What does the construction "passive voice + ままに" mean? (～｛ら｝れるままに)


I generally know ～まま as used in the sense that something is left in a certain
state, for example: `窓を開けたまま寝る`.

Does this have a different meaning or connotation when used following the
passive voice? For example, in this sentence:

> わたしは言 **われるままに** 、彼に従ってきたつもりだ。

This is what I've puzzled out myself, but it doesn't seem to make much sense
to me.

"わたし" is marked with は making that person the recipient of the action (and "彼"
the one doing the action). "彼" intends to follow...something, perhaps "わたし",
while "わたし" is in the sate of having been told something (or spoken to, etc).




The sentence should be parsed like this:

> わたしは[言われるままに 、彼に従ってきた]つもりだ  
>  I believe that I have been obeying him, just like _somebody_ has been
> telling me to.

は is the topic marker, here used after わたし, the subject of つもりだ, i.e. the one
who believes. に is the dative marker used after the indirect object of 従う,
i.e. 彼.

まま here expresses the viewpoint that _I_ have been following _him_ **just
like** _I_ was told, i.e. without objections.

Note that つもり here doesn't mean "intend". つもりだ is in present tense, while
従ってきた is in past tense. You cannot have an intention now about something in
the past. Used in this way, it can be translated as "believe". Or another way
of translating the sentence might be

> From my viewpoint, I've been obeying him, just like _somebody_ has been
> telling me to.




The sentence should be parsed like this:

> わたしは[言われるままに 、彼に従ってきた]つもりだ  
>  I believe that I have been obeying him, just like _somebody_ has been
> telling me to.

は is the topic marker, here used after わたし, the subject of つもりだ, i.e. the one
who believes. に is the dative marker used after the indirect object of 従う,
i.e. 彼.

まま here expresses the viewpoint that _I_ have been following _him_ **just
like** _I_ was told, i.e. without objections.

Note that つもり here doesn't mean "intend". つもりだ is in present tense, while
従ってきた is in past tense. You cannot have an intention now about something in
the past. Used in this way, it can be translated as "believe". Or another way
of translating the sentence might be

> From my viewpoint, I've been obeying him, just like _somebody_ has been
> telling me to.

