Grammar parses for passage 9.24.2
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λέγουσι δὲ οἱ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ πολίσματα ἄλλα πρὸς τῇ λίμνῃ ποτὲ Ἀθήνας καὶ Ἐλευσῖνα οἰκεῖσθαι, καὶ ὡς ὥρᾳ χειμῶνος ἐπικλύσασα ἠφάνισεν αὐτὰ ἡ λίμνη.
The syntax is a main reporting verb with two coordinated reported clauses; the first contains an infinitival complement with accusative subject, and the second has a participial modifier agreeing with the subject λίμνη.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λέγουσι | λέγω | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main reporting verb. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 1 λέγουσι | discourse | high | Postpositive particle. |
| 3 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | lil | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 Βοιωτοὶ | det | high | Article with subject noun. |
| 4 | Βοιωτοὶ | Βοιωτός | PROPN | N-P---MN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 λέγουσι | nsubj | high | Subject of λέγουσι. |
| 5 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 6 πολίσματα | cc | high | Coordination of objects/clauses. |
| 6 | πολίσματα | πολίσμα | NOUN | N-P---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 οἰκεῖσθαι | nsubj:xsubj | medium | Accusative subject of infinitive, controlled by λέγουσι. |
| 7 | ἄλλα | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-P---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 6 πολίσματα | amod | high | Modifies πολίσματα. |
| 8 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | R | _ | 10 λίμνῃ | case | high | Preposition. |
| 9 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | lil | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 λίμνῃ | det | high | Article with λίμνῃ. |
| 10 | λίμνῃ | λίμνη | NOUN | N-S---FD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 οἰκεῖσθαι | obl | high | Oblique phrase with πρὸς. |
| 11 | ποτὲ | ποτέ | ADV | D | _ | 15 οἰκεῖσθαι | advmod | high | Adverb modifying infinitive or clause. |
| 12 | Ἀθήνας | Ἀθῆναι | PROPN | N-P---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 15 οἰκεῖσθαι | obj | high | One of the infinitival complements. |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 14 Ἐλευσῖνα | cc | high | Coordinates Ἐλευσῖνα. |
| 14 | Ἐλευσῖνα | Ἐλευσίς | PROPN | N-S---FA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 Ἀθήνας | conj | high | Coordinated accusative object. |
| 15 | οἰκεῖσθαι | οἰκέω | VERB | V-PPN | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 1 λέγουσι | ccomp | high | Infinitival content clause after λέγουσι. |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 οἰκεῖσθαι | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 17 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 22 ἠφάνισεν | cc | high | Coordinates second reported clause. |
| 18 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C | _ | 22 ἠφάνισεν | mark | high | Introduces indirect statement/clause. |
| 19 | ὥρᾳ | ὥρα | NOUN | N-S---FD- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 ἠφάνισεν | obl | medium | Dative of time/situation. |
| 20 | χειμῶνος | χειμών | NOUN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 ὥρᾳ | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ὥρᾳ. |
| 21 | ἐπικλύσασα | ἐπικλύζω | VERB | V-AAP-SNF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 22 ἠφάνισεν | advcl | high | Participial clause modifying ἠφάνισεν; feminine singular agrees with λίμνη. |
| 22 | ἠφάνισεν | ἀφανίζω | VERB | V-AAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 1 λέγουσι | ccomp | high | Second reported finite clause. |
| 23 | αὐτὰ | αὐτός | PRON | P-P---NA- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 22 ἠφάνισεν | obj | high | Direct object. |
| 24 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | lil | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 25 λίμνη | det | high | Article with λίμνη. |
| 25 | λίμνη | λίμνη | NOUN | N-S---FN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 ἠφάνισεν | nsubj | high | Subject of ἠφάνισεν. |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 λέγουσι | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
οἱ μὲν δὴ ἰχθῦς οἱ ἐν τῇ Κηφισίδι οὐδέν τι διάφορον ἐς ἄλλους ἰχθῦς τοὺς λιμναίους ἔχουσιν· αἱ δὲ ἐγχέλεις αὐτόθι καὶ μεγέθει μέγισται καὶ ἐσθίειν εἰσὶν ἥδισται.
The syntax is mildly elliptical: οὐδέν τι διάφορον is analyzed as the object/complement of ἔχουσιν, and the second clause has coordinated predicative adjectives with an infinitival complement under εἰσὶν.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 ἰχθῦς | det | high | Article with ἰχθῦς. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | _ | _ | 1 οἱ | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | _ | _ | 1 οἱ | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 4 | ἰχθῦς | ἰχθύς | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 ἔχουσιν | nsubj | medium | Subject of ἔχουσιν; article at 1. |
| 5 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 ἰχθῦς | det | high | Article introducing relative clause. |
| 6 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | _ | _ | 8 Κηφισίδι | case | high | Preposition governing Κηφισίδι. |
| 7 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 8 Κηφισίδι | det | high | Article with Κηφισίδι. |
| 8 | Κηφισίδι | Κηφισίς | PROPN | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἰχθῦς | acl | medium | Attributive locative phrase modifying ἰχθῦς. |
| 9 | οὐδέν | οὐδείς | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Neg | 11 διάφορον | det | high | Negating quantifier with τι. |
| 10 | τι | τις | PRON | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 9 οὐδέν | fixed | medium | Enclitic with οὐδέν, forming fixed expression. |
| 11 | διάφορον | διάφορος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 ἔχουσιν | obj | medium | Internal object/complement of ἔχουσιν; neuter predicate object. |
| 12 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | _ | _ | 14 ἰχθῦς | case | high | Preposition with ἄλλους ἰχθῦς. |
| 13 | ἄλλους | ἄλλος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 ἰχθῦς | amod | high | Modifier of ἰχθῦς. |
| 14 | ἰχθῦς | ἰχθύς | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 11 διάφορον | obl | medium | Complement of διάφορον with ἐς. |
| 15 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 16 λιμναίους | det | high | Article with λιμναίους. |
| 16 | λιμναίους | λιμναῖος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 ἰχθῦς | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying ἰχθῦς. |
| 17 | ἔχουσιν | ἔχω | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of first clause. |
| 18 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 ἔχουσιν | punct | high | Clause punctuation. |
| 19 | αἱ | ὁ | DET | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 21 ἐγχέλεις | det | high | Article with ἐγχέλεις. |
| 20 | δὲ | δέ | PART | _ | _ | 19 αἱ | discourse | high | Mild contrastive particle. |
| 21 | ἐγχέλεις | ἐγχέλυς | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 28 εἰσὶν | nsubj | high | Subject of εἰσὶν. |
| 22 | αὐτόθι | αὐτόθι | ADV | _ | _ | 28 εἰσὶν | advmod | high | Locative adverb. |
| 23 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 25 μέγισται | cc | high | Coordinates predicates. |
| 24 | μεγέθει | μέγεθος | NOUN | _ | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 25 μέγισται | obl | medium | Dative of respect. |
| 25 | μέγισται | μέγας | ADJ | _ | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 28 εἰσὶν | xcomp | medium | Predicative adjective with εἰσὶν. |
| 26 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | _ | _ | 28 εἰσὶν | cc | high | Coordinates predicate complements. |
| 27 | ἐσθίειν | ἐσθίω | VERB | _ | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 28 εἰσὶν | xcomp | medium | Complementary infinitive under εἰσὶν. |
| 28 | εἰσὶν | εἰμί | AUX | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Second clause copular/predicative verb. |
| 29 | ἥδισται | ἥδιστος | ADJ | _ | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 28 εἰσὶν | xcomp | medium | Predicative adjective coordinated with μέγισται. |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 28 εἰσὶν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |