This sentence is still confusing me

[sondra]

Dear teachers,
I asked if I could say :"He saw a pretty woman standing by the fireplace through the window."
But it was not correct as it sounded as if the fireplace was through the window and that I was not saying anything about the location of him. But does the correct sentence show his location?
The fireplace is really through the window in the room, and the woman is standing next to it. I do not know where the man is standing. But I think he was outside when he noticed her standing by the fireplace, in her room. Or maybe he was in his own house and as their houses were facing each other
he saw her.Should I show the man`s location? What do you think, where he was standing?
What if I say :"By the fireplace through the window he saw a pretty woman."
Would it be correct. Whom 'Through the window' refer to?
I did not understand my mistake.

Thank you.

[euncu]

***neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

He is outside the house.
The woman is by the fireplace.

But the sentence should be clearer if we rephrased as I'll write below;

The woman by the fireplace version;
He saw a pretty woman who was standing by the fireplace, through the window.

The man by the fireplace version;
He saw a pretty woman through the window, while he was standing by the fireplace.

[Gillnetter]

Dear teachers,
I asked if I could say :"He saw a pretty woman standing by the fireplace through the window."
But it was not correct as it sounded as if the fireplace was through the window and that I was not saying anything about the location of him. But does the correct sentence show his location?
There are at least two things we know for certain:
1. He saw a pretty woman
2. She was standing by a fireplace

The fireplace is really through the window in the room (No - the fireplace is in the room. It can been seen through a window but that does not alter its location.), and the woman is standing next to it. I do not know where the man is standing (Where he is is not important. All we know for sure is that he looked through a window to see her and that she was standing by a fireplace.). But I think he was outside when he noticed her standing by the fireplace, in her room. Or maybe he was in his own house and as their houses were facing each other
he saw her. Should I show the man`s location? What do you think, where he was standing? It's not important where he is. What is important is who is standing by the fireplace.
What if I say :"By the fireplace through the window he saw a pretty woman." Through the window he saw a pretty woman standing by the fireplace. Let's tear this sentence apart and see how it works -
1. By looking through a window
2. He saw a pretty woman
3. She was standing by the fireplace


By the fireplace, through the window, he saw a pretty woman
1. Somebody is near a fireplace
2. Through the window
3. He saw a pretty woman
This could be rewritten as - By the fireplace he saw a pretty woman. Written this way it is unclear who is standing by the fireplace.
Would it be correct. Whom 'Through the window' refer to?
I did not understand my mistake.

Thank you.

Gil