这可怎么办呀～！

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杨朋的难句中的一问！
A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abrubtly to the desire on the part of (what) we might consider a noveist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower.

句中加括号的what 在其引导的宾语从句中充当什么成分！！！
谢谢！各位！