How should I make pauses in reading this sentence
the original sentence is:
I take him past the very old forged-iron metal gate as far back as the endless empty lot in the hinterland toward the abandoned train tracks that used to connect B. to N.
I make pauses in tow different ways when reading this sentence therefore interpret this sentence differently, but I don't know which are correct, or are they all wrong?
1. I take him / pass the gate / (which is) as far back as the empty lot / toward the train track.
In this interpretation, I added "which is" to the original sentence because I think the "as far back as the empty lot" modifies the word "gate". Which means "the gate is in as remote a location as the empty lot", and I think "gate toward" is kind of a collocation.
2. I take him / pass the gate as far back as the empty lot / toward the train track.
In this intepretation, I think the meaning is "I take him pass the gate through a long distance into the empty lot and head toward the train track". And I think "pass... as far back as..." is a fixed expression meaning "pass somewhere through a long distance into somewhere else".
I don't know if any of my interpretation is correct and I would really appriciate it if you can help me with this, is there a better way to understand this sentence? Could anyone add a few words to the original sentence or change the order of a few words in order to better understand it?
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I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this is how I read it: I take him past the very old forged-iron metal gate, as far back as the endless empty lot in the hinterland, toward the abandoned train tracks that used to connect B. to N. That is: I take him past the old iron gate, and then we walk together through the rural landscape (hinterland) until we come to the seemingly endless empty lot, where you can see in the distance the abandoned train tracks that used to connect B.
- I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this is how I read it: I take him past the very old forged-iron metal gate, as far back as the endless empty lot in the hinterland, toward the abandoned train tracks that used to connect B.
- to N.
- That is: I take him past the old iron gate, and then we walk together through the rural landscape (hinterland) until we come to the seemingly endless empty lot, where you can see in the distance the abandoned train tracks that used to connect B.
- to N.
- We then continue walking through that empty lot towards those tracks.
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I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this is how I read it:
I take him past the very old forged-iron metal gate, as far back as the endless empty lot in the hinterland, toward the abandoned train tracks that used to connect B. to N.
That is: I take him past the old iron gate, and then we walk together through the rural landscape (hinterland) until we come to the s
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