改为 The hunt for the puma began where a woman picking blackberries saw ‘a large cat’ only five yards away from her 确实成了地点状语从句,但是少了具体地点 in a village,意思略有改变.原来指“开始于一个妇女采黑莓看到大猫的村庄里”,此处成了“开始于一个妇女采黑莓看到大猫的地方”,也可能是在村庄以外的其他地方.
如果要基本保持原意,可以把in a village 提前到句首,即 In a village the hunt for the puma began where a woman picking blackberries saw ‘a large cat’ only five yards away from her