That no.verb did not make sense in that context

[Stephen]

@Draconis

Understand lines for actions that don’t start with a single fixed word) that start with a ROUTINE_FILTER token (that is, “[any whatever]”)

You probably already know, but this kind of action grammar will not work with an NPC - see Weird difference in how action grammars are interpreted between "Frotz ball" and "Bob, Frotz ball"