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"PARSER for
SUSPENSION
(c) Copyright 1982 Infocom, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"
"Parser global variable convention: All parser globals will
begin with 'P-'. Local variables are not restricted in any
way.
"
<SETG SIBREAKS ".,\"">
<GLOBAL ALWAYS-LIT <>>
<GLOBAL GWIM-DISABLE <>>
<GLOBAL PRSA 0>
<GLOBAL PRSI 0>
<GLOBAL PRSO 0>
<GLOBAL P-ADVERB <>>
<GLOBAL P-ADJECTIVE <>>
<GLOBAL P-OADJECTIVE <>>
<GLOBAL P-OADJ <>>
<GLOBAL P-SPACE 1>
<GLOBAL P-TWOBOTS <>>
<GLOBAL P-TABLE 0>
<GLOBAL P-ONEOBJ 0>

The grammar line found when the most recent command was parsed. (Except for simple direction commands, which are a special case.) See the Grammar tab.

<GLOBAL P-SYNTAX 0>
<GLOBAL P-CCSRC 0>
<GLOBAL P-LEN 0>
<GLOBAL P-DIR 0>

In most Infocom games, HERE is the location of the WINNER. In Suspended, HERE is the robot you are currently commanding. (Technically this is based on ROFF rather than WINNER.)

Why the difference? Because the interpreter always displays HERE in top left of the status line, and in Suspended, that is a robot name.

<GLOBAL HERE 0>

WINNER is the actor in the current command.

For a BOTH command, WINNER is briefly set to the TWOBOTS object. It’s reset to OLD-WINNER at the end of the turn, though, so you won’t see this in the State tab.

<GLOBAL WINNER 0>
<GLOBAL P-LEXV <ITABLE BYTE 120>>
;"INBUF - Input buffer for READ"
<GLOBAL P-INBUF <ITABLE BYTE 100>>
;"Parse-cont variable"
<GLOBAL P-CONT <>>
<GLOBAL P-IT-OBJECT <>>
<GLOBAL P-IT-LOC <>>
;"Orphan flag"
<GLOBAL P-OFLAG <>>
<GLOBAL P-MERGED <>>
<GLOBAL P-ACLAUSE <>>
<GLOBAL P-ANAM <>>
<GLOBAL P-AADJ <>>
;"Parser variables and temporaries"
<CONSTANT P-PHRLEN 3>
<CONSTANT P-ORPHLEN 7>
<CONSTANT P-RTLEN 3>
;"Byte offset to # of entries in LEXV"
<CONSTANT P-LEXWORDS 1>
;"Word offset to start of LEXV entries"
<CONSTANT P-LEXSTART 1>
;"Number of words per LEXV entry"
<CONSTANT P-LEXELEN 2>
<CONSTANT P-WORDLEN 4>
;"Offset to parts of speech byte"
<CONSTANT P-PSOFF 4>
;"Offset to first part of speech"
<CONSTANT P-P1OFF 5>
;"First part of speech bit mask in PSOFF byte"
<CONSTANT P-P1BITS 3>
<CONSTANT P-ITBLLEN 9>
<GLOBAL P-ITBL <TABLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0>>
<GLOBAL P-OTBL <TABLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0>>
<GLOBAL P-VTBL <TABLE 0 0 0 0>>
<GLOBAL P-NCN 0>
<CONSTANT P-VERB 0>
<CONSTANT P-VERBN 1>
<CONSTANT P-PREP1 2>
<CONSTANT P-PREP1N 3>
<CONSTANT P-PREP2 4>
<CONSTANT P-PREP2N 5>
<CONSTANT P-NC1 6>
<CONSTANT P-NC1L 7>
<CONSTANT P-NC2 8>
<CONSTANT P-NC2L 9>
<GLOBAL QUOTE-FLAG <>>
<GLOBAL SETUP-MODE <>>
" Grovel down the input finding the verb, prepositions, and noun clauses.
If the input is <direction> or <walk> <direction>, fall out immediately
setting PRSA to ,V?WALK and PRSO to <direction>. Otherwise, perform
all required orphaning, syntax checking, and noun clause lookup."
<ROUTINE PARSER ("AUX" (PTR ,P-LEXSTART) WORD (VAL 0) (VERB <>)
LEN (DIR <>) (NW 0) (LW 0) NUM SCNT (CNT -1))
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<G? <SET CNT <+ .CNT 1>> ,P-ITBLLEN> <RETURN>)
(T <PUT ,P-ITBL .CNT 0>)>>
<SETG P-ADVERB <>>
<SETG P-OADJ <>>
<SETG P-ADJECTIVE <>>
<SETG P-MERGED <>>
<PUT ,P-PRSO ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<PUT ,P-PRSI ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<PUT ,P-BUTS ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<COND (,P-CONT
<SET PTR ,P-CONT>
<SETG P-CONT <>>
<COND (<NOT <VERB? $TELL>> <CRLF>)>)
(<AND <G? ,P-NACTORS 1> <ACTOR-CHANGE>>
<SET PTR ,P-OPCONT>)
(T
<SETG QUOTE-FLAG <>>
<COND (<NOT ,SETUP-MODE> <CRLF>)
(T
<SET VERB ,ACT?WALK>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB ,ACT?WALK>
<PUT ,P-VTBL 0 0>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1 ,PR?TO>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1N ,W?TO>)>
<COND (<==? ,WINNER ,TWOBOTS>
<CRLF>)>
<COND (<NOT <==? <BAND <GETB 0 1> 16> 0>>
<TELL "(FC linked to " D ,WINNER ")">)>
<TELL ">">
<READ ,P-INBUF ,P-LEXV>)>
<SETG P-LEN <GETB ,P-LEXV ,P-LEXWORDS>>
<COND (<0? ,P-LEN>
<TELL "FC: Communication meaningless." CR>
<RFALSE>)>
<SET LEN ,P-LEN>
<SETG P-DIR <>>
<SETG P-NCN 0>
<SETG P-GETFLAGS 0>
<SETG P-TWOBOTS <>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<L? <SETG P-LEN <- ,P-LEN 1>> 0>
<SETG QUOTE-FLAG <>>
<RETURN>)
(<OR <SET WORD <GET ,P-LEXV .PTR>>
<SET WORD <NUMBER? .PTR>>>
<COND (<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?BOTH ,W?TOGETHER>
<SETG P-TWOBOTS T>)
(<AND <==? .WORD ,W?TO>
<EQUAL? .VERB ,ACT?$TELL>>
<SET WORD ,W?QUOTE>)
(<AND <==? .WORD ,W?THEN>
<NOT .VERB>>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB ,ACT?$TELL>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-VERBN 0>
<SET WORD ,W?QUOTE>)>

This check for titles is copied from Deadline. It’s commented out here, since robots always use the informal.

