Grammar parses for passage 9.23.4
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τὸν μὲν αὐτίκα τὸ χρεὼν ἐπιλαμβάνει πρὶν ἐξήκειν ἡμέραν δεκάτην ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀνείρατος,
The accusative τὸν is the object of ἐπιλαμβάνει; τὸ χρεών is an impersonal nominative subject, and πρὶν ἐξήκειν introduces an infinitival temporal clause with ἡμέραν δεκάτην as its accusative subject/measure, modified by ἀπό.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | RA--ASM- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπιλαμβάνει | obj | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | X------------- | _ | 6 ἐπιλαμβάνει | advmod | high | Correlative particle; counterpart is outside this sentence. |
| 3 | αὐτίκα | αὐτίκα | ADV | D-------- | _ | 6 ἐπιλαμβάνει | advmod | high | |
| 4 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | RA---NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 χρεὼν | det | high | |
| 5 | χρεὼν | χρεών | NOUN | N----NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπιλαμβάνει | nsubj | medium | Impersonal necessity noun; treated as the nominative subject of ἐπιλαμβάνει. |
| 6 | ἐπιλαμβάνει | ἐπιλαμβάνω | VERB | V-PIA-3S- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 7 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | C--------- | _ | 8 ἐξήκειν | mark | high | Introduces the infinitival temporal clause. |
| 8 | ἐξήκειν | ἐξήκω | VERB | V-PNA----- | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 6 ἐπιλαμβάνει | advcl | medium | Temporal infinitive; its understood subject is the following accusative phrase. |
| 9 | ἡμέραν | ἡμέρα | NOUN | N----ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ἐξήκειν | nsubj | medium | Accusative subject of the infinitive, also interpretable as the temporal extent reached. |
| 10 | δεκάτην | δέκατος | ADJ | A----ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 ἡμέραν | amod | high | |
| 11 | ἀπὸ | ἀπό | ADP | R--------- | _ | 13 ὀνείρατος | case | high | |
| 12 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA---GSN- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 13 ὀνείρατος | det | high | |
| 13 | ὀνείρατος | ὄνειρον | NOUN | N----GSN- | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 9 ἡμέραν | nmod | high | ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀνείρατος modifies the temporal phrase, ‘from the dream’. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἐπιλαμβάνει | punct | high |
ταύτῃ Πίνδαρος ἐνύπνιον τῇ πρεσβύτιδι ἐπιστὰς ὕμνον ᾖσεν ἐς Περσεφόνην,
The sentence means that Pindar, having appeared to the old woman in a dream, sang a hymn to Persephone; ἐπιστάς is an ingressive aorist participle, best construed temporally with Πίνδαρος, while ταύτῃ is a dative of reference/association (‘for this woman’).
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταύτῃ | οὗτος | PRON | PD--DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 8 ᾖσεν | obl | medium | Dative of reference or association; feminine singular demonstrative. |
| 2 | Πίνδαρος | Πίνδαρος | PROPN | NE--NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ᾖσεν | nsubj | high | Personal name, nominative subject of ᾖσεν. |
| 3 | ἐνύπνιον | ἐνύπνιον | NOUN | A----ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπιστὰς | obl | medium | Accusative of manner/circumstance, ‘in a dream’; substantivized neuter. |
| 4 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | L----DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 πρεσβύτιδι | det | high | Article agreeing with πρεσβύτιδι. |
| 5 | πρεσβύτιδι | πρεσβῦτις | NOUN | N----DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπιστὰς | obl | high | Dative with ἐπιστάς, recipient/experiencer of appearing. |
| 6 | ἐπιστὰς | ἐφίστημι | VERB | V-2AAPNSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 8 ᾖσεν | advcl | medium | Aorist active participle, from ἐφίστημι; temporal/circumstantial, ‘having appeared/come upon’. |
| 7 | ὕμνον | ὕμνος | NOUN | N----ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ᾖσεν | obj | high | Direct object of ᾖσεν. |
| 8 | ᾖσεν | ἀείδω | VERB | V-2AAI3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Aorist active indicative, main predicate. |
| 9 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 10 Περσεφόνην | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 10 | Περσεφόνην | Περσεφόνη | PROPN | NE--ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ᾖσεν | obl | high | Accusative object of direction with ἐς; recipient/dedicatee of the hymn. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 ᾖσεν | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |
ἡ δὲ αὐτίκα ὡς ἀπέλιπεν αὐτὴν ὁ ὕπνος, ἔγραψε ταῦτα ὁπόσα τοῦ ὀνείρατος ἤκουσεν ᾄδοντος.
Main clause ἔγραψε ταῦτα, with temporal ὡς-clause headed by ἀπέλιπεν; ᾄδοντος is a genitive participle agreeing with τοῦ ὀνείρατος and functioning in the genitive absolute with ἤκουσεν, though the construction is somewhat compressed.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | RA-NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 ὕπνος | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 ἔγραψε | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | αὐτίκα | αὐτίκα | ADV | ADV | _ | 10 ἔγραψε | advmod | high | |
| 4 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 5 ἀπέλιπεν | mark | high | Temporal subordinating conjunction. |
| 5 | ἀπέλιπεν | ἀπολείπω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 10 ἔγραψε | advcl | high | Aorist indicative in temporal clause. |
| 6 | αὐτὴν | αὐτός | PRON | P-3AF-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 5 ἀπέλιπεν | obj | high | |
| 7 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | RA-NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ὕπνος | det | high | |
| 8 | ὕπνος | ὕπνος | NOUN | N-NMS | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ἀπέλιπεν | nsubj | high | |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἀπέλιπεν | punct | high | |
| 10 | ἔγραψε | γράφω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main predicate. |
| 11 | ταῦτα | οὗτος | PRON | D-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 ἔγραψε | obj | high | Accusative neuter plural demonstrative, referring to what she wrote. |
| 12 | ὁπόσα | ὁπόσος | PRON | RI-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 ἤκουσεν | obj | medium | Relative quantifier introducing the content of what she heard. |
| 13 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA-GNS | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 ὀνείρατος | det | high | |
| 14 | ὀνείρατος | ὄνειρον | NOUN | N-GNS | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 ἤκουσεν | nsubj | medium | Genitive-singular subject of ᾄδοντος in a genitive absolute; syntactically the participial phrase modifies the hearing event. |
| 15 | ἤκουσεν | ἀκούω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 10 ἔγραψε | acl:relcl | medium | Relative-clause predicate; ὁπόσα is its accusative content object. |
| 16 | ᾄδοντος | ᾄδω | VERB | V-PAP-GNS | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 15 ἤκουσεν | advcl | medium | Present active genitive participle, agreeing with ὀνείρατος; construed as a genitive absolute, with compressed syntax. |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ἔγραψε | punct | high |
ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ᾄσματι ἄλλαι τε ἐς τὸν Ἅιδην εἰσὶν ἐπικλήσεις καὶ ὁ χρυσήνιος, δῆλα ὡς ἐπὶ τῆς Κόρης τῇ ἁρπαγῇ.
The clause has a locative ἐν-phrase and a subject ἄλλαι ... ἐπικλήσεις with εἰσίν; χρυσήνιος is coordinated by τε ... καί, while the elliptical δῆλα ὡς-clause explains the allusion to Kore’s abduction. The exact syntactic attachment of χρυσήνιος is somewhat uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 4 ᾄσματι | case | high | |
| 2 | τούτῳ | οὗτος | DET | PD-D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 4 ᾄσματι | det | high | |
| 3 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 4 ᾄσματι | det | high | |
| 4 | ᾄσματι | ᾄσμα | NOUN | N-D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 εἰσὶν | obl | high | Locative object of ἐν. |
| 5 | ἄλλαι | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 11 ἐπικλήσεις | amod | high | |
| 6 | τε | τε | CCONJ | C | _ | 11 ἐπικλήσεις | cc | high | Correlates with καί. |
| 7 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 9 Ἅιδην | case | high | |
| 8 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | T-A-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 Ἅιδην | det | high | |
| 9 | Ἅιδην | ᾍδης | PROPN | N-A-S | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἐπικλήσεις | obl | high | Destination of the epikλήσεις. |
| 10 | εἰσὶν | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 11 | ἐπικλήσεις | ἐπίκλησις | NOUN | N-NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 10 εἰσὶν | nsubj | high | Subject of εἰσίν. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 14 χρυσήνιος | cc | high | Coordinates χρυσήνιος with the preceding subject phrase. |
| 13 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-N-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 14 χρυσήνιος | det | high | Article with substantivized/elliptical χρυσήνιος. |
| 14 | χρυσήνιος | χρυσήνιος | ADJ | A-N-S | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 εἰσὶν | conj | low | Likely a substantivized epithet/name, coordinated with ἐπικλήσεις; gender/number are morphologically masculine singular. |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 16 δῆλα | punct | high | |
| 16 | δῆλα | δῆλος | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 εἰσὶν | parataxis | medium | Neuter plural predicate/elliptical clause, ‘clear [is/are]’; attachment to the preceding assertion is interpretive. |
| 17 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C | _ | 16 δῆλα | mark | high | |
| 18 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | AdpType=Prep | 20 Κόρης | case | high | With genitive, indicating reference/concerning. |
| 19 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | T-G-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 20 Κόρης | det | high | |
| 20 | Κόρης | Κόρη | PROPN | N-G-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 ἁρπαγῇ | nmod | high | Genitive with ἁρπαγή, ‘the abduction of Kore’. |
| 21 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | T-D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 22 ἁρπαγῇ | det | high | |
| 22 | ἁρπαγῇ | ἁρπαγή | NOUN | N-D-S | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 δῆλα | obl | medium | Dative governed semantically by ἐπί; the phrase is an elliptical explanation under ὡς. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 εἰσὶν | punct | high |