Grammar parses for passage 9.38.8
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ἔχει δὲ οὐδὲ εἰκότα λόγον τοὺς Ὀρχομενίους μὴ καὶ τὸ χάσμα ἐξευρεῖν καὶ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἀναρρήξαντας τὸ ἔργον ἀποδοῦναι τὴν διέξοδον τῷ Κηφισῷ τὴν ἀρχαίαν, ἐπεὶ μηδὲ ἄχρι τῶν Τρωικῶν χρήμασιν ἀδυνάτως εἶχον.
The sentence argues that the Orchomenians could plausibly have discovered the chasm and, after Heracles had broken through the obstruction, restored the ancient outlet to the Cephisus; Ὀρχομενίους is the accusative subject shared by the infinitival constructions.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔχει | ἔχω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἔχει | cc | high | |
| 3 | οὐδὲ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 ἔχει | cc | high | Negative additive conjunction; scope is over the infinitival content. |
| 4 | εἰκότα | εἰκός | ADJ | A-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 5 λόγον | amod | medium | Substantivized neuter accusative, ‘reasonable/likely’; agrees with λόγον. |
| 5 | λόγον | λόγος | NOUN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 ἔχει | obj | high | Accusative object with ἔχει in the idiom ‘has a reasonable argument’. |
| 6 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 7 Ὀρχομενίους | det | high | |
| 7 | Ὀρχομενίους | Ὀρχομένιος | PROPN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | nsubj | medium | Accusative subject of the complementary infinitive ἀποδοῦναι; also controls the participle. |
| 8 | μὴ | μή | PART | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 ἐξευρεῖν | advmod | high | |
| 9 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 12 ἐξευρεῖν | cc | high | |
| 10 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 11 χάσμα | det | high | |
| 11 | χάσμα | χάσμα | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 ἐξευρεῖν | obj | high | |
| 12 | ἐξευρεῖν | ἐξευρίσκω | VERB | V-2PAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | conj | high | First coordinated infinitive governed by λόγον ἔχει. |
| 13 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | cc | high | |
| 14 | τοῦ | ὁ | DET | T-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 15 Ἡρακλέους | det | high | |
| 15 | Ἡρακλέους | Ἡρακλῆς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 16 ἀναρρήξαντας | obj | high | Genitive object of the compound participle ἀναρρήξαντας. |
| 16 | ἀναρρήξαντας | ἀναρρήγνυμι | VERB | V-AAP-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | advcl | high | Accusative participle agreeing with τοὺς Ὀρχομενίους; temporal/sequential circumstance. |
| 17 | τὸ | ὁ | DET | T-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 18 ἔργον | det | high | |
| 18 | ἔργον | ἔργον | NOUN | N-ASN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | obj | high | Object of ἀποδοῦναι. |
| 19 | ἀποδοῦναι | ἀποδίδωμι | VERB | V-2AAN | Mood=Inf|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 1 ἔχει | xcomp | high | Main complementary infinitive after ἔχει λόγον; coordinates semantically with ἐξευρεῖν. |
| 20 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 διέξοδον | det | high | |
| 21 | διέξοδον | διέξοδος | NOUN | N-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | obj | high | Second object of ἀποδοῦναι, ‘restore the passage/outlet’. |
| 22 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | T-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 23 Κηφισῷ | det | high | |
| 23 | Κηφισῷ | Κηφισός | PROPN | N-DSM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | iobj | high | Dative recipient/beneficiary with ἀποδοῦναι. |
| 24 | τὴν | ὁ | DET | T-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 25 ἀρχαίαν | det | high | |
| 25 | ἀρχαίαν | ἀρχαῖος | ADJ | A-ASF | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 διέξοδον | amod | high | Agrees with διέξοδον; ‘the ancient [one]’. |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | punct | high | |
| 27 | ἐπεὶ | ἐπεί | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 34 εἶχον | mark | high | Introduces a causal subordinate clause. |
| 28 | μηδὲ | μηδέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 34 εἶχον | cc | high | Negative additive conjunction. |
| 29 | ἄχρι | ἄχρι | ADP | PREP | _ | 31 Τρωικῶν | case | high | Preposition governing the genitive. |
| 30 | τῶν | ὁ | DET | T-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 31 Τρωικῶν | det | high | |
| 31 | Τρωικῶν | Τρωικός | ADJ | A-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 34 εἶχον | obl | high | Substantivized neuter plural, ‘the Trojan [war/events]’; object of ἄχρι. |
| 32 | χρήμασιν | χρῆμα | NOUN | N-DPN | Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 34 εἶχον | obl | high | Dative of means/circumstance with εἶχον. |
| 33 | ἀδυνάτως | ἀδυνάτως | ADV | ADV | _ | 34 εἶχον | advmod | high | |
| 34 | εἶχον | ἔχω | VERB | V-IAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Impf|Voice=Act | 19 ἀποδοῦναι | advcl | high | Causal clause; subject is understood as the Orchomenians. |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 ἔχει | punct | high |
μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι καὶ Ὄμηρος ἐν Ἀχιλλέως ἀποκρίσει πρὸς τοὺς παρὰ Ἀγαμέμνονος πρέσβεις· οὐδʼ ὅσʼ ἐς Ὀρχομενὸν ποτινίσσεται, Hom. Il. 9.381 δῆλα δήπουθεν ὡς καὶ τότε προσιόντων τοῖς Ὀρχομενίοις χρημάτων πολλῶν.
