Assertion: king henry | /r/CapableOf | thumb his nose
Facets:
value: by renouncing roman catholicism
type: MANNER
value: at the pope
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: King Henry responded by marrying his mistress anyway, (later having two of his many wives executed), and thumbing his nose at the Pope by renouncing Roman Catholicism, taking England out from under Rome’s religious control, and declaring himself as the reigning head of State to also be the new head of the Church.