A shortlist of Inform6/PunyInform actions you can use in your games and what strings invoke them

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! Answer:		"answer"/"say"/"speak" X "to" Y
!				"shout"/"scream"/"yell" X "to" Y
! Ask:			"ask" Y "about" X
! AskFor:		"ask" Y "for" X
! AskTo:		"ask" Y "to" X
!				"ask" "that" Y, X
!				"tell" Y "to" X
! Attack:		"attack"/"break"/"crack"/"destroy"/"fight"/"hit"/
!					"kill"/"murder"/"punch"/"smash"/"thump"/
!					"torture"/"wreck" X ("with" Y)
!				"cut"/"chop"/"prune"/"slice" X with Y
! Climb:		"climb"/"scale" ("up"/"over") X
! Close:		"close"/"cover"/"shut" X
! Consult:		"read" ("about") X "in" Y
! Cut:			"cut"/"chop"/"prune"/"slice" X
! Dig:			"dig" X ("with" Y)
! Disrobe:		"shed"/"disrobe"/"doff"
!				"remove" X
!				"take"/"carry"/"hold" "off" X
! Drink:		"drink"/"sip"/"swallow" X
! Drop:			"drop"/"discard"/"throw" X
! Eat:			"eat" X
! Enter:		"enter" X
!				"climb"/"scale" "into"/"onto" X
!				"get" "in"/"into"/"on"/"onto" X
!				"go" X
!				"jump" "into"/"onto" X
!				"sit"/"lie" "on top of" X
!				"sit"/"lie" "on"/"in"/"inside" X
!				"stand" "on" X
! Examine:		"examine"/"x" X
!				"look" "at" X
!				"read" X
! Exit:			"exit"/"leave" (X)
!				"climb"/"scale" "out" ("of"/"from") X
!				"get" "out"/"off"/"up" "of"/"from" (X)
!				"jump" "out" "of"/"from" X
!				"jump" "off" X
!				"stand" ("up")
! Fill:			"fill" X
! GetOff:		"get" "off" X
! Give:			"give"/"feed"/"offer"/"pay" ("over") X "to" Y
!				"give"/"feed"/"offer"/"pay" Y, X
! Insert:		"insert" X "in"/"into" Y
!				"drop"/"discard"/"throw" X "in"/"into"/"down" Y
!				"put"/"place" X "in"/"inside"/"into" Y
! Jump:			"jump"
! JumpOver:		"over" X
! Listen:		"listen" ("to" X)
! Lock:			"lock" X "with" Y
! Look:			"look"/"l"
! Open:			"open"/"uncover"/"unwrap" X
! Pull:			"pull"/"drag" X
! Push:			"push"/"clear"/"move"/"press"/"shift" X
! PushDir:		"push"/"clear"/"move"/"press"/"shift" X D
! PutOn:		"put"/"place" X "on"/"onto" Y
! Remove:		"remove" X "from" Y
!				"get" X "from"/"off" Y
!				"take"/"carry"/"hold" X "from"/"off" Y
! Rub:			"rub"/"clean"/"dust"/"polish"/"scrub"/"shine"/
!					"sweep"/"wipe" X
! Search:		"search" X
!				"look"/"l" "in"/"inside" X
! Shout:		"shout"/"scream"/"yell" (X)
! Show:			"show" Y, X
!				"show" X "to" Y
! Smell:		"smell"/"sniff" (X)
! SwitchOn:		"switch"/"turn" "on" X
!				"switch" X ("on")
!				"turn" X "on"
! SwitchOff:	"switch"/"turn" "off" X
!				"close"/"cover"/"shut" "off" X
!				"turn" X "off"
! Take:			"take"/"carry"/"hold" X
!				"get" X
!				"pick" "up" X
!				"pick" X "up"
!				"remove" X
! Tell:			"tell" Y "about" X
! ThrowAt:		"drop"/"discard"/"throw" X
!					"at"/"against"/"on"/"onto" Y
! Tie:			"tie"/"attach"/"fasten"/"fix" X ("to" Y)
! Touch:		"touch" X
! Transfer:		"push"/"clear"/"move"/"press"/"shift" X "to" Y
! Turn:			"turn"/"rotate"/"screw"/"twist"/"unscrew" X
! Unlock:		"unlock" X "with" Y
!				"open"/"uncover"/"unwrap" X "with" Y
! Wear:			"wear" X
!				"put"/"place" "on" X