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! ENGLISH: Language Definition File
!
! Supplied for use with Inform 6 -- Release 6/12 -- Serial number 151220
!
! Copyright Graham Nelson 1993-2004 and David Griffith 2012-2015
!
! This code is licensed under either the traditional Inform license as
! described by the DM4 or the Artistic License version 2.0. See the
! file COPYING in the distribution archive or at
! https://github.com/DavidGriffith/inform6lib/
!
! This file is automatically Included in your game file by "parserm".
! Strictly, "parserm" includes the file named in the "language__" variable,
! whose contents can be defined by+language_name=XXX compiler setting (with a
! default of "english").
!
! Define the constant DIALECT_US before including "Parser" to obtain American
! English.
! ==============================================================================
System_file;
#Ifndef LIBRARY_ENGLISH; ! if this file is already included,
! don't try to include it again.
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Part I. Preliminaries
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Constant EnglishNaturalLanguage; ! Needed to keep old pronouns mechanism
Class CompassDirection
with number 0, article "the",
description [;
if (location provides compass_look && location.compass_look(self)) rtrue;
if (self.compass_look()) rtrue;
L__M(##Look, 7, self);
],
compass_look false,
parse_name [; return -1; ]
has scenery;
Object Compass "compass" has concealed;
#Ifndef WITHOUT_DIRECTIONS;
CompassDirection -> n_obj with short_name "north", door_dir n_to,
name 'n//' 'north';
CompassDirection -> s_obj with short_name "south", door_dir s_to,
name 's//' 'south';
CompassDirection -> e_obj with short_name "east", door_dir e_to,
name 'e//' 'east';
CompassDirection -> w_obj with short_name "west", door_dir w_to,
name 'w//' 'west';
CompassDirection -> ne_obj with short_name "northeast", door_dir ne_to,
name 'ne' 'northeast';
CompassDirection -> nw_obj with short_name "northwest", door_dir nw_to,
name 'nw' 'northwest';
CompassDirection -> se_obj with short_name "southeast", door_dir se_to,
name 'se' 'southeast';
CompassDirection -> sw_obj with short_name "southwest", door_dir sw_to,
name 'sw' 'southwest';
CompassDirection -> u_obj with short_name "up above", door_dir u_to,
name 'u//' 'up' 'ceiling' 'above' 'sky';
CompassDirection -> d_obj with short_name "ground", door_dir d_to,
name 'd//' 'down' 'floor' 'below' 'ground';
#endif; ! WITHOUT_DIRECTIONS
CompassDirection -> in_obj with short_name "inside", door_dir in_to;
CompassDirection -> out_obj with short_name "outside", door_dir out_to;
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Part II. Vocabulary
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Constant AGAIN1__WD = 'again';
Constant AGAIN2__WD = 'g//';
Constant AGAIN3__WD = 'again';
Constant OOPS1__WD = 'oops';
Constant OOPS2__WD = 'o//';
Constant OOPS3__WD = 'oops';
Constant UNDO1__WD = 'undo';
Constant UNDO2__WD = 'undo';
Constant UNDO3__WD = 'undo';
Constant ALL1__WD = 'all';
Constant ALL2__WD = 'each';
Constant ALL3__WD = 'every';
Constant ALL4__WD = 'everything';
Constant ALL5__WD = 'both';
Constant AND1__WD = 'and';
Constant AND2__WD = 'and';
Constant AND3__WD = 'and';
Constant BUT1__WD = 'but';
Constant BUT2__WD = 'except';
Constant BUT3__WD = 'but';
Constant ME1__WD = 'me';
Constant ME2__WD = 'myself';
Constant ME3__WD = 'self';
Constant OF1__WD = 'of';
Constant OF2__WD = 'of';
Constant OF3__WD = 'of';
Constant OF4__WD = 'of';
Constant OTHER1__WD = 'another';
Constant OTHER2__WD = 'other';
Constant OTHER3__WD = 'other';
Constant THEN1__WD = 'then';
Constant THEN2__WD = 'then';
Constant THEN3__WD = 'then';
Constant NO1__WD = 'n//';
Constant NO2__WD = 'no';
Constant NO3__WD = 'no';
Constant YES1__WD = 'y//';
Constant YES2__WD = 'yes';
Constant YES3__WD = 'yes';
Constant AMUSING__WD = 'amusing';
Constant FULLSCORE1__WD = 'fullscore';
Constant FULLSCORE2__WD = 'full';
Constant QUIT1__WD = 'q//';
Constant QUIT2__WD = 'quit';
Constant RESTART__WD = 'restart';
Constant RESTORE__WD = 'restore';
Array LanguagePronouns table
! word possible GNAs connected
! to follow: to:
! a i
! s p s p
! mfnmfnmfnmfn
'it' $$001000111000 NULL
'him' $$100000100000 NULL
'her' $$010000010000 NULL
'them' $$000111000111 NULL;
Array LanguageDescriptors table
! word possible GNAs descriptor connected
! to follow: type: to:
! a i
! s p s p
! mfnmfnmfnmfn
'my' $$111111111111 POSSESS_PK 0
'this' $$111111111111 POSSESS_PK 0
'these' $$000111000111 POSSESS_PK 0
'that' $$111111111111 POSSESS_PK 1
'those' $$000111000111 POSSESS_PK 1
'his' $$111111111111 POSSESS_PK 'him'
'her' $$111111111111 POSSESS_PK 'her'
'their' $$111111111111 POSSESS_PK 'them'
'its' $$111111111111 POSSESS_PK 'it'
'the' $$111111111111 DEFART_PK NULL
'a//' $$111000111000 INDEFART_PK NULL
'an' $$111000111000 INDEFART_PK NULL
'some' $$000111000111 INDEFART_PK NULL
'lit' $$111111111111 light NULL
'lighted' $$111111111111 light NULL
'unlit' $$111111111111 (-light) NULL;
Array LanguageNumbers table
'one' 1 'two' 2 'three' 3 'four' 4 'five' 5
'six' 6 'seven' 7 'eight' 8 'nine' 9 'ten' 10
'eleven' 11 'twelve' 12 'thirteen' 13 'fourteen' 14 'fifteen' 15
'sixteen' 16 'seventeen' 17 'eighteen' 18 'nineteen' 19 'twenty' 20;
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Part III. Translation
