Assertion: limerick's line | /r/HasProperty | narrative
Facets:
value: strictly
type: DEGREE
value: in dialogic form
type: OTHER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Connected with this formal patterning is the fact that each line has a fixed narrative function: the first line introduces the protagonist describing him in relation to a geographic location or, sometimes, a physical feature; the second qualifies him/her, usually introducing some peculiar habit; the third line is generally strictly narrative, often in dialogic form, and the final line either closes the story (4.2.) or further qualifies the character according to what has been told (4.1.).
text: Person of X (38 times in Book of Nonsense, plus 3 in which "You" takes the place of "That" because the line is part of a dialogue; 32 plus 10 in More Nonsense.)