Sentence construction 活躍をしてる現場


> 他のヒーローが俺くらい **活躍をしてる現場** なんて見たことがない

In this sentence, the main noun in the clause before なんて is 現場, so I would
understand this sentence as "I haven't seen a place that the other heroes
flourish as much as me". I understand the meaning conveyed, but I would have
expected a structure like:

> 他のヒーローが **現場で** 俺くらい活躍をしてるなんて見たことがない

Is my structure wrong? What am I missing?




As far as I'm concerned, relatives clauses are placed before the noun they
modify unlike in English. 「他のヒーローが俺くらい活躍をしてる」 modifies 「現場」to convey the
meaning _A place **where** other heroes are doing as well as I am_. As for
your second sentence, I think it conveys another meaning because で marks the
location of the action. Therefore, 「他のヒーローが現場で俺くらい活躍をしてる」means _Other heroes
are doing as well as me **in the field**_. Finally, by adding 「なんて見たことがない」, it
changes the meaning to _I've never seen **a scene where** other heroes are
doing as well as I am_ and _I've never seen another hero do as much **in the
field** as I do_, respectively.




I think your understanding is (somewhat) wrong at the first place. I would
say:

  * _I've never seen a field/crime scene where another hero is as successful as I am._

"他のヒーローが俺くらい活躍をしてる" modifies "現場" to convey the meaning "A place where other
heroes are doing as well as I am..."

I don't know the context so I don't know if there's a (or, many) heroes that
came to field/crime scene but struggles to success, but if that's so then yes
it can be "他のヒーローが現場で俺くらい活躍をしてるなんて見たことがない". Which indicates that other hero
hasn't done much in the field/crime scene.

Though, it changes translation a little bit:

  * _I've never seen another hero do as much in the field/crime scene as I do._

Still, the meaning is same.