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ LanguageToInformese;
];
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Part IV. Printing
! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Constant LanguageAnimateGender = male;
Constant LanguageInanimateGender = neuter;
Constant LanguageContractionForms = 2; ! English has two:
! 0 = starting with a consonant
! 1 = starting with a vowel
[ LanguageContraction text;
if (text->0 == 'a' or 'e' or 'i' or 'o' or 'u'
or 'A' or 'E' or 'I' or 'O' or 'U') return 1;
return 0;
];
Array LanguageArticles -->
! Contraction form 0: Contraction form 1:
! Cdef Def Indef Cdef Def Indef
"The " "the " "a " "The " "the " "an " ! Articles 0
"The " "the " "some " "The " "the " "some "; ! Articles 1
! a i
! s p s p
! m f n m f n m f n m f n
Array LanguageGNAsToArticles --> 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1;
[ LanguageDirection d;
switch (d) {
n_to: print "north";
s_to: print "south";
e_to: print "east";
w_to: print "west";
ne_to: print "northeast";
nw_to: print "northwest";
se_to: print "southeast";
sw_to: print "southwest";
u_to: print "up";
d_to: print "down";
in_to: print "in";
out_to: print "out";
default: return RunTimeError(9,d);
}
];
[ LanguageNumber n f;
if (n == 0) { print "zero"; rfalse; }
if (n < 0) { print "minus "; n = -n; }
if (n >= 1000) { print (LanguageNumber) n/1000, " thousand"; n = n%1000; f = 1; }
if (n >= 100) {
if (f == 1) print ", ";
print (LanguageNumber) n/100, " hundred"; n = n%100; f = 1;
}
if (n == 0) rfalse;
#Ifdef DIALECT_US;
if (f == 1) print " ";
#Ifnot;
if (f == 1) print " and ";
#Endif;
switch (n) {
1: print "one";
2: print "two";
3: print "three";
4: print "four";
5: print "five";
6: print "six";
7: print "seven";
8: print "eight";
9: print "nine";
10: print "ten";
11: print "eleven";
12: print "twelve";
13: print "thirteen";
14: print "fourteen";
15: print "fifteen";
16: print "sixteen";
17: print "seventeen";
18: print "eighteen";
19: print "nineteen";
20 to 99: switch (n/10) {
2: print "twenty";
3: print "thirty";
4: print "forty";
5: print "fifty";
6: print "sixty";
7: print "seventy";
8: print "eighty";
9: print "ninety";
}
if (n%10 ~= 0) print "-", (LanguageNumber) n%10;
}
];
[ LanguageTimeOfDay hours mins i;
i = hours%12;
if (i == 0) i = 12;
if (i < 10) print " ";
print i, ":", mins/10, mins%10;
if ((hours/12) > 0) print " pm"; else print " am";
];
[ LanguageVerb i;
switch (i) {
'i//','inv','inventory':
print "take inventory";
'l//': print "look";
'x//': print "examine";
'z//': print "wait";
default: rfalse;
}
rtrue;
];
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! LanguageVerbIsDebugging is called by SearchScope. It should return true
! if word w is a debugging verb which needs all objects to be in scope.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Ifdef DEBUG;
[ LanguageVerbIsDebugging w;
if (w == 'purloin' or 'tree' or 'abstract'
or 'gonear' or 'scope' or 'showobj')
rtrue;
rfalse;
];
#Endif;
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! LanguageVerbLikesAdverb is called by PrintCommand when printing an UPTO_PE
! error or an inference message. Words which are intransitive verbs, i.e.,
! which require a direction name as an adverb ('walk west'), not a noun
! ('I only understood you as far as wanting to touch /the/ ground'), should
! cause the routine to return true.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ LanguageVerbLikesAdverb w;
if (w == 'look' or 'go' or 'push' or 'walk')
rtrue;
rfalse;
];
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! LanguageVerbMayBeName is called by NounDomain when dealing with the
! player's reply to a "Which do you mean, the short stick or the long
! stick?" prompt from the parser. If the reply is another verb (for example,
! LOOK) then then previous ambiguous command is discarded /unless/
! it is one of these words which could be both a verb /and/ an
! adjective in a 'name' property.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ LanguageVerbMayBeName w;
if (w == 'long' or 'short' or 'normal'
or 'brief' or 'full' or 'verbose')
rtrue;
rfalse;
];
Constant NKEY__TX = "N = next subject";
Constant PKEY__TX = "P = previous";
Constant QKEY1__TX = " Q = resume game";
Constant QKEY2__TX = "Q = previous menu";
Constant RKEY__TX = "RETURN = read subject";
Constant NKEY1__KY = 'N';
Constant NKEY2__KY = 'n';
Constant PKEY1__KY = 'P';
Constant PKEY2__KY = 'p';
Constant QKEY1__KY = 'Q';
Constant QKEY2__KY = 'q';
Constant SCORE__TX = "Score: ";
Constant MOVES__TX = "Moves: ";
Constant TIME__TX = "Time: ";
Constant CANTGO__TX = "You can't go that way.";
Constant FORMER__TX = "your former self";
Constant MYFORMER__TX = "my former self";
Constant YOURSELF__TX = "yourself";
Constant MYSELF__TX = "myself";
Constant YOU__TX = "You";
Constant DARKNESS__TX = "Darkness";
Constant THOSET__TX = "those things";
Constant THAT__TX = "that";
Constant OR__TX = " or ";
Constant NOTHING__TX = "nothing";
Constant IS__TX = " is";
Constant ARE__TX = " are";
Constant IS2__TX = "is ";
Constant ARE2__TX = "are ";
Constant WAS__TX = " was";
Constant WERE__TX = " were";
Constant WAS2__TX = "was ";
Constant WERE2__TX = "were ";
Constant AND__TX = " and ";
Constant WHOM__TX = "whom ";
Constant WHICH__TX = "which ";
Constant COMMA__TX = ", ";
Constant COLON__TX = ": ";
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! FYI on nominative pronouns versus accusative pronouns...
