Assertion: hourglass | /r/CapableOf | represent the present
Facets:
value: as being between the past
type: OTHER
value: concretely
type: MANNER
value: unlike most other methods
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Unlike most other methods of measuring time, the hourglass concretely represents the present as being between the past and the future, and this has made it an enduring symbol of time itself.