View source for Said() Strings - Comprehensive Examples

'''By Gumby'''

These examples were tested against the template game with minor modifications (several word additions, as well as making the word &#039;of&#039; a noun). 

===''Verbs''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
! align="left" valign="top" width="290" | Parts of Speech
! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
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| valign="top" width="265" | look
| valign="top" width="290" | verb
| valign="top" width="285" | look
| valign="top" width="400" | will match any input starting with &#39;look&#39; (&#39;look&#39;, &#39;look around&#39;, &#39;look at troll&#39;, etc)
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| valign="top" width="265" | jump
| valign="top" width="290" | verb
| valign="top" width="285" | jump
| valign="top" width="400" | will match any input starting with &#39;jump&#39;
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===''Nouns''===
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| valign="top" width="265" | take a breath
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/breath
| valign="top" width="400" | Don&#39;t include articles in said strings – also responds to &#39;take breath&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | eat the goodies
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | eat/goodies
| valign="top" width="400" | Don&#39;t include articles in said strings – also responds to &#39;eat goodies&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | take key
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/key
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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===''Adjectives / Nouns acting like Adjectives''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
! align="left" valign="top" width="290" | Parts of Speech
! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
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| valign="top" width="265" | take golden sword
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/sword&lt;golden
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | drop heavy black sword
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/adj/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | drop/sword&lt;black&lt;heavy
| valign="top" width="400" | also reponds to &#39;drop the heavy black sword&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | drop heavy goodies basket
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | drop/basket&lt;goodies&lt;heavy
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | take goodies basket
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/basket&lt;goodies
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | take basket of goodies
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| valign="top" width="285" | take&lt;of/basket/goodies
| valign="top" width="400" | dont need to make &#39;of&#39; a noun
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| valign="top" width="265" | take basket of goodies
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun-prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/goodies&lt;basket&lt;of
| valign="top" width="400" | need to make &#39;of&#39; a noun for this to work – this appears to be the best thing to do.
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| valign="top" width="265" | drop heavy basket of goodies
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | drop/basket&lt;heavy/goodies
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | take black magic voodoo sword
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/sword&lt;magic&lt;black&lt;voodoo
| valign="top" width="400" | Can use any number of noun-adjs (black/magic/voodoo), in any order (both the user input &amp; said string)
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| valign="top" width="265" | take top secret water sword
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/sword&lt;top&lt;secret&lt;water
| valign="top" width="400" | Can use any number of nouns to describe the subject (top/secret/water). &nbsp;Position unimportant. &nbsp;&#39;Sword&#39; must remain in the same position however. &nbsp;Othe nouns can be in any order (both in user input &amp; said syntax)
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===''Adverbs''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
! align="left" valign="top" width="290" | Parts of Speech
! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
! align="left" valign="top" width="400" | Notes
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| valign="top" width="265" | where is sword
| valign="top" width="290" | adverb/indverb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | is&lt;where/sword
| valign="top" width="400" | as in a question “where is sword”
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| valign="top" width="265" | throw basket of goodies quickly
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun/adverb
| valign="top" width="285" | throw&lt;quickly/basket&lt;of&lt;goodies
| valign="top" width="400" | note that &#39;of&#39; needs to be a noun for this to work
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| valign="top" width="265" | quickly throw basket of goodies
| valign="top" width="290" | adverb/verb/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | throw&lt;quickly/basket&lt;of&lt;goodies
| valign="top" width="400" | note that &#39;of&#39; needs to be a noun for this to work
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| valign="top" width="265" | crawl under table slowly
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/prep/noun/adverb
| valign="top" width="285" | crawl&lt;under&lt;slowly/table
| valign="top" width="400" | same as &#39;slowly crawl under table&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | slowly crawl under table
| valign="top" width="290" | adverb/verb/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | crawl&lt;under&lt;slowly/table
| valign="top" width="400" | same as &#39;crawl under table slowly&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | quickly run down troll
| valign="top" width="290" | adverb/verb/adverb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | run&lt;quickly&lt;down/troll
| valign="top" width="400" | also responds to &#39;quickly down run troll&#39; (jibberish), &#39;run down troll quickly&#39;, &#39;quickly run troll down&#39;, does NOT work for &#39;run troll down quickly&#39;, &#39;run troll quickly down&#39;
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===''Prepositions''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
! align="left" valign="top" width="290" | Parts of Speech
! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
! align="left" valign="top" width="400" | Notes
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| valign="top" width="265" | turn lamp on
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep
| valign="top" width="285" | turn&lt;on/lamp
| valign="top" width="400" | same said as &#39;turn on lamp&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | turn on lamp
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | turn&lt;on/lamp
| valign="top" width="400" | same said as &#39;turn lamp on&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | talk to troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | talk&lt;to/troll
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | look in keyhole
| valign="top" width="290" | noun-verb/prep/noun&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| valign="top" width="285" | look&lt;in/keyhole
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | walk behind curtain
| valign="top" width="290" | noun-verb/prep-noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | walk/curtain&lt;behind
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | swing sword at troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| valign="top" width="285" | swing&lt;at/sword/troll
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | throw sword at thief
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| valign="top" width="285" | throw&lt;at/sword/thief
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | eat goodies with troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | eat&lt;with/goodies/troll
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | put knife upon ledge
| valign="top" width="290" | noun-verb/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | put&lt;upon/knife/ledge
| valign="top" width="400" | see non-working example &#39;put knife up on ledge&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | swing sword at fat troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/adj/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | swing&lt;at/sword/troll&lt;fat
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | swing heavy sword at troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | swing&lt;at/sword&lt;heavy/troll
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | swing heavy sword at fat troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun/prep/adj/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | swing&lt;at/sword&lt;heavy/troll&lt;fat
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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===''Making words optional &#39;&#91;]&#39; ''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
! align="left" valign="top" width="290" | Parts of Speech
! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
! align="left" valign="top" width="400" | Notes
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| valign="top" width="265" | take long knife
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/knife[&lt;long]
| valign="top" width="400" | This will enforce that only the adjective &#39;long&#39; is used, no other adjective is valid. &nbsp;Note that if the said string was &#39;take/knife&#39;, any adjective could be used &amp; it would be valid
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| valign="top" width="265" | take up sword
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take[&lt;up]/sword
| valign="top" width="400" | Note that string will also accept &#39;take sword&#39; as user input
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===''Grouping words &#39;()&#39;''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
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| valign="top" width="265" | lift up sword OR raise sword
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | (lift&lt;up),raise/sword
| valign="top" width="400" | Both phrases will work, however it is interesting to note that &#39;raise &lt;any preposition&gt; sword&#39; will also work.
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===''Matching any word/no word/exact phrase''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
! align="left" valign="top" width="290" | Parts of Speech
! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
! align="left" valign="top" width="400" | Notes
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| valign="top" width="265" | look
| valign="top" width="290" | verb
| valign="top" width="285" | look[/!*] OR look[/noword]
| valign="top" width="400" | will only match &#39;look&#39;, not &#39;look this&#39; or &#39;look at...&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | look wall OR look bird OR etc...
| valign="top" width="290" | verb
| valign="top" width="285" | look/* OR look/anyword
| valign="top" width="400" | will only match if there is a word following &#39;look&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | look troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb
| valign="top" width="285" | look/troll[/!*]
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | play game
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | play/game[/noword]
| valign="top" width="400" | only will match &#39;play game&#39;, will not match &#39;play game with troll&#39; unless the &#39;noword&#39; syntax is removed, then it would match
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| valign="top" width="265" | take knife
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/knife
| valign="top" width="400" | note that this will also match &#39;take long knife&#39;, &#39;take rusty knife&#39;, etc.
