According to tradition, they founded Tenochtitlan ( "Place of the High Priest Tenoch" ) after much wandering when they saw on an island in Lake Texcoco the sign that their god Huitzilopochtli had indicated -- an eagle perched on a cactus, eating a serpent .
tales have been passed through generations telling of their diety offering divine direction
complicated way of saying tradition says that their god showed them a sign. The use of words will confuse the system but the passage directly gives evidence to this claim.
( z1 pass :ARG1 ( z2 tale :ARG0-of ( z3 tell :ARG1 ( z4 diety :poss ( z5 they ) :ARG0-of ( z6 offer :ARG1 ( z7 direct :ARG0 z4 :ARG2 ( z8 divine ) ) ) ) ) ) )