! Consider the sentence "She hit him.".
! "She" is in the nominative case. It appears at the beginning of a sentence.
! "him" is in the accusative case. It won't appear at the beginning.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Accusative
[ ThatOrThose obj;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) {
if (player.narrative_voice == 1) { print "me"; return; }
if (player.narrative_voice == 3) { CDefart(player); return; }
}
print "you";
return;
}
if (obj has pluralname) { print "those"; return; }
if (obj has female) { print "her"; return; }
if (obj has male or animate)
if (obj hasnt neuter) { print "him"; return; }
print "that";
];
! Accusative
[ ItOrThem obj;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) {
if (player.narrative_voice == 1) { print "myself"; return; }
if (player.narrative_voice == 3) { CDefart(player); return; }
}
print "yourself";
return;
}
if (obj has pluralname) { print "them"; return; }
if (obj has female) { print "her"; return; }
if (obj has male or animate)
if (obj hasnt neuter) { print "him"; return; }
print "it";
];
! Nominative
[ CThatOrThose obj;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) {
if (player.narrative_voice == 1) { print "I"; return; }
if (player.narrative_voice == 3) { CDefart(player); return; }
}
print "You";
return;
}
if (obj has pluralname) { print "Those"; return; }
if (obj has female) { print "She"; return; }
if (obj has male or animate) {
if (obj hasnt neuter) { print "He"; return; }
}
print "That";
];
! Nominative
[ CTheyreorThats obj;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) {
if (player.narrative_voice == 1) { print "I'm"; return; }
if (player.narrative_voice == 3) { CDefart(player); print "'s"; return; }
}
print "You're";
return;
}
if (obj has pluralname) { print "They're"; return; }
if (obj has female) { print "She's"; return; }
if (obj has male or animate) {
if (obj hasnt neuter) { print "He's"; return; }
}
print "That's";
];
[ IsOrAre obj;
if (player provides narrative_tense && player.narrative_tense == PAST_TENSE) {
if (obj has pluralname || obj == player) print "were"; else print "was";
return;
}
if (obj has pluralname || obj == player) print "are"; else print "is";
return;
];
[ nop x; x = x; ]; ! print rule to absorb unwanted return value
[ SubjectNotPlayer obj reportage v2 v3 past;
if (past && player provides narrative_tense && player.narrative_tense == PAST_TENSE) {
v2 = past;
v3 = past;
}
if (reportage && actor ~= player) {
L__M(##Miscellany, 60, actor);
if (obj == actor) {
print (theActor) obj, " ", (string) v3;
return;
}
else
if (obj has pluralname) {
print (the) obj, " ", (string) v2;
return;
}
else {print (the) obj, " ", (string) v3; return;}
}
else
if (obj has pluralname) { print (The) obj, " ", (string) v2; return;}
else { print (The) obj, " ", (string) v3; return;}
];
[ CSubjectVoice obj v1 v2 v3 past;
if (past && player provides narrative_tense && player.narrative_tense == PAST_TENSE) {
v1 = past;
v2 = past;
v3 = past;
} else {
if (v2 == 0) v2 = v1;
if (v3 == 0) v3 = v1;
}
if (obj ~= player) { print (string) v3; return; }
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch (player.narrative_voice) {
1: print (string) v1; return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: print (string) v3; return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
print (string) v2; return;
];
[ CSubjectVerb obj reportage nocaps v1 v2 v3 past;
if (past && player provides narrative_tense && player.narrative_tense == PAST_TENSE) {
v1 = past;
v2 = past;
v3 = past;
} else {
if (v2 == 0) v2 = v1;
if (v3 == 0) v3 = v1;
}
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch (player.narrative_voice) {
1: print "I ", (string) v1; return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: CDefart(player);
print " ", (string) v3; return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
if (nocaps) { print "you ", (string) v2; return; }
print "You ", (string) v2; return;
}
SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, v2, v3);
];
[ CSubjectIs obj reportage nocaps;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch (player.narrative_voice) {
1: Tense("I'm", "I was"); return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: CDefart(player);
Tense(" is", " was"); return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
if (nocaps) Tense("you're", "you were");
else Tense("You're", "You were");
return;
}
SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "are", "is", "was");
];
[ CSubjectIsnt obj reportage nocaps;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch (player.narrative_voice) {
1: Tense("I'm not", "I wasn't"); return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: CDefart(player);
Tense(" isn't", " wasn't"); return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
if (nocaps) Tense("you aren't", "you weren't");
else Tense("You aren't", "You weren't");
return;
}
SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "aren't", "isn't", "wasn't");
];
[ CSubjectHas obj reportage nocaps;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch (player.narrative_voice) {
1: Tense("I've", "I had"); return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: CDefart(player);
Tense(" has", " had"); return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
if (nocaps) Tense("you've", "you'd");
else Tense("You've", "You'd");
return;
}
SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "have", "has", "had");
];
[ CSubjectWill obj reportage nocaps;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch (player.narrative_voice) {
1: Tense("I'll", "I would've"); return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: CDefart(player);
Tense(" will", " would've"); return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
if (nocaps) Tense("you'll", "you'd");
else Tense("You'll", "You'd");
return;
}
SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "will", "will", "would");
];
[ CSubjectCan obj reportage nocaps;
CSubjectVerb(obj, reportage, nocaps, "can", 0, "can", "could");
