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Chapter - Synonyms and New Grammar

Understand the command "nothing" as "listen". Understand "say nothing" as listening.

Understand "look [something]" as examining.

Understand the command "bring" or "grab" as "take".

Understand the command "see" as "look".

Understand the command "place" as "put".

Understand "wayfarer" as yourself when last beat is silence.

Understand the command "shift" as something new. Understand the command "cover" as something new.

Check taking a person: try touching noun instead.

Check swearing mildly: try swearing obscenely instead.

Understand "sit [something]" or "sit at [something]" as entering. Does the player mean entering a supporter: it is likely.

Understand the command "descend" or "ascend" as "climb".

The can't push what's fixed in place rule is not listed in any rulebook.

Understand the command "raise" or "lift" as "pull". Understand the command "lower" [or "poke"] as "push".

Understand the command "catch" or "untie" as "take". Understand the command "spin" as "turn".

Understand the command "wave" as something new. Understand the command "shed" as something new. Understand the command "tree" as something new. Understand the command "pay" as something new. Understand the command "buy" as something new.

Understand "add [something] to [something]" as putting it on.

sleeponing is an action applying to one thing. Understand "sleep on/in [something enterable]" or "rest on/in [something enterable]" or "lie down on/in [something enterable]" or "lay down on/in [something enterable]" or "lay on/in [something enterable]" or "lie on/in [something enterable]" as sleeponing. Check sleeponing: if it is before 5:01 AM or it is after 6:59 PM, try entering noun; try sleeping instead.

Understand the command "light" as something new.

Understand "climb [a direction]" as going. Understand "climb into/in/on/through [something]" as entering.

[ Understand "climb [a direction] [something]" as overly-specific-going. Understand "climb [something] [a direction]" as overly-specific-going (with nouns reversed). Overly-specific-going is an action applying to two things. Carry out overly-specific-going: try going noun instead. ][ Doesn't work because of issues parsing directions.]

Understand "get in" as entering. Rule for supplying a missing noun when entering: if an enterable supporter (called platform) is enclosed by the location begin; change the noun to platform; otherwise if an enterable container (called platform) is enclosed by the location; change the noun to platform; otherwise; speak as the parser "I'm not sure what you wanted to do that to."; end if.

Understand "get out of/from [something enterable]" or "exit [something enterable]" as specific-exiting. Specific-exiting is an action applying to one thing. Carry out specific-exiting: try exiting.

Understand "off" as exiting.

Understand "go to bed" or "go to sleep" or "lie down" as sleeping.

Understand the command "cross" as something new.

Understand "sit down" as entering. Understand "sit down on [something]" as entering.

[ Understand "drink from [something]" as tasting. ][For some reason, this doesn't work.]

Check looking (this is the differentiate player-requested looks rule):

let pcmd be indexed text;

let pcmd be the player's command;

if pcmd exactly matches the text "l" or pcmd exactly matches the text "look", now player-looking is true.

Before reading a command (this is the reset player-looking rule): now player-looking is false. player-looking is a truth state that varies.

Understand "extinguish [something]" or "douse [something]" or "blow [something]" as switching off.

Understand the command "fix" as something new.

Understand the command "short" as something new. Understand the command "long" as something new.

Understand the command "explore" as "go". Understand the command "find" as "examine".

Understand the command "place" as something new.