Grammar parses for passage 9.23.3
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ἀρχὴ μὲν Πινδάρῳ ποιεῖν ᾄσματα ἐγένετο τοιαύτη· εὐδοκιμοῦντα δὲ αὐτὸν ἤδη ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐς πλέον δόξης ἦρεν ἡ Πυθία ἀνειποῦσα Δελφοῖς, ὁπόσων ἀπήρχοντο τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι, μοῖραν καὶ Πινδάρῳ τὴν ἴσην ἁπάντων νέμειν.
The passage contains two coordinated predications with ἦρεν as the finite verb of the second; the infinitive νέμειν is embedded under ἀνειποῦσα, and τὴν ἴσην modifies the fronted object μοῖραν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἀρχὴ | ἀρχή | NOUN | N--NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἐγένετο | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | -------- | _ | 6 ἐγένετο | discourse | high | |
| 3 | Πινδάρῳ | Πίνδαρος | PROPN | N--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 ποιεῖν | obl | high | Dative of reference. |
| 4 | ποιεῖν | ποιέω | VERB | V--PAN-- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 6 ἐγένετο | xcomp | high | Infinitive complementary to ἐγένετο. |
| 5 | ᾄσματα | ᾄσμα | NOUN | N--APN- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 4 ποιεῖν | obj | high | |
| 6 | ἐγένετο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V--AMI3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | τοιαύτη | τοιοῦτος | ADJ | A--NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἐγένετο | xcomp | medium | Predicative adjective with ἐγένετο. |
| 8 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἐγένετο | punct | high | |
| 9 | εὐδοκιμοῦντα | εὐδοκιμέω | VERB | V--PAPASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 20 ἦρεν | advcl | high | Accusative participle with αὐτόν as accusative subject. |
| 10 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | -------- | _ | 20 ἦρεν | cc | high | |
| 11 | αὐτὸν | αὐτός | PRON | P--ASM-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 9 εὐδοκιμοῦντα | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of participle. |
| 12 | ἤδη | ἤδη | ADV | D-------- | _ | 9 εὐδοκιμοῦντα | advmod | high | |
| 13 | ἀνὰ | ἀνά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 16 Ἑλλάδα | case | high | |
| 14 | πᾶσαν | πᾶς | ADJ | A--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 τὴν | amod | high | |
| 15 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 Ἑλλάδα | det | high | |
| 16 | Ἑλλάδα | Ἑλλάς | PROPN | N--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 εὐδοκιμοῦντα | obl | high | Object of ἀνά. |
| 17 | ἐς | ἐς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 19 δόξης | case | high | |
| 18 | πλέον | πλείων | ADJ | A--ASN- | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 δόξης | amod | medium | Substantivized comparative, ‘greater [share]’. |
| 19 | δόξης | δόξα | NOUN | N--GFS- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 ἦρεν | obl | high | Genitive with πλέον. |
| 20 | ἦρεν | αἴρω | VERB | V--AAI3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the second clause; coordination with the preceding clause is implicit. |
| 21 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | L--NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 Πυθία | det | high | |
| 22 | Πυθία | Πυθία | PROPN | N--NSF- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 20 ἦρεν | nsubj | high | |
| 23 | ἀνειποῦσα | ἀναγορεύω | VERB | V--AAPNSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 22 Πυθία | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with Πυθία. |
| 24 | Δελφοῖς | Δελφοί | PROPN | N--DPM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 23 ἀνειποῦσα | iobj | high | Indirect object of ἀνειποῦσα. |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 ἀνειποῦσα | punct | high | |
