Assertion: pelican | /r/CapableOf | stand on their eggs
Facets:
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
value: nearly
type: DEGREE
value: to keep them
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Essentially, the birds nearly stand on their eggs, and lay their webbed feet over the tops of the eggs to warm them.
text: Essentially, the birds nearly stand on their eggs, and lay their webbed feet over the tops of the eggs to warm them.
text: Pesticides used in the 1960s and 1970s caused pelicans to lay thinner eggs, which cracked during incubation (pelicans stand on their eggs to keep them warm), pushing the species close to extinction.
text: They stand on their eggs instead of straddling them as most birds do.