Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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Readying is an action applying to one thing.
Understand "ready [something]" as readying.
Understand "load [something]" as readying.
Check readying:
if the noun is the trebuchet:
try turning the winch;
otherwise:
say "You can't ready that."