Knots (RPG Script) (Pocket Ontologies)

Knots

Pocket Ontology Script for Recursive Production Grammar

Copy this grammar into the Recursive Production Grammar engine and set Start = S to generate Laing-style knots as pocket ontologies.

# ========================== # Laing Knots – Pocket Ontology Script # Start: S # ====================================================== S -> KNOTS KNOTS -> KNOT {br} {br} KNOTS | KNOT # A knot is one of several recurring patterns KNOT -> DOUBLE_BIND | GUILT_LOOP | MIRROR_LOOP SUBJECT -> "I" | "you" | "we" OTHER -> "you" | "he" | "she" | "they" # -------------------------- # 1. Double-bind structures # -------------------------- DOUBLE_BIND -> DB_LINE1 {br} DB_LINE2 {br} DB_LINE3 DB_LINE1 -> "If " SUBJECT " " ACTS_FOR_SELF ", " SUBJECT " " DB_BETRAYS_OTHER "." DB_LINE2 -> "If " SUBJECT " " ACTS_FOR_OTHER ", " SUBJECT " " DB_BETRAYS_SELF "." DB_LINE3 -> "So " SUBJECT " " DB_STAYS_STILL " and calls it " DB_NAME_FOR_TRAP "." ACTS_FOR_SELF -> "must choose what is wanted" | "must speak from inside" | "must move toward my own life" | "must try to be honest" ACTS_FOR_OTHER -> "must do what is expected" | "must obey the rule" | "must keep the peace" | "must protect your image" DB_BETRAYS_OTHER -> "must betray the other" | "must let you down" | "must break the agreement" | "must abandon the role" DB_BETRAYS_SELF -> "must betray myself" | "must step out of my own life" | "must disappear into the role" | "must abandon what I want" DB_STAYS_STILL -> "must do nothing" | "must freeze" | "must circle in place" | "must stay exactly where I am" DB_NAME_FOR_TRAP -> "loyalty" | "duty" | "love" | "safety" | "being realistic" # -------------------------- # 2. Guilt / responsibility loop # -------------------------- GUILT_LOOP -> GL_LINE1 {br} GL_LINE2 {br} GL_LINE3 {br} GL_LINE4 GL_LINE1 -> SUBJECT " " GL_TAKES_BLAME " so that " OTHER " " GL_CAN_STAY_GOOD "." GL_LINE2 -> "Because " SUBJECT " " GL_TAKES_BLAME ", " OTHER " " GL_NEVER_SEES_CONFLICT "." GL_LINE3 -> "Because " OTHER " " GL_NEVER_SEES_CONFLICT ", " SUBJECT " " GL_CANNOT_CHANGE "." GL_LINE4 -> "Because " SUBJECT " " GL_CANNOT_CHANGE ", " SUBJECT " " GL_RETURNS_TO_BLAME "." GL_TAKES_BLAME -> "must take the blame" | "must confess to everything" | "must act as the problem" | "must stand in for all that is wrong" GL_CAN_STAY_GOOD -> "can stay innocent" | "can remain the good one" | "never has to question themself" | "does not have to feel guilty" GL_NEVER_SEES_CONFLICT -> "can never see the conflict" | "can never notice the knot" | "can never see the double demand" | "can only see my failure" GL_CANNOT_CHANGE -> "cannot change the pattern" | "cannot stop apologizing" | "cannot imagine a different story" | "cannot find an exit" GL_RETURNS_TO_BLAME -> "will always return to being the guilty one" | "will go back to saying sorry" | "will take the whole weight again" | "will step back into the same place" # -------------------------- # 3. Mirror / meta-perception knot # -------------------------- MIRROR_LOOP -> ML_LINE1 {br} ML_LINE2 {br} ML_LINE3 ML_LINE1 -> "I think that you think that " ML_PROPOSITION "." ML_LINE2 -> "You think that I think that " ML_COUNTER_PROPOSITION "." ML_LINE3 -> "We " ML_RESULT " and call this " ML_NAME_FOR_PATTERN "." ML_PROPOSITION -> "I am the problem" | "you are fragile" | "there is only one right way" | "love means never leaving" | "if I speak, I hurt you" ML_COUNTER_PROPOSITION -> "you are the problem" | "I am fragile" | "there is no right way" | "love means never speaking" | "if you speak, you destroy me" ML_RESULT -> "circle around each other" | "keep guessing instead of asking" | "trade roles without noticing" | "repeat the same exchange" | "stay inside the reflection" ML_NAME_FOR_PATTERN -> "understanding" | "communication" | "honesty" | "respect" | "caring too much" Launch Recursive Production Grammar