Assertion: ball | /r/CapableOf | descend along the bark of a poplar tree
Facets:
value: from the sky
type: LOCATION
value: slowly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: M. Colon, Vice-President of the Geological Society of Paris, saw a ball of lightning descend slowly from the sky along the bark of a poplar tree; as soon as it touched the earth it bounced up again, and disappeared without exploding.