kanozyo ha, karaage to edamame wo ookii sara ni moritukete kara, minna wo yobimasita.

Because there are two different verbs, and each verb has its own object.

• 唐揚げと枝豆を goes with 盛り付けて
  → she arranged/plated the fried chicken and edamame
• みんなを goes with 呼びました
  → she called everyone

So the sentence contains two actions:

1. 盛り付けてから = after arranging/plating
2. 呼びました = called

Each action can have its own direct object.

てから means after doing... or and then after that...

Here:

• 盛り付けてから = after plating/arranging them

It shows that one action happened first, and the next action happened afterward.

So the sequence is:

1. She plated the food.
2. Then she called everyone.

This is more specific than just linking actions with て-form alone, because てから clearly emphasizes the order.

Because に marks the destination or place where something is put.

• 大きい皿に盛り付ける = to arrange/serve something onto a big plate

The food is being placed onto the plate, so に is natural here.

If you used を, it would suggest the plate itself was the direct object of the verb, which is not what is happening.

盛り付ける usually means to arrange food nicely on a dish/plate or to plate/serve food attractively.

It is more specific than just put.

Compare:

• 置く = to place
• 入れる = to put in
• 盛り付ける = to plate, arrange, or serve food nicely

So this sentence gives a slightly careful, food-related nuance: she did not just dump the food somewhere; she arranged it on a plate.

Both 大きい皿 and 大きな皿 are possible, and both mean a big plate.

The difference is mostly stylistic:

• 大きい皿 is a regular -i adjective modifying a noun.
• 大きな皿 is also common, but often sounds a little more descriptive or literary in some contexts.

For everyday purposes, either is fine here. Learners should know that 大きい and 小さい are special because they can appear as:

• 大きい皿 / 小さい皿
• 大きな皿 / 小さな皿

But not all -i adjectives work this way.

は marks 彼女 as the topic: as for her...

This makes the sentence sound like you are talking about what she did.

• 彼女は = as for her, she...
• 彼女が would put more focus on her specifically, as if answering who did it?

In a normal narrative sentence like this, は is very natural.

Not necessarily. と simply means and here.

• 唐揚げと枝豆 = fried chicken and edamame

It just lists the two foods as items she plated. They might be on the same plate, but the grammar itself does not say they were mixed together.

を does not only mark things; it marks the direct object of a verb. People can also be direct objects.

Here:

• みんなを呼びました = she called everyone

So みんな is the group receiving the action of calling.

Usually not in this kind of context.

呼ぶ can mean:

• to call out to someone
• to summon someone
• to invite/get someone to come
• sometimes to call by a name

In this sentence, since she plated the food first, みんなを呼びました most naturally means:

• she called everyone over
• she told everyone to come
• she summoned everyone to eat

It does not sound like making a phone call here.

Because it is in the て-form.

盛り付ける is a る-verb, so:

• dictionary form: 盛り付ける
• て-form: 盛り付けて

Then てから is attached:

• 盛り付けてから = after plating

So the て-form is needed because it connects to から in this pattern.

Japanese word order is more flexible than English because particles show each word’s role.

This sentence is in a very natural order:

• 彼女は
• 唐揚げと枝豆を
• 大きい皿に
• 盛り付けてから
• みんなを
• 呼びました

You could move some parts for emphasis, but the original order is smooth and easy to understand.

For example, 大きい皿に could appear earlier or later before the verb, and it would still be grammatical because に shows its function.

Japanese commas are often used more flexibly than English commas. They can help:

• separate chunks of information
• make the sentence easier to read
• show a pause

Here, the commas help divide the sentence into natural parts:

• 彼女は、
• 盛り付けてから、

They are not absolutely required, but they make the sentence easier to process.

You could say something like ...盛り付けました。そして、みんなを呼びました。 But that would be a different structure.

• てから = specifically shows after doing X, then Y
• そして = and then / and, linking sentences more loosely

So てから is better when you want to show clear order within one sentence.

Japanese does not have articles like a and the, so 大きい皿 could be understood either way depending on context.

It might mean:

• a big plate
• the big plate
• some large plate

The listener figures it out from the situation.

No, not in standard usage for this meaning.

With 呼ぶ meaning to call/summon someone, the person being called is normally marked with を:

• みんなを呼ぶ = call everyone

に would not be correct here for the direct object of 呼ぶ in this sense.

Yes, the main past-tense marking is on the final verb 呼びました.

In Japanese, when actions are linked like this, earlier actions are often left in て-form, while the final verb carries the tense for the whole sequence.

So:

• 盛り付けてから = after plating
• 呼びました = called

Together, the whole sentence is understood as a past sequence.