Grammar parses for passage 9.30.9
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ἤκουσα δὲ καὶ ἄλλον ἐν Λαρίσῃ λόγον, ὡς ἐν τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ. πόλις οἰκοῖτο Λίβηθρα, ᾗ ἐπὶ Μακεδονίας τέτραπται τὸ ὄρος, καὶ εἶναι οὐ πόρρω τῆς πόλεως τὸ τοῦ Ὀρφέως μνῆμα·
The transmitted text has a sentence break after Ὀλύμπῳ, but πόλις οἰκοῖτο Λίβηθρα is syntactically an indirect-content clause dependent on λόγον/ἤκουσα; ὡς introduces the report. ᾗ is a relative adverb meaning ‘where’, with ἐπὶ Μακεδονίας modifying τέτραπται. The final εἶναι clause is coordinated content, with τὸ τοῦ Ὀρφέως μνῆμα as its subject.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἤκουσα | ἀκούω | VERB | V-PAI-1S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C | _ | 1 ἤκουσα | cc | high | |
| 3 | καὶ | καί | ADV | D | _ | 4 ἄλλον | advmod | high | Adverbial καί modifying ἄλλον. |
| 4 | ἄλλον | ἄλλος | ADJ | A-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 λόγον | amod | high | |
| 5 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | P | _ | 6 Λαρίσῃ | case | high | |
| 6 | Λαρίσῃ | Λάρισα | PROPN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 λόγον | obl | high | |
| 7 | λόγον | λόγος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἤκουσα | obj | high | |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 7 λόγον | punct | high | |
| 9 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | C | _ | 15 οἰκοῖτο | mark | medium | Introduces the reported content; the supplied punctuation makes the attachment somewhat uncertain. |
| 10 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | P | _ | 12 Ὀλύμπῳ | case | high | |
| 11 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | D-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 12 Ὀλύμπῳ | det | high | |
| 12 | Ὀλύμπῳ | Ὄλυμπος | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 οἰκοῖτο | obl | high | |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 12 Ὀλύμπῳ | punct | high | |
| 14 | πόλις | πόλις | NOUN | N-NSF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 οἰκοῖτο | nsubj | high | |
| 15 | οἰκοῖτο | οἰκέω | VERB | V-PAO-3S | Mood=Opt|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 1 ἤκουσα | ccomp | high | Optative in reported content; form is middle/passive optative. |
| 16 | Λίβηθρα | Λίβηθρα | PROPN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 οἰκοῖτο | xcomp | medium | Neuter plural place-name used predicatively with πόλις; parsers may analyze it as a nominal predicate. |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 15 οἰκοῖτο | punct | high | |
| 18 | ᾗ | ᾗ | ADV | D | _ | 21 τέτραπται | advmod | medium | Relative adverb, ‘where’; orthographic form is not a finite relative pronoun here. |
| 19 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | P | _ | 20 Μακεδονίας | case | high | |
| 20 | Μακεδονίας | Μακεδονία | PROPN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 τέτραπται | obl | high | Genitive with ἐπί. |
| 21 | τέτραπται | τρέπω | VERB | V-RPI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Perf|Voice=Pass | 15 οἰκοῖτο | conj | medium | Perfect passive, ‘is turned/extends’; coordinated descriptive clause. |
| 22 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | D-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 23 ὄρος | det | high | |
| 23 | ὄρος | ὄρος | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 21 τέτραπται | nsubj | high | |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 21 τέτραπται | punct | high | |
| 25 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C | _ | 26 εἶναι | cc | high | |
| 26 | εἶναι | εἰμί | AUX | V-PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 15 οἰκοῖτο | conj | high | Coordinated infinitival content clause. |
| 27 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | Q | Polarity=Neg | 28 πόρρω | advmod | high | |
| 28 | πόρρω | πόρρω | ADV | D | _ | 26 εἶναι | advmod | high | |
| 29 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | D-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 30 πόλεως | det | high | |
| 30 | πόλεως | πόλις | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 28 πόρρω | obl | high | Genitive dependent on πόρρω. |
| 31 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | D-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 34 μνῆμα | det | high | |
| 32 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | D-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 33 Ὀρφέως | det | high | |
| 33 | Ὀρφέως | Ὀρφεύς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 34 μνῆμα | nmod | high | |
| 34 | μνῆμα | μνῆμα | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 26 εἶναι | nsubj | high | Accusative-and-infinitive would be expected with an overt accusative subject, but the transmitted nominative is retained and analyzed as nominative subject. |
| 35 | · | · | PUNCT | PUNCT | _ | 26 εἶναι | punct | high |
ἀφικέσθαι δὲ τοῖς Λιβηθρίοις παρὰ τοῦ Διονύσου μάντευμα ἐκ Θρᾴκης, ἐπειδὰν ἴδῃ τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ Ὀρφέως ἥλιος, τηνικαῦτα ὑπὸ συὸς ἀπολεῖσθαι Λιβηθρίοις τὴν πόλιν.