];
[ CSubjectCant obj reportage nocaps;
CSubjectVerb(obj, reportage, nocaps, "can't", 0, "can't", "couldn't");
];
[ CSubjectDont obj reportage nocaps;
CSubjectVerb(obj, reportage, nocaps, "don't", 0, "doesn't", "didn't");
];
[ OnesSelf obj;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch(player.narrative_voice) {
1: print (string) MYSELF__TX; return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: if (obj has female) {print "herself"; return;}
print "himself"; return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
print "yourself"; return;
}
if (obj has male) { print "himself"; return; }
if (obj has female) {print "herself"; return; }
print "itself"; return;
];
[ Possessive obj caps;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch(player.narrative_voice) {
1: if (caps) print "M"; else print "m"; print "y"; return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: CDefart(player);
print "'s"; return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
if (caps) print "Y"; else print "y";
print "our"; return;
}
if (caps) print "H"; else print "h";
if (obj has male) { print "is"; return; }
if (obj has female) { print "er"; return; }
if (caps) print "I"; else { print "i"; print "ts"; return; }
];
[ PossessiveCaps obj;
Possessive(obj, true);
];
[ theActor obj;
if (obj == player) {
if (obj provides narrative_voice) {
switch (obj.narrative_voice) {
1: print "I"; return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: if (obj has neuter) { print "it"; return; }
if (obj has female) { print "she"; return; }
print "he"; return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
}
print "you"; return;
}
if (obj has pluralname) { print "they"; return; }
if (obj has female) { print "she"; return; }
if (obj has male or animate)
if (obj hasnt neuter) { print "he"; return; }
print "that";
];
[ SupportObj obj s1 s2;
if (obj has supporter) print (string) s1;
else print (string) s2;
];
[ PluralObj obj s1 s2 past;
if (player provides narrative_tense && player.narrative_tense == PAST_TENSE) {
print (string) past;
return;
}
if (obj has pluralname) print (string) s1;
else print (string) s2;
];
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! Tense is a little helper function to present the correct tense of a
! verb. The first parameter is the verb in present tense. The second
! parameter is the verb in past tense. If the second parameter is
! omitted, then nothing will be printed if the appropriate tense is past.
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ Tense present past;
if (player provides narrative_tense && player.narrative_tense == PAST_TENSE) {
if (past == false) return;
print (string) past;
}
else
print (string) present;
];
[ DecideAgainst;
CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "decide",0,"decides","decided");
print " that";
Tense("'s not", " wasn't");
" such a good idea.";
];
#Ifdef TARGET_ZCODE;
[ LowerCase c; ! for ZSCII matching ISO 8859-1
switch (c) {
'A' to 'Z': c = c + 32;
202, 204, 212, 214, 221: c--;
217, 218: c = c - 2;
158 to 160, 167, 168, 208 to 210: c = c - 3;
186 to 190, 196 to 200: c = c - 5 ;
175 to 180: c = c - 6;
}
return c;
];
[ UpperCase c; ! for ZSCII matching ISO 8859-1
switch (c) {
'a' to 'z': c = c - 32;
201, 203, 211, 213, 220: c++;
215, 216: c = c + 2;
155 to 157, 164, 165, 205 to 207: c = c + 3;
181 to 185, 191 to 195: c = c + 5 ;
169 to 174: c = c + 6;
}
return c;
];
#Ifnot; ! TARGET_GLULX
[ LowerCase c; return glk($00A0, c); ];
[ UpperCase c; return glk($00A1, c); ];
#Endif; ! TARGET_
[ LanguageLM n x1 x2;
Answer,Ask:
print "There ";
Tense("is", "was");
" no reply.";
! Ask: see Answer
Attack: print "Violence ";
Tense("isn't", "wasn't");
" the answer to this one.";
Blow: CSubjectCant(actor,true);
" usefully blow ", (thatorthose) x1, ".";
Burn: switch (n) {
1: print "This dangerous act would ";
Tense("achieve", "have achieved");
" little.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Buy: print "Nothing ";
Tense("is", "was");
" on sale.";
Climb: switch (n) {
1: print "Climbing ", (ThatOrThose) x1, " would ";
Tense("achieve", "have achieved");
" little.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Close: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs(x1,true);
print " not something ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can close", " could have closed");
".";
2: CSubjectIs(x1,true); " already closed.";
3: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"close",0,"closes","closed");
" ", (the) x1, ".";
4: "(first closing ", (the) x1, ")";
}
CommandsOff: switch (n) {
1: "[Command recording off.]";
#Ifdef TARGET_GLULX;
2: "[Command recording already off.]";
#Endif; ! TARGET_
}
CommandsOn: switch (n) {
1: "[Command recording on.]";
#Ifdef TARGET_GLULX;
2: "[Commands are currently replaying.]";
3: "[Command recording already on.]";
4: "[Command recording failed.]";
#Endif; ! TARGET_
}
CommandsRead: switch (n) {
1: "[Replaying commands.]";
#Ifdef TARGET_GLULX;
2: "[Commands are already replaying.]";
3: "[Command replay failed. Command recording is on.]";
4: "[Command replay failed.]";
5: "[Command replay complete.]";
#Endif; ! TARGET_
}
Consult: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"discover",0,"discovers","discovered");
print " nothing of interest in ";
if (x1 == player) { OnesSelf(x1); ".";}
else print_ret (the) x1, ".";
Cut: switch (n) {
1: print "Cutting ", (ThatOrThose) x1, " up would ";
Tense("achieve", "have achieved");
" little.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Dig: print "Digging would ";
Tense("achieve", "have achieved");
" nothing here.";
Disrobe: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIsnt(actor,true); " wearing ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"take off",0,"takes off", "took off");
" ", (the) x1, ".";
}
Drink: print "There";
Tense("'s", " was");
" nothing suitable to drink here.";
Drop: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs(x1,true); " already here.";
