目(め)を()覚(さ)ま()し()て() mewosamashite見(み)る() miruと to、一(いっ)切(さい) issaiが ga夢(ゆめ) yumeだった dattaこと kotoが gaわかりました wakarimashita。 When I woke up and looked around, I realized it had all been a dream. Literal Eyes [obj-を] awakened-and-looked [discovery-と], everything [subj-が] dream was [nom-こと] [subj-が] was-understood. 一切 (いっさい, 'everything, all') is a slightly formal word. ~ことがわかりました ('realized that') uses こと to nominalize the clause and polite past of わかる. Three discovery layers: waking, looking, realizing. sleepstories and narrativenominalizer ことnarrative ~と (discovery)
目(め)を()覚(さ)ま()し()て() mewosamashite見(み)る() miruと to、一(いっ)切(さい) issaiが ga夢(ゆめ) yumeだった dattaこと kotoが gaわかりました wakarimashita。 When I woke up and looked around, I realized it had all been a dream. Literal Eyes [obj-を] awakened-and-looked [discovery-と], everything [subj-が] dream was [nom-こと] [subj-が] was-understood. 一切 (いっさい, 'everything, all') is a slightly formal word. ~ことがわかりました ('realized that') uses こと to nominalize the clause and polite past of わかる. Three discovery layers: waking, looking, realizing. sleepstories and narrativenominalizer ことnarrative ~と (discovery)