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Confused about this use of "depender"
In the passage below, I can assume based on the context that the bold part basically means "their trunks awaited a sharp axe", but I'm unclear why the verb "depender" is being used here. It makes it read like the trunks depend on the axe; like the axe is keeping them alive. But I'm not really finding any definition of "depender" that makes sense.
"La Regia, antes un paraíso a sus ojos, se había tornado en una prisión y la belleza del paisaje en un agónico preludio de su futuro, pues aunque los árboles se mostraran vigorosos y sanos, sus troncos dependían de una afilada hacha, los peces del riachuelo surcaban el agua tranquilos hasta que eran atrapados, y las liebres vivían su vida hasta que un tiro le ponía fin." |
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