Grammar parses for passage 9.5.11
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ὁ δʼ ὃν πατέρʼ ἐξεναρίξας γῆμεν· ἄφαρ δʼ ἀνάπυστα θεοὶ θέσαν ἀνθρώποισιν. Hom. Od. 11.271
Poetic syntax is somewhat compressed: the first clause uses a relative accusative with participial modifier, and the second clause has a plural aorist verb with dative recipients.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὁ | ὁ | PRON | l_------------- | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|PronType=Art | 6 γῆμεν | nsubj | medium | Likely article/pronoun introducing the relative phrase; syntax somewhat unclear in poetic word order. |
| 2 | δʼ | δέ | PART | b-------- | _ | 6 γῆμεν | discourse | high | Postpositive particle. |
| 3 | ὃν | ὅς | PRON | p-s---ma- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|PronType=Rel | 4 πατέρʼ | det | high | Relative pronoun modifying πατέρα. |
| 4 | πατέρʼ | πατήρ | NOUN | n-s---ma- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular | 5 ἐξεναρίξας | obj | high | Elided form of πατέρα. |
| 5 | ἐξεναρίξας | ἐξεναρίζω | VERB | v-aor-actptc-nsm | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Singular|Tense=Aorist|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Active | 6 γῆμεν | advcl | high | Aorist participle, circumstantial to γῆμεν. |
| 6 | γῆμεν | γαμέω | VERB | v-aor-act-ind-3s | Mood=Indicative|Number=Singular|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb. |
| 7 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 γῆμεν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 8 | ἄφαρ | ἄφαρ | ADV | d-------- | _ | 12 θέσαν | advmod | high | Adverb modifying θέσαν. |
| 9 | δʼ | δέ | PART | b-------- | _ | 12 θέσαν | discourse | high | Postpositive particle. |
| 10 | ἀνάπυστα | ἀνάπυστος | ADJ | a-p---na- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neuter|Number=Plural | 12 θέσαν | obj | medium | Could be adjective used substantively, functioning as object/predicate with neuter plural sense. |
| 11 | θεοὶ | θεός | NOUN | n-p---mn- | Case=Nominative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Plural | 12 θέσαν | nsubj | high | Subject of θέσαν. |
| 12 | θέσαν | τίθημι | VERB | v-aor-act-ind-3p | Mood=Indicative|Number=Plural|Person=3|Tense=Aorist|Voice=Active | 0 ROOT | root | high | Poetic aorist plural form. |
| 13 | ἀνθρώποισιν | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | n-p---md- | Case=Dative|Gender=Masculine|Number=Plural | 12 θέσαν | iobj | high | Dative of recipient for θεοὶ θέσαν. |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 12 θέσαν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 15 | H | H | X | _ | _ | 12 θέσαν | dep | low | Editorial/metadata token, not part of Greek syntax. |
| 16 | o | o | X | _ | _ | 15 H | flat | low | Editorial/metadata token. |
| 17 | m | m | X | _ | _ | 15 H | flat | low | Editorial/metadata token. |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 H | punct | low | Part of citation metadata. |
| 19 | O | O | X | _ | _ | 15 H | flat | low | Editorial/metadata token. |
| 20 | d | d | X | _ | _ | 15 H | flat | low | Editorial/metadata token. |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 15 H | punct | low | Part of citation metadata. |
| 22 | 11.271 | 11.271 | X | _ | _ | 15 H | flat | low | Citation identifier. |
πῶς οὖν ἐποίησαν ἀνάπυστα ἄφαρ, εἰ δὴ τέσσαρες γενεαὶ ἐκ τῆς Ἐπικάστης ἐγένοντο παῖδες τῷ Οἰδίποδι;
The syntax is a main interrogative clause with a conditional subordinate clause introduced by εἰ δὴ; παῖδες τῷ Οἰδίποδι is treated as a predicative/resultative nominal in the subordinate clause.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | πῶς | πῶς | ADV | Pk | _ | 3 ἐποίησαν | advmod | high | Interrogative adverb modifying the verb. |
