Assertion: ball | /r/CapableOf | fly the earth
Facets:
value: past
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: From the deafening sounds of his own guns around him, the whistle and thud of the enemy's cannon balls , from the flushed and perspiring faces of the crew bustling round the guns, from the sight of the blood of men and horses, from the little puffs of smoke on the enemy's side (always followed by a ball flying past and striking the earth, a man, a gun, a horse), from the sight of all these things a fantastic world of his own had taken possession of his brain and at that moment afforded him pleasure.