일단 전문을 보여드리겠습니다. what is seen as the eyes move about depends on who is doing the seeing. men, for instance, have been shown to notice different things from ① those that women do. when viewing a mock purse snatching by a male thief, for instance, women tended to notice the appearance and actions of the woman ② whose purse was being snatched; men, on the other hand, were more accurate regarding details about the thief. right-handed people have also been shown to remember the orientation of certain objects they have seen more ③ accurate than left-handers do. years ago, after the hale-bobb comet made a spectacular appearance in the evening skies, investigators in england asked left- and right-handers ④ if they could remember which way the comet had been facing when they saw it. right-handers were significantly more likely than lefties to remember ⑤ that the comet had been facing to the left.여기서 when viewing a mock purse snatching by a male thief, for instance, women tended to notice the appearance and actions of the woman ② whose purse was being snatched; 밑줄을 친 부분이 이해가 잘 안됩니다.
when은 부사절 접속사이고, viewing이 분사구문이거나 부사절에서 주어+be동사가 생략된 형태 일텐데요. 그렇다면 a mock purse를 목적어로 보고 snatching은 목적격 보어로 과거분사가 되어야하지 않을까요? 뒤에 by가 있으니까요.
가짜 지갑이 남자 도둑에 의해서 날치기되는 것을 보았을 때라고 하면 된다고 생각했거든요. 아이에게 물어보니 학교 선생님은 snatching을 동명사로 보라고 하셨다고 하네요. 그렇게 되면... a mock purse는 동명사인 snatching의 의미상의 주어이고, by 이하는 단지 전명구로서 보면 되는 걸까요? 남자 도둑에 의한 가짜 지갑 날치기를 보았을 때라고 해석이 되는게 맞는 건가요?동명사도 솔직히 문법적으로 납득은 되는데 by가 자꾸 걸리네요...