Rules: Detail view  Back to full view A set of rulebooks and activities in detail.

How commands are understood

'Understanding' here means turning a typed command, like GET FISH, into one or more actions, like taking the red herring. This is all handled by a single large rule (the parse command rule), but that rule makes use of the following activities and rulebooks in its work.

	Does the player mean  ... rulebook  name     taking something which is carried by the player  very unlikely to mean taking what's already carried rule   name  unlist     attacking a person    outcome  it is very likely - a success outcome  it is likely - a success outcome  it is possible - a success outcome  it is unlikely - a success outcome  it is very unlikely - a success

	Reading a command  ... activity  b  f  a after    when collecting names    after    ignore beta-comments rule   name  unlist

	Deciding the scope  ... activity  b  f  a There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

	Deciding the concealed possessions  ... activity  b  f  a There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

	Deciding whether all includes  ... activity  b  f  a for    scenery while taking  exclude scenery from take all rule   name  unlist for    fixed in place things while taking  exclude fixed in place things from take all rule   name  unlist for    people while taking  exclude people from take all rule   name  unlist for    scenery    outcome  it does not - a failure outcome  it does - a success default outcome is success

	Clarifying the parser's choice  ... activity  b  f  a There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

	Asking which do you mean  ... activity  b  f  a There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

	Printing a parser error  ... activity  b  f  a There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

	Supplying a missing noun  ... activity  b  f  a for    while an actor smelling  ambient odour rule   name  unlist for    while an actor listening  ambient sound rule   name  unlist for    while an actor going  block vaguely going rule   name  unlist for    while entering  find what to enter rule   name  unlist default outcome is success

	Supplying a missing second noun  ... activity  b  f  a There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

	Implicitly taking  ... activity  b  f  a There are no rules before, for or after this activity.