Infinitival report: a prophecy is said to have come to the Libethrians from Dionysus; the temporal clause gives the condition under which the city will be destroyed. The second infinitive ἀπολεῖσθαι is coordinated/predicated within the prophecy, with Λιβηθρίοις as dative of reference; passive ἀπόλλυμι is interpreted as future passive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἀφικέσθαι | ἀφικνέομαι | VERB | V--AMN-- | Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 8 μάντευμα | acl | high | Aorist middle infinitive, predicate of μάντευμα in the reported content. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 1 ἀφικέσθαι | cc | high | |
| 3 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T---MDP-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 4 Λιβηθρίοις | det | high | |
| 4 | Λιβηθρίοις | Λιβήθριος | PROPN | NPMDPP-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 ἀφικέσθαι | iobj | medium | Dative recipient/addressee of ἀφικέσθαι; ethnic name substantivized. |
| 5 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | R-------- | AdpType=Prep | 7 Διονύσου | case | high | |
| 6 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GM-S-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 Διονύσου | det | high | |
| 7 | Διονύσου | Διόνυσος | PROPN | NP-GMS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἀφικέσθαι | obl | high | Source with παρά + genitive. |
| 8 | μάντευμα | μάντευμα | NOUN | N--NNS-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 0 ROOT | root | high | Nominal subject of impersonal/reporting infinitival construction. |
| 9 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R-------- | AdpType=Prep | 10 Θρᾴκης | case | high | |
| 10 | Θρᾴκης | Θρᾴκη | PROPN | N--G-S-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 8 μάντευμα | obl | high | Place/source complement of μάντευμα. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 μάντευμα | punct | high | |
| 12 | ἐπειδὰν | ἐπειδάν | SCONJ | C-------- | _ | 13 ἴδῃ | mark | high | Temporal subordinating conjunction with subjunctive. |
| 13 | ἴδῃ | ὁράω | VERB | V--SA3S-- | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 23 ἀπολεῖσθαι | advcl | high | Aorist subjunctive in ἐπειδάν clause; subject is ἥλιος. |
| 14 | τὰ | ὁ | DET | T--NPA-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 15 ὀστᾶ | det | high | |
| 15 | ὀστᾶ | ὀστέον | NOUN | N--NPA-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 13 ἴδῃ | obj | high | |
| 16 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GMS-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 Ὀρφέως | det | high | |
| 17 | Ὀρφέως | Ὀρφεύς | PROPN | NPMG-S-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 ὀστᾶ | nmod | high | Possessive genitive. |
| 18 | ἥλιος | ἥλιος | NOUN | N--NMS-- | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 ἴδῃ | nsubj | high | Subject of ἴδῃ. |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 13 ἴδῃ | punct | high | |
| 20 | τηνικαῦτα | τηνικαῦτα | ADV | D-------- | _ | 23 ἀπολεῖσθαι | advmod | high | Correlative adverb, ‘then/at that time’. |
| 21 | ὑπὸ | ὑπό | ADP | R-------- | AdpType=Prep | 22 συὸς | case | high | Agent phrase with passive infinitive. |
| 22 | συὸς | ῦς | NOUN | N--G-S-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 ἀπολεῖσθαι | obl:agent | medium | Genitive singular of σῦς; spelling συός/sυὸς. |
| 23 | ἀπολεῖσθαι | ἀπόλλυμι | VERB | V--PFN-- | Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Pass | 8 μάντευμα | xcomp | medium | Future passive infinitive, coordinated in the prophecy; some analyses may treat it as dependent on ἀφικέσθαι/reporting structure. |
| 24 | Λιβηθρίοις | Λιβήθριος | PROPN | NPMDPP-- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 23 ἀπολεῖσθαι | iobj | medium | Dative of reference/affected party, repeated from token 4. |
| 25 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T--AFS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 26 πόλιν | det | high | |
| 26 | πόλιν | πόλις | NOUN | N--AFS-- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 23 ἀπολεῖσθαι | obj | high | Accusative subject of passive infinitive. |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 8 μάντευμα | punct | high |
οἱ μὲν διʼ οὐ πολλῆς φροντίδος ἐποιοῦντο τὸν χρησμόν, οὐδὲ ἄλλο τι θηρίον οὕτω μέγα καὶ ἄλκιμον ἔσεσθαι νομίζοντες ὡς ἑλεῖν σφισι τὴν πόλιν, συὶ δὲ θρασύτητος μετεῖναι μᾶλλον ἢ ἰσχύος.
