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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 

Pulling something (past tense pulled)

Pulling is the act of pulling something not grossly larger than the actor by an amount which would not substantially move it.

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, pulling a lever. ('The big red lever is a fixed in place device. Instead of pulling the big red lever, try switching on the lever. Instead of pushing the big red lever, try switching off the lever.')

Typed commands leading to this action

"pull [something]"

"pull back [something]" 

Rules controlling this action

before    doing anything other than looking, waiting, examining or birthing during Giving Birth   

instead of    Sylvie trying pulling the covers   

instead of    Sylvie trying pulling the viper   

instead of    pulling the covers   

instead of    pulling Rudolph   

instead of    pulling the bellows   

instead of    pulling the roses   

instead of    pushing or pulling or taking a fixed in place thing   

check    an actor pulling  can't pull what's fixed in place rule   name  unlist

check    an actor pulling  can't pull scenery rule   name  unlist

check    an actor pulling  can't pull people rule   name  unlist

report    an actor pulling  report pulling rule   name  unlist