| 26 | ὁπόσων | ὁπόσος | PRON | P--GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Int | 27 ἀπήρχοντο | obl | medium | Genitive quantifier, likely with an elided noun referring to offerings. |
| 27 | ἀπήρχοντο | ἀπάρχομαι | VERB | V--IMI3P- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Mid | 23 ἀνειποῦσα | ccomp | high | Embedded clause governed by ἀνειποῦσα. |
| 28 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | L--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 29 Ἀπόλλωνι | det | high | |
| 29 | Ἀπόλλωνι | Ἀπόλλων | PROPN | N--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 27 ἀπήρχοντο | iobj | high | |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 27 ἀπήρχοντο | punct | high | |
| 31 | μοῖραν | μοῖρα | NOUN | N--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 37 νέμειν | obj | high | Object of νέμειν. |
| 32 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | -------- | _ | 33 Πινδάρῳ | cc | high | |
| 33 | Πινδάρῳ | Πίνδαρος | PROPN | N--DSM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 37 νέμειν | iobj | high | Recipient with νέμειν. |
| 34 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | L--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 35 ἴσην | det | high | |
| 35 | ἴσην | ἴσος | ADJ | A--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 31 μοῖραν | amod | high | Agrees with μοῖραν; intervening word order is hyperbaton. |
| 36 | ἁπάντων | ἅπας | ADJ | A--GPM- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 31 μοῖραν | nmod | medium | Partitive genitive, ‘of all [offerings]’. |
| 37 | νέμειν | νέμω | VERB | V--PAN-- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 27 ἀπήρχοντο | xcomp | high | Infinitive in reported speech, with understood subject Δελφοῖς/implicit agent. |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 20 ἦρεν | punct | high |
λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὀνείρατος ὄψιν αὐτῷ γενέσθαι προήκοντι ἐς γῆρας·
Infinitival accusative-and-infinitive construction: λέγεται governs ὄψιν ... γενέσθαι, with ὀνείρατος as a genitive of origin/content; προήκοντι agrees with αὐτῷ and means ‘having advanced into old age.’
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λέγεται | λέγω | VERB | V3SPMI | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | -------- | _ | 1 λέγεται | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | ADV | -------- | _ | 1 λέγεται | advmod | high | Here additive, ‘also’. |
| 4 | ὀνείρατος | ὄνειρος | NOUN | N-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 ὄψιν | nmod | medium | Genitive dependent on ὄψιν, likely indicating the dream’s source or kind. |
| 5 | ὄψιν | ὄψις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 γενέσθαι | obj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive γενέσθαι in reported speech. |
| 6 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 8 προήκοντι | obl | medium | Dative of reference/experiencer; agrees in reference with the person having the vision. |
| 7 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V--AMN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 1 λέγεται | ccomp | high | Infinitive governed by λέγεται. |
| 8 | προήκοντι | προήκω | VERB | V-PAPDSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 6 αὐτῷ | acl | high | Present participle agreeing with αὐτῷ; ‘as he was advancing/reaching’. |
| 9 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | _ | 10 γῆρας | case | high | |
| 10 | γῆρας | γῆρας | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 προήκοντι | obl | high | Goal/complement of προήκοντι with ἐς. |
| 11 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 λέγεται | punct | high |
ἐπιστᾶσα ἡ Περσεφόνη οἱ καθεύδοντι οὐκ ἔφασκεν ὑμνηθῆναι μόνη θεῶν ὑπὸ Πινδάρου, ποιήσειν μέντοι καὶ ἐς αὐτὴν ᾆσμα Πίνδαρον ἐλθόντα ὡς αὐτήν.
ἐπιστᾶσα is a circumstantial aorist participle with nominative subject Περσεφόνη; ἔφασκεν governs the complementary infinitives ὑμνηθῆναι and ποιήσειν. The dative οἱ is the experiencer/addressee with καθεύδοντι, while Πίνδαρον is accusative subject of the second infinitive and ἐλθόντα agrees with it. ὡς αὐτήν introduces the goal/reference of the song.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐπιστᾶσα | ἐφίστημι | VERB | VAAP-SNF | Case=Nominative|Gender=Feminine|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 7 ἔφασκεν | advcl | medium | Aorist participle, circumstantial; spelling may reflect ἐπιστᾶσα from ἐφίστημι. |
| 2 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | T----NSF- | Case=Nominative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular|PronType=Art | 3 Περσεφόνη | det | high | |
| 3 | Περσεφόνη | Περσεφόνη | PROPN | NP----NSF- | Case=Nominative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 7 ἔφασκεν | nsubj | high | |
| 4 | οἱ | οἱ | PRON | P------DSM- | Case=Dative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|PronType=Prs | 5 καθεύδοντι | iobj | low | Likely dative pronoun ‘to him’; form is homographic with the article. |
| 5 | καθεύδοντι | καθεύδω | VERB | VPPM-DSM- | Case=Dative|Gender=Masculine|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 7 ἔφασκεν | advcl | medium | Dative participle, probably agreeing with οἱ and describing the addressee while asleep. |
| 6 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | D--------- | Polarity=Neg | 7 ἔφασκεν | advmod | high | |
| 7 | ἔφασκεν | φάσκω | VERB | V-IAI-3S-- | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=Third|Tense=Imperfect|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 8 | ὑμνηθῆναι | ὑμνέω | VERB | V-ANP---- | Mood=Infinitive|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Passive | 7 ἔφασκεν | xcomp | high | Complementary infinitive; understood accusative subject is μόνη, with θεῶν as genitive of comparison/partitive sense. |
| 9 | μόνη | μόνος | ADJ | A--NSF--- | Case=Nominative|Degree=Pos|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular | 8 ὑμνηθῆναι | nsubj | medium | Predicate/subject-oriented adjective, nominative feminine; construed as the understood subject of ὑμνηθῆναι. |
| 10 | θεῶν | θεός | NOUN | N----GP-- | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masc|Number=Plural | 9 μόνη | obl | medium | Genitive of comparison or partitive domain: ‘alone of the gods’. |
| 11 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | R------GS- | Case=Genitive | 12 Πινδάρου | case | high | |
| 12 | Πινδάρου | Πίνδαρος | PROPN | NP----GSM- | Case=Genitive|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 8 ὑμνηθῆναι | obl:agent | high | |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἔφασκεν | punct | high | |
| 14 | ποιήσειν | ποιέω | VERB | V-FAN---- | Mood=Infinitive|Tense=Future|Voice=Active | 7 ἔφασκεν | xcomp | high | Second complementary infinitive coordinated with the first. |
| 15 | μέντοι | μέντοι | ADV | D--------- | _ | 14 ποιήσειν | advmod | high | Adversative/confirmatory particle, ‘however/nevertheless’. |
| 16 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C--------- | _ | 14 ποιήσειν | cc | high | |
| 17 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R------AS- | Case=Accusative | 18 αὐτὴν | case | high | |
| 18 | αὐτὴν | αὐτός | PRON | P-----ASF- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular|PronType=Prs | 19 ᾆσμα | obl | high | Goal/addressee of the song: ‘for/to her’. |
| 19 | ᾆσμα | ᾆσμα | NOUN | N-----NSA- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Singular | 14 ποιήσειν | obj | high | |
| 20 | Πίνδαρον | Πίνδαρος | PROPN | NP----ASM- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 14 ποιήσειν | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive ποιήσειν. |
| 21 | ἐλθόντα | ἔρχομαι | VERB | V-AAP-ASM- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Mood=Participle|Number=Singular|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 20 Πίνδαρον | acl | high | Aorist participle agreeing with Πίνδαρον; temporal/circumstantial. |
| 22 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C--------- | _ | 21 ἐλθόντα | mark | medium | Introduces the destination/reference phrase αὐτήν, likely ‘to her’ rather than a finite clause. |
| 23 | αὐτήν | αὐτός | PRON | P-----ASF- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Feminine|Number=Singular|PronType=Prs | 21 ἐλθόντα | obl | medium | Accusative of destination after ὡς, with omitted or implicit motion complement. |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἔφασκεν | punct | high |