From Hirameki Hatsume-chan Vol 1, chapter 71 How does the sentence in the third panel translate, and who is doing what to whom? Is it a potential and the どうぐ is "enabling" him to have good dreams or is it passive and the 見る verb used to mean "show"?
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［（私が/人が）いい夢を見られる］道具
A tool [with which (I/people) can see a good dream]
いい夢を見られる is a relative clause modifying 道具.
Its non-relative equivalent would be:
道具で（私が/人が）いい夢を見られる。
With a tool, (I/people) can see a good dream.
So the 見られる is potential. Its subject can be "I", "we", "you" or "people" who will have a good dream using that tool. The particle で goes missing when you turn the sentence into the relative clause.
Compare:
私がペンを使った。-- I used the pen.
→ ［私が使った］ペン -- the pen that I used (を goes missing)道具で火を起こす。 -- (I) start a fire with a tool.
→ ［火を起こす］道具 -- a tool with which (I) start a fire (で goes missing)筆できれいな字が書ける。 -- (I) can write beautiful characters with a brush.
→ ［きれいな字が書ける］筆 -- the brush with which (I) can write beautiful characters. (で goes missing)
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How do you figure out what the modified noun would do in the original sentence, or do you just go by what makes the most sense in the context ? – TheComputerist Apr 14 '17 at 16:43
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@TheComputerist You'd have to just go with what makes the most sense. For more on this topic, you can refer to this thread: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/14541/relative-clauses-distinguishing-whom-with-which-that – chocolate Apr 15 '17 at 09:42
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How does the sentence in the third panel translate?
いい夢{ゆめ}を見{み}られる道具{どうぐ}か・・・
Well, this is an instrument that enables you to have good dreams...
who is doing what to whom?
道具 is enabling the person who uses/possesses the 道具 to have good dreams.
Is it a potential and the どうぐ is "enabling" him to have good dreams or is it passive and the 見る verb used to mean "show"?
It is a potential and the どうぐ is "enabling" him to have good dreams.
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