Assertion: clock tower's clock | /r/CapableOf | strike hour
Facets:
value: simply
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The clock simply struck the hours and quarter-hours, as a Special Commission recognized that the sound of the musical chimes had become unsatisfactory, because the chime mechanism was worn and seasonal frosts had severely distorted the sound.
text: Many clocks to this day are striking clocks which strike the hour.
text: The striking feature of clocks was originally more important than their clock faces; the earliest clocks struck the hours, but had no dials to enable the time to be read.
text: Automaton clock - with mechanically animated figures that periodically perform various displays, usually as a part of the clock striking the hours.