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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

Turning something (past tense turned)

Turning is the act of rotating something - say, a dial.
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, turning a capstan.

Typed commands leading to this action

"turn/rotate/twist/unscrew/screw [something]"

Rules controlling this action

instead of doing something to the cables

check an actor turning can't turn what's fixed in place rule name unlist 1

A "[regarding the noun][They] [are] fixed in place." name set

check an actor turning can't turn scenery rule name unlist 1

A "[We] [are] unable to." name set

check an actor turning can't turn people rule name unlist 1

A "[The noun] [might not like] that." name set

report an actor turning report turning rule name unlist 2

A "Nothing obvious [happen]." name set
B "[The actor] [turn] [the noun]." name set

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