I don't understand the role of the に particle in this sentence?


The definition of 募集【ぼしゅう】 given in an article by NHK News Web Easy is

> 人や作品などを、大勢の人に呼びかけて集めること.

I don't know what is the role of the に particle in that sentence, is it
marking the subject of the action, or is it rethorical? How should it be
interpreted?




Santiago, 「大勢の人 **に** 呼びかけて」 reads like a clause to me, within the sentence
「人や作品などを集めること.」 ... Although if that were the case I'm not sure why they
wouldn't just write it as 「大勢の人 **に** 呼びかけて、人や作品などを集めること.」

in any case, I parse this definition as "to gather people or items by calling
out **to** a large group of people"




Santiago, 「大勢の人 **に** 呼びかけて」 reads like a clause to me, within the sentence
「人や作品などを集めること.」 ... Although if that were the case I'm not sure why they
wouldn't just write it as 「大勢の人 **に** 呼びかけて、人や作品などを集めること.」

in any case, I parse this definition as "to gather people or items by calling
out **to** a large group of people"

