Stiffy Makane: Apocolocyntosis — 15 of 235

Part Five - "Language"

Chapter One - "An ugly hack"

Before doing anything:

if the second noun is a person and the noun is not the player

begin;

let P be the second noun;

if P is a woman, forcibly set the female pronoun from P;

if P is a man, forcibly set the male pronoun from P;

if P is neuter, forcibly set the neuter pronoun from P;

end if;

if the noun is a person and the noun is not the player

begin;

let P be the noun;

if P is a woman, forcibly set the female pronoun from P;

if P is a man, forcibly set the male pronoun from P;

if P is neuter, forcibly set the neuter pronoun from P;

end if;

continue the action.

This is the forcibly set the personal pronoun from multiple object lists rule:

let CI be the current item from the multiple object list;

if CI is a person

begin;

if CI is a woman, forcibly set the female pronoun from CI;

if CI is a man, forcibly set the male pronoun from CI;

if CI is neuter, forcibly set the neuter pronoun from CI;

end if;

continue the activity.

The forcibly set the personal pronoun from multiple object lists rule is listed after the set pronouns from items from multiple object lists rule in the action-processing rules.

For printing a locale paragraph about a thing (called the item) (this is the forcibly set the personal pronoun from items in room descriptions rule):

if the item is a person

begin;

if the item is a woman, forcibly set the female pronoun from the item;

if the item is male, forcibly set the male pronoun from the item;

if the item is neuter, forcibly set the neuter pronoun from the item;

end if;

continue the activity.

For printing a locale paragraph about a thing (called the item) (this is the forcibly set personal pronoun from items on supporters rule):

if the item is a supporter and the item does not enclose the player

begin;

repeat with the possibility running through things on the item

begin;

if the possibility is a woman, forcibly set the female pronoun from the possibility;

if the possibility is a man, forcibly set the male pronoun from the possibility;

if the possibility is a neuter animal, forcibly set the neuter pronoun from the possibility;

end repeat;

end if;

continue the activity.

To really have the parser notice (O - an object):

set pronouns from O; [FIXME?]

[have the parser notice O;] [FIXME]

if O is a woman, forcibly set the female pronoun from O;

if O is a man, forcibly set the male pronoun from O;

if O is a neuter animal, forcibly set the neuter pronoun from O.

To forcibly set the female pronoun from (O - an object):

(- (SetPronoun('her', {O} ) ); -).

To forcibly set the male pronoun from (O - an object):

(- (SetPronoun('him', {O} ) ); -).

To forcibly set the neuter pronoun from (O - an object):

(- (SetPronoun('it', {O} ) ); -).