[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) Re: command parsers: a modest proposa

[Richard Bartle]

Chris Gray <cg at ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> wrote:
 
 >for me, the concept of "part of speech" isn't really part
 >of the server. So, my "tables" are just mappings of strings to
 >database items, which includes objects, rooms, code, arrays, etc.
        I find parts of speech useful because they allow single words to
have different meanings depending on where they are used.
        WIND CLOCK              verb
        GET WIND CHIME          adjective
        SUMMON WIND             noun
 
        It's especially helpful with abbreviations:
        G K                     get key
        K G                     kill goblin
        G K F G                 get key from goblin
        F                       flee
 
        Using parts of speech, you can point to entirely different objects
from vocabulary entries by context.
 
                Richard