老(ろう)婦(ふ)人(じん) roufujinは wa、道(どう)路(ろ) douroを o横(おう)断(だん) oudanする suruの noを o手(て)伝(つだ)っ()た() tetsudattaこと kotoに()対(たい)し()て() nitaishite、私(わたし) watashiに ni感(かん)謝(しゃ) kanshaした shita。 The elderly woman thanked me for helping her cross the road. Literal Elderly-woman [topic-は], road [object-を] cross [nominalizer-の] [object-を] helped [nominalizer-こと] [toward-に対して], me [to-に] thanked. Multiple nominalizations nest inside each other: 横断するの is the object of 手伝った, and the whole event is packaged by こと to serve as the target of 感謝する via に対して. Grammatically dense despite everyday content. etiquettenominalizer のnominalizer こと~に対して (toward, with respect to)
老(ろう)婦(ふ)人(じん) roufujinは wa、道(どう)路(ろ) douroを o横(おう)断(だん) oudanする suruの noを o手(て)伝(つだ)っ()た() tetsudattaこと kotoに()対(たい)し()て() nitaishite、私(わたし) watashiに ni感(かん)謝(しゃ) kanshaした shita。 The elderly woman thanked me for helping her cross the road. Literal Elderly-woman [topic-は], road [object-を] cross [nominalizer-の] [object-を] helped [nominalizer-こと] [toward-に対して], me [to-に] thanked. Multiple nominalizations nest inside each other: 横断するの is the object of 手伝った, and the whole event is packaged by こと to serve as the target of 感謝する via に対して. Grammatically dense despite everyday content. etiquettenominalizer のnominalizer こと~に対して (toward, with respect to)