母(はは) hahaは wa事(じ)故(こ) jikoの no現(げん)場(ば) genbaを o見(み)て() mite意(い)識(しき) ishikiを o失(うしな)っ()た() ushinatta。 My mother saw the accident scene and fainted. Literal Mother [topic-は] accident [possessive-の] scene [object-を] saw-[sequential-て] consciousness [object-を] lost 事故の現場 = accident scene. 意識を失う = 'to lose consciousness' — a set phrase. The て links seeing with the resulting loss of consciousness. familysafety and danger~て form (chaining)
母(はは) hahaは wa事(じ)故(こ) jikoの no現(げん)場(ば) genbaを o見(み)て() mite意(い)識(しき) ishikiを o失(うしな)っ()た() ushinatta。 My mother saw the accident scene and fainted. Literal Mother [topic-は] accident [possessive-の] scene [object-を] saw-[sequential-て] consciousness [object-を] lost 事故の現場 = accident scene. 意識を失う = 'to lose consciousness' — a set phrase. The て links seeing with the resulting loss of consciousness. familysafety and danger~て form (chaining)