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Standard actions which are checked but then do nothing unless rules intervene
Waiting , Touching , Waving , Pulling , Pushing , Turning , Pushing it to , Squeezing

Waving something (past tense waved)

Waving in this sense is like waving a sceptre: the item to be waved must be directly held (or worn) by the actor.
In the Standard Rules there are no carry out rules for this action because nothing in the standard Inform world model which reacts to it. The action is provided for authors to hang more interesting behaviour onto for special cases: say, waving a particular rusty iron rod with a star on the end.

Typed commands leading to this action

"wave [something]"

Rules controlling this action

instead of doing something to the cables

check an actor waving can't wave what's not held rule name unlist 1

A "But [we] [aren't] holding [regarding the noun][those]." name set

report an actor waving report waving things rule name unlist 2

A "[We] [wave] [the noun]." name set
B "[The actor] [wave] [the noun]." name set

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