<COND ;(<AND <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?.>
<EQUAL? .LW ,W?MRS ,W?MR ,W?MS>>
<SET LW 0>)
(<OR <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?THEN ,W?.>
<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?QUOTE>>
<COND (<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?QUOTE>
<COND (,QUOTE-FLAG
<SETG QUOTE-FLAG <>>)
(T <SETG QUOTE-FLAG T>)>)>
<OR <0? ,P-LEN>
<SETG P-CONT <+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>>
<RETURN>)
(<AND <SET VAL
<WT? .WORD
,PS?DIRECTION
,P1?DIRECTION>>
<OR <==? .LEN 1>
<AND <==? .LEN 2> <==? .VERB ,ACT?WALK>>
<AND <EQUAL? <SET NW
<GET ,P-LEXV
<+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>>
,W?THEN
,W?QUOTE>
<==? .VERB ,ACT?WALK>
<G? .LEN 2>>
<AND <EQUAL? .NW ,W?.>
<EQUAL? .VERB ,ACT?WALK <>>
<G? .LEN 1>>
<AND ,QUOTE-FLAG
<==? .LEN 2>
<EQUAL? .NW ,W?QUOTE>>
<AND <G? .LEN 2>
<==? .VERB ,ACT?WALK>
<EQUAL? .NW ,W?COMMA ,W?AND>>>>
<SET DIR .VAL>
<COND (<EQUAL? .NW ,W?COMMA ,W?AND>
<PUT ,P-LEXV
<+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>
,W?THEN>)>
<COND (<NOT <G? .LEN 2>>
<SETG QUOTE-FLAG <>>
<RETURN>)>)
(<AND <SET VAL <WT? .WORD ,PS?VERB ,P1?VERB>>
<NOT .VERB>>
<SET VERB .VAL>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB .VAL>
<PUT ,P-VTBL 0 .WORD>
<PUTB ,P-VTBL 2 <GETB ,P-LEXV
<SET NUM
<+ <* .PTR 2> 2>>>>
<PUTB ,P-VTBL 3 <GETB ,P-LEXV <+ .NUM 1>>>)
(<OR <SET VAL <WT? .WORD ,PS?PREPOSITION 0>>
<AND <OR <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?ALL ,W?ONE ,W?A>
<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?BOTH>
<WT? .WORD ,PS?ADJECTIVE>
<WT? .WORD ,PS?OBJECT>>
<SET VAL 0>>>
<COND (<AND <G? ,P-LEN 0>
<==? <GET ,P-LEXV
<+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>
,W?OF>
;<NOT <EQUAL? .VERB ,ACT?ACCUSE>>
<0? .VAL>
<NOT
<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?ALL ,W?ONE ,W?A>>
<NOT <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?BOTH>>>)
(<AND <NOT <0? .VAL>>
<OR <0? ,P-LEN>
<EQUAL? <GET ,P-LEXV <+ .PTR 2>>
,W?THEN ,W?.>>>
<COND (<L? ,P-NCN 2>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1 .VAL>
<PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1N .WORD>)>)
(<==? ,P-NCN 2>
<TELL
"FC: I found too many nouns in that sentence." CR>
<RFALSE>)
(T
<SETG P-NCN <+ ,P-NCN 1>>
<OR <SET PTR <CLAUSE .PTR .VAL .WORD>>
<RFALSE>>
<COND (<L? .PTR 0>
<SETG QUOTE-FLAG <>>
<RETURN>)>)>)

This adverb check is copied from Deadline and Starcross. It’s only active in Deadline, though.

