Grammar parses for passage 9.38.5
Open translation for this passage
περὶ δὲ Ἀκταίωνος λεγόμενα ἦν Ὀρχομενίοις λυμαίνεσθαι τὴν γῆν πέτρας ἔχον εἴδωλον·
The syntax is somewhat compressed: λεγόμενα ἦν introduces an impersonal/explanatory construction, with λυμαίνεσθαι as complement and εἴδωλον ἔχον πέτρας as a further modifier phrase.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | περὶ | περί | ADP | PREP | Case=Gen | 3 Ἀκταίωνος | case | high | Governed by Ἀκταίωνος. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | PART | PTCL | _ | 5 ἦν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | Ἀκταίωνος | Ἀκταίων | PROPN | N-S---MG- | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 4 λεγόμενα | nmod | high | Genitive object of περὶ. |
| 4 | λεγόμενα | λέγω | VERB | PAPMPN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Mid | 5 ἦν | nsubj | medium | Neuter plural participle functioning as subject/content nominalization. |
| 5 | ἦν | εἰμί | AUX | VIAI3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main copular/impersonal verb. |
| 6 | Ὀρχομενίοις | Ὀρχομένιος | PROPN | A-P---DM- | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 λυμαίνεσθαι | iobj | medium | Dative of interest with λυμαίνεσθαι. |
| 7 | λυμαίνεσθαι | λυμαίνομαι | VERB | VPPN---- | Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid | 5 ἦν | xcomp | high | Complement of ἦν. |
| 8 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | A-ASF | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 9 γῆν | det | high | Article. |
| 9 | γῆν | γῆ | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἔχον | obj | high | Object of λυμαίνεσθαι. |
| 10 | πέτρας | πέτρα | NOUN | N-GSF | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 12 εἴδωλον | nmod | medium | Likely genitive dependent of εἴδωλον. |
| 11 | ἔχον | ἔχω | VERB | PAPNSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 12 εἴδωλον | amod | medium | Participial modifier of εἴδωλον. |
| 12 | εἴδωλον | εἴδωλον | NOUN | N-NSN | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 ἦν | nsubj | medium | Predicate/subject with ἦν; exact attachment of participial phrase is somewhat uncertain. |
| 13 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 5 ἦν | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |