With similar actions grouped together<br><i>About actions <ahref=inform:/doc98.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a>; New actions <ahref=inform:/doc183.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a>; Out of world actions (in red) <ahref=inform:/doc191.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
<b>Standard actions concerning the actor's possessions</b><br>Taking inventory <ahref=Details/0_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Taking <ahref=Details/1_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Removing it from <ahref=Details/2_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Dropping <ahref=Details/3_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Putting it on <ahref=Details/4_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Inserting it into <ahref=Details/5_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Eating <ahref=Details/6_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><b>Standard actions which move the actor</b><br>Going <ahref=Details/7_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Entering <ahref=Details/8_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Exiting <ahref=Details/9_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Getting off <ahref=Details/10_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><b>Standard actions concerning the actor's vision</b><br>Looking <ahref=Details/11_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Examining <ahref=Details/12_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Looking under <ahref=Details/13_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Searching <ahref=Details/14_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Consulting it about <ahref=Details/15_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><b>Standard actions which change the state of things</b><br>Locking it with <ahref=Details/16_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Unlocking it with <ahref=Details/17_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Switching on <ahref=Details/18_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Switching off <ahref=Details/19_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Opening <ahref=Details/20_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Closing <ahref=Details/21_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Wearing <ahref=Details/22_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Taking off <ahref=Details/23_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><b>Standard actions concerning other people</b><br>Giving it to <ahref=Details/24_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Showing it to <ahref=Details/25_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Waking <ahref=Details/26_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Throwing it at <ahref=Details/27_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Attacking <ahref=Details/28_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Kissing <ahref=Details/29_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Answering it that <ahref=Details/30_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Telling it about <ahref=Details/31_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Asking it about <ahref=Details/32_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Asking it for <ahref=Details/33_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><b>Standard actions which are checked but then do nothing unless rules intervene</b><br>Waiting <ahref=Details/34_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Touching <ahref=Details/35_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Waving <ahref=Details/36_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Pulling <ahref=Details/37_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Pushing <a
Listed in alphabetical order<br><i>About actions <ahref=inform:/doc98.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a>; New actions <ahref=inform:/doc183.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a>; Out of world actions (in red) <ahref=inform:/doc191.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
<tableborder="0"cellspacing="0"cellpadding="0"><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><b>action</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><b>noun</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><b>second noun</b></font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>answering it that <ahref=Details/30_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><b>topic</b></font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><fontcolor="#800000">asking for help</font> <ahref=Details/77_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>— </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>—</font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>asking it about <ahref=Details/32_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><b>topic</b></font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>asking it for <ahref=Details/33_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b></font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>attacking <ahref=Details/28_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>—</font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>burning <ahref=Details/44_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>—</font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>buying <ahref=Details/59_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>—</font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>climbing <ahref=Details/60_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>—</font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>closing <ahref=Details/21_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>—</font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>consulting it about <ahref=Details/15_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><i>touchable</i><b>object</b> </font></td><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2><b>topic</b></font></td></tr><tr><tdalign="left"valign="top"><fontsize=2>cutting <ahref=Details/50_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> </font></td><t
Kinds of action, grouped under common names<br><i>About kinds of action <ahref=inform:/doc112.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
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<p>No names for kinds of action have yet been defined.</p></div>
"[direction]" - <i>Going</i><br><br><aname=about></a><fontcolor="#800000">"about" <ahref='inform://Extensions/Extensions/Emily%20Short/Basic%20Help%20Menu.html'title="Basic Help Menu by Emily Short"STYLE="text-decoration: none"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Revealext.png></a> - <i>Asking for help <ahref=Details/77_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i></font><br><fontcolor="#800000">"abstract", <i>a testing command not available in the final game</i></font><br><fontcolor="#800000">"actions", <i>a testing command not available in the final game</i></font><br>"adjust", <i>same as</i>"set" <ahref=#set><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br><aname=answer></a>"answer [text] to [someone]" - <i>Answering it that <ahref=Details/30_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a> (reversed)</i><br><aname=ask></a>"ask [someone] for [something]" - <i>Asking it for <ahref=Details/33_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><aname=ask></a>"ask [someone] about [text]" - <i>Asking it about <ahref=Details/32_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br>"attach", <i>same as</i>"tie" <ahref=#tie><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br><aname=attack></a>"attack [something]" - <i>Attacking <ahref=Details/28_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br>"awake", <i>same as</i>"wake" <ahref=#wake><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br>"awaken", <i>same as</i>"wake" <ahref=#wake><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br><br>"break", <i>same as</i>"attack" <ahref=#attack><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br><aname=brief></a><fontcolor="#800000">"brief" - <i>Preferring sometimes abbreviated room descriptions <ahref=Details/73_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i></font><br><aname=burn></a>"burn [something]" - <i>Burning <ahref=Details/44_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><aname=buy></a>"buy [something]" - <i>Buying <ahref=Details/59_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><br>"carry", <i>same as</i>"take" <ahref=#take><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br>"check", <i>same as</i>"examine" <ahref=#examine><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br>"chop", <i>same as</i>"cut" <ahref=#cut><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br>"clean", <i>same as</i>"rub" <ahref=#rub><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br>"clear", <i>same as</i>"push" <ahref=#push><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Below.png></a><br><aname=climb></a>"climb [something]" - <i>Climbing <ahref=Details/60_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><aname=climb></a>"climb up/over [something]" - <i>Climbing <ahref=Details/60_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><aname=close></a>"close [something]" - <i>Closing <ahref=Details/21_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><aname=close></a>"close up [something]" - <i>Closing <ahref=Details/21_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><aname=close></a>"close off [something]" - <i>Switching off <ahref=Details/19_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br><aname=consult></a>"consult [something] on/about [text]" - <i>Consulting it about <ahref=Details/15_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a></i><br>"cover
Those square-bracketed pieces inside Understand grammar<br><i>About tokens <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a>; New tokens <ahref=inform:/doc277.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
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<p>In addition to the tokens listed below, any description of an object or value can be used: for example, "[number]" matches text like 127 or SIX, and "[open door]" matches the name of any nearby door which is currently open.</p><p>Names of objects are normally understood only when they are within sight, but writing 'any' lifts this restriction. So "[any person]" allows every name of a person, wherever they happen to be.</p><pclass="tightin1">"[anybody]" <ahref=inform:/doc265.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - same as "[someone]"</p><pclass="tightin1">"[anyone]" <ahref=inform:/doc265.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - same as "[someone]"</p><pclass="tightin1">"[anything]" <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - same as "[thing]"</p><pclass="tightin1">"[other things]" <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><pclass="tightin1">"[somebody]" <ahref=inform:/doc265.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - same as "[someone]"</p><pclass="tightin1">"[someone]" <ahref=inform:/doc265.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><pclass="tightin1">"[something]" <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a> - same as "[thing]"</p><pclass="tightin1">"[something preferably held]" <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><pclass="tightin1">"[text]" <ahref=inform:/doc269.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><pclass="tightin1">"[things]" <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><pclass="tightin1">"[things inside]" <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><pclass="tightin1">"[things preferably held]" <ahref=inform:/doc268.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></p><pclass="tightin1">"[a time period]"</p></div>