Grammar parses for passage 9.30.8
Open translation for this passage
τοῦτον οἱ Διασταὶ τὸν ποταμὸν ἐπιρρεῖν διὰ παντὸς τῇ γῇ τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς φασι·
The syntax is straightforward: φασι governs an infinitival complement, with τοῦτον as the infinitive's object and οἱ Διασταί as the subject of the reporting verb.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τοῦτον | οὗτος | PRON | PPro-AccS-M | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 6 ἐπιρρεῖν | obj | high | Direct object of the infinitive. |
| 2 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | Art-NomP-M | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 3 Διασταὶ | det | high | Article with the ethnic/proper noun. |
| 3 | Διασταὶ | Διασταί | PROPN | N--NomP-M | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 φασι | nsubj | medium | Probably the subject 'the Diaestai'. |
| 4 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | Art-AccS-M | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 ποταμὸν | det | high | Article with ποταμόν. |
| 5 | ποταμὸν | ποταμός | NOUN | N-AccS-M | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπιρρεῖν | obj | high | Accusative object of ἐπιρρεῖν. |
| 6 | ἐπιρρεῖν | ἐπιρρέω | VERB | V-PAINF | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act | 14 φασι | xcomp | high | Complement infinitive governed by φασι. |
| 7 | διὰ | διά | ADP | R-Acc | Case=Acc | 8 παντὸς | case | high | Preposition governing παντός. |
| 8 | παντὸς | πᾶς | ADJ | A-GenS-N | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπιρρεῖν | obl | medium | Likely adverbial genitive phrase with διά; form is textually unusual here. |
| 9 | τῇ | ὁ | DET | Art-DatS-F | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 γῇ | det | high | Article with γῇ. |
| 10 | γῇ | γῆ | NOUN | N-DatS-F | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἐπιρρεῖν | obl | high | Dative of place/reference with the infinitive. |
| 11 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | Art-AccP-N | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 13 ἀρχῆς | det | high | Article with ἐξ ἀρχῆς. |
| 12 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | R-Gen | Case=Gen | 13 ἀρχῆς | case | high | Preposition governing ἀρχῆς. |
| 13 | ἀρχῆς | ἀρχή | NOUN | N-GenS-F | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 14 φασι | obj | medium | Internal complement of ἐξ; phrase functions adverbially as 'from the beginning'. |
| 14 | φασι | φημί | VERB | V-PAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Matrix verb. |
| 15 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 14 φασι | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |