These imperative verbs are the herb's commands to humans, telling them to stop interfering when they don't possess as much power as they believe they do. Imperative verbs take priority as the first or second word in the speaker's sentence throughout the passage and describe a simple, firm command. The grass, in this case, is frustrated by humanity's interference in the world through bloody battles and gives humans simple, easy-to-understand commands to follow so that it can do its job: engaging all of the fleeting and insignificant attempts of the humanity in modifying the landscape of nature. These commands are also impermanent: they vanish once humanity fulfills them. This parallels the ephemerality of humankind and the inevitability of its inability to influence nature's influence on the world. The imperative and stative verbs describe the grass's confidence in its position and nature's power over it