Grammar parses for passage 9.21.6
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οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἄνθρωπος μόνον ὁμοῦ τῷ ἀέρι καὶ τῇ γῇ διαφόροις οὖσι διάφορον κτᾶται καὶ τὸ εἶδος, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ἂν πάσχοι τοῦτο,
The first clause has ἄνθρωπος as subject of κτᾶται, with τῷ ἀέρι καὶ τῇ γῇ governed by ὁμοῦ and διαφόροις οὖσι agreeing with the coordinated datives; the second clause is a counterfactual/general potential, with τὰ λοιπὰ as subject of πάσχοι and τοῦτο as its object/predicate-like demonstrative.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | D | Polarity=Neg | 15 κτᾶται | advmod | high | |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | CCONJ | C | _ | 15 κτᾶται | cc | high | Explanatory particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | D | _ | 15 κτᾶται | discourse | medium | Emphatic particle; relation labeled as discourse. |
| 4 | ἄνθρωπος | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 κτᾶται | nsubj | high | |
| 5 | μόνον | μόνος | ADV | A-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 κτᾶται | advmod | medium | Adverbial accusative/neuter form meaning ‘only’; morphology reflects the form. |
| 6 | ὁμοῦ | ὁμοῦ | ADV | D | _ | 15 κτᾶται | advmod | high | |
| 7 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | RA-DSM | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἀέρι | det | high | |
| 8 | ἀέρι | ἀήρ | NOUN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ὁμοῦ | obl | high | |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 11 γῇ | cc | high | |
| 10 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | RA-DSF | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 γῇ | det | high | |
| 11 | γῇ | γῆ | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἀέρι | conj | high | |
| 12 | διαφόροις | διάφορος | ADJ | A-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 13 οὖσι | amod | medium | The form is dat.pl.; likely masculine agreeing distributively with ἀέρι and γῇ despite gender mismatch, or a textual/morphological irregularity. |
| 13 | οὖσι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAP-DPN | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 8 ἀέρι | acl | medium | Present participle ‘being’; agreement with the coordinated datives is syntactically expected, though the supplied adjective form is irregular in gender. |
| 14 | διάφορον | διάφορος | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 εἶδος | amod | high | Predicative/attributive adjective with τὸ εἶδος; agrees in case, gender, and number. |
| 15 | κτᾶται | κτάομαι | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 16 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 18 εἶδος | cc | high | |
| 17 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA-ASN | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 εἶδος | det | high | |
| 18 | εἶδος | εἶδος | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 κτᾶται | obj | high | |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 κτᾶται | punct | high | |
| 20 | ἀλλὰ | ἀλλά | CCONJ | C | _ | 27 πάσχοι | cc | high | Adversative coordinator introducing the second clause. |
| 21 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 23 λοιπὰ | cc | high | Correlative/additive ‘also’. |
| 22 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | RA-APN | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 23 λοιπὰ | det | high | |
| 23 | λοιπὰ | λοιπός | NOUN | A-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 27 πάσχοι | nsubj | medium | Substantivized neuter plural adjective, ‘the remaining things’; nominative/accusative syncretism makes case uncertain. |
| 24 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA-ASN | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 αὐτὸ | det | high | |
| 25 | αὐτὸ | αὐτός | PRON | P-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 28 τοῦτο | amod | medium | Substantive/adjectival demonstrative-like phrase τὸ αὐτό; likely ‘the same’. |
| 26 | ἂν | ἄν | PART | X | _ | 27 πάσχοι | aux | high | Potential particle. |
| 27 | πάσχοι | πάσχω | VERB | V-PAO-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Second coordinated clause; interpreted as potential optative, with omitted/copular linkage to the first clause. |
| 28 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PD-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 27 πάσχοι | obj | medium | Demonstrative object, ‘this’; could be analyzed as predicative complement depending on interpretation. |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 27 πάσχοι | punct | high |
ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ θηρία αἱ ἀσπίδες τοῦτο μὲν ἔχουσιν αἱ Λίβυσσαι παρὰ τὰς Αἰγυπτίας τὴν χρόαν, τοῦτο δὲ ἐν Αἰθιοπίᾳ μελαίνας τὰς ἀσπίδας οὐ μεῖον ἢ καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἡ γῆ τρέφει.
The sentence has an initial concessive/causal ἐπεί-clause: the Libyan women have shields whose color differs from the Egyptian ones, while in Ethiopia the earth nourishes black shields no less than people. Tokens 3–6 are a fronted subject-like phrase with an implicit/elliptical predicate or appositional relation; the core finite predicates are ἔχουσιν and τρέφει. The comparison with παρὰ takes accusative, and οὐ μεῖον ἢ introduces an emphatic comparison.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεί | SCONJ | CONJ | PronType=Rel | 9 ἔχουσιν | mark | high | Concessive/causal subordinator. |
| 2 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 θηρία | cc | high | Connective adverb/conjunction. |
| 3 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T-、-N | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 θηρία | det | high | |
| 4 | θηρία | θηρίον | NOUN | NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 9 ἔχουσιν | nsubj | medium | Likely a fronted subject-like phrase; syntax is somewhat elliptical. |
| 5 | αἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 6 ἀσπίδες | det | high | |
| 6 | ἀσπίδες | ἀσπίς | NOUN | NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 9 ἔχουσιν | nsubj | low | May instead be an elliptical/appositional subject phrase with τὰ θηρία; the transmitted word order is difficult. |
| 7 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PDNSN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 9 ἔχουσιν | obj | medium | Correlative accusative, ‘in this respect’/‘this’. |
| 8 | μὲν | μέν | PART | PRT | _ | 7 τοῦτο | discourse | high | First member of τοῦτο μὲν ... τοῦτο δὲ. |
| 9 | ἔχουσιν | ἔχω | VERB | V3PPAI | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite predicate of the ἐπεί-clause. |
| 10 | αἱ | ὁ | DET | T-NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 11 Λίβυσσαι | det | high | |
| 11 | Λίβυσσαι | Λίβυσσα | PROPN | NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 9 ἔχουσιν | nsubj | high | Ethnonym used substantivally. |
| 12 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 14 Αἰγυπτίας | case | high | Takes accusative here, expressing comparison/difference. |
| 13 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 14 Αἰγυπτίας | det | high | |
| 14 | Αἰγυπτίας | Αἰγύπτιος | ADJ | APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 16 χρόαν | nmod | high | Substantivized adjective, ‘the Egyptian [shields]’; dependent in the color comparison. |
| 15 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 16 χρόαν | det | high | |
| 16 | χρόαν | χροιά | NOUN | NAF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἔχουσιν | obl | medium | Accusative of respect: ‘in color’; παρὰ τὰς Αἰγυπτίας is attached as its comparison. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 ἔχουσιν | punct | high | |
| 18 | τοῦτο | οὗτος | PRON | PDNSN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 33 τρέφει | obl | medium | Correlative accusative: ‘in this respect’. |
| 19 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 18 τοῦτο | cc | high | Second member of τοῦτο μὲν ... τοῦτο δὲ. |
| 20 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 21 Αἰθιοπίᾳ | case | high | |
| 21 | Αἰθιοπίᾳ | Αἰθιοπία | PROPN | NPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 33 τρέφει | obl | high | Locative prepositional phrase. |
| 22 | μελαίνας | μέλας | ADJ | APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 24 ἀσπίδας | amod | high | Predicative adjective agreeing with τὰς ἀσπίδας. |
| 23 | τὰς | ὁ | DET | T-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 24 ἀσπίδας | det | high | |
| 24 | ἀσπίδας | ἀσπίς | NOUN | NAF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 33 τρέφει | obj | high | Object of τρέφει; μελαίνας is its predicative attribute. |
| 25 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | PTC | Polarity=Neg | 26 μεῖον | advmod | high | Negates the comparative expression. |
| 26 | μεῖον | μείων | ADV | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 33 τρέφει | advmod | high | Adverbial comparative, ‘no less’. |
| 27 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 30 ἀνθρώπους | cc | high | Introduces the comparison standard. |
| 28 | καὶ | καί | ADV | ADV | Polarity=Pos | 30 ἀνθρώπους | advmod | high | Also/even, strengthening the comparison. |
| 29 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 30 ἀνθρώπους | det | high | |
| 30 | ἀνθρώπους | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | NPM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 33 τρέφει | obl | high | Comparison standard after ἤ, with ellipsis of the relevant predicate. |
| 31 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T-NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 32 γῆ | det | high | |
| 32 | γῆ | γῆ | NOUN | NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 33 τρέφει | nsubj | high | |
| 33 | τρέφει | τρέφω | VERB | V3SPAI | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main finite predicate; singular agreement with ἡ γῆ. |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 33 τρέφει | punct | high |
οὕτω χρὴ πάντα τινὰ μήτε ἐπίδρομον τὴν γνώμην μήτε ἀπίστως ἔχειν ἐς τὰ σπανιώτερα,
Impersonal χρὴ governs the coordinated μήτε...μήτε infinitives; πάντα τινά is the accusative subject of ἔχειν, with τὴν γνώμην as its object and ἐπίδρομον/ἀπίστως as coordinated predicates or manner complements. The second μήτε coordinates ἀπίστως ἔχειν with μήτε ἐπίδρομον ... ἔχειν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οὕτω | οὕτως | ADV | D-------- | PronType=Dem | 2 χρὴ | advmod | high | |
| 2 | χρὴ | χρή | VERB | V3SPIA00 | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Impersonal modal verb. |
| 3 | πάντα | πᾶς | ADJ | A-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 4 τινὰ | amod | medium | Accusative masculine singular, agreeing with τινά; form is identical to neuter plural. |
| 4 | τινὰ | τις | PRON | P-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 11 ἔχειν | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 5 | μήτε | μήτε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 6 ἐπίδρομον | cc | high | |
| 6 | ἐπίδρομον | ἐπίδρομος | ADJ | A-S---MA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 γνώμην | amod | medium | Predicative accusative adjective, agreeing with the understood/personally construed τινά; attached here to γνώμην is syntactically less likely. |
| 7 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L-SF--AA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 γνώμην | det | high | |
| 8 | γνώμην | γνώμη | NOUN | N-SF-AA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἔχειν | obj | high | Object of ἔχειν. |
| 9 | μήτε | μήτε | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 10 ἀπίστως | cc | high | |
| 10 | ἀπίστως | ἄπιστος | ADV | D-------- | _ | 11 ἔχειν | advmod | high | Adverbial predicate/manner complement coordinated with the first μήτε phrase. |
| 11 | ἔχειν | ἔχω | VERB | V--PAN-- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 2 χρὴ | xcomp | high | Infinitive governed by impersonal χρὴ. |
| 12 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 14 σπανιώτερα | case | high | |
| 13 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | L-PN--NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 14 σπανιώτερα | det | high | |
| 14 | σπανιώτερα | σπάνιος | ADJ | A-PN--NA- | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 11 ἔχειν | obl | high | Substantivized comparative adjective: ‘the rarer things’; governed by εἰς. |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 χρὴ | punct | high |
ἐπεί τοι καὶ ἐγὼ πτερωτοὺς ὄφεις οὐ θεασάμενος πείθομαι· πείθομαι δὲ ὅτι ἀνὴρ Φρὺξ ἤγαγεν ἐς Ἰωνίαν σκορπίον ταῖς ἀκρίσιν ὁμοιότατα πτερὰ ἔχοντα.
