Telling the code: Instructions for interpretation (Continued)
It (a) told what had just happened---e.g. "You just asked me to snitch." It (b)formulated what the resident was doing in saying that phrase---e.g.. "I am not saying that this is my answer to your question. My answer is not to answer." It (c) formulated the resident's motives for saying what he was saying and doing what he was doing---e.g. "I'm not answering in order to avoid snitching." Since snitching was morally inappropriate for residents, the utterance, therefore, formulated the sensible and proper ground of the refusal to answer the question.