YOU SAID:
he came to have a stump to shout from
INTO JAPANESE
彼は叫ぶ切り株を持つようになりました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He came to have a screaming stump
INTO JAPANESE
彼は悲鳴を上げる切り株を持つようになりました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He came to have a screaming stump
That didn't even make that much sense in English.