This reminded me how amazing it was for a 1982 adventure game, The Hobbit [1], to be able to parse longer and composite commands such as

    SAY TO GANDALF "GO EAST AND TAKE KEY AND GO SOUTHWEST."

That was the first adventure game I had ever seen or played, and I remember being fascinated by the atmosphere driven by brief descriptions and simple graphics.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1982_video_game)