Pausanias Analysis

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Passage 9.38.9

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Sentence 1

9.38.9 sentence 1

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Ἀσπληδόνα δὲ ἐκλιπεῖν τοὺς οἰκήτοράς φασιν ὕδατος σπανίζοντος· γενέσθαι δὲ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ Ἀσπληδόνος τῇ πόλει, τοῦτον δὲ εἶναι νύμφης τε Μιδείας καὶ Ποσειδῶνος.

The sentence contains three reported infinitival clauses; the first has a genitive absolute (ὕδατος σπανίζοντος), and the final clause is elliptical/parenthetical in sense, with νύμφης τε Μιδείας καὶ Ποσειδῶνος modifying εἶναι.

punct acl obl punct advcl obl conj csubj punct csubj nsubj obj obj nsubj nmod discourse det nsubj discourse det case det discourse nmod discourse cc root 1 Ἀσπληδόνα Ἀσπληδών / PROPN 2 δὲ δέ / PART 3 ἐκλιπεῖν ἐκλείπω / VERB 4 τοὺς ὁ / DET 5 οἰκήτοράς οἰκήτωρ / NOUN 6 φασιν φημί / VERB 7 ὕδατος ὕδωρ / NOUN 8 σπανίζοντος σπανίζω / VERB 9 · · / PUNCT 10 γενέσθαι γίγνομαι / VERB 11 δὲ δέ / PART 12 τὸ ὁ / DET 13 ὄνομα ὄνομα / NOUN 14 ἀπὸ ἀπό / ADP 15 Ἀσπληδόνος Ἀσπληδών / PROPN 16 τῇ ὁ / DET 17 πόλει πόλις / NOUN 18 , , / PUNCT 19 τοῦτον οὗτος / PRON 20 δὲ δέ / PART 21 εἶναι εἰμί / VERB 22 νύμφης νύμφη / NOUN 23 τε τε / PART 24 Μιδείας Μιδεία / PROPN 25 καὶ καί / CCONJ 26 Ποσειδῶνος Ποσειδῶν / PROPN 27 . . / PUNCT
#FormLemmaUPOSXPOSFeaturesHeadDepRelConf.Note
1ἈσπληδόναἈσπληδώνPROPN_Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing3 ἐκλιπεῖνobjmediumAccusative object of ἐκλιπεῖν; place name, morphology inferred.
2δὲδέPART__3 ἐκλιπεῖνdiscoursehighPostpositive connective.
3ἐκλιπεῖνἐκλείπωVERB_Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act6 φασινcsubjhighComplement infinitive dependent on φασιν.
4τοὺςDET_Case=Acc|Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art5 οἰκήτοράςdethighArticle with οἰκήτοράς.
5οἰκήτοράςοἰκήτωρNOUN_Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur3 ἐκλιπεῖνobjmediumAccusative subject of infinitive ἐκλιπεῖν.
6φασινφημίVERB_Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act0 ROOTroothighMain verb.
7ὕδατοςὕδωρNOUN_Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing8 σπανίζοντοςnsubjhighGenitive subject with participle.
8σπανίζοντοςσπανίζωVERB_Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Act3 ἐκλιπεῖνadvclmediumGenitive absolute with ὕδατος.
9··PUNCT__6 φασινpuncthighSentence punctuation.
10γενέσθαιγίγνομαιVERB_Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Mid13 ὄνομαcsubjhighInfinitival complement of implied reporting.
11δὲδέPART__10 γενέσθαιdiscoursehighPostpositive connective.
12τὸDET_Case=Nom|Definite=Def|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Art13 ὄνομαdethighArticle with ὄνομα.
13ὄνομαὄνομαNOUN_Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing10 γενέσθαιnsubjhighSubject of γενέσθαι.
14ἀπὸἀπόADP__15 ἈσπληδόνοςcasehighPreposition governing genitive.
15ἈσπληδόνοςἈσπληδώνPROPN_Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing10 γενέσθαιoblmediumSource/origin phrase modifying γενέσθαι.
16τῇDET_Case=Dat|Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art17 πόλειdethighArticle with πόλει.
17πόλειπόλιςNOUN_Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing10 γενέσθαιoblmediumDative of respect/association with origin statement.
18,,PUNCT__10 γενέσθαιpuncthighPunctuation.
19τοῦτονοὗτοςPRON_Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem21 εἶναιnsubjhighAccusative subject of infinitive εἶναι.
20δὲδέPART__21 εἶναιdiscoursehighPostpositive connective.
21εἶναιεἰμίVERB_Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf|Voice=Act13 ὄνομαaclmediumInfinitival complement continuing reported explanation.
22νύμφηςνύμφηNOUN_Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing21 εἶναιnmodhighGenitive dependent of εἶναι, predicative relation.
23τετεPART__22 νύμφηςdiscoursehighEnclitic connective.
24ΜιδείαςΜιδείαPROPN_Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing22 νύμφηςnmodmediumGenitive dependent on νύμφης.
25καὶκαίCCONJ__26 ΠοσειδῶνοςcchighCoordinator.
26ΠοσειδῶνοςΠοσειδῶνPROPN_Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing22 νύμφηςconjhighConjunct genitive with Μιδείας under νύμφης.
27..PUNCT__21 εἶναιpuncthighSentence-final punctuation.
Sentence 2

