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ソファでうとうとしているうちに夜よるになった。

Span Details

location, means, cause, or scope marker

うとうと

dozing off; nodding off; drowsing

adverb

light/support verb with a noun or noun-like phrase

-> するgrammar

ongoing or resultant state

while; during; in the course of

noun, adverb, pronoun

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

become; get; turn; grow

-> なるgodan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action