raikado
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- 29 Oct 2012
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Hello,
I'm a little unsure about the following "body part を transitive or causative verb" constructions. In other sentences I've encountered, the subject (が) of such constructions seems to be the person himself, but in these, the subject seems to be an action. (e.g. "doing this made him twist his body")
Context: "The narrator finds some weird creature lying down on the road."
試しに触れてみるも軽く身をよじらせる以外の反応はない。少し離れたところにでも放っておこうと持ち上げると、それが軽く体を震わせていることに気がつく。
1) Is 触れてみるも the same as 触れてみるのも? And if so, is 触れてみるの the subject of 身をよじらせる ( = "touching it made it twist its body") ?
2) Similarly, does それ (in それが軽く体を震わせている) refer to the action of picking it up? And is it the subject of 体を震わせている ( = "that action made its body shiver") ?
I'm a little unsure about the following "body part を transitive or causative verb" constructions. In other sentences I've encountered, the subject (が) of such constructions seems to be the person himself, but in these, the subject seems to be an action. (e.g. "doing this made him twist his body")
Context: "The narrator finds some weird creature lying down on the road."
試しに触れてみるも軽く身をよじらせる以外の反応はない。少し離れたところにでも放っておこうと持ち上げると、それが軽く体を震わせていることに気がつく。
1) Is 触れてみるも the same as 触れてみるのも? And if so, is 触れてみるの the subject of 身をよじらせる ( = "touching it made it twist its body") ?
2) Similarly, does それ (in それが軽く体を震わせている) refer to the action of picking it up? And is it the subject of 体を震わせている ( = "that action made its body shiver") ?