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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A> (Chris Gray)</LI>
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[Greg:]
:[many arguments on how to clarify a prepositional statement]
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:A thought I had...
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:parse each statement into a default interpretation. if the players wish to
:override that, they can use parentheses. For example:
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:>put the book on the rug behind the pillar.
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:Default parsing:
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:put (the book) on (the rug behind the pillar).
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:the player could, however, explicitly override that with:
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:>put (the book on the rug) behind (the pillar)
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:or whatever.
Hmmm. Intriguing. Not really all that hard - if the paren's don't match
up, you just complain and abandon the command. It's a bit unnatural, but
that doesn't really bother me that much.
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Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00766" HREF="msg00766.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Nutirtion and a Resource Question</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00792" HREF="msg00792.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Nutirtion and a Resource Question</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00835" HREF="msg00835.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Nutirtion and a Resource Question</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00714" HREF="msg00714.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Prepositions and Parsing...</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 23 May 1997, 13:02 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00710" HREF="msg00710.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 23 May 1997, 12:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00768" HREF="msg00768.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
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