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 'of' a noun).

Verbs

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
look	verb	look	will match any input starting with 'look' ('look', 'look around', 'look at troll', etc)
jump	verb	jump	will match any input starting with 'jump'

Nouns

take a breath	verb/noun	take/breath	Don't include articles in said strings – also responds to 'take breath'
eat the goodies	verb/noun	eat/goodies	Don't include articles in said strings – also responds to 'eat goodies'
take key	verb/noun	take/key

Adjectives / Nouns acting like Adjectives

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
take golden sword	verb/adj/noun	take/sword<golden
drop heavy black sword	verb/adj/adj/noun	drop/sword<black<heavy	also reponds to 'drop the heavy black sword'
drop heavy goodies basket	verb/adj/noun/noun	drop/basket<goodies<heavy
take goodies basket	verb/noun/noun	take/basket<goodies
take basket of goodies	verb/noun/prep/noun	take<of/basket/goodies	dont need to make 'of' a noun
take basket of goodies	verb/noun/noun-prep/noun	take/goodies<basket<of	need to make 'of' a noun for this to work – this appears to be the best thing to do.
drop heavy basket of goodies	verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun	drop/basket<heavy/goodies
take black magic voodoo sword	verb/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun	take/sword<magic<black<voodoo	Can use any number of noun-adjs (black/magic/voodoo), in any order (both the user input & said string)
take top secret water sword	verb/noun/noun/noun/noun	take/sword<top<secret<water	Can use any number of nouns to describe the subject (top/secret/water).  Position unimportant.  'Sword' must remain in the same position however.  Othe nouns can be in any order (both in user input & said syntax)

Adverbs

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
where is sword	adverb/indverb/noun	is<where/sword	as in a question “where is sword”
throw basket of goodies quickly	verb/noun/prep/noun/adverb	throw<quickly/basket<of<goodies	note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
quickly throw basket of goodies	adverb/verb/noun/prep/noun	throw<quickly/basket<of<goodies	note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
crawl under table slowly	verb/prep/noun/adverb	crawl<under<slowly/table	same as 'slowly crawl under table'
slowly crawl under table	adverb/verb/prep/noun	crawl<under<slowly/table	same as 'crawl under table slowly'
quickly run down troll	adverb/verb/adverb/noun	run<quickly<down/troll	also responds to 'quickly down run troll' (jibberish), 'run down troll quickly', 'quickly run troll down', does NOT work for 'run troll down quickly', 'run troll quickly down'

Prepositions

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
turn lamp on	verb/noun/prep	turn<on/lamp	same said as 'turn on lamp'
turn on lamp	verb/prep/noun	turn<on/lamp	same said as 'turn lamp on'
talk to troll	verb/prep/noun	talk<to/troll
look in keyhole	noun-verb/prep/noun	look<in/keyhole
walk behind curtain	noun-verb/prep-noun/noun	walk/curtain<behind
swing sword at troll	verb/noun/prep/noun	swing<at/sword/troll
throw sword at thief	verb/noun/prep/noun	throw<at/sword/thief
eat goodies with troll	verb/noun/prep/noun	eat<with/goodies/troll
put knife upon ledge	noun-verb/noun/prep/noun	put<upon/knife/ledge	see non-working example 'put knife up on ledge'
swing sword at fat troll	verb/noun/prep/adj/noun	swing<at/sword/troll<fat
swing heavy sword at troll	verb/adj/noun/prep/noun	swing<at/sword<heavy/troll
swing heavy sword at fat troll	verb/adj/noun/prep/adj/noun	swing<at/sword<heavy/troll<fat

Making words optional '[]'

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
take long knife	verb/adj/noun	take/knife[<long]	This will enforce that only the adjective 'long' is used, no other adjective is valid.  Note that if the said string was 'take/knife', any adjective could be used & it would be valid
take up sword	verb/prep/noun	take[<up]/sword	Note that string will also accept 'take sword' as user input

Grouping words '()'

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
lift up sword OR raise sword	verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun	(lift<up),raise/sword	Both phrases will work, however it is interesting to note that 'raise <any preposition> sword' will also work.

Matching any word/no word/exact phrase

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
look	verb	look[/!*] OR look[/noword]	will only match 'look', not 'look this' or 'look at...'
look wall OR look bird OR etc...	verb	look/* OR look/anyword	will only match if there is a word following 'look'
look troll	verb	look/troll[/!*]
play game	verb/noun	play/game[/noword]	only will match 'play game', will not match 'play game with troll' unless the 'noword' syntax is removed, then it would match
take knife	verb/noun	take/knife	note that this will also match 'take long knife', 'take rusty knife', etc.
lift up sword OR raise sword	verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun	(lift<up),(raise[<noword])/sword	This will ONLY accept 'lift up sword' or 'raise sword'

Exhaustive & Complex Examples

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
give food to the dog	verb/noun/prep/article/noun	give/food/dog	preposition not represented in said string, unnecessary
give food to dog	verb/noun/prep/noun	give/food/dog
give dog the food	verb/noun/article/noun	give/food/dog
give dog food	verb/noun/noun	give/food<dog	dog being treated here as an adjective (similar to goodies in 'take goodies basket')
give food dog (nonsense)	verb/noun/noun	give/dog<food
give food the dog (nonsense)	verb/noun/article/noun	give/dog/food	Adding the article changes said string (see 'give food dog')
take troll to game	verb/noun/prep/noun	take<to/troll/game	see non-working example 'take troll out to game'
take troll to game	verb/noun/prep/noun	take/troll/game	see alternative parse of 'take<to/troll/game'
take troll to ball game	verb/noun/prep/noun/noun	take<to/troll/game<ball	ball should probably be classified as an adjective...
take troll ball game	verb/noun/noun/noun	take/game<ball<troll	nonsense! But it does work... also accepts 'take ball troll game'
take troll game ball	verb/noun/noun/noun	take/ball<troll<game	also responds to 'take game troll ball' – utter nonsense.
take troll to ball game	verb/noun/prep/noun/noun	take/troll/game<ball	similar to 'take troll to game', but with additional 'ball' noun which acts as an adj
play game with troll	verb/noun/prep/noun	play<with/game/troll
play checkers game with troll	verb/noun/noun/prep/noun	play<with/game<checkers/troll
play game of checkers with troll	verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun	play<with/checkers<game<of/troll	note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
play game of checkers with grey troll	verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/adj/noun	play<with/checkers<game<of/troll<grey	note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
play short game of checkers	verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun	play/checkers<short<game<of	note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
play short game of checkers with troll	verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun	play<with/checkers<short<game<of/troll	note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
quickly play short game of checkers	adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun	play<quickly/checkers<short<game<of	note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
quickly play short game of checkers again	adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb	play<quickly<again/checkers<short<game<of	41 characters.  Maximum possible in user input string!
again play short game of checkers quickly	adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb	play<quickly<again/checkers<short<game<of	same syntax as 'quickly play short game of checkers again'

Does not work

User Input	Parts of Speech	Said string syntax	Notes
put knife up on ledge	noun-verb/noun/adverb/prep/noun		Parser reports bad sentence.
take troll out to game	verb/noun/prep/prep/noun		Parser reports bad sentence.