Latin Lessons
Example 371
★If we're defining actions for other characters to follow, we may want to include them in our "rule for supplying a missing noun". We can do this if we write our "while…" clause to apply to any actor, as follows:
"Latin Lessons"
The Latin Studio is a room. Rick is a man in the Studio.
A dance-name is a kind of thing. Argentine tango, samba, merengue, cha-cha, street salsa are dance-names.
Dancing is an action applying to one visible thing. Understand "dance [any dance-name]" as dancing. Understand "dance" as dancing.
Rule for supplying a missing noun while an actor dancing:
now the noun is street salsa.
Report someone dancing:
say "[The actor] dances a few steps of [the noun] for you."
Report dancing:
say "You dance a few steps of [the noun]."
Persuasion rule for asking someone to try dancing: persuasion succeeds.
Test me with "dance / dance samba / rick, dance / rick, dance merengue".
Test me with "dance / dance samba / rick, dance / rick, dance merengue".
Latin Studio
You can see Rick here.
>(Testing.)
>[1] dance
You dance a few steps of street salsa.
>[2] dance samba
You dance a few steps of samba.
>[3] rick, dance
Rick dances a few steps of street salsa for you.
>[4] rick, dance merengue
Rick dances a few steps of merengue for you.
You can see Rick here.
>(Testing.)
>[1] dance
You dance a few steps of street salsa.
>[2] dance samba
You dance a few steps of samba.
>[3] rick, dance
Rick dances a few steps of street salsa for you.
>[4] rick, dance merengue
Rick dances a few steps of merengue for you.