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| valign="top" width="265" | lift up sword OR raise sword
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | (lift&lt;up),(raise[&lt;noword])/sword
| valign="top" width="400" | This will ONLY accept &#39;lift up sword&#39; or &#39;raise sword&#39;
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===''Exhaustive &amp; Complex Examples''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
! align="left" valign="top" width="290" | Parts of Speech
! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
! align="left" valign="top" width="400" | Notes
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| valign="top" width="265" | give food to the dog
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/article/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | give/food/dog
| valign="top" width="400" | preposition not represented in said string, unnecessary
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| valign="top" width="265" | give food to dog
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | give/food/dog
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | give dog the food
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/article/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | give/food/dog
| width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | give dog food
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | give/food&lt;dog
| valign="top" width="400" | dog being treated here as an adjective (similar to goodies in &#39;take goodies basket&#39;)
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| valign="top" width="265" | give food dog (nonsense)
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | give/dog&lt;food
| valign="top" width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | give food the dog (nonsense)
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/article/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | give/dog/food
| valign="top" width="400" | Adding the article changes said string (see &#39;give food dog&#39;)
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| valign="top" width="265" | take troll to game
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| valign="top" width="285" | take&lt;to/troll/game
| valign="top" width="400" | see non-working example &#39;take troll out to game&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | take troll to game
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/troll/game
| valign="top" width="400" | see alternative parse of &#39;take&lt;to/troll/game&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | take troll to ball game
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take&lt;to/troll/game&lt;ball
| valign="top" width="400" | ball should probably be classified as an adjective...
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| valign="top" width="265" | take troll ball game
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/game&lt;ball&lt;troll
| valign="top" width="400" | nonsense! But it does work... also accepts &#39;take ball troll game&#39;
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| valign="top" width="265" | take troll game ball
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/ball&lt;troll&lt;game
| valign="top" width="400" | also responds to &#39;take game troll ball&#39; – utter nonsense.
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| valign="top" width="265" | take troll to ball game
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | take/troll/game&lt;ball
| valign="top" width="400" | similar to &#39;take troll to game&#39;, but with additional &#39;ball&#39; noun which acts as an adj
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| valign="top" width="265" | play game with troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/noun&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;with/game/troll
| valign="top" width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | play checkers game with troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;with/game&lt;checkers/troll
| valign="top" width="400" | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" width="265" | play game of checkers with troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;with/checkers&lt;game&lt;of/troll
| valign="top" width="400" | note that &#39;of&#39; needs to be a noun for this to work
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| valign="top" width="265" | play game of checkers with grey troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/adj/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;with/checkers&lt;game&lt;of/troll&lt;grey
| valign="top" width="400" | note that &#39;of&#39; needs to be a noun for this to work
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| valign="top" width="265" | play short game of checkers
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | play/checkers&lt;short&lt;game&lt;of
| valign="top" width="400" | note that &#39;of&#39; needs to be a noun for this to work
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| valign="top" width="265" | play short game of checkers with troll
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;with/checkers&lt;short&lt;game&lt;of/troll
| valign="top" width="400" | note that &#39;of&#39; needs to be a noun for this to work
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| valign="top" width="265" | quickly play short game of checkers
| valign="top" width="290" | adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;quickly/checkers&lt;short&lt;game&lt;of
| valign="top" width="400" | note that &#39;of&#39; needs to be a noun for this to work
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| valign="top" width="265" | quickly play short game of checkers again
| valign="top" width="290" | adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;quickly&lt;again/checkers&lt;short&lt;game&lt;of
| valign="top" width="400" | 41 characters. &nbsp;Maximum possible in user input string!
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| valign="top" width="265" | again play short game of checkers quickly
| valign="top" width="290" | adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb
| valign="top" width="285" | play&lt;quickly&lt;again/checkers&lt;short&lt;game&lt;of
| valign="top" width="400" | same syntax as &#39;quickly play short game of checkers again&#39;
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===''Does not work''===
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! align="left" valign="top" width="265" | User Input
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! align="left" valign="top" width="285" | Said string syntax
! align="left" valign="top" width="400" | Notes
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| valign="top" width="265" | put knife up on ledge
| valign="top" width="290" | noun-verb/noun/adverb/prep/noun
| width="285" | &nbsp;
| valign="top" width="400" | Parser reports bad sentence.
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| valign="top" width="265" | take troll out to game&nbsp;
| valign="top" width="290" | verb/noun/prep/prep/noun
| width="285" | &nbsp;
| width="400" | Parser reports bad sentence.
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