The first πείθομαι is governed by ἐπεί and takes the participial circumstance θεασάμενος; the second introduces an ὅτι clause. In the ὅτι clause, ἀνήρ Φρὺξ is subject, σκορπίον is the object of ἤγαγεν, and ἔχοντα agrees with σκορπίον; ταῖς ἀκρίσιν is a dative of comparison/reference with ὁμοιότατα.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπεί | ἐπεί | SCONJ | CONJ | PronType=Rel | 9 πείθομαι | mark | high | Temporal/causal subordinating conjunction. |
| 2 | τοι | τοι | PART | PART | _ | 9 πείθομαι | discourse | medium | Postpositive emphatic particle. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 4 ἐγὼ | advmod | high | Adverbial καί, ‘also/even’. |
| 4 | ἐγὼ | ἐγώ | PRON | PPA1S | Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 9 πείθομαι | nsubj | high | Explicit subject of πείθομαι. |
| 5 | πτερωτοὺς | πτερωτός | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ὄφεις | amod | high | Adjectival modifier of ὄφεις. |
| 6 | ὄφεις | ὄφις | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 θεασάμενος | obj | high | Object of θεασάμενος. |
| 7 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 θεασάμενος | advmod | high | Negates θεασάμενος. |
| 8 | θεασάμενος | θεάομαι | VERB | V-AMP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 9 πείθομαι | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with the understood subject ἐγώ. |
| 9 | πείθομαι | πείθομαι | VERB | V-PMI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main predicate of the ἐπεί clause. |
| 10 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 9 πείθομαι | punct | high | Raised middle dot. |
| 11 | πείθομαι | πείθομαι | VERB | V-PMI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 9 πείθομαι | parataxis | high | Coordinated/parallel main clause, with omitted connective relation to the preceding πείθομαι. |
| 12 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 πείθομαι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 13 | ὅτι | ὅτι | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 11 πείθομαι | mark | high | Introduces the content clause dependent on πείθομαι. |
| 14 | ἀνὴρ | ἀνήρ | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 ἤγαγεν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἤγαγεν. |
| 15 | Φρὺξ | Φρύξ | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 ἀνὴρ | appos | high | Ethnic apposition specifying ἀνήρ. |
| 16 | ἤγαγεν | ἄγω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 13 ὅτι | ccomp | high | Finite predicate of the ὅτι content clause. |
| 17 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 18 Ἰωνίαν | case | high | Preposition governing Ἰωνίαν. |
| 18 | Ἰωνίαν | Ἰωνία | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 ἤγαγεν | obl | high | Goal of motion. |
| 19 | σκορπίον | σκορπίος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 ἤγαγεν | obj | high | Object brought by ἤγαγεν. |
| 20 | ταῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DFP | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 21 ἀκρίσιν | det | high | Article modifying ἀκρίσιν. |
| 21 | ἀκρίσιν | ἀκρίς | NOUN | N-DFP | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 22 ὁμοιότατα | obl | high | Dative complement of comparison/reference with ὁμοιότατα. |
| 22 | ὁμοιότατα | ὅμοιος | ADJ | A-NSN-SUP | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 23 πτερὰ | amod | medium | Neuter plural accusative superlative, modifying πτερά; syntactically ‘most like’. |
| 23 | πτερὰ | πτερόν | NOUN | N-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 24 ἔχοντα | obj | high | Object of ἔχοντα; internal accusative with the participle. |
| 24 | ἔχοντα | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAP-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 19 σκορπίον | acl | high | Attributive participle agreeing with σκορπίον. |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 11 πείθομαι | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |