Reason for placing a comma between the subject and verb in this simple independent clause?


**Y** has been in a heated discussion with another person. **X** has been
observing that discussion / argument:

> Yの **目が、なんとか** 怒りを抑えつけようとしているのを、Xは見てとった。

" _X could see the suppressed anger in Y's eyes._ "

How does Japanese sentence structure allow for a comma between " **目が** " and
" **なんとか** "?

btw: _When speaking, I don't think you'd do a pause there._




There is no grammatical reason you need comma there.

Assuming this is written by a professional writer who cares punctuation marks,
I think this comma is there because the author actually wanted this sentence
to be read somewhat slowly, so that this sentence looks impressive or
important.

When this sentence is read aloud, a professional speaker probably does pause
there, and read this sentence with emotion.




There is no grammatical reason you need comma there.

Assuming this is written by a professional writer who cares punctuation marks,
I think this comma is there because the author actually wanted this sentence
to be read somewhat slowly, so that this sentence looks impressive or
important.

When this sentence is read aloud, a professional speaker probably does pause
there, and read this sentence with emotion.

