Grammar parses for passage 9.37.4
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ἐλθόντι δὲ ἐς Δελφοὺς καὶ ἐρομένῳ περὶ παίδων χρᾷ τάδε ἡ Πυθία·
Main finite verb χρᾷ governs the dative participles ἐλθόντι and ἐρομένῳ, with an implicit subject; τάδε is the object of χρᾷ, and ἡ Πυθία is the postposed subject.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐλθόντι | ἔρχομαι | VERB | VAAP-D-SM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 9 χρᾷ | advcl | high | Dative aorist participle, coordinated with ἐρομένῳ; circumstantial with the finite verb. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 9 χρᾷ | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 4 Δελφοὺς | case | high | Preposition governing accusative. |
| 4 | Δελφοὺς | Δελφοί | PROPN | NPM-PA | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 ἐλθόντι | obl | high | Accusative place name governed by ἐς. |
| 5 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 6 ἐρομένῳ | cc | high | Coordinates the participles ἐλθόντι and ἐρομένῳ. |
| 6 | ἐρομένῳ | ἔρομαι | VERB | VAOP-D-SM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Mood=Part|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|Voice=Mid | 9 χρᾷ | conj | high | Dative aorist middle participle coordinated with ἐλθόντι. |
| 7 | περὶ | περί | ADP | PREP | _ | 8 παίδων | case | high | Preposition governing genitive. |
| 8 | παίδων | παῖς | NOUN | N-GPF | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 6 ἐρομένῳ | obl | high | Genitive complement of περὶ, within the content of asking. |
| 9 | χρᾷ | χράω | VERB | VPAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | medium | Present active indicative; used impersonally or quasi-impersonally here, ‘the oracle gives this response’. |
| 10 | τάδε | ὅδε | PRON | PD-NA | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem | 9 χρᾷ | obj | high | Accusative neuter plural demonstrative, object/content of χρᾷ. |
| 11 | ἡ | ὁ | DET | DAFS | Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 Πυθία | det | high | Article modifying Πυθία. |
| 12 | Πυθία | Πυθία | PROPN | NFS | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 χρᾷ | nsubj | medium | Postposed nominative subject; the oracle gives the response. |
| 13 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 χρᾷ | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |
Ἐργῖνε Κλυμένοιο πάι Πρεσβωνιάδαο, ὄψʼ ἦλθες γενεὴν διζήμενος, ἀλλʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἱστοβοῆι γέροντι νέην ποτίβαλλε κορώνην.
The sentence is an address followed by a contrastive imperative; ἦλθες with διζήμενος forms a purposive/circumstantial participial clause, while νέην and κορώνην are interpreted as coordinated or appositional accusative objects, with the rare ἱστοβοῆι left explicitly uncertain.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἐργῖνε | Ἐργῖνος | PROPN | Ne-Voc-Sg | Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 ποτίβαλλε | vocative | high | Vocative address. |
| 2 | Κλυμένοιο | Κλυμένη | PROPN | Ne-Gen-Sg | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 πάι | nmod | medium | Patronymic/kinship genitive; epic genitive in -οιο. |
| 3 | πάι | παῖς | NOUN | Nb-Voc-Sg | Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 Ἐργῖνε | appos | medium | Epic vocative form, addressed with the name; spelling πάι. |
| 4 | Πρεσβωνιάδαο | Πρεσβωνιάδης | PROPN | Ne-Gen-Sg | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 3 πάι | nmod | medium | Epic patronymic genitive in -άδαο; appositional/genitival identification is syntactically compressed. |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 ποτίβαλλε | punct | high | |
| 6 | ὄψʼ | ὀψέ | ADV | D-------- | _ | 7 ἦλθες | advmod | high | Apocopated/elided adverb. |
| 7 | ἦλθες | ἔρχομαι | VERB | V2SAAI--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 18 ποτίβαλλε | advcl | high | Aorist indicative, with following participle expressing purpose or circumstance. |
| 8 | γενεὴν | γενεή | NOUN | Nb-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 9 διζήμενος | obj | high | Object of διζήμενος. |
