Dog fields

Each dog has nine stored fields. Toys and treats are separate counters (items vs food). breed is not a stored field.

Reading an object name as a field on a dog counts how many of that object are in the dog's inventory (e.g. how many balls she has if ball is a registered object).

Complete field reference

Field	Type	Story words (aliases)
food	number	treat, treats, snack, snacks, cookie, cookies, biscuit, biscuits, food
items	number	toy, toys, item, items, puppy, puppies, bed, beds, walk, walks, nap, naps, trick, tricks, friend, friends, squirrel, squirrels, zoomies, baths
age	number	age
name	string	name, nickname
description	string	description, collar, tag, owner, family
color	string	color, species, gender
inventory	string (comma list)	inventory, belongings
happy	boolean	goodboy, goodgirl, gooddog, happy, trained, sleepy, tired, excited, muddy, wet, dirty, clean, sick, healthy, rescued, adopted, loyal, stubborn, clever, silly, calm, noisy, quiet, lonely
fed	boolean	fed, groomed, washed, vetted

Set a numeric field

Line	Parses as	Need to know
my labrador has 3 toys	SetAttribute[labrador, items, 3]	has / have glue optional
She has 2 treats.	SetAttribute[she, food, 2]	Pronouns resolve
She is 2.	SetAttribute[she, age, 2]	Bare is + number sets age
He is 5 years old	SetAttribute[he, age, 5]	years old suffix
labrador 5	SetAttribute[labrador, age, 5]	Breed then number sets age

Set text fields

Line	Parses as	Need to know
Her name is "Bimba"	SetAttribute[her, name, "Bimba"]	Enables Bimba as subject
labrador nickname "Pepon"	SetAttribute[labrador, name, "Pepon"]
her owner is "Alex"	SetAttribute[her, description, "Alex"]	owner → description
my labrador color is "golden"	SetAttribute[labrador, color, "golden"]	Any string field + is glue

Set boolean fields

Line	Parses as	Need to know
my labrador happy is yes	SetAttribute[labrador, happy, true]	true, yes, yeah, yep → true
she fed is nope	SetAttribute[she, fed, false]	false, no, nope → false

Set from an expression

Line	Parses as	Need to know
my labrador treats is count of the items in the cookie jar	SetAttribute[labrador, food, StashAccess(COUNT)]	Right side is any value expression
my labrador belongings are "ball, stick"	SetAttribute[…, inventory, "ball, stick"]	Replaces inventory list. Glue: is, are, has, was, were, …

Adjusting fields (increment / decrement)

Default amount is 1 when no number is given (she finds a toy → +1).

Food verbs bump treats when no topic word is given. Item verbs bump toys.

Food increment verbs (+ treats)

feed, feeds, refills, steals, pinch, pinches

Food decrement verbs (− treats)

gulp, gulps, eat, eats, ate, devour, devours, chews, munches, scarfs, wolfs, nibbles

Item increment verbs (+ toys)

grow, grows, grew, gets, receives, earns, gains, collects, snags, nabs, inherits, scores, find, finds, fetch, fetches, discovers, unearths

Item decrement verbs (− toys)

buried, lost, misplaces, breaks, destroys, hides, buries, forgets, tosses, abandons

Examples

Line	Parses as	Need to know
she misplaces a toy	SetAttribute −1 items
she finds a toy	+1 items
my labrador feeds 2 treats	+2 food	Explicit topic
my labrador gulps a treat	+1 food
Bimba pinches a treat	+1 food	Pet name as subject

Greedy breeds lose treats after feeding past a threshold. See Runtime semantics.