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The below is the description of a girl wearing glasses

> 肩までの長さがある黒髪には、ゆるい内巻きの癖があった。先ほどかけてもらった眼鏡越しに見える瞳は、心なしか憂いを帯びているようにも見える。

I'm uncertain about the subject of this verb かけてもらった. It is either 眼鏡 or 瞳.
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Who is the subject of もらう here?
# Assuming you're **not** literally asking for the "subject" (as in
subject/predicate):

_Apparently this was a totally wrong assumption_

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Sometimes it's challenging to identify the subject in such construct. But this
one is easy - it's the 眼鏡, because "かけてもらった" works against a pair of 眼鏡 better
than against 瞳:

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> 先ほどかけてもらった眼鏡越しに見える瞳は、心なしか憂いを帯びているようにも見える。

The eye(s) (I can) see through the glasses that (someone) put (on him/her),
kinda seems to possess sadness.

  * What did someone put on her? Answer: Someone put **眼鏡** on her.
  * What seems to possess sadness? Answer: The **瞳** seems to possess sadness.

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Expressions like
[目にかける](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/77150/%e3%81%8a%e7%9b%ae%e3%81%ab%e3%81%8b%e3%81%91%e3%81%be%e3%81%99%e3%81%ae%e3%81%af-
is-it-correct) or 目をかける do exist, but the context and the existence of 眼鏡
decreases the probability of 瞳 being the subject of かける to near zero.
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The subject of かけてもらう is neither 瞳 nor 眼鏡 but **the speaker** ("I"). The
speaker probably asked her to wear the glasses before this scene (先ほど), and
that was beneficial to the speaker (the speaker may be a 眼鏡好き).

> (私は彼女に)眼鏡をかけてもらった。  
>  I had her put on glasses.  
>  She put on glasses (for me).
>
> **(私が彼女に)** 先ほどかけてもらった眼鏡  
>  the glasses **I** had **her** put on a moment ago
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> (私が彼女に)先ほどかけてもらった眼鏡越しに見える瞳  
>  her eyes I can see through the glasses I had her put on a moment ago

Note: Looks like there are only two people in this scene, but technically
speaking, if there is a third person who likes meganekko, the subject of
かけてもらう could be that third person.
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