;(<OR <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?CAREFULLY ,W?QUIETLY>
<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?SLOWLY ,W?QUICKLY
,W?BRIEFLY>>
<SETG P-ADVERB .WORD>)
(<WT? .WORD ,PS?BUZZ-WORD>)
(T
<CANT-USE .PTR>
<RFALSE>)>)
(T
<UNKNOWN-WORD .PTR>
<RFALSE>)>
<SET LW .WORD>
<SET PTR <+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>>
<COND (.DIR
<SETG PRSA ,V?WALK>
<SETG PRSO .DIR>
<SETG P-WALK-DIR .DIR>
<RETURN T>)>
<SETG P-WALK-DIR <>>
<COND (,P-OFLAG <ORPHAN-MERGE>)>
;<COND (<==? <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB> 0> <PUT ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB ,ACT?CALL>)>
T)>>
<ROUTINE ACTOR-CHANGE ()
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<L? ,P-NACTORS 2> <RFALSE>)>
<SETG P-CACTOR <+ ,P-CACTOR 1>>
<CRLF>
<SETG P-NACTORS <- ,P-NACTORS 1>>
<COND (<CHANGE-WINNER <GET ,P-ACTORS ,P-CACTOR>>
<RTRUE>)>>>
<GLOBAL P-WALK-DIR <>>
;"Check whether word pointed at by PTR is the correct part of speech.
The second argument is the part of speech (,PS?<part of speech>). The
3rd argument (,P1?<part of speech>), if given, causes the value
for that part of speech to be returned."
<ROUTINE WT? (PTR BIT "OPTIONAL" (B1 5) "AUX" (OFFST ,P-P1OFF) TYP)
<COND (<BTST <SET TYP <GETB .PTR ,P-PSOFF>> .BIT>
<COND (<G? .B1 4> <RTRUE>)
(T
<SET TYP <BAND .TYP ,P-P1BITS>>
<COND (<NOT <==? .TYP .B1>> <SET OFFST <+ .OFFST 1>>)>
<GETB .PTR .OFFST>)>)>>
;" Scan through a noun clause, leave a pointer to its starting location"
<ROUTINE CLAUSE (PTR VAL WORD "AUX" OFF NUM (ANDFLG <>) (FIRST?? T) NW (LW 0))
#DECL ((PTR VAL OFF NUM) FIX (WORD NW) <OR FALSE FIX TABLE>
(ANDFLG FIRST??) <OR ATOM FALSE>)
<SET OFF <* <- ,P-NCN 1> 2>>
<COND (<NOT <==? .VAL 0>>
<PUT ,P-ITBL <SET NUM <+ ,P-PREP1 .OFF>> .VAL>
<PUT ,P-ITBL <+ .NUM 1> .WORD>
<SET PTR <+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>)
(T <SETG P-LEN <+ ,P-LEN 1>>)>
<COND (<0? ,P-LEN> <SETG P-NCN <- ,P-NCN 1>> <RETURN -1>)>
<PUT ,P-ITBL <SET NUM <+ ,P-NC1 .OFF>> <REST ,P-LEXV <* .PTR 2>>>
<COND (<EQUAL? <GET ,P-LEXV .PTR> ,W?THE ,W?A ,W?AN>
<PUT ,P-ITBL .NUM <REST <GET ,P-ITBL .NUM> 4>>)>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<L? <SETG P-LEN <- ,P-LEN 1>> 0>
<PUT ,P-ITBL <+ .NUM 1> <REST ,P-LEXV <* .PTR 2>>>
<RETURN -1>)>
<COND (<OR <SET WORD <GET ,P-LEXV .PTR>>
<SET WORD <NUMBER? .PTR>>>
<COND (<0? ,P-LEN> <SET NW 0>)
(T <SET NW <GET ,P-LEXV <+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>>)>
;<COND (<AND <==? .WORD ,W?OF>
<==? <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB> ,ACT?ACCUSE>>
<PUT ,P-LEXV .PTR ,W?WITH>
<SET WORD ,W?WITH>)>
<COND ;(<AND <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?.>
<EQUAL? .LW ,W?MRS ,W?MR ,W?MS>>
<SET LW 0>)
(<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?AND ,W?COMMA> <SET ANDFLG T>)
(<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?ALL ,W?BOTH ,W?ONE>
<COND (<==? .NW ,W?OF>
<SETG P-LEN <- ,P-LEN 1>>
<SET PTR <+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>)>)
(<OR <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?THEN ,W?.>
<AND <WT? .WORD ,PS?PREPOSITION>
<NOT .FIRST??>>>
<SETG P-LEN <+ ,P-LEN 1>>
<PUT ,P-ITBL
<+ .NUM 1>
<REST ,P-LEXV <* .PTR 2>>>
<RETURN <- .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>)
(<AND .ANDFLG
<OR <WT? .WORD ,PS?DIRECTION>
<WT? .WORD ,PS?VERB>>>
<SET PTR <- .PTR 4>>
<PUT ,P-LEXV <+ .PTR 2> ,W?THEN>
<SETG P-LEN <+ ,P-LEN 2>>)
(<WT? .WORD ,PS?OBJECT>
<COND (<AND <WT? .WORD
,PS?ADJECTIVE
,P1?ADJECTIVE>
<NOT <==? .NW 0>>
<WT? .NW ,PS?OBJECT>>)
(<AND <NOT .ANDFLG>
<NOT <EQUAL? .NW ,W?BUT ,W?EXCEPT>>
<NOT <EQUAL? .NW ,W?AND ,W?COMMA>>>
<PUT ,P-ITBL
<+ .NUM 1>
<REST ,P-LEXV <* <+ .PTR 2> 2>>>
<RETURN .PTR>)
(T <SET ANDFLG <>>)>)
(<OR <WT? .WORD ,PS?ADJECTIVE>
<WT? .WORD ,PS?BUZZ-WORD>>)
(<WT? .WORD ,PS?PREPOSITION> T)
(T
<CANT-USE .PTR>
<RFALSE>)>)
(T <UNKNOWN-WORD .PTR> <RFALSE>)>
<SET LW .WORD>
<SET FIRST?? <>>
<SET PTR <+ .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>>>
<ROUTINE NUMBER? (PTR "AUX" CNT BPTR CHR (SUM 0) (TIM <>))
<SET CNT <GETB <REST ,P-LEXV <* .PTR 2>> 2>>
<SET BPTR <GETB <REST ,P-LEXV <* .PTR 2>> 3>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<L? <SET CNT <- .CNT 1>> 0> <RETURN>)
(T
<SET CHR <GETB ,P-INBUF .BPTR>>
<COND (<==? .CHR 58>
<SET TIM .SUM>
<SET SUM 0>)
(<G? .SUM 10000> <RFALSE>)
(<AND <L? .CHR 58> <G? .CHR 47>>
<SET SUM <+ <* .SUM 10> <- .CHR 48>>>)
(T <RFALSE>)>
<SET BPTR <+ .BPTR 1>>)>>
<PUT ,P-LEXV .PTR ,W?INTNUM>
<COND (<G? .SUM 1000> <RFALSE>)
(.TIM
<COND (<L? .TIM 8> <SET TIM <+ .TIM 12>>)
(<G? .TIM 23> <RFALSE>)>
<SET SUM <+ .SUM <* .TIM 60>>>)>
<SETG P-NUMBER .SUM>
,W?INTNUM>
<GLOBAL P-NUMBER 0>
<ROUTINE ORPHAN-MERGE ("AUX" (CNT -1) TEMP VERB BEG END (ADJ <>) WRD)
#DECL ((CNT TEMP VERB) FIX (BEG END) <PRIMTYPE VECTOR> (WRD) TABLE)
<SETG P-OFLAG <>>
<COND
(<AND <NOT <0? <SET VERB <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB>>>>
<NOT <==? .VERB <GET ,P-OTBL ,P-VERB>>>>
<RFALSE>)
(<==? ,P-NCN 2>
<RFALSE>)
(<==? <GET ,P-OTBL ,P-NC1> 1>
<COND (<OR <==? <SET TEMP <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1>> <GET ,P-OTBL ,P-PREP1>>
<0? .TEMP>>
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-NC1 <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1>>
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-NC1L <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1L>>)
(T <RFALSE>)>)
(<==? <GET ,P-OTBL ,P-NC2> 1>
<COND (<OR <==? <SET TEMP <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1>> <GET ,P-OTBL ,P-PREP2>>
<0? .TEMP>>
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-NC2 <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1>>
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-NC2L <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1L>>
