Assertion: american alligator's jaw | /r/CapableOf | lock to the rear of an american trader
Facets:
value: fiercely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Published in 1808 in Federalist protest of the Jeffersonian Embargo Act of 1807, the cartoon showed a snapping turtle, jaws locked fiercely to the rear of an American trader, who was attempting to carry a barrel of goods onto a British ship.