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Details —
A single action in detail. |
Giving something to something (past tense given it to)
This action is indexed by
Inform under 'Actions concerning other people', but it could just as easily
have gone under 'Actions concerning the actor's possessions' because -
like dropping, putting it on or inserting it into - this is an action
which gets rid of something being carried.
The Standard Rules implement this action fully - if it reaches the carry
out and report rulebooks, then the item is indeed transferred to the
recipient, and this is properly reported. But giving something to
somebody is not like putting something on a shelf: the recipient has
to agree. The final check rule, the 'block giving rule', assumes that
the recipient does not consent - so the gift fails to happen. The way
to make the giving action use its abilities fully is to replace the
block giving rule with a rule which makes a more sophisticated decision
about who will accept what from whom, and only blocks some attempts,
letting others run on into the carry out and report rules.
Typed commands leading to this action
"give/pay/offer/feed [something preferably held] to [someone]"
"give/pay/offer/feed [someone] [something preferably held]" reversed
Rules controlling this action
instead of doing something to the cables
check an actor giving something to can't give what you haven't got rule name unlist 1
check an actor giving something to can't give to yourself rule name unlist 1
check an actor giving something to can't give to a non-person rule name unlist 1
check an actor giving something to can't give clothes being worn rule name unlist 1
check an actor giving something to block giving rule name unlist 1
check an actor giving something to can't exceed carrying capacity when giving rule name unlist 1
carry out an actor giving something to standard giving rule name unlist
report an actor giving something to standard report giving rule name unlist 3