Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing

["Travis S. Casey" <efindel#io,com>]

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Chris Gray wrote:

[snip lots]

> 	starting with word after verb, try to grab a noun phrase.
> 	Phrase ends at end of command or at any preposition for any
> 	form of the verb. If preposition is found, use that form of
> 	the verb (requiring direct/indirect as indicated by form),
> 	else the verb must have a simple form that requires no objects,
> 	or just direct objects - pick whichever one you find. The
> 	system disallows having both forms without prepositions.

This could cause a problem if you're not careful about naming, since
"from" can be a part of a name -- e.g., "the man from UNCLE".  It's not a
common case, but it could happen.

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