| 9 | διζήμενος | διζέομαι | VERB | V-PMP-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 7 ἦλθες | advcl | high | Participial modifier of ἦλθες, likely purposive: seeking the lineage. |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 ποτίβαλλε | punct | high | |
| 11 | ἀλλʼ | ἀλλά | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 18 ποτίβαλλε | cc | high | Contrastive coordinator introducing the imperative. |
| 12 | ἔτι | ἔτι | ADV | D-------- | _ | 18 ποτίβαλλε | advmod | high | Temporal adverb. |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 12 ἔτι | advmod | medium | Scalar/additive καί, modifying ἔτι (‘even still’). |
| 14 | νῦν | νῦν | ADV | D-------- | _ | 18 ποτίβαλλε | advmod | high | Temporal adverb. |
| 15 | ἱστοβοῆι | ἱστοβοός | ADJ | A--DSF--- | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 νέην | amod | low | Rare/poetic dative form; interpreted as feminine adjective modifying νέην, but lexical parsing is uncertain. |
| 16 | γέροντι | γέρων | NOUN | Nb-Dat-Sg | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 18 ποτίβαλλε | iobj | medium | Dative recipient/beneficiary of ποτίβαλλε. |
| 17 | νέην | νέος | ADJ | A--ASF--- | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 ποτίβαλλε | obj | high | Accusative object, agreeing with κορώνην in apposition or as an attributive epithet. |
| 18 | ποτίβαλλε | ποτιβάλλω | VERB | V2PMA-S-- | Mood=Imp|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Present active second-person singular imperative. |
| 19 | κορώνην | κορώνη | NOUN | Nb-Acc-Sg | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 18 ποτίβαλλε | obj | high | Second coordinated/appositional accusative object, likely ‘new crow/coronis’ in poetic imagery. |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 18 ποτίβαλλε | punct | high |
λαβόντι δὲ αὐτῷ νέαν γυναῖκα κατὰ τὸ μάντευμα Τροφώνιος γίνεται καὶ Ἀγαμήδης .
The dative participle λαβόντι with αὐτῷ is concessive/temporal (‘after/when he had taken a new wife’); Τροφώνιος καὶ Ἀγαμήδης form the coordinated subject of γίνεται, with κατὰ τὸ μάντευμα as an accusative governed by κατά (‘according to the oracle’).
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | λαβόντι | λαμβάνω | VERB | V-AAP-D-SM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 10 γίνεται | advcl | high | Aorist active dative participle, agreeing with αὐτῷ; temporal/concessive circumstance. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 10 γίνεται | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | αὐτῷ | αὐτός | PRON | P-D3MS | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Prs | 1 λαβόντι | obl | high | Dative participant with the participle. |
| 4 | νέαν | νέος | ADJ | A-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 γυναῖκα | amod | high | Adjectival modifier of γυναῖκα. |
| 5 | γυναῖκα | γυνή | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 1 λαβόντι | obj | high | Accusative object of λαβόντι. |
| 6 | κατὰ | κατά | ADP | PREP | _ | 8 μάντευμα | case | high | Accusative-governing preposition. |
| 7 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 8 μάντευμα | det | high | Article with μάντευμα. |
| 8 | μάντευμα | μάντευμα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 γίνεται | obl | high | Prepositional oblique phrase, κατά τὸ μάντευμα. |
| 9 | Τροφώνιος | Τροφώνιος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 10 γίνεται | nsubj | high | First coordinated nominative subject. |
| 10 | γίνεται | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite predicate; singular verb with coordinated subject is acceptable by proximity/collective construal. |
| 11 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 Ἀγαμήδης | cc | high | Coordinator joining the two subject names. |
| 12 | Ἀγαμήδης | Ἀγαμήδης | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 9 Τροφώνιος | conj | high | Second coordinated nominative subject; masculine form is retained as given. |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 γίνεται | punct | high |