The sentence contains a Homeric quotation followed by an explanatory ὡς clause; tokens 21–28 are a character-split bibliographic citation, so their internal parse is necessarily approximate.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | μαρτυρεῖ | μαρτυρέω | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | |
| 2 | δέ | δέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | cc | high | |
| 3 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | P-DAT-1S | Case=Dat|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | iobj | high | |
| 4 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 5 Ὄμηρος | cc | high | |
| 5 | Ὄμηρος | Ὅμηρος | PROPN | N-NSM | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | nsubj | high | |
| 6 | ἐν | ἐν | ADP | PREP | _ | 8 ἀποκρίσει | case | high | |
| 7 | Ἀχιλλέως | Ἀχιλλεύς | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 8 ἀποκρίσει | nmod | high | |
| 8 | ἀποκρίσει | ἀπόκρισις | NOUN | N-DSF | Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 5 Ὄμηρος | obl | high | |
| 9 | πρὸς | πρός | ADP | PREP | _ | 13 πρέσβεις | case | high | |
| 10 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | T-APM | Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 13 πρέσβεις | det | high | |
| 11 | παρὰ | παρά | ADP | PREP | _ | 12 Ἀγαμέμνονος | case | high | |
| 12 | Ἀγαμέμνονος | Ἀγαμέμνων | PROPN | N-GSM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 13 πρέσβεις | nmod | high | |
| 13 | πρέσβεις | πρέσβυς | NOUN | N-APM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 8 ἀποκρίσει | obl | high | |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | punct | high | |
| 15 | οὐδʼ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 ποτινίσσεται | cc | high | Elided form οὐδʼ. |
| 16 | ὅσʼ | ὅσος | PRON | A-APN | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel | 19 ποτινίσσεται | obj | medium | Crasis/elision: ὅσα; quoted Homeric relative object. |
| 17 | ἐς | εἰς | ADP | PREP | _ | 18 Ὀρχομενὸν | case | high | Epic/poetic variant of εἰς. |
| 18 | Ὀρχομενὸν | Ὀρχομενός | PROPN | N-ASM | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 19 ποτινίσσεται | obl | high | |
| 19 | ποτινίσσεται | ποτινίσσομαι | VERB | V-PMI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | ccomp | medium | Epic form; quoted clause, likely ‘goes/reaches toward’. |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 19 ποτινίσσεται | punct | high | |
| 21 | H | H | X | _ | _ | 28 9.381 | flat | low | Fragment of bibliographic abbreviation Hom. |
| 22 | o | o | X | _ | _ | 21 H | flat | low | Fragment of bibliographic abbreviation Hom. |
| 23 | m | m | X | _ | _ | 22 o | flat | low | Fragment of bibliographic abbreviation Hom. |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 23 m | punct | high | |
| 25 | I | I | X | _ | _ | 28 9.381 | flat | low | Fragment of bibliographic abbreviation Il. |
| 26 | l | l | X | _ | _ | 25 I | flat | low | Fragment of bibliographic abbreviation Il. |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 26 l | punct | high | |
| 28 | 9.381 | 9.381 | SYM | _ | _ | 19 ποτινίσσεται | parataxis | medium | Citation attached to the quotation. |
| 29 | δῆλα | δῆλος | ADJ | A-NPN | Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 31 ὡς | ccomp | medium | Predicate adjective in an ὡς clause; nominal subject is implicit/contextual. |
| 30 | δήπουθεν | δήπουθεν | ADV | ADV | _ | 29 δῆλα | advmod | high | |
| 31 | ὡς | ὡς | SCONJ | CONJ | _ | 19 ποτινίσσεται | advcl | medium | Explanatory/content clause after the quotation. |
| 32 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | CONJ | _ | 34 προσιόντων | advmod | high | Adverbial καί modifying τότε/participle phrase. |
| 33 | τότε | τότε | ADV | ADV | _ | 34 προσιόντων | advmod | high | |
| 34 | προσιόντων | πρόσειμι | VERB | V-PAP-GPM | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act | 31 ὡς | advcl | medium | Genitive absolute with τοῖς Ὀρχομενίοις and χρημάτων. |
| 35 | τοῖς | ὁ | DET | T-DPM | Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 36 Ὀρχομενίοις | det | high | |
| 36 | Ὀρχομενίοις | Ὀρχομένιος | PROPN | N-DPM | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 34 προσιόντων | obl | high | |
| 37 | χρημάτων | χρῆμα | NOUN | N-GPN | Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 34 προσιόντων | nsubj | high | Genitive-absolute subject. |
| 38 | πολλῶν | πολύς | ADJ | A-GPN | Case=Gen|Degree=Pos|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 37 χρημάτων | amod | high | |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 1 μαρτυρεῖ | punct | high |