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> 笑顔で、いや、寝付けなくてという僕の袖を、彼女が引いた。

Who is smiling? Who can't sleep and what's the connection between smiling and
problem with sleeping? The only clear part for me is that 'She pulled my
sleeve'.

Source: light novel. The context doesn't really have connection with this
sentence, but after it he looks back at her and sees that she seems troubled
by something.
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笑顔で、いや、寝付けなくてという僕の袖を、彼女が引いた。
> 笑顔で、いや、寝付けなくてという僕の袖を、彼女が引いた。

I'm sure this sentence actually should have been

> 笑顔で、 **「いや、寝付けなくて」** と **言う** 僕の袖を、彼女が引いた。

So it is the man that is having trouble sleeping. And for smiling, **it is
highly likely the woman that is smiling** , because considering the 「」 and a
comma after 笑顔で (、) in the sentence above, the clauses will be

> 笑顔で、(「いや、寝付けなくて」 と言う僕の袖)を、彼女が引いた。

But the sentence looks like from some novel - there's some possibility that
the man is smiling.
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