<SETG P-NCN 2>)
(T <RFALSE>)>)
<COND
(<NOT <==? ,P-NCN 1>> <SETG P-ACLAUSE <>> <RFALSE>)
(T
<SET BEG <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1>>
<SET END <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1L>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<==? .BEG .END>
<COND (.ADJ
<ACLAUSE-WIN .ADJ>
<RETURN>)
(T
<SETG P-ACLAUSE <>>
<RFALSE>)>)
(<AND <NOT .ADJ>
<BTST <GETB <SET WRD <GET .BEG 0>> ,P-PSOFF>
,PS?ADJECTIVE>>
<SET ADJ .WRD>)
(<OR <BTST <GETB .WRD ,P-PSOFF> ,PS?OBJECT>
<==? .WRD ,W?ONE>>
<COND (<NOT <EQUAL? .WRD ,P-ANAM ,W?ONE>> <RFALSE>)
(T
<ACLAUSE-WIN .ADJ>
<RETURN>)>)>
<SET BEG <REST .BEG ,P-WORDLEN>>>)>)>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<G? <SET CNT <+ .CNT 1>> ,P-ITBLLEN>
<SETG P-MERGED T>
<RTRUE>)
(T <PUT ,P-ITBL .CNT <GET ,P-OTBL .CNT>>)>>
T>
<ROUTINE ACLAUSE-WIN (ADJ)
<SETG P-CCSRC ,P-OTBL>
<AND <NOT <==? <GET ,P-OTBL ,P-NC2> 0>>
<SETG P-NCN 2>>
<SETG P-ACLAUSE <>>
<RTRUE>>
;"Print undefined word in input.
PTR points to the unknown word in P-LEXV"
<ROUTINE WORD-PRINT (CNT BUF)
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<DLESS? CNT 0> <RETURN>)
(ELSE
<PRINTC <GETB ,P-INBUF .BUF>>
<SET BUF <+ .BUF 1>>)>>>
<ROUTINE UNKNOWN-WORD (PTR "AUX" BUF)
#DECL ((PTR BUF) FIX)
<TELL "FC: I don't know the word '">
<WORD-PRINT <GETB <REST ,P-LEXV <SET BUF <* .PTR 2>>> 2>
<GETB <REST ,P-LEXV .BUF> 3>>
<TELL "'." CR>
<SETG QUOTE-FLAG <>>
<SETG P-OFLAG <>>>
<ROUTINE CANT-USE (PTR "AUX" BUF)
#DECL ((PTR BUF) FIX)
<TELL "FC: I can't use the word '">
<WORD-PRINT <GETB <REST ,P-LEXV <SET BUF <* .PTR 2>>> 2>
<GETB <REST ,P-LEXV .BUF> 3>>
<TELL "' here." CR>
<SETG QUOTE-FLAG <>>
<SETG P-OFLAG <>>>
;" Perform syntax matching operations, using P-ITBL as the source of
the verb and adjectives for this input. Returns false if no
syntax matches, and does it's own orphaning. If return is true,
the syntax is saved in P-SYNTAX."
<GLOBAL P-SLOCBITS 0>
<CONSTANT P-SYNLEN 8>
<CONSTANT P-SBITS 0>
<CONSTANT P-SPREP1 1>
<CONSTANT P-SPREP2 2>
<CONSTANT P-SFWIM1 3>
<CONSTANT P-SFWIM2 4>
<CONSTANT P-SLOC1 5>
<CONSTANT P-SLOC2 6>
<CONSTANT P-SACTION 7>
<CONSTANT P-SONUMS 3>
<ROUTINE SYNTAX-CHECK ("AUX" SYN LEN NUM OBJ (DRIVE1 <>) (DRIVE2 <>) PREP VERB TMP)
#DECL ((DRIVE1 DRIVE2) <OR FALSE <PRIMTYPE VECTOR>>
(SYN) <PRIMTYPE VECTOR> (LEN NUM VERB PREP) FIX
(OBJ) <OR FALSE OBJECT>)
<COND (<0? <SET VERB <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-VERB>>>
<TELL "FC: I can't find a verb in that sentence!" CR>
<RFALSE>)>
<SET SYN <GET ,VERBS <- 255 .VERB>>>
<SET LEN <GETB .SYN 0>>
<SET SYN <REST .SYN>>
<REPEAT ()
<SET NUM <BAND <GETB .SYN ,P-SBITS> ,P-SONUMS>>
<COND (<G? ,P-NCN .NUM> T)
(<AND <NOT <L? .NUM 1>>
<0? ,P-NCN>
<OR <0? <SET PREP <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1>>>
<==? .PREP <GETB .SYN ,P-SPREP1>>>>
<SET DRIVE1 .SYN>)
(<==? <GETB .SYN ,P-SPREP1> <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP1>>
<COND (<AND <==? .NUM 2> <==? ,P-NCN 1>>
<SET DRIVE2 .SYN>)
(<==? <GETB .SYN ,P-SPREP2>
<GET ,P-ITBL ,P-PREP2>>
<SYNTAX-FOUND .SYN>
<RTRUE>)>)>
<COND (<DLESS? LEN 1>
<COND (<OR .DRIVE1 .DRIVE2> <RETURN>)
(T
<TELL "FC: I don't understand that sentence." CR>
<RFALSE>)>)
(T <SET SYN <REST .SYN ,P-SYNLEN>>)>>
<COND (<AND .DRIVE1
<SET OBJ
<GWIM <GETB .DRIVE1 ,P-SFWIM1>
<GETB .DRIVE1 ,P-SLOC1>
<GETB .DRIVE1 ,P-SPREP1>>>>
<PUT ,P-PRSO ,P-MATCHLEN 1>
<PUT ,P-PRSO 1 .OBJ>
<SYNTAX-FOUND .DRIVE1>)
(<AND .DRIVE2
<SET OBJ
<GWIM <GETB .DRIVE2 ,P-SFWIM2>
<GETB .DRIVE2 ,P-SLOC2>
<GETB .DRIVE2 ,P-SPREP2>>>>
<PUT ,P-PRSI ,P-MATCHLEN 1>
<PUT ,P-PRSI 1 .OBJ>
<SYNTAX-FOUND .DRIVE2>)
(<EQUAL? .VERB ,ACT?FIND>
<TELL "FC: I can't answer that question." CR>
<RFALSE>)
(,SETUP-MODE <RFALSE>)
(T
<ORPHAN .DRIVE1 .DRIVE2>
<TELL "FC: What do you want to ">
<SET TMP <GET ,P-OTBL ,P-VERBN>>
<COND (<==? .TMP 0> <TELL "tell">)
(<0? <GETB ,P-VTBL 2>>
<PRINTB <GET .TMP 0>>)
(T
<WORD-PRINT <GETB .TMP 2> <GETB .TMP 3>>
<PUTB ,P-VTBL 2 0>)>
<COND (.DRIVE2
<SETG P-OFLAG T>
<PREP-PRINT <COND (.DRIVE1 <GETB .DRIVE1 ,P-SPREP1>)
(T <GETB .DRIVE2 ,P-SPREP2>)>>
<TELL "?" CR>
<RFALSE>)>>
<ROUTINE CANT-ORPHAN ()
<TELL
"\"FC: That command was incomplete. Why don't you try again?\"" CR>
<RFALSE>>
<ROUTINE ORPHAN (D1 D2 "AUX" (CNT -1))
#DECL ((D1 D2) <OR FALSE <PRIMTYPE VECTOR>>)
<SETG P-CCSRC ,P-ITBL>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<IGRTR? CNT ,P-ITBLLEN> <RETURN>)
(T <PUT ,P-OTBL .CNT <GET ,P-ITBL .CNT>>)>>
<COND (<==? ,P-NCN 2> <CLAUSE-COPY ,P-NC2 ,P-NC2L>)>
<COND (<NOT <L? ,P-NCN 1>> <CLAUSE-COPY ,P-NC1 ,P-NC1L>)>
<COND (.D1
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-PREP1 <GETB .D1 ,P-SPREP1>>
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-NC1 1>)
(.D2
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-PREP2 <GETB .D2 ,P-SPREP2>>
<PUT ,P-OTBL ,P-NC2 1>)>>
<ROUTINE CLAUSE-PRINT (BPTR EPTR)
<BUFFER-PRINT <GET ,P-ITBL .BPTR> <GET ,P-ITBL .EPTR> T>>
<ROUTINE BUFFER-PRINT (BEG END CP "AUX" (NOSP <>) WRD (FIRST?? T) (PN <>))
#DECL ((BEG END) <PRIMTYPE VECTOR> (CP) <OR FALSE ATOM>)
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<==? .BEG .END> <RETURN>)
(T
<COND (.NOSP <SET NOSP <>>)
(T <TELL " ">)>
<COND (<==? <SET WRD <GET .BEG 0>> ,W?.> <SET NOSP T>)
;(<==? .WRD ,W?MRS> <TELL "Mrs."> <SET PN T>)
;(<==? .WRD ,W?MS> <TELL "Ms."> <SET PN T>)
;(<==? .WRD ,W?MR> <TELL "Mr."> <SET PN T>)
;(<OR <EQUAL? .WRD YOUR-WORDS>
<EQUAL? .WRD ETC>>
<CAPITALIZE .BEG>
<SET PN T>)
(T
<COND (<AND .FIRST?? <NOT .PN> .CP>
<TELL "the ">)>
<COND (,P-OFLAG <PRINTB .WRD>)
(<AND <==? .WRD ,W?IT>
<PRINTD ,P-IT-OBJECT>)
(T
<WORD-PRINT <GETB .BEG 2>
<GETB .BEG 3>>)>
<SET FIRST?? <>>)>)>
<SET BEG <REST .BEG ,P-WORDLEN>>>>
<ROUTINE CAPITALIZE (PTR)
<PRINTC <- <GETB ,P-INBUF <GETB .PTR 3>> 32>>
