Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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Pointing it at is an action applying to one thing and one visible thing.
Understand "point [something preferably held] at/to/toward/towards [something]" as pointing it at.
Understand "point [something preferably held] out/from [something]" as pointing it at.
Understand "point [something preferably held] out from [something]" as pointing it at.
Understand "point [something preferably held]" as pointing it at.
Understand "point at/to/toward/towards/out/from [something] with [something preferably held]" as pointing it at (with nouns reversed).
Understand the command "shine" as something new.
Understand the command "shine" as "point".
Check pointing it at:
if the noun is the player:
say "You can't point yourself!" instead;
if the player is not carrying the noun:
say "(first taking [the noun])[command clarification break]";
silently try taking the noun;
Carry out pointing it at:
say "You point [the noun] at [the second noun]."