Grammar parses for passage 9.28.4
Open translation for this passage
ἅτε γὰρ σιτουμένοις τοῖς ἔχεσι μύρων τὸ εὐοσμότατον, μετακεράννυταί σφισιν ἐκ τοῦ θανατώδους ἐς τὸ ἠπιώτερον ὁ ἰός.
The participial clause ἅτε σιτουμένοις τοῖς ἔχεσι μύρων τὸ εὐοσμότατον is causal; the dative participle agrees with τοῖς ἔχεσι. The passive μετακεράννυται has postponed subject ὁ ἰός; σφισιν is an affected dative, and the comparative substantives mark the change of mixture from the more deadly to the milder.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἅτε | ἅτε | SCONJ | ADV | _ | 3 σιτουμένοις | mark | high | Causal/subordinating particle introducing the participial clause. |
| 2 | γὰρ | γάρ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 μετακεράννυταί | cc | high | Explanatory conjunction. |
| 3 | σιτουμένοις | σιτόω | VERB | V-PPM-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 10 μετακεράννυταί | advcl | high | Present middle participle, dative plural masculine, agreeing with τοῖς ἔχεσι. |
| 4 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 ἔχεσι | det | high | |
| 5 | ἔχεσι | ἔχις | NOUN | N-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 3 σιτουμένοις | obl | high | Dative with the middle participle, construed as the eaters/subjects of feeding. |
| 6 | μύρων | μύρον | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 8 εὐοσμότατον | nmod | high | Partitive/content genitive with τὸ εὐοσμότατον. |
| 7 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 εὐοσμότατον | det | high | Article substantivizing the superlative. |
| 8 | εὐοσμότατον | εὐοσμότατος | ADJ | A-NSNS | Case=Nom|Degree=Sup|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 σιτουμένοις | obj | medium | Substantivized superlative; syntactically the thing consumed, though its nominative form is difficult with the dative participial construction. |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 μετακεράννυταί | punct | high | |
| 10 | μετακεράννυταί | μετακεράννυμι | VERB | V-PPM-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Pass | 0 ROOT | root | high | Present passive indicative; the subject follows. |
| 11 | σφισιν | σφεῖς | PRON | P-DPN | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3 | 10 μετακεράννυταί | iobj | medium | Third-person plural dative pronoun, likely affected/benefactive dative. |
| 12 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | PREP | _ | 14 θανατώδους | case | high | |
| 13 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 θανατώδους | det | high | |
| 14 | θανατώδους | θανατώδης | ADJ | A-GSN | Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 μετακεράννυταί | obl | high | Substantivized neuter adjective, object of ἐκ. |
| 15 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 17 ἠπιώτερον | case | high | Variant form of εἰς. |
| 16 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 17 ἠπιώτερον | det | high | |
| 17 | ἠπιώτερον | ἤπιος | ADJ | A-ASNS-CMP | Case=Acc|Degree=Cmp|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 μετακεράννυταί | obl | high | Substantivized comparative adjective, destination/result of the change. |
| 18 | ὁ | ὁ | DET | T-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 ἰός | det | high | |
| 19 | ἰός | ἰός | NOUN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 μετακεράννυταί | nsubj:pass | high | Postposed nominative subject of the passive verb. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 μετακεράννυταί | punct | high |