gistfile1.txt

## C O M M A N D S ##
'''
This could be neat, because you could store the command list as a constant somewhere that is populated during run-time with all the commands that are contained inside a particular module.  ie. Put each command inside its own file with a list of synonyms as one of the variables, then dynamically import it and populate the COMMAND_LIST dictionary with its synonyms and function.  Just a fun thought.  :D
'''

COMMAND_LIST = {
  'give': give,
  'provide': give,
  'yield': give,
}

def error_cmd(*args):
  raise ValueError('Not a valid command.  Valid commands include: {0}'.format(COMMAND_LIST.keys()))

def give(*args):  # just take in anything and manually process it
  # Example:
  #   something = 'money', to = 'to', someone = 'vendor'
  
  something = None
  someone = None
  try:
    something, to, someone = args
    if to != 'to':
      raise ValueError
  except ValueError:
    raise ValueError('Invalid Syntax: give <something> to <someone>')

  # perform the action based on the arguments
  player.remove_from_inventory(something)
  vendor.place_in_inventory(something)


def take(item, *args):  # Mix it up when the aruments are optional
  # Example:
  #   take scroll;   item = 'scroll', from = 'from', someone = 'vagrant'
  #   take scroll from vagrant

  # do a thing...
  pass


def eat(item):  # Be strict
  # Example:
  #   item = 'apple'

  # do a thing...
  pass
## / C O M M A N D S ##

## R O O M S ##
'''
Perhaps store the functions of the game in a yaml file to (a) reduce the amount of classes with the same name [Tile] and (b) make maintainability a bit easier.  Different user's additions could be stored in different yaml files that described the dungeon in a human-readable way.
'''

rooms:
  - coords: 0,0
    desc: 'You are surrounded by blah blah blah.'
    leave: 'You exit the blah blah blah.'
    object: money
      action: take
    object: fountain
      action: drink, bathe
    mob: vendor
      action: list, buy, blah...
  
  - coords: 0,1
    desc: ...
    leave: ...
  ...
## / R O O M S ##

## H A N D L E R ##
'''
This would more or less be the same as what you've already got in place.  :D
'''

class Handler(do):
  # Examples:
  #   give money to vendor
  #   take scroll
  #   eat apple
  
  # construct the action, subject, preposition, and object
  args = do.split()  # ['give', 'money', 'to', 'vendor']
  action = do.pop(0)  # action = 'give', args = ['money', 'to', 'vendor']

  # process action
  try:
    COMMAND_LIST.get(action, error_cmd)(*args)
  except InGameException as e:  # something expected, like not having the item
    print e
  except ValueError as e:
    print e

## / H A N D L E R ##