The sentence has an elliptical contrast: μετεῖναι governs the boar (συί) with partitive genitives, while the first clause contains an accusative-and-infinitive construction under νομίζοντες.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | οἱ | ὁ | DET | article-nom-pl-masc | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | nsubj | high | |
| 2 | μὲν | μέν | PART | particle | _ | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | discourse | high | Correlative μέν; contrast continues with δέ. |
| 3 | διʼ | διά | ADP | prep-gen | _ | 6 φροντίδος | case | high | |
| 4 | οὐ | οὐ | PART | particle | _ | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | advmod | high | Negates the manner phrase/verb. |
| 5 | πολλῆς | πολύς | ADJ | adj-gen-sg-fem | Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 φροντίδος | amod | high | |
| 6 | φροντίδος | φροντίς | NOUN | noun-gen-sg-fem | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | obl | high | Genitive governed by διά. |
| 7 | ἐποιοῦντο | ποιέω | VERB | verb-imperf-mid-ind-3pl | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Middle: they treated/regarded the oracle. |
| 8 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | article-acc-sg-masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 χρησμόν | det | high | |
| 9 | χρησμόν | χρησμός | NOUN | noun-acc-sg-masc | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | obj | high | |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | punct | high | |
| 11 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | conj | _ | 19 ἔσεσθαι | cc | high | Coordinates the infinitival content with the following interpretation. |
| 12 | ἄλλο | ἄλλος | ADJ | adj-acc-sg-neut | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 θηρίον | amod | high | |
| 13 | τι | τις | PRON | indef-acc-sg-neut | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Ind | 12 ἄλλο | det | medium | Indefinite modifier in the phrase ἄλλο τι. |
| 14 | θηρίον | θηρίον | NOUN | noun-acc-sg-neut | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἔσεσθαι | nsubj | high | Accusative subject of the infinitive. |
| 15 | οὕτω | οὕτω | ADV | adv | _ | 16 μέγα | advmod | high | |
| 16 | μέγα | μέγας | ADJ | adj-acc-sg-neut | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 14 θηρίον | amod | high | Predicative/qualifying adjective with θηρίον. |
| 17 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | conj | _ | 18 ἄλκιμον | cc | high | |
| 18 | ἄλκιμον | ἄλκιμος | ADJ | adj-acc-sg-neut | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 16 μέγα | conj | high | Coordinated with μέγα. |
| 19 | ἔσεσθαι | εἰμί | AUX | verb-fut-mid-inf | Mood=Inf|Tense=Fut|Voice=Mid | 20 νομίζοντες | ccomp | high | Infinitive dependent on νομίζοντες. |
| 20 | νομίζοντες | νομίζω | VERB | verb-pres-act-part-nom-pl-masc | Aspect=Imp|Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | advcl | high | Circumstantial participle sharing subject with ἐποιοῦντο. |
| 21 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | subordinator | _ | 22 ἑλεῖν | mark | high | Introduces the infinitival result/complement. |
| 22 | ἑλεῖν | αἱρέω | VERB | verb-aor-act-inf | Aspect=Perf|Mood=Inf|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 20 νομίζοντες | xcomp | high | Aorist infinitive under ὡς, expressing the projected action/result. |
| 23 | σφισι | σφεῖς | PRON | pers-dat-pl | Case=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs | 22 ἑλεῖν | iobj | high | |
| 24 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | article-acc-sg-fem | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 πόλιν | det | high | |
| 25 | πόλιν | πόλις | NOUN | noun-acc-sg-fem | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 22 ἑλεῖν | obj | high | |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | punct | high | |
| 27 | συὶ | ῦς | NOUN | noun-dat-sg-masc | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 30 μετεῖναι | obl | medium | Dative of comparison/association in the elliptical second clause; form is irregular. |
| 28 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | conj | _ | 30 μετεῖναι | cc | high | Contrasts the first group with the boar. |
| 29 | θρασύτητος | θρασύτης | NOUN | noun-gen-sg-fem | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 30 μετεῖναι | obl | high | Partitive genitive with μετεῖναι. |
| 30 | μετεῖναι | μέτειμι | VERB | verb-pres-act-inf | Aspect=Imp|Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | parataxis | high | Elliptical second predicate: the boar possessed courage rather than strength. |
| 31 | μᾶλλον | μᾶλλον | ADV | comparative-adverb | Degree=Cmp | 30 μετεῖναι | advmod | high | |
| 32 | ἢ | ἤ | CCONJ | comparative-conj | _ | 33 ἰσχύος | cc | high | Introduces the contrasting genitive. |
| 33 | ἰσχύος | ἰσχύς | NOUN | noun-gen-sg-fem | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 30 μετεῖναι | obl | high | Second member of the μᾶλλον ἤ comparison. |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 7 ἐποιοῦντο | punct | high |