what is this confusing use of を?


その後ろ姿を、コートをかけられたエルメスがフィールドの出入り口で見ていた

google and deepl translate this as

"Behind him, a coated Hermes watched from the doorway of the field."

And that makes sense from the context too. But I read it as

"A coated Hermes watched a figure behind him from the doorway of the field."

I know I'm wrong but I don't understand why the first を is not a が in this
case.

Can anybody explain? Thanks!

Update: Oh wait! Is this the "suffering passive" thing?! So literally "Hermes,
the figure behind, that got a coat hung on him, watched from the entrance"?!
The figure is the object of the 'verb' had-a-coat-hung-on? Phew. This is
getting difficult.




If the sentence were

> 姿をエルメスが見ていた

would you understand it better?

If the sentence were, per your suggestion,

> 姿がエルメスが見ていた

you've then got two subjects.

It's not clear to me what その refers to. It could be Hermes. It could be
someone else. We'd need more context to be sure.

But matters of その aside, we can begin to add back parts of the sentence and
ask ourselves whether we can make sense of it.

> フィールドの出入り口で

This just tells us where the _observation_ occurred: at the entrance to the
field.

> コートをかけられた

This is a relative clause modifying Hermes.

> Hermes, who had a coat hung on him

At least according to the additional context you provided in the comments.




If the sentence were

> 姿をエルメスが見ていた

would you understand it better?

If the sentence were, per your suggestion,

> 姿がエルメスが見ていた

you've then got two subjects.

It's not clear to me what その refers to. It could be Hermes. It could be
someone else. We'd need more context to be sure.

But matters of その aside, we can begin to add back parts of the sentence and
ask ourselves whether we can make sense of it.

> フィールドの出入り口で

This just tells us where the _observation_ occurred: at the entrance to the
field.

> コートをかけられた

This is a relative clause modifying Hermes.

> Hermes, who had a coat hung on him

At least according to the additional context you provided in the comments.

