Caesar Gallic Wars, Book 1, chapter 2.


Is (subj.) hoc (d.o) facilius (comparative adv. modifies persuasit) iis (persuadeo takes dat.) persuasit (main verb), quod (causal conjunction) undique (adv. modifies continentur) loci (poss. gen.) natura (abl. of means) Helvetii ( adv. modifies loci) continentur (main verb of causal clause): una (abl. modifies parte) ex parte (obj. of ex) flumine (abl, of means) Rheno (abl in apposition to flumine) latissimo atque altissimo (adj. phrase modifies flumine), qui (rel. pron: subj. of dividit) agrum (d.o. of dividit) Helvetium (adj. modifies agrum) a Germanis (abl. obj. of a) dividit (main verb of relative clause); altera (modifies parte) ex parte (obj. of ex) monte (abl. of means) Iura (in apposition to monte) altissimo (modifies monte), qui (rel. pron. subj. of est) est (main verb of relative clause) inter Sequanos (obj. of inter) et Helvetios (obj. of inter); tertia (modifies understood ex parte) lacu (abl. of means) Lemanno (modifies lacu or appositive to lacu) et flumine (abl. of means) Rhodano, qui (subj.) provinciam (d.o.) nostram (modifies provinciam) ab Helvetiis (obj. of ab) dividit (main verb rel. clause).

His rebus (abl. of means) fiebat (main verb) ut (subordinating conjunction: nominal ut clause) et (coordinates with next et) minus (modifies late) late (modifies vagarentur) vagarentur (subj b/c in nominal ut clause: secondary sequence) et (coordinates with previous et) minus (modifies facile) facile (modifies inferre) finitimis (ind. obj. of inferre) bellum (d.o. of inferre) inferre (complementary inf. w/possent) possent (same syntax as vagarentur); qua (modifies parte) ex parte (obj. of ex) homines (subj.) bellandi (gerund depends on cupidi) cupidi (modifies homines) magno (modifies dolore) dolore (abl of means) adficiebantur (main verb).

Pro multitudine (obj. of pro) autem hominum (partitive gen.) et pro gloria (obj. of pro) belli (objective or possessive gen.) atque fortitudinis (same as belli) angustos (modifies fines) se (acc. subj. of habere) fines (d.o. of habere) habere (inf in indirect speech dependent on arbitrabantur) arbitrabantur (main verb), qui (subject of patebant) in longitudinem (obj. of in) milia (acc. of extent of space) passuum (part. gen.) CCXL, in latitudinem CLXXX patebant (main verb of relative clause).