<WORD-PRINT <- <GETB .PTR 2> 1> <+ <GETB .PTR 3> 1>>>
<ROUTINE PREP-PRINT (PREP "AUX" WRD)
#DECL ((PREP) FIX)
<COND (<NOT <0? .PREP>>
<TELL " ">
<SET WRD <PREP-FIND .PREP>>
<COND ;(<==? .WRD ,W?AGAINST> <TELL "against">)
(T <PRINTB .WRD>)>)>>
<ROUTINE CLAUSE-COPY (BPTR EPTR "OPTIONAL" (INSRT <>) "AUX" BEG END)
#DECL ((BPTR EPTR) FIX (BEG END) <PRIMTYPE VECTOR>
(INSRT) <OR FALSE TABLE>)
<SET BEG <GET ,P-CCSRC .BPTR>>
<SET END <GET ,P-CCSRC .EPTR>>
<PUT ,P-OTBL
.BPTR
<REST ,P-OCLAUSE
<+ <* <GET ,P-OCLAUSE ,P-MATCHLEN> ,P-LEXELEN> 2>>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<==? .BEG .END>
<PUT ,P-OTBL
.EPTR
<REST ,P-OCLAUSE
<+ <* <GET ,P-OCLAUSE ,P-MATCHLEN> ,P-LEXELEN>
2>>>
<RETURN>)
(T
<COND (<AND .INSRT <==? ,P-ANAM <GET .BEG 0>>>
<CLAUSE-ADD .INSRT>)>
<CLAUSE-ADD <GET .BEG 0>>)>
<SET BEG <REST .BEG ,P-WORDLEN>>>>
<ROUTINE CLAUSE-ADD (WRD "AUX" PTR)
#DECL ((WRD) TABLE (PTR) FIX)
<SET PTR <+ <GET ,P-OCLAUSE ,P-MATCHLEN> 2>>
<PUT ,P-OCLAUSE <- .PTR 1> .WRD>
<PUT ,P-OCLAUSE .PTR 0>
<PUT ,P-OCLAUSE ,P-MATCHLEN .PTR>>
<ROUTINE PREP-FIND (PREP "AUX" (CNT 0) SIZE)
#DECL ((PREP CNT SIZE) FIX)
<SET SIZE <* <GET ,PREPOSITIONS 0> 2>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<IGRTR? CNT .SIZE> <RFALSE>)
(<==? <GET ,PREPOSITIONS .CNT> .PREP>
<RETURN <GET ,PREPOSITIONS <- .CNT 1>>>)>>>
<ROUTINE SYNTAX-FOUND (SYN)
#DECL ((SYN) <PRIMTYPE VECTOR>)
<SETG P-SYNTAX .SYN>
<SETG PRSA <GETB .SYN ,P-SACTION>>>
<GLOBAL P-GWIMBIT 0>
<ROUTINE GWIM (GBIT LBIT PREP "AUX" OBJ)
#DECL ((GBIT LBIT) FIX (OBJ) OBJECT)
<COND (<==? .GBIT ,RMUNGBIT>
<RETURN ,ROOMS>)>
<SETG P-GWIMBIT .GBIT>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS .LBIT>
<PUT ,P-MERGE ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<COND (<GET-OBJECT ,P-MERGE <>>
<SETG P-GWIMBIT 0>
<COND (<==? <GET ,P-MERGE ,P-MATCHLEN> 1>
<SET OBJ <GET ,P-MERGE 1>>
<COND (<AND <FSET? .OBJ ,VEHBIT>
<EQUAL? .PREP ,PR?DOWN>>
<SET PREP ,PR?ON>)>
<TELL "(">
<COND (<NOT <0? .PREP>>
<PRINTB <PREP-FIND .PREP>>
<TELL " the ">)>
<TELL D .OBJ ")" CR>
.OBJ)>)
(T <SETG P-GWIMBIT 0> <RFALSE>)>>
<ROUTINE SNARF-OBJECTS ("AUX" PTR)
#DECL ((PTR) <OR FIX <PRIMTYPE VECTOR>>)
<COND (<NOT <==? <SET PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1>> 0>>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS <GETB ,P-SYNTAX ,P-SLOC1>>
<OR <SNARFEM .PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1L> ,P-PRSO> <RFALSE>>
<OR <0? <GET ,P-BUTS ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<SETG P-PRSO <BUT-MERGE ,P-PRSO>>>)>
<COND (<NOT <==? <SET PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC2>> 0>>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS <GETB ,P-SYNTAX ,P-SLOC2>>
<OR <SNARFEM .PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC2L> ,P-PRSI> <RFALSE>>
<COND (<NOT <0? <GET ,P-BUTS ,P-MATCHLEN>>>
<COND (<==? <GET ,P-PRSI ,P-MATCHLEN> 1>
<SETG P-PRSO <BUT-MERGE ,P-PRSO>>)
(T <SETG P-PRSI <BUT-MERGE ,P-PRSI>>)>)>)>
<RTRUE>>
<ROUTINE BUT-MERGE (TBL "AUX" LEN BUTLEN (CNT 1) (MATCHES 0) OBJ NTBL)
#DECL ((TBL NTBL) TABLE (LEN BUTLEN MATCHES) FIX (OBJ) OBJECT)
<SET LEN <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<PUT ,P-MERGE ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<DLESS? LEN 0> <RETURN>)
(<ZMEMQ <SET OBJ <GET .TBL .CNT>> ,P-BUTS>)
(T
<PUT ,P-MERGE <+ .MATCHES 1> .OBJ>
<SET MATCHES <+ .MATCHES 1>>)>
<SET CNT <+ .CNT 1>>>
<PUT ,P-MERGE ,P-MATCHLEN .MATCHES>
<SET NTBL ,P-MERGE>
<SETG P-MERGE .TBL>
.NTBL>
<GLOBAL P-NAM <>>
<GLOBAL P-ADJ <>>
<GLOBAL P-ADJN <>>
<GLOBAL P-ACTORS <ITABLE NONE 20>>
<GLOBAL P-NACTORS 0>
<GLOBAL P-CACTOR 0>
<GLOBAL P-OPLEN 0>
<GLOBAL P-OPCONT 0>
<GLOBAL P-PRSO <ITABLE NONE 50>>
<GLOBAL P-PRSI <ITABLE NONE 50>>
<GLOBAL P-BUTS <ITABLE NONE 50>>
<GLOBAL P-MERGE <ITABLE NONE 50>>
<GLOBAL P-OCLAUSE <ITABLE NONE 50>>
<GLOBAL P-MATCHLEN 0>
<GLOBAL P-GETFLAGS 0>
<CONSTANT P-ALL 1>
<CONSTANT P-ONE 2>
<CONSTANT P-INHIBIT 4>
<GLOBAL P-CSPTR <>>
<GLOBAL P-CEPTR <>>
<ROUTINE SNARFEM (PTR EPTR TBL "AUX" (BUT <>) LEN WV WORD NW)
#DECL ((TBL) TABLE (PTR EPTR) <PRIMTYPE VECTOR> (ANDFLG) <OR ATOM FALSE>
(BUT) <OR FALSE TABLE> (WV) <OR FALSE FIX>)
<SETG P-GETFLAGS 0>
<SETG P-CSPTR .PTR>
<SETG P-CEPTR .EPTR>
<PUT ,P-BUTS ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<PUT .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<SET WORD <GET .PTR 0>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<==? .PTR .EPTR> <RETURN <GET-OBJECT <OR .BUT .TBL>>>)
(T
<SET NW <GET .PTR ,P-LEXELEN>>
<COND (<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?ALL>
<SETG P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>
<COND (<==? .NW ,W?OF>
<SET PTR <REST .PTR ,P-WORDLEN>>)>)
(<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?BUT ,W?EXCEPT>
<OR <GET-OBJECT <OR .BUT .TBL>> <RFALSE>>
<SET BUT ,P-BUTS>
<PUT .BUT ,P-MATCHLEN 0>)
(<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?A ,W?ONE>
<COND (<NOT ,P-ADJ>
<SETG P-GETFLAGS ,P-ONE>
<COND (<==? .NW ,W?OF>
<SET PTR <REST .PTR ,P-WORDLEN>>)>)
(T
<SETG P-NAM ,P-ONEOBJ>
<OR <GET-OBJECT <OR .BUT .TBL>> <RFALSE>>
<AND <0? .NW> <RTRUE>>)>)
(<AND <EQUAL? .WORD ,W?AND ,W?COMMA>
<NOT <EQUAL? .NW ,W?AND ,W?COMMA>>>
<OR <GET-OBJECT <OR .BUT .TBL>> <RFALSE>>
T)
(<AND <WT? .WORD ,PS?PREPOSITION>
<==? .PTR ,P-CSPTR>>
<SETG P-CSPTR <REST ,P-CSPTR ,P-WORDLEN>>)
(<WT? .WORD ,PS?BUZZ-WORD>)
(<EQUAL? .WORD ,W?AND ,W?COMMA>)
(<==? .WORD ,W?OF>
<COND (<0? ,P-GETFLAGS>
<SETG P-GETFLAGS ,P-INHIBIT>)>)
(<AND <SET WV <WT? .WORD ,PS?ADJECTIVE ,P1?ADJECTIVE>>
;"Used to check for P-ADJ being <> as well"
<COND (,P-ADJ
<SETG P-OADJ ,P-ADJ>
<SETG P-ADJ .WV>
<SETG P-ADJN .WORD>
<SETG P-ADJECTIVE .WORD>)
(<WT? .WORD ,PS?OBJECT ,P1?OBJECT>
<SETG P-NAM .WORD>
<SETG P-ONEOBJ .WORD>)>)>
<COND (<NOT <==? .PTR .EPTR>>
<SET PTR <REST .PTR ,P-WORDLEN>>
<SET WORD .NW>)>>>