2: print "Perhaps ", (theActor) actor, " should ";
Tense("take", "have taken");
print " ", (the) x1;
if (parent(x1) has supporter) print " off ";
else print " out of ";
print_ret (the) parent(x1), " first.";
3: "(first taking ", (the) x1, " off)";
4: "Dropped.";
}
Eat: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs(x1,true); " plainly inedible.";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"eat",0,"eats", "ate"); print " ", (the) x1;
if (actor == player) ". Not bad."; else ".";
}
EmptyT: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectCant(x1,true); " contain things.";
2: CSubjectIs(x1,true); " closed.";
3: CSubjectIs(x1,true); " empty already.";
4: print "That would ";
Tense("empty", "emptied");
" anything.";
}
Enter: switch (n) {
1: print "But "; CSubjectIs(actor,true,true);
" already ", (nop) SupportObj(x1,"on ","in "), (the) x1, ".";
2: CSubjectIs(x1,true);
print " not something ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can ", " could ");
switch (x2) {
'stand': "stand on.";
'sit': "sit down on.";
'lie': "lie down on.";
default: "enter.";
}
3: CSubjectCant(actor,true);
" get into the closed ", (name) x1, ".";
4: CSubjectCan(actor,true);
" only get into something free-standing.";
5: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"get",0,"gets","got");
SupportObj(x1," onto"," into"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
6: "(getting ", (nop) SupportObj(x1,"off","out of"), " ", (the) x1, ")";
7: if (x1 has supporter) "(getting onto ", (the) x1, ")";
if (x1 has container) "(getting into ", (the) x1, ")";
"(entering ", (the) x1, ")";
}
Examine: switch (n) {
1: "Darkness, noun. An absence of light to see by.";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"see",0,"sees","saw");
" nothing special about ", (the) x1, ".";
3: CSubjectIs(x1,true);
Tense(" currently");
print " switched ";
if (x1 has on) "on."; else "off.";
}
Exit: switch (n) {
1: print "But ";
CSubjectIsnt(actor,true,true);
" in anything at the moment.";
2: CSubjectCant(actor,false);
" get out of the closed ", (name) x1, ".";
3: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"get",0,"gets", "got");
print " ";
SupportObj(x1,"off","out of"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
4: CSubjectIsnt(actor,true);
print " ";
SupportObj(x1,"on","in"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
5: "(first getting ", (nop) SupportObj(x1,"off","out of"),
" ", (the) x1, ")";
6: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"stand",0,"stands","stood"); " up.";
}
Fill: switch (n) {
1: print "There ";
Tense("isn't", "wasn't");
" anything obvious with which to fill ", (the) x1, ".";
2: print "Filling ", (the) x1, " from ", (the) x2;
Tense(" doesn't", " didn't");
" make sense.";
}
FullScore: switch (n) {
1: if (deadflag) print "The score was "; else print "The score is ";
"made up as follows:^";
2: "finding sundry items";
3: "visiting various places";
4: print "total (out of ", MAX_SCORE; ")";
}
GetOff: print "But ";
CSubjectIsnt(actor,true,false); " on ", (the) x1, " at the moment.";
Give: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIsnt(actor,true); " holding ", (the) x1, ".";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"juggle",0,"juggles","juggled");
" ", (the) x1, " for a while, but don't achieve much.";
3: CSubjectDont(x1,true); " seem interested.";
4: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"hand over",0,"hands over","handed over");
" ", (the) x1, ".";
}
Go: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectWill(actor,true);
Tense(" have", " had");
" to get ", (nop) SupportObj(x1,"off","out of"), " ", (the) x1, " first.";
2: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " go that way.";
3: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " unable to climb ", (the) x1, ".";
4: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " unable to descend by ", (the) x1, ".";
5: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " since ", (the) x1, " ", (IsOrAre) x1, " in the way.";
6: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " since ", (the) x1, " ", (nop) PluralObj(x1,"lead","leads","led"), " nowhere.";
7: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"depart",0,"departs","departed"); ".";
}
Insert: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"need",0,"needs","needed");
print " to be holding ", (the) x1, " before ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can", " could");
" put ", (ItOrThem) x1, " into something else.";
2: CSubjectCant(x1,true); " contain things.";
3: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " closed.";
4: CSubjectWill(actor,true);
Tense(" need", " needed");
" to take ", (ItOrThem) x1, " off first.";
5: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " put something inside itself.";
6: "(first taking ", (ItOrThem) x1, " off)";
7: print "There ";
Tense(" is", " was");
" no more room in ", (the) x1, ".";
8: "Done.";
9: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"put",0,"puts","put"); " ", (the) x1, " into ", (the) x2, ".";
}
Inv: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs (actor,false); " carrying nothing.";
2: CSubjectIs (actor,false); print " carrying";
3: ":";
4: ".";
}
Jump: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"jump",0,"jumps","jumped"); " on the spot, fruitlessly.";
JumpIn:
print "Jumping in ", (the) x1, " ";
Tense("would achieve", "would have achieved");
" nothing here.";
JumpOn:
print "Jumping upon ", (the) x1, " ";
Tense("would achieve", "would have achieved");
" nothing here.";
JumpOver: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"achieve",0,"achieve","achieved"); " nothing by this.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Kiss: "Keep your mind on the game.";
Listen: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"hear",0,"hears","heard"); " nothing unexpected.";
ListMiscellany: switch (n) {
1: print " (providing light)";
2: print " (which ", (IsOrAre) x1, " closed)";
3: print " (closed and providing light)";