| 2 | οὖν | οὖν | PART | Pt | _ | 3 ἐποίησαν | discourse | high | Inferential/discourse particle. |
| 3 | ἐποίησαν | ποιέω | VERB | V-3AAI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the clause. |
| 4 | ἀνάπυστα | ἀνάπυστος | ADV | D | _ | 3 ἐποίησαν | advmod | medium | Likely adverbial use: 'openly, at once'. |
| 5 | ἄφαρ | ἄφαρ | ADV | D | _ | 3 ἐποίησαν | advmod | high | Adverb modifying the verb. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἐποίησαν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
| 7 | εἰ | εἰ | SCONJ | C | _ | 14 ἐγένοντο | mark | high | Introduces conditional clause. |
| 8 | δὴ | δή | PART | G | _ | 7 εἰ | discourse | high | Emphatic particle with εἰ. |
| 9 | τέσσαρες | τέσσαρες | NUM | NU | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 10 γενεαὶ | nummod | high | Numeral modifying γενεαί. |
| 10 | γενεαὶ | γενεά | NOUN | N-NPF | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | 14 ἐγένοντο | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐγένοντο. |
| 11 | ἐκ | ἐκ | ADP | R | _ | 13 Ἐπικάστης | case | high | Preposition governing genitive. |
| 12 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | L-SF-G | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 13 Ἐπικάστης | det | high | Definite article. |
| 13 | Ἐπικάστης | Ἐπικάστη | PROPN | N-SF-G | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 11 ἐκ | obl | high | Object of preposition ἐκ. |
| 14 | ἐγένοντο | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-3AMI-3P | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|Voice=Mid | 3 ἐποίησαν | advcl | high | Conditional clause verb, dependent on ἐποίησαν. |
| 15 | παῖδες | παῖς | NOUN | N-NMP | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 14 ἐγένοντο | xcomp | medium | Predicative complement with γίγνομαι; could be analyzed as subject-like nominal predicate. |
| 16 | τῷ | ὁ | DET | L-SM-D | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 17 Οἰδίποδι | det | high | Definite article. |
| 17 | Οἰδίποδι | Οἰδίπους | PROPN | N-SM-D | Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 14 ἐγένοντο | obl | high | Dative of reference/association with ἐγένοντο. |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἐποίησαν | punct | high | Punctuation. |
ἐξ Εὐρυγανείας δὲ τῆς Ὑπέρφαντος ἐγεγόνεσαν.
The genitive phrase ἐξ Εὐρυγανείας δὲ τῆς Ὑπέρφαντος is syntactically compact and somewhat ambiguous; Ὑπέρφαντος is most likely an appositional or attributive genitive modifying Εὐρυγανείας.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἐξ | ἐκ | ADP | Pd--------- | AdpType=Prep | 2 Εὐρυγανείας | case | high | Preposition governing the following genitive. |
| 2 | Εὐρυγανείας | Εὐρυγάνεια | PROPN | N------GFS- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 6 ἐγεγόνεσαν | obl | medium | Likely genitive complement of ἐκ; name form inferred. |
| 3 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | G-------- | _ | 6 ἐγεγόνεσαν | discourse | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 4 | τῆς | ὁ | DET | L-S---FG-- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 5 Ὑπέρφαντος | det | high | Article modifying Ὑπέρφαντος. |
| 5 | Ὑπέρφαντος | Ὑπέρφαντος | PROPN | N------GFS- | Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 2 Εὐρυγανείας | nmod | medium | Genitive apposition/attribution with Εὐρυγανείας; exact relation somewhat uncertain. |
| 6 | ἐγεγόνεσαν | γίγνομαι | VERB | V-3AAI-P--- | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Perf|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Finite verb, perfect stem with present meaning 'have become / were born'. |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 6 ἐγεγόνεσαν | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |