Grammar parses for passage 9.29.2
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ταύτην τοῦ Ἡγησίνου τὴν ποίησιν οὐκ ἐπελεξάμην, ἀλλὰ πρότερον ἄρα ἐκλελοιπυῖα ἦν πρὶν ἢ ἐμέ γενέσθαι·
The clause ἀλλὰ πρότερον ... ἦν supplies the reason or correction: the work had already disappeared before the speaker’s birth; ἐκλελοιπυῖα is a feminine nominative participle with ποίησις understood.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ταύτην | οὗτος | PRON | PD-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 7 ἐπελεξάμην | obj | high | Demonstrative pronoun, object of ἐπελεξάμην. |
| 2 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | DA-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 3 Ἡγησίνου | det | high | |
| 3 | Ἡγησίνου | Ἡγήσινος | PROPN | NE-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 ποίησιν | nmod | high | Genitive dependent on ποίησιν. |
| 4 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | DA-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 ποίησιν | det | high | |
| 5 | ποίησιν | ποίησις | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 ἐπελεξάμην | obj | high | Appositional/cognate accusative alongside ταύτην. |
| 6 | οὐκ | οὐ | PART | D------ | Polarity=Neg | 7 ἐπελεξάμην | advmod | high | |
| 7 | ἐπελεξάμην | ἐπιλέγω | VERB | V-AIM-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | First-person aorist middle, ‘I chose/read’. |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἐπελεξάμην | punct | high | |
| 9 | ἀλλὰ | ἀλλά | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 13 ἦν | cc | high | Coordinates the corrective/explanatory clause. |
| 10 | πρότερον | πρότερος | ADV | A-S---N | Degree=Cmp | 13 ἦν | advmod | high | Temporal adverb, ‘earlier/beforehand’. |
| 11 | ἄρα | ἄρα | PART | G------- | _ | 13 ἦν | discourse | medium | Inferential particle. |
| 12 | ἐκλελοιπυῖα | ἐκλείπω | VERB | V-RAPNF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 13 ἦν | nsubj | high | Perfect active participle agreeing with understood feminine subject, likely ποίησις. |
| 13 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | V-IXI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|Voice=Act | 7 ἐπελεξάμην | conj | high | Imperfect of εἰμί with participial predicate. |
| 14 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | G------- | _ | 17 γενέσθαι | mark | high | Introduces temporal infinitival clause. |
| 15 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 17 γενέσθαι | cc | medium | Correlative/variant particle in πρὶν ἢ construction. |
| 16 | ἐμέ | ἐγώ | PRON | P-A1S | Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 17 γενέσθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 17 | γενέσθαι | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-ANM | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 13 ἦν | advcl | high | Temporal infinitival clause, ‘before I was born/came to be’. |
| 18 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἐπελεξάμην | punct | high |
Κάλλιππος δὲ Κορίνθιος ἐν τῇ ἐς Ὀρχομενίους συγγραφῇ μαρτύρια ποιεῖται τῷ λόγῳ τὰ Ἡγησίνου ἔπη,
Κάλλιππος is the subject of ποιεῖται; τὰ Ἡγησίνου ἔπη is the accusative object, while τῷ λόγῳ is a dative complement meaning roughly “as testimony/evidence for the account.” The prepositional phrase ἐν τῇ ... συγγραφῇ modifies ποιεῖται; ἐς Ὀρχομενίους modifies συγγραφῇ.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Κάλλιππος | Κάλλιππος | PROPN | Ne-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ποιεῖται | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 10 ποιεῖται | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | Κορίνθιος | Κορίνθιος | PROPN | Ae-s---mn- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 Κάλλιππος | appos | high | Apposition to Κάλλιππος. |
| 4 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | R-------- | _ | 8 συγγραφῇ | case | high | |
| 5 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | S----fd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 συγγραφῇ | det | high | |
| 6 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 7 Ὀρχομενίους | case | high | Variant form of εἰς. |
| 7 | Ὀρχομενίους | Ὀρχομένιος | PROPN | Ae-p---ma- | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 συγγραφῇ | nmod | high | Object of ἐς; ethnic plural used substantivally or attributively. |
| 8 | συγγραφῇ | συγγραφή | NOUN | Nb-s---fd- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 10 ποιεῖται | obl | high | Object of ἐν. |
| 9 | μαρτύρια | μαρτύριον | NOUN | Nb-p---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 ποιεῖται | obj | high | Accusative predicative/object complement associated with ποιεῖται. |
| 10 | ποιεῖται | ποιέω | VERB | V3SPMI---- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Middle voice: “makes/uses as evidence.” |
| 11 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | S----md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 λόγῳ | det | high | |
| 12 | λόγῳ | λόγος | NOUN | Nb-s---md- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 ποιεῖται | iobj | medium | Dative of reference or complement with μαρτύρια ποιεῖται. |
| 13 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | S----na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 ἔπη | det | high | |
| 14 | Ἡγησίνου | Ἡγησίνος | PROPN | Ne-s---mg- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 ἔπη | nmod | high | Genitive of author/attribution. |
| 15 | ἔπη | ἔπος | NOUN | Nb-p---na- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 9 μαρτύρια | appos | medium | The cited verses are the content used as μαρτύρια; appositional relation reflects the predicative construction. |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 ποιεῖται | punct | high |
ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς πεποιήμεθα παρʼ αὐτοῦ Καλλίππου διδαχθέντες.
The participle διδαχθέντες is a circumstantial causal/temporal passive participle, agreeing with ἡμεῖς; παρὰ Καλλίππου is the agent/source phrase, with αὐτοῦ modifying Καλλίππου. The perfect πεποιήμεθα is first-person plural middle/passive, here an active-like middle (‘we have done/made’).
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡσαύτως | ὡσαύτως | ADV | D―― | _ | 5 πεποιήμεθα | advmod | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C―― | _ | 5 πεποιήμεθα | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | ADV | D―― | Polarity=Pos | 1 ὡσαύτως | advmod | medium | Concessive/additive force is possible; treated as an adverbial modifier. |
| 4 | ἡμεῖς | ἐγώ | PRON | P-----1P-N | Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 5 πεποιήμεθα | nsubj | high | |
| 5 | πεποιήμεθα | ποιέω | VERB | V-RIMPA- | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Perfect middle, active-like in sense; form can be morphologically ambiguous without context. |
| 6 | παρʼ | παρά | ADP | R-------- | _ | 8 Καλλίππου | case | high | Elided form of παρά. |
| 7 | αὐτοῦ | αὐτός | PRON | P-----3S-G | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 8 Καλλίππου | det | medium | Possessive/genitival modifier of Καλλίππου; could also be read pronominally. |
| 8 | Καλλίππου | Καλλίππος | PROPN | Nb----G-S | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 διδαχθέντες | obl | high | Genitive with παρά, expressing source/agent. |
| 9 | διδαχθέντες | διδάσκω | VERB | V-APP-NPM | Aspect=Perf|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Plur|Tense=Past|Voice=Pass | 5 πεποιήμεθα | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle agreeing with ἡμεῖς; causal or temporal relation is context-dependent. |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 πεποιήμεθα | punct | high |
Ἄσκρης μὲν δὴ πύργος εἷς ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἐλείπετο ἐς μνήμην,
The clause has coordinated subjects/nominal remnants: πύργος εἷς ... καὶ ἄλλο οὐδέν, both construed with the impersonal/remain sense of ἐλείπετο; Ἄσκρης is a genitive place-name dependent on πύργος.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἄσκρης | Ἄσκρη | PROPN | Neut? | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 πύργος | nmod | high | Genitive place-name dependent on πύργος: the tower of Ascra. |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | _ | _ | 4 πύργος | discourse | high | Correlative particle. |
| 3 | δὴ | δή | PART | _ | _ | 11 ἐλείπετο | discourse | high | Emphatic particle. |
| 4 | πύργος | πύργος | NOUN | N--NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 ἐλείπετο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐλείπετο. |
| 5 | εἷς | εἷς | NUM | A--NSM- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|NumType=Card|Number=Sing | 4 πύργος | amod | high | Predicative/attributive numeral modifying πύργος. |
| 6 | ἐπʼ | ἐπί | ADP | R-------- | _ | 11 ἐλείπετο | case | high | Elided preposition governing the genitive ἐμοῦ. |
| 7 | ἐμοῦ | ἐγώ | PRON | P1--GSM- | Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 6 ἐπʼ | obl | high | Object of ἐπί; ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ means ‘in my time’. |
| 8 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 11 ἐλείπετο | cc | high | Coordinates the second nominal predicate/subject phrase. |
| 9 | ἄλλο | ἄλλος | ADJ | A--NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 οὐδὲν | amod | high | Modifies οὐδέν. |
| 10 | οὐδὲν | οὐδείς | PRON | A--NSN- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Polarity=Neg|PronType=Neg | 11 ἐλείπετο | nsubj | high | Neuter nominative subject of ἐλείπετο; ἄλλο οὐδέν means ‘nothing else’. |