9.38.9 sentence 2

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ὁμολογεῖ δὲ καὶ ἔπη σφίσιν ἃ ἐποίησε Χερσίας, ἀνὴρ Ὀρχομένιος·

The clause ἃ ἐποίησε Χερσίας, ἀνὴρ Ὀρχομένιος is most naturally analyzed as a relative clause modifying ἔπη, with Χερσίας in apposition to ἀνήρ.

punct appos punct obj acl:relcl cc iobj nmod discourse obj amod root 1 ὁμολογεῖ ὁμολογέω / VERB 2 δὲ δέ / PART 3 καὶ καί / CCONJ 4 ἔπη ἔπος / NOUN 5 σφίσιν σφεῖς / PRON 6 ὅς / PRON 7 ἐποίησε ποιέω / VERB 8 Χερσίας Χερσίας / PROPN 9 , , / PUNCT 10 ἀνὴρ ἀνήρ / NOUN 11 Ὀρχομένιος Ὀρχομένιος / ADJ 12 · · / PUNCT
#FormLemmaUPOSXPOSFeaturesHeadDepRelConf.Note
1ὁμολογεῖὁμολογέωVERBV-PAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act0 ROOTroothighMain finite verb.
2δὲδέPARTPcl_1 ὁμολογεῖdiscoursehighPostpositive connective particle.
3καὶκαίCCONJCONJ_1 ὁμολογεῖcchighLinks the coordinated object phrase.
4ἔπηἔποςNOUNN-NPNCase=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur1 ὁμολογεῖobjmediumLikely object of ὁμολογεῖ; nominative/accusative form syncretic in neuter plural.
5σφίσινσφεῖςPRONP-3PDCase=Dat|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes7 ἐποίησεiobjhighDative pronoun governed by ἐποίησε.
6ὅςPRONP-APNCase=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur|PronType=Rel7 ἐποίησεobjhighRelative pronoun introducing clause.
7ἐποίησεποιέωVERBV-AAI-3SMood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act4 ἔπηacl:relclhighRelative clause modifying ἔπη.
8ΧερσίαςΧερσίαςPROPNNe-S---Case=Nom|Number=Sing10 ἀνὴρnmodmediumLikely nominative apposition to ἀνήρ; form could be appositive/name in nominative.
9,,PUNCT__1 ὁμολογεῖpuncthighPunctuation.
10ἀνὴρἀνήρNOUNN-S---Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing1 ὁμολογεῖapposhighAppositional identification of Χερσίας.
11ὈρχομένιοςὈρχομένιοςADJA--NSMCase=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing10 ἀνὴρamodhighAttributive ethnic adjective modifying ἀνήρ.
12··PUNCT__1 ὁμολογεῖpuncthighPunctuation.
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