4: print " (which ", (IsOrAre) x1, " empty)";
5: print " (empty and providing light)";
6: print " (which ", (IsOrAre) x1, " closed and empty)";
7: print " (closed, empty and providing light)";
8: print " (providing light and being worn";
9: print " (providing light";
10: print " (being worn";
11: print " (which ", (IsOrAre) x1, " ";
12: print "open";
13: print "open but empty";
14: print "closed";
15: print "closed and locked";
16: print " and empty";
17: print " (which ", (IsOrAre) x1, " empty)";
18: print " containing ";
19: print " (on ";
20: print ", on top of ";
21: print " (in ";
22: print ", inside ";
}
LMode1: print " is now in its ";
if (initial_lookmode == 1) print "normal ";
"~brief~ printing mode, which gives long descriptions
of places never before visited and short descriptions otherwise.";
LMode2: print " is now in its ";
if (initial_lookmode ~= 1 or 3) print "normal ";
"~verbose~ mode, which always gives long descriptions
of locations (even if you've been there before).";
LMode3: print " is now in its ";
if (initial_lookmode == 3) print "normal ";
"~superbrief~ mode, which always gives short descriptions
of locations (even if you haven't been there before).";
Lock: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectDont(x1,true);
print " seem to be something ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can", " could");
" lock.";
2: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " locked at the moment.";
3: CSubjectWill(actor,true); " first have to close ", (the) x1, ".";
4: CSubjectDont(x1,true); " seem to fit the lock.";
5: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"lock",0,"locks","locked"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
}
Look: switch (n) {
1: print " (on ", (the) x1, ")";
2: print " (in ", (the) x1, ")";
3: print " (as ", (object) x1, ")";
4: print "^On ", (the) x1;
WriteListFrom(child(x1),
ENGLISH_BIT+RECURSE_BIT+PARTINV_BIT+TERSE_BIT+CONCEAL_BIT+ISARE_BIT);
".";
5,6:
if (x1 ~= location) {
if (x1 has supporter) print "^On "; else print "^In ";
print (the) x1, " ", (theActor) actor, " ";
Tense("can", "could");
}
else { new_line; CSubjectCan(actor,false); }
if (n == 5) print " also";
print " see ";
WriteListFrom(child(x1),
ENGLISH_BIT+RECURSE_BIT+PARTINV_BIT+TERSE_BIT+CONCEAL_BIT+WORKFLAG_BIT);
if (x1 ~= location) "."; else " here.";
7: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"see",0,"sees", "saw"); " nothing unexpected in that direction.";
}
LookUnder: switch (n) {
1: print "But it";
Tense("'s", " was");
" dark.";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"find",0,"finds", "found"); " nothing of interest.";
}
Mild: "Quite.";
Miscellany: switch (n) {
1: "(considering the first sixteen objects only)^";
2: "Nothing to do!";
3: print " "; CSubjectVerb(player, false, false, "died", "have died", "has died");
print " ";
4: print " "; CSubjectVerb(player, false, false, "won", "have won", "has won");
print " ";
5: print "^Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game";
#Ifdef DEATH_MENTION_UNDO;
print ", UNDO your last move";
#Endif;
if (TASKS_PROVIDED == 0) print ", give the FULL score for that game";
if (deadflag == 2 && AMUSING_PROVIDED == 0)
print ", see some suggestions for AMUSING things to do";
SerialComma(3); print " or QUIT?";
6: "[Your interpreter does not provide ~undo~. Sorry!]";
#Ifdef TARGET_ZCODE;
7: "~Undo~ failed. [Not all interpreters provide it.]";
#Ifnot; ! TARGET_GLULX
7: "[You cannot ~undo~ any further.]";
#Endif; ! TARGET_
8: "Please give one of the answers above.";
9: print "^It ";
Tense("is now", "was");
print " pitch dark in ";
Tense("here", "there");
"!";
10: "I beg your pardon?";
11: "[You can't ~undo~ what hasn't been done!]";
12: "[Can't ~undo~ twice in succession. Sorry!]";
13: "[Previous turn undone.]";
14: "Sorry, that can't be corrected.";
15: "Think nothing of it.";
16: "~Oops~ can only correct a single word.";
17: print "It ";
Tense("is", "was");
print " pitch dark, and ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can't", " couldn't");
" see a thing.";
18: print "yourself";
19: "As good-looking as ever.";
20: "To repeat a command like ~frog, jump~, just say ~again~, not ~frog, again~.";
21: CSubjectCan(actor,true); " hardly repeat that.";
22: CSubjectCant(actor, true); " begin with a comma.";
23: CSubjectVerb(actor, true, false, "seem", "seem", "seems", "seemed");
print " to want to talk to someone, but I ";
Tense("can't", "couldn't"); " see whom.";
24: CSubjectCant(actor, true); " talk to ", (the) x1, ".";
25: "To talk to someone, try ~someone, hello~ or some such.";
26: "(first taking ", (the) x1, ")";
27: "I didn't understand that sentence.";
28: print "I only understood you as far as wanting to ";
29: "I didn't understand that number.";
30: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " see any such thing.";
31: CSubjectVerb(actor, true, false, "seem", "seem", "seems", "seemed");
" to have said too little!";
32: CSubjectIsnt(actor); " holding that!";
33: "You can't use multiple objects with that verb.";
34: "You can only use multiple objects once on a line.";
35: "I'm not sure what ~", (address) x1, "~ refers to.";
36: "You excepted something not included anyway!";
37: CSubjectCan(actor,true); " only do that to something animate.";
#Ifdef DIALECT_US;
38: "That's not a verb I recognize.";
#Ifnot;
38: "That's not a verb I recognise.";
#Endif;
39: "That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game.";
40: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " see ~", (address) x1, "~ (", (the) x2, ") at the moment.";
41: "I didn't understand the way that finished.";
42: if (x1 == 0) print "None"; else print "Only ", (number) x1;
print " of those ";
if (x1 == 1) print "is"; else print "are";
" available.";
43: "Nothing to do!";
44: print "There ";
Tense("is", "was");
" nothing to ", (address) x1, ".";
45: print "Who do you mean, ";
46: print "Which do you mean, ";
47: "Sorry, you can only have one item here. Which exactly?";
48: print "Whom do you want";
if (x1 ~= player && x1 ~= nothing) print " ", (the) x1;
print " to "; PrintCommand(); "?";
49: print "What ";
CSubjectVoice(player, "do", "do", "does", "did");
print " ";
CSubjectVerb(player, false, true, "want", "want", "want", "want");
if (x1 ~= player && x1 ~= nothing) print " ", (the) x1;
print " to "; PrintCommand(); "?";
50: print "The score has just gone ";
if (x1 > 0) print "up"; else { x1 = -x1; print "down"; }
print " by ", (number) x1, " point";
if (x1 > 1) print "s";
51: "(Since something dramatic has happened, your list of commands has been cut short.)";
52: "^Type a number from 1 to ", x1, ", 0 to redisplay or press ENTER.";
53: "^[Please press SPACE.]";
54: "[Comment recorded.]";
55: "[Comment NOT recorded.]";
56: ".";
57: "?";
58: "(first taking ", (the) x1, " ", (nop) SupportObj(x2,"off","out of"), " ", (the) x2, ")";
59: "You'll have to be more specific.";
60: print (The) x1, " observes that ";
}
No,Yes: "That was a rhetorical question.";
NotifyOff:
"Score notification off.";
NotifyOn: "Score notification on.";
Objects: switch (n) {
1: "Objects ", (nop) CSubjectVerb(actor, false, true, "have", "have", "has"), " handled:^";
2: "None.";
3: print " (worn)";
4: print " (held)";
5: print " (given away)";
6: print " (in ", (name) x1, ")";
7: print " (in ", (the) x1, ")";
8: print " (inside ", (the) x1, ")";
9: print " (on ", (the) x1, ")";
10: print " (lost)";
}
Open: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs (x1,true);
print " not something ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can open", " could have opened");
".";
2: CSubjectVerb(x1,true,false,"seem",0,"seems","seemed"); " to be locked.";
3: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " already open.";
4: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"open",0,"opens","opened"); print " ", (the) x1;
Tense(", revealing ", " and revealed ");
if (WriteListFrom(child(x1), ENGLISH_BIT+TERSE_BIT+CONCEAL_BIT) == 0) "nothing.";
".";
5: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"open",0,"opens","opened"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
6: "(first opening ", (the) x1, ")";
}
Order: CSubjectHas(x1,false); " better things to do.";
Places: switch (n) {
1: print "You have visited: ";
2: ".^";
}
Pray: print "Nothing practical ";
Tense("results", "resulted");
" from ", (Possessive) actor, " prayer.";
Prompt: print "^>";
Pronouns: switch (n) {
1: print "At the moment, ";
2: print "means ";
3: print "is unset";
4: "no pronouns are known to the game.";
5: ".";
}
Pull,Push,Turn: switch (n) {
1: if (player provides narrative_voice && player.narrative_voice == 3) {
print_ret (The) player, " ", (nop) Tense("isn't", "wasn't"),
" likely to help matters by punishing ",
(OnesSelf) player, " that way.";
} else {
"Punishing ", (OnesSelf) player, " that way ",
(nop) Tense("isn't", "wasn't"), " likely to help matters.";
}
2: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " fixed in place.";
3: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " unable to.";
4: print "Nothing obvious ";
Tense("happens", "happened");
".";
5: print "That would ";
Tense("be", "have been");
" less than courteous.";
6: DecideAgainst();
}
! Push: see Pull
PushDir: switch (n) {
1: print "That really ";
Tense("wouldn't", "didn't");
" serve any purpose.";
2: print "That's ";
Tense("not", "wasn't");
" a direction.";
3: print "Not that way ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can't", "couldn't");
".";
}
PutOn: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"need",0,"needs","needed");
print " to be holding ", (the) x1, " before ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can", " could");
" put ", (ItOrThem) x1, " on top of something else.";
2: CSubjectCant(actor,true,true); " put something on top of itself.";
3: print "Putting things on ", (the) x1, " would";
Tense(" achieve", "'ve achieved");
" nothing.";
4: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"lack",0,"lacks","lacked"); " the dexterity.";
5: "(first taking ", (ItOrThem) x1, " off)";
6: print "There ";
Tense("is", "was");
" no more room on ", (the) x1, ".";
7: "Done.";
8: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"put",0,"puts","put"); " ", (the) x1, " on ", (the) x2, ".";
}
Quit: switch (n) {
1: print "Please answer yes or no.";
2: print "Are you sure you want to quit? ";
}
Remove: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " unfortunately closed.";
2: print "But ";
CSubjectIsnt(x1,true); " there now.";
3: "Removed.";
}
Restart: switch (n) {
1: print "Are you sure you want to restart? ";
2: "Failed.";
}
Restore: switch (n) {
1: "Restore failed.";
2: "Ok.";
}
Rub: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"achieve",0,"achieves","achieved");
" nothing by this.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Save: switch (n) {
1: "Save failed.";
2: "Ok.";
}
Score: switch (n) {
1: if (deadflag) print "In that game you scored "; else print "You have so far scored ";
print score, " out of a possible ", MAX_SCORE, ", in ", turns, " turn";
if (turns ~= 1) print "s";
return;
2: "There is no score in this story.";
}
ScriptOff: switch (n) {
1: "Transcripting is already off.";
2: "^End of transcript.";
3: "Attempt to end transcript failed.";
}
ScriptOn: switch (n) {
1: "Transcripting is already on.";
2: "Start of a transcript of";
3: "Attempt to begin transcript failed.";
}
Search: switch (n) {
1: print "But it";
Tense("'s", " was");
" dark.";
2: print "There ";
Tense("is", "was");
" nothing on ", (the) x1, ".";
3: print "On ", (the) x1;
WriteListFrom(child(x1), ENGLISH_BIT+TERSE_BIT+CONCEAL_BIT+ISARE_BIT);
".";
4: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"find",0,"finds","found"); " nothing of interest.";
5: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " see inside, since ", (the) x1, " ", (IsOrAre) x1, " closed.";
6: "", (The) x1, " ", (IsOrAre) x1, " empty.";
7: print "In ", (the) x1;
WriteListFrom(child(x1), ENGLISH_BIT+TERSE_BIT+CONCEAL_BIT+ISARE_BIT);
