The Diamond-Flowered Orchid — 7 of 14

Section 3 - Filling

filling it with is an action applying to two visible things.

Understand "fill [thing] with [thing]" as filling it with.

filling is an action applying to one visible thing.

Understand "fill [thing]" as filling.

Carry out filling:

try filling the noun with the river.

Check filling a thing with something:

if the noun is not a vessel:

say "You can't fill that.";

stop the action;

otherwise:

if the second noun is not the river:

say "You can't fill [the noun] with that.";

stop the action.

Check filling a vessel with something when the noun is full:

say "[The noun] is already full.";

stop the action;

Carry out filling a vessel with the river:

now the noun is full;

say "[The noun] is now full.".