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 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    (let C be indexed text; ...)

	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 There are no rules before, for or after this activity.

	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 for    when the parser error is can't see any such thing    default outcome is success

	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 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.