Words
A person would use the words 'I was chased by ___' and fill in the next word. We would guess it's an animal. Chase would imply that he was running and keeping pace with the predator. Getting caught would imply some kind of disaster. 'I was chased by a dog'. 'I was chased by a car'. These make sense. 'I was chased by the sun'. These statements wouldn't automatically register on the mind. We do not think of an anthropomorphic sun running after him. What would that statement mean? 'Someone in desert?'. 'A ship circumnavigating the globe?. The word chase is used outside of the usual.
'Horses hooves drummed up the dawn. They rode the low moon out of the sky.'