This adjective list is copied over from Starcross!

<ROUTINE ADJ-CHECK ()
<COND (<NOT ,P-ADJ> <RTRUE>)
;(<OR <EQUAL? ,P-ADJ ,A?FIRST ,A?SECOND ,A?THIRD>
<EQUAL? ,P-ADJ ,A?FOURTH ,A?FIFTH ,A?SIXTH>
<EQUAL? ,P-ADJ ,A?SEVENTH ,A?EIGHTH ,A?NINTH>
<EQUAL? ,P-ADJ ,A?TENTH ,A?SMALL ,A?LARGE>
<EQUAL? ,P-ADJ ,A?INNER ,A?OUTER>>
<RFALSE>)
(T <RTRUE>)>>
<CONSTANT SH 128>
<CONSTANT SC 64>
<CONSTANT SIR 32>
<CONSTANT SOG 16>
<CONSTANT STAKE 8>
<CONSTANT SMANY 4>
<CONSTANT SHAVE 2>
<ROUTINE GET-OBJECT (TBL
"OPTIONAL" (VRB T)
"AUX" LEN XBITS TLEN (GCHECK <>) (OLEN 0))
#DECL ((TBL) TABLE (XBITS TLEN LEN) FIX (GWIM) <OR FALSE FIX>
(VRB GCHECK) <OR ATOM FALSE>)
<COND (,SETUP-MODE <SET GCHECK T>)>
<SET XBITS ,P-SLOCBITS>
<SET TLEN <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<COND (<BTST ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-INHIBIT> <RTRUE>)>
<COND (<AND <NOT ,P-NAM> ,P-ADJ <WT? ,P-ADJN ,PS?OBJECT ,P1?OBJECT>>
<SETG P-NAM ,P-ADJN>
<COND (,P-OADJ
<SETG P-ADJ ,P-OADJ>
(T
<SETG P-ADJECTIVE <>>
<SETG P-ADJ <>>)>)>
<COND (<AND <NOT ,P-NAM>
<NOT ,P-ADJ>
<NOT <==? ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>>
<0? ,P-GWIMBIT>>
<COND (.VRB
<TELL "FC: I think that sentence was missing a noun." CR>)>
<RFALSE>)>
<COND (<OR <NOT <==? ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>> <0? ,P-SLOCBITS>>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS -1>)
(<AND <==? ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL> ,P-NAM <VERB? TAKE>>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS -1>)>
<SETG P-TABLE .TBL>
<PROG ()
<COND (<AND <BTST ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>
<EQUAL? ,P-NAM ,W?ROBOTS>>
<SET GCHECK T>)>
<COND (.GCHECK
<GLOBAL-CHECK .TBL>)
(T
<COND (,LIT <DO-SL ,WINNER-HERE ,SOG ,SIR>)>
<DO-SL ,WINNER ,SH ,SC>)>
<SET LEN <- <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN> .TLEN>>
<COND (<BTST ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>)
(<AND <BTST ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ONE>
<NOT <0? .LEN>>>
<COND (<NOT <==? .LEN 1>>
<PUT .TBL 1 <GET .TBL <RANDOM .LEN>>>
<TELL "(How about the ">
<PRINTD <GET .TBL 1>>
<TELL "?)" CR>)>
<PUT .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN 1>)
(<OR <G? .LEN 1>
<AND <0? .LEN> <NOT <==? ,P-SLOCBITS -1>>>>
<COND (<==? ,P-SLOCBITS -1>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS .XBITS>
<SET OLEN .LEN>
<PUT .TBL
<- <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN> .LEN>>
<AGAIN>)
(T
<COND (<0? .LEN> <SET LEN .OLEN>)>
<COND (<AND .VRB ,P-NAM>
<WHICH-PRINT .TLEN .LEN .TBL>
<SETG P-ACLAUSE
<COND (<==? .TBL ,P-PRSO> ,P-NC1)
(T ,P-NC2)>>
<SETG P-AADJ ,P-ADJ>
<SETG P-ANAM ,P-NAM>
<ORPHAN <> <>>
<SETG P-OFLAG T>)
(.VRB
<TELL "FC: You must supply a noun!" CR>)>
<SETG P-NAM <>>
<SETG P-ADJ <>>
<RFALSE>)>)
(<AND <0? .LEN> .GCHECK>
<COND (.VRB
<COND (<AND <VERB? QUERY> <WHIZ?> ,PLUGGED-IN> T)
(,LIT
<ROBOT-TELL <GET ,DETECT-TBL ,ROFF> <>>
;<SETG TEMPROFF ,ROFF>
;<COND (<EQUAL? ,ROFF 0>
<SETG ROFF 6>)>
<COND (,P-OFLAG
<COND (<AND ,P-ADJ ,P-NAM>
<TELL " any such">)>
<COND (,P-NAM
<COND (<OR <EQUAL? ,P-NAM
,W?IRIS
,W?AUDA
,W?WALDO>
<EQUAL? ,P-NAM
,W?WHIZ
,W?SENSA
,W?POET>>
<TELL " robot ">)>;MIKE
<PRINTB ,P-NAM>)>)
(T
<COND (<OR <EQUAL? ,P-NAM
,W?IRIS
,W?AUDA
,W?WALDO>
<EQUAL? ,P-NAM
,W?WHIZ
,W?SENSA
,W?POET>>
<TELL " ">)
(T <TELL " any">)>
<>>)>
<TELL " here." CR>
;<SETG ROFF .TEMPROFF>)
(T
<TELL "It's too dark to see." CR>)>)>
<SETG P-NAM <>>
<SETG P-ADJ <>>
<RFALSE>)
(<0? .LEN> <SET GCHECK T> <AGAIN>)>
<SETG P-ADJ <>>
<SETG P-NAM <>>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS .XBITS>
<RTRUE>>>
<ROUTINE WHICH-PRINT (TLEN LEN TBL "AUX" OBJ RLEN TEMPROFF)
<SET RLEN .LEN>
<TELL "FC: Which ">
<PRINTB ,P-NAM>
<TELL " do you mean, ">
<REPEAT ()
<SET TLEN <+ .TLEN 1>>
<SET OBJ <GET .TBL .TLEN>>
<TELL "the ">
<COND (<IN? .OBJ ,ROOMS>
<TELL SD .OBJ>)
(T
;<SET TEMPROFF ,ROFF>
;<COND (<EQUAL? ,ROFF 0>
<SETG ROFF 6>)>
<TELL D .OBJ>
;<SETG ROFF .TEMPROFF>)>
<COND (<==? .LEN 2>
<COND (<NOT <==? .RLEN 2>> <TELL ",">)>
<TELL " or ">)
(<G? .LEN 2> <TELL ", ">)>
<COND (<L? <SET LEN <- .LEN 1>> 1>
<TELL "?" CR>
<RETURN>)>>>
<ROUTINE GLOBAL-CHECK (TBL "AUX" LEN RMG RMGL (CNT 0) OBJ OBITS FOO)
#DECL ((TBL) TABLE (RMG) <OR FALSE TABLE> (RMGL CNT) FIX (OBJ) OBJECT)
<SET LEN <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<SET OBITS ,P-SLOCBITS>
<COND (<SET RMG <GETPT ,WINNER-HERE ,P?GLOBAL>>
<SET RMGL <- <PTSIZE .RMG> 1>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<THIS-IT? <SET OBJ <GETB .RMG .CNT>> .TBL>
<OBJ-FOUND .OBJ .TBL>)>
<COND (<IGRTR? CNT .RMGL> <RETURN>)>>)>
<COND (<SET RMG <GETPT ,WINNER-HERE ,P?PSEUDO>>
<SET RMGL <- </ <PTSIZE .RMG> 4> 1>>
<SET CNT 0>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<==? ,P-NAM <GET .RMG <* .CNT 2>>>
<GET .RMG <+ <* .CNT 2> 1>>>
<SET FOO
<BACK <GETPT ,PSEUDO-OBJECT ,P?ACTION> 5>>
<PUT .FOO 0 <GET ,P-NAM 0>>
<PUT .FOO 1 <GET ,P-NAM 1>>
<RETURN>)
(<IGRTR? CNT .RMGL> <RETURN>)>>)>
<COND (<==? <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN> .LEN>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS -1>
<SETG P-TABLE .TBL>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS .OBITS>
<COND (<0? <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<COND (<AND <WHIZ?> <VERB? QUERY> ,PLUGGED-IN>
<TELL

The parser in Suspended is somewhat diegetic. Messages that are normally out-of-world are phrased as if they came from the Filtering Computers. “FC: I don’t know the word ...”

But when you say WHIZ, QUERY ABOUT ..., you’re querying the Computer Library Core, so there’s a whole new set of parser messages. Disambiguation starts with this line, and proceeds to one of the CROWDED or NOT-FOUND messages.

The commented-out lines would force the game clock to advance. Apparently they considered the idea of actually making you hold on a minute (or a turn).

"CLC: Hmm. That's a tough one. Hold on a minute while I try to locate a reference ..." CR>
<CRLF>
;<SET FOO <CLOCKER>>
;<SETG MOVES <+ ,MOVES 1>>
<MOBY-FIND .TBL>
;<COND (.FOO
<CRLF>)>
<TELL "CLC: ">
<COND (<AND <G? <SET FOO <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
1>
<OR <EQUAL? ,P-NAM ,W?WALKWA
,W?MECHAN ,W?BLT>
<EQUAL? ,P-NAM ,W?GLIDER>
<EQUAL? ,P-NAM ,W?GROOVE
,W?TRACK>>>
<PUT .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN 1>
<SET FOO 1>)>
<COND (<0? .FOO>
<TELL <PICK-ONE ,NOT-FOUND> CR>)
(<G? .FOO 1>
<PUT .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<TELL
"I'm afraid you weren't specific enough. One object at a time, and adjectives can be helpful." CR>)
(T
<TELL <PICK-ONE ,CROWDED> CR>)>)
(<VERB? WALK-TO MOVE-ROBOT-TO-LOC EXAMINE FOLLOW
>
<DO-SL ,ROOMS 1 1>)>)>)>>

Messages for failing to find an object in a QUERY ABOUT action. See this parser code.

<GLOBAL NOT-FOUND <LTABLE
"Nope. Can't find any reference to that one in this mess. Sorry."
"This is very embarrassing, but I can't seem to find that one."
"Sorry, but I don't have any reference to that one.">>

Messages for successfully resolving an ambiguous object in a QUERY ABOUT action. See this parser code.

<GLOBAL CROWDED <LTABLE
"Ah! Here's the tagged object. Sorry about that delay, but it's crowded in here."
"Found it! Sorry, but it sure is a mess in here."
"Here it is! I was beginning to think I was going senile.">>
<ROUTINE MOBY-FIND (TBL "AUX" FOO)
<SET FOO <FIRST? ,ROOMS>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<NOT .FOO> <RETURN>)
(T
<SEARCH-LIST .FOO .TBL ,P-SRCALL>
<SET FOO <NEXT? .FOO>>)>>
<COND (<0? <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<DO-SL ,LOCAL-GLOBALS 1 1>)>>
<ROUTINE DO-SL (OBJ BIT1 BIT2)
#DECL ((OBJ) OBJECT (BIT1 BIT2) FIX)
<COND (<BTST ,P-SLOCBITS <+ .BIT1 .BIT2>>
(T
<COND (<BTST ,P-SLOCBITS .BIT1>
(<BTST ,P-SLOCBITS .BIT2>
(T <RTRUE>)>)>>
<CONSTANT P-SRCBOT 2>
<CONSTANT P-SRCTOP 0>
<CONSTANT P-SRCALL 1>
<ROUTINE SEARCH-LIST (OBJ TBL LVL "AUX" FLS NOBJ)
#DECL ((OBJ NOBJ) <OR FALSE OBJECT> (TBL) TABLE (LVL) FIX (FLS) ANY)
<COND (<SET OBJ <FIRST? .OBJ>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<AND <==? ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>
<==? .OBJ ,PANEL>
<VERB? DROP>>
T)
(<AND <NOT <==? .LVL ,P-SRCBOT>>
<GETPT .OBJ ,P?SYNONYM>
<THIS-IT? .OBJ .TBL>>
<OBJ-FOUND .OBJ .TBL>)>
<COND (<AND <OR <VERB? QUERY>
<NOT <FSET? .OBJ ,INVISIBLE>>>
<OR <NOT <==? .LVL ,P-SRCTOP>>
<FSET? .OBJ ,SEARCHBIT>
<FSET? .OBJ ,SURFACEBIT>>
<SET NOBJ <FIRST? .OBJ>>
<NOT <EQUAL? .OBJ ,WINNER>>
<OR <FSET? .OBJ ,OPENBIT>
<FSET? .OBJ ,TRANSBIT>>>
<COND (<AND <==? .LVL ,P-SRCTOP>
<FSET? .OBJ ,SEARCHBIT>
<==? ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>>
T)
(T
<SET FLS
<SEARCH-LIST .OBJ
.TBL
<COND (<FSET? .OBJ ,SURFACEBIT>
(<FSET? .OBJ ,SEARCHBIT>
(T ,P-SRCTOP)>>>)>)>
<COND (<SET OBJ <NEXT? .OBJ>>) (T <RETURN>)>>)>>
<ROUTINE OBJ-FOUND (OBJ TBL "AUX" PTR)
<COND (<AND <SET PTR <GETP .OBJ ,P?OBJDESCS>>
<==? <GET .PTR ,ROFF> 0>
<NOT <IN? .OBJ ,WINNER>>>
<RTRUE>)
(<AND <==? ,P-GETFLAGS ,P-ALL>
<NOT <EQUAL? ,P-NAM ,W?ROBOTS>>
<GETP .OBJ ,P?ROBOT>>
<RTRUE>)
(<AND <==? ,WINNER ,IRIS>
<NOT ,IRIS-FIXED>
<NOT <GETP .OBJ ,P?ROBOT>>
<NOT <EQUAL? .OBJ ,LOCATION>>
<NOT <IN? .OBJ ,ROOMS>>>
<RTRUE>)
(T
<SET PTR <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<PUT .TBL <+ .PTR 1> .OBJ>
<PUT .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN <+ .PTR 1>>)>>
<ROUTINE TAKE-CHECK ()
<ROUTINE ITAKE-CHECK (TBL IBITS "AUX" PTR OBJ TAKEN TEMPROFF)
#DECL ((TBL) TABLE (IBITS PTR) FIX (OBJ) OBJECT
(TAKEN) <OR FALSE FIX ATOM>)
<COND (<AND <SET PTR <GET .TBL ,P-MATCHLEN>>
<OR <BTST .IBITS ,SHAVE>
<BTST .IBITS ,STAKE>>>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<L? <SET PTR <- .PTR 1>> 0> <RETURN>)
(T
<SET OBJ <GET .TBL <+ .PTR 1>>>
<COND (<==? .OBJ ,IT> <SET OBJ ,P-IT-OBJECT>)>
<COND (<NOT <HELD? .OBJ>>
<SETG PRSO .OBJ>
<COND (<FSET? .OBJ ,TRYTAKEBIT>
<SET TAKEN T>)
(<AND <BTST .IBITS ,STAKE>
<==? <ITAKE <>> T>>
<SET TAKEN <>>)
(T <SET TAKEN T>)>
<COND (<AND .TAKEN <BTST .IBITS ,SHAVE>>
<ROBOT-TELL "I don't have " <>>
<COND (<NOT
<GETP .OBJ ,P?ROBOT>>
<TELL "the ">)>
;<SET TEMPROFF ,ROFF>
;<COND (<EQUAL? ,ROFF 0>
<SETG ROFF 6>)>
<TELL D .OBJ>
;<SETG ROFF .TEMPROFF>
<TELL "." CR>
<RFALSE>)
(<NOT .TAKEN>
"I have taken the liberty of taking the " <>>
<TELL D .OBJ " first." CR>)>)>)>>)
(T)>>
<ROUTINE HELD? (CAN)
<COND (<NOT <FSET? .CAN ,TAKEBIT>>
<RFALSE>)>
<REPEAT ()
<SET CAN <LOC .CAN>>
<COND (<NOT .CAN> <RFALSE>)
(<==? .CAN ,WINNER> <RTRUE>)>>>
<ROUTINE MANY-CHECK ("AUX" (LOSS <>) TMP)
#DECL ((LOSS) <OR FALSE FIX>)
<COND (<AND <G? <GET ,P-PRSO ,P-MATCHLEN> 1>
<NOT <BTST <GETB ,P-SYNTAX ,P-SLOC1> ,SMANY>>>
<SET LOSS 1>)
(<AND <G? <GET ,P-PRSI ,P-MATCHLEN> 1>
<NOT <BTST <GETB ,P-SYNTAX ,P-SLOC2> ,SMANY>>>
<SET LOSS 2>)>
<COND (.LOSS
<TELL "FC: I can't use multiple ">
<COND (<==? .LOSS 2> <TELL "in">)>
<TELL "direct objects with '">
<SET TMP <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-VERBN>>
<COND (<EQUAL? .TMP 0> <TELL "tell">)
<PRINTB <GET .TMP 0>>)
(T
<WORD-PRINT <GETB .TMP 2> <GETB .TMP 3>>)>
<TELL "'." CR>
<RFALSE>)
(T)>>
<ROUTINE ZMEMQ (ITM TBL "OPTIONAL" (SIZE -1) "AUX" (CNT 1))
<COND (<NOT .TBL> <RFALSE>)>
<COND (<NOT <L? .SIZE 0>> <SET CNT 0>)
(ELSE <SET SIZE <GET .TBL 0>>)>
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<==? .ITM <GET .TBL .CNT>> <RTRUE>)
(<IGRTR? CNT .SIZE> <RFALSE>)>>>
<ROUTINE ZMEMQB (ITM TBL SIZE "AUX" (CNT 0))
#DECL ((ITM) ANY (TBL) TABLE (SIZE CNT) FIX)
<REPEAT ()
<COND (<==? .ITM <GETB .TBL .CNT>> <RTRUE>)
(<IGRTR? CNT .SIZE> <RFALSE>)>>>
<SETG ALWAYS-LIT <>>

Determine whether a given location has light. This is true if the room or anything in it has ONBIT, or if ALWAYS-LIT is set.

This is a stock bit of Infocom parser code; it is used to set the LIT variable. In Suspended it always returns true.

(It would be simpler if ALWAYS-LIT was set, but Suspended doesn’t do this.)

<ROUTINE LIT? (RM "AUX" OHERE (LIT <>))
#DECL ((RM OHERE) OBJECT (LIT) <OR ATOM FALSE>)
<SETG P-GWIMBIT ,ONBIT>
<SET OHERE ,WINNER-HERE>
<SETG WINNER-HERE .RM>
<COND (<OR <FSET? .RM ,ONBIT> ,ALWAYS-LIT> <SET LIT T>)
(T
<PUT ,P-MERGE ,P-MATCHLEN 0>
<SETG P-TABLE ,P-MERGE>
<SETG P-SLOCBITS -1>
<COND (<==? .OHERE .RM> <DO-SL ,WINNER 1 1>)>
<DO-SL .RM 1 1>
<COND (<G? <GET ,P-TABLE ,P-MATCHLEN> 0> <SET LIT T>)>)>
<SETG WINNER-HERE .OHERE>
<SETG P-GWIMBIT 0>
.LIT>
<ROUTINE PRSO-PRINT ("AUX" PTR)
<COND (<OR ,P-MERGED
<==? <GET <SET PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1>> 0> ,W?IT>>
<TELL " " D ,PRSO>)
(T <BUFFER-PRINT .PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC1L> <>>)>>
<ROUTINE PRSI-PRINT ("AUX" PTR)
<COND (<OR ,P-MERGED
<==? <GET <SET PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC2>> 0> ,W?IT>>
<TELL " " D ,PRSO>)
(T <BUFFER-PRINT .PTR <GET ,P-ITBL ,P-NC2L> <>>)>>