Interpreting これからもAしてBしよう


Does これからも and apply to both or just to B?

Example:

> よーし！ 私これからも 防御に特化してプレイしよう

Does it mean

> Alright, let's keep specializing in defense and playing! [We've been already
> doing both.]

or

> Alright, let's specialize in defense and keep playing! [We've been already
> playing, but didn't specialize in defense until now.]

Or something else entirely?




I think this 防御に特化して is adverbially modifying プレイする. That is, it says "to play
it specializing in defense" or "to play with a dedicated defensive style", not
"to specialize in defense _and then_ play". Therefore これからも applies to both as
a set. The sentence means "Let's keep playing [it] with a dedicated defensive
style!"

Remember that te-form can explain how the second action is done:

  * 歩いて学校に行く  
to go to school on foot  
(Not: to walk and then go to school)

  * ナイフを使って紙を切る  
to cut paper with a knife  
(Not: to use a knife and then cut paper)

See: [て form and adverbial
meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/38769/5010)




I think this 防御に特化して is adverbially modifying プレイする. That is, it says "to play
it specializing in defense" or "to play with a dedicated defensive style", not
"to specialize in defense _and then_ play". Therefore これからも applies to both as
a set. The sentence means "Let's keep playing [it] with a dedicated defensive
style!"

Remember that te-form can explain how the second action is done:

  * 歩いて学校に行く  
to go to school on foot  
(Not: to walk and then go to school)

  * ナイフを使って紙を切る  
to cut paper with a knife  
(Not: to use a knife and then cut paper)

See: [て form and adverbial
meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/38769/5010)

