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浦島太郎は心のやさしい若者で、毎日海へ出かけて魚をつって年老いたおとうさんとお母さんを養っていました。

Urashima Taro was a young man with a kind heart; he went out to sea every day
to go fishing to support his elderly father and mother.

This is from "Japanese Stories for Language Learners".

Now, what I don't quite get is where the "intent" of Taro-san's fishing is
shown: he goes out to sea every day to go fishing _to_ support his parents.
The only thing I read here is that he has a kind heart, he is young, he goes
fishing every day out to sea, and he supports his parents. But where's the
link between the fishing and the supporting of his parents? Is this just a
poor translation or am I missing something? I was also expecting 行く to be used
here.
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grammar て-form
Where's the "intent" shown in this sentence
Here's a [usage overview](https://jn1et.com/howto-tekei/#toc10) for the て-form
in Japanese.

Usage 5 is summarised as "Means and Method":

> 大根を買って、おでんを作ります。(I will buy a daikon and then I will make oden.)
>
> 大根を **使って** おでんを作ります。(I will make oden with daikon.)

> バイトをして、新しいＰＣを買います。(I will work and then I will buy a new PC.)
>
> バイトで得た **お金で** 新しいＰＣを買います。(I will buy a new PC from my salary.)

With this usage, you're right to interpret the sentence as "He goes out
fishing to support his parents."
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