Assertion: czar's minister | /r/CapableOf | assemble in council
Facets:
value: like cackle
type: MANNER
value: of acting with quick decision
type: MANNER
value: like a lot of frightened hens
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: But the ministers, instead of acting with quick decision, only assemble in council like a lot of frightened hens and cackle about providing united ministerial action... ominous quiet days began, quiet indeed because there was complete order in the streets, but at the same time everybody knew that something was going to happen — the troops were waiting for the signal, but the other side would not begin.