| 11 | ἐλείπετο | λείπω | VERB | V3IIM/S- | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Imperfect middle/passive, here ‘was left/remained’. |
| 12 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | R-------- | _ | 13 μνήμην | case | high | Preposition governing accusative μνήμην. |
| 13 | μνήμην | μνήμη | NOUN | N--ASF- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἐλείπετο | obl | high | Goal/purpose complement: ‘for remembrance’. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 11 ἐλείπετο | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |
οἱ δὲ τοῦ Ἀλωέως παῖδες ἀριθμόν τε Μούσας ἐνόμισαν εἶναι τρεῖς καὶ ὀνόματα αὐταῖς ἔθεντο Μελέτην καὶ Μνήμην καὶ Ἀοιδήν.
The coordinated verbs ἐνόμισαν and ἔθεντο share subject οἱ ... παῖδες; ἀριθμόν is the object/predicate accusative with an embedded εἶναι clause, Μούσας its accusative subject, and τρεῖς its predicate. The names are coordinated objects of ἔθεντο, with αὐταῖς as the dative recipient/reference.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | RA-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 5 παῖδες | det | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G- | _ | 9 ἐνόμισαν | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | RA-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 Ἀλωέως | det | high | |
| 4 | Ἀλωέως | Ἀλωεύς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 5 παῖδες | nmod | high | |
| 5 | παῖδες | παῖς | NOUN | N-NPM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 ἐνόμισαν | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | ἀριθμόν | ἀριθμός | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 ἐνόμισαν | obj | medium | Accusative complement of ἐνόμισαν, predicating the number assigned to the Muses. |
| 7 | τε | τε | CCONJ | G- | _ | 6 ἀριθμόν | cc | high | Correlates with καί at token 12. |
| 8 | Μούσας | Μοῦσα | NOUN | N-APF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 10 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive εἶναι. |
| 9 | ἐνόμισαν | νομίζω | VERB | V-AAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 10 | εἶναι | εἰμί | VERB | V-PNA | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 9 ἐνόμισαν | xcomp | high | |
| 11 | τρεῖς | τρεῖς | NUM | A-NPF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|NumType=Card|Number=Plur | 8 Μούσας | xcomp | high | Predicate accusative agreeing with Μούσας. |
| 12 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | G- | _ | 15 ἔθεντο | cc | high | Coordinates the second finite verb. |
| 13 | ὀνόματα | ὄνομα | NOUN | N-NPA | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 ἔθεντο | obj | medium | Neuter plural form; construed as the object of ἔθεντο. |
| 14 | αὐταῖς | αὐτός | PRON | P-DPF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur|PronType=Prs | 15 ἔθεντο | iobj | high | Dative recipient/reference, 'for them'. |
| 15 | ἔθεντο | τίθημι | VERB | V-AMI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 9 ἐνόμισαν | conj | high | |
| 16 | Μελέτην | Μελέτη | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 ὀνόματα | appos | high | First name assigned to the Muses; appositional to ὀνόματα. |
| 17 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | G- | _ | 18 Μνήμην | cc | high | |
| 18 | Μνήμην | Μνήμη | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 16 Μελέτην | conj | high | Second coordinated name. |
| 19 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | G- | _ | 20 Ἀοιδήν | cc | high | |
| 20 | Ἀοιδήν | Ἀοιδή | PROPN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 Μνήμην | conj | high | Third coordinated name. |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 ἐνόμισαν | punct | high |