".";
}
! Preceding "No," unable to be used for Set and SetTo
Set: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " set ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
SetTo: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " set ", (ThatOrThose) x1, " to anything.";
Show: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIsnt(actor,true); " holding ", (the) x1, ".";
2: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " unimpressed.";
}
Sing: print (PossessiveCaps) actor, " singing ";
Tense("is", "was");
" abominable.";
Sleep: CSubjectIsnt(actor,true); " feeling especially drowsy.";
Smell: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"smell",0,"smells","smelled"); " nothing unexpected.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
#Ifdef DIALECT_US;
Sorry: "Oh, don't apologize.";
#Ifnot;
Sorry: "Oh, don't apologise.";
#Endif;
Squeeze: switch (n) {
1: DecideAgainst();
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"achieve",0,"achieves","achieved"); " nothing by this.";
}
Strong: "Real adventurers do not use such language.";
Swim: print "There";
Tense("'s not", " wasn't");
" enough water to swim in.";
Swing: print "There";
Tense("'s", " was");
" nothing sensible to swing here.";
SwitchOff: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs (x1,true);
print " not something ", (theActor) actor, " ";
Tense("can", "could");
" switch.";
2: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " already off.";
3: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"switch",0,"switches","switched"); " ", (the) x1, " off.";
}
SwitchOn: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs (x1,true);
print " not something ", (theActor) actor, " ";
Tense("can", "could");
" switch.";
2: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " already on.";
3: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"switch",0,"switches","switched"); " ", (the) x1, " on.";
}
Take: switch (n) {
1: "Taken.";
2: CSubjectIs (actor,false); " always self-possessed.";
3: print "I don't suppose ", (the) x1, " would ";
Tense("care", "have cared");
" for that.";
4: CSubjectWill(actor,true);
print " have ";
Tense("", "had ");
"to get ", (nop) SupportObj(x1,"off","out of"), " ", (the) x1, " first.";
5: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"already have",0,"already has","already had"); " ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
6: CSubjectVerb(x2,true,false,"seem",0,"seems","seemed"); " to belong to ", (the) x1, ".";
7: CSubjectVerb(x2,true,false,"seem",0,"seems","seemed"); " to be a part of ", (the) x1, ".";
8: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " not available.";
9: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " not open.";
10: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " hardly portable.";
11: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " fixed in place.";
12: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " carrying too many things already.";
13: "(putting ", (the) x1, " into ", (the) x2, " to make room)";
}
Taste: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"taste",0,"tastes","tasted"); " nothing unexpected.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Tell: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"talk",0,"talks","talked");
" to ", (OnesSelf) actor, " for a while.";
2: print "This provoke";
Tense("s", "d");
" no reaction.";
}
Think: "What a good idea.";
ThrowAt: switch (n) {
1: "Futile.";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"lack",0,"lacks","lacked");
print " the nerve when it ";
Tense("comes", "came");
" to the crucial moment.";
}
Tie: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"would",0,0);
Tense(" achieve", " have achieved");
" nothing by this.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Touch: switch (n) {
1: DecideAgainst();
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"feel",0,"feels","felt"); " nothing unexpected.";
3: print "That really ";
Tense("wouldn't", "didn't");
" serve any purpose.";
}
! Turn: see Pull.
Unlock: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectDont(x1,true);
print " seem to be something ", (theActor) actor;
Tense(" can unlock", " could have unlocked");
".";
2: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " unlocked at the moment.";
3: CSubjectDont(x1,true); " seem to fit the lock.";
4: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"unlock",0,"unlocks","unlocked"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
5: "(first unlocking ", (the) x1, ")";
}
VagueGo: CSubjectWill(actor);
print " have ";
Tense("", "had ");
"to say which compass direction to go in.";
Verify: switch (n) {
1: "The game file has verified as intact.";
2: "The game file did not verify as intact, and may be corrupt.";
}
Wait: print "Time passe";
Tense("s", "d");
".";
Wake: print "The dreadful truth is, this ";
Tense("is", "was");
" not a dream.";
WakeOther:print "That seem";
Tense("s", "ed");
" unnecessary.";
Wave: switch (n) {
1: print "But ";
CSubjectIsnt(actor,true,true); " holding ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"look",0,"looks","looked");
print " ridiculous waving ", (the) x1;
if (x2)
" at ", (the) x2, ".";
".";
3: DecideAgainst();
}
WaveHands:
CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"wave",0,"waves","waved");
switch (n) {
1: ! nothing
2: print " at ", (the) x1;
}
", feeling foolish.";
Wear: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " wear ", (ThatOrThose) x1, "!";
2: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " not holding ", (ThatOrThose) x1, "!";
3: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " already wearing ", (ThatOrThose) x1, "!";
4: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"put on",0,"puts on","put on"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
}
! Yes: see No.
];
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Constant LIBRARY_ENGLISH; ! for dependency checking.
#Endif;
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