatory alternative (ἢ ... ἢ ...). Tokens 31–33 and 37–39 are editorial dash characters. The final genitive absolute explains the distant appearance; συνεχές is a substantivized neuter adjective governed by τὸ and modified by ἐν ταῖς ἐπιστροφαῖς.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἠπατήθησαν | ἀπατάω | VERB | V-AOI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἠπατήθησαν | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἠπατήθησαν | cc | high | |
| 4 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 6 χρόαν | case | high | |
| 5 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 χρόαν | det | high | |
| 6 | χρόαν | χρόα | NOUN | N-AF-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 ἠπατήθησαν | obl | high | |
| 7 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | P-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 6 χρόαν | nmod | high | Possessive genitive. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἠπατήθησαν | punct | high | |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | cc | high | Coordinates the following temporal/explanatory clause. |
| 10 | ὁπότε | ὁπότε | SCONJ | ADV | _ | 14 φανείη | mark | high | |
| 11 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 13 ἡλίου | case | high | |
| 12 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 ἡλίου | det | high | |
| 13 | ἡλίου | ἥλιος | NOUN | N-GM-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 φανείη | obl | high | |
| 14 | φανείη | φαίνω | VERB | V-2AOE-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Pass | 23 ἐδόκει | advcl | high | Temporal optative; subject is ὁ τίγρις. |
| 15 | σφίσιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-3DP | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 14 φανείη | iobj | high | |
| 16 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 τίγρις | det | high | |
| 17 | τίγρις | τίγρις | NOUN | N-NM-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 φανείη | nsubj | high | Masculine noun here, despite variable gender elsewhere. |
| 18 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 αὐγήν | det | high | |
| 19 | αὐγήν | αὐγή | NOUN | N-AF-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 φανείη | obj | high | |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 φανείη | punct | high | |
| 21 | ἐρυθρός | ἐρυθρός | ADJ | A-NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 23 ἐδόκει | xcomp | high | Predicate adjective with ἐδόκει. |
| 22 | τʼ | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | cc | high | Enclitic τε. |
| 23 | ἐδόκει | δοκέω | VERB | V-IAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 1 ἠπατήθησαν | conj | high | Impersonal/raising-like appearance predicate with nominative predicate adjectives. |
| 24 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | cc | high | |
| 25 | ὁμόχρους | ὁμόχρους | ADJ | A-NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 23 ἐδόκει | xcomp | high | Coordinated predicate adjective. |
| 26 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | cc | medium | Introduces an elliptical causal alternative. |
| 27 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | PREP | _ | 29 ὠκύτητος | case | high | |
| 28 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 29 ὠκύτητος | det | high | |
| 29 | ὠκύτητος | ὠκύτης | NOUN | N-GF-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 ἐδόκει | obl | high | Cause/source phrase: 'because of swiftness'. |
| 30 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | cc | medium | Second member of elliptical alternative. |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 34 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 36 θέοι | mark | high | |
| 35 | μὴ | μή | PART | PRT | Polarity=Neg | 36 θέοι | advmod | high | |
| 36 | θέοι | θέω | VERB | V-PAO-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 45 συνεχές | advcl | medium | Optative in parenthetic conditional clause; exact attachment is elliptical. |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | punct | high | Editorial dash. |
| 40 | διὰ | διά | ADP | PREP | _ | 45 συνεχές | case | high | |
| 41 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 45 συνεχές | det | high | Article substantivizes συνεχές. |
| 42 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 44 ἐπιστροφαῖς | case | high | |
| 43 | ταῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 44 ἐπιστροφαῖς | det | high | |
| 44 | ἐπιστροφαῖς | ἐπιστροφή | NOUN | N-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 45 συνεχές | obl | high | |
| 45 | συνεχές | συνεχής | ADJ | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 23 ἐδόκει | obl | medium | Substantivized neuter after διὰ τὸ; could be analyzed as an elliptical causal complement. |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἐδόκει | punct | high | |
| 47 | ἄλλως | ἄλλως | ADV | ADV | _ | 52 γινομένης | advmod | high | |
| 48 | τε | τε | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 49 καὶ | cc | high | Correlative τε ... καί. |
| 49 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 52 γινομένης | cc | high | Correlative τε ... καί. |
| 50 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | PRT | Polarity=Neg | 52 γινομένης | advmod | high | |
| 51 | ἐγγύθεν | ἐγγύθεν | ADV | ADV | _ | 52 γινομένης | advmod | high | |
| 52 | γινομένης | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-PMP-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 23 ἐδόκει | advcl | high | Genitive absolute with θέας. |
| 53 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 54 θέας | det | high | |
| 54 | θέας | θέα | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 52 γινομένης | nsubj | high | Subject of genitive absolute. |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἠπατήθησαν | punct | high |