MLT: counting null utterances (i.e. communicative gestures) as turns

[Suzy Read]

Hello all, 

I'm using CLAN to run MLT analyses on a corpus of data where parents and 
children read books together. In our transcripts, sometimes the parent or 
child will use a communicative non-verbal gesture (e.g. pointing at the 
book, waving their hand) but will not speak. We have transcribed these 
events so that the main line is a null utterance containing just "0", as 
follows:

**FATP1: whose house are they going to?*
**CHIP1: 0.*
*%act: points at the house.*
**FATP:  that's right.*

In these transcripts, the child's pointing is clearly a conversation turn. 
But when I run the MLT operation, I've found that that the null utterances 
are being counted as utterances, but not as turns. I cannot figure out what 
switches to use to make CLAN count the null utterances as turns. I tried to 
add the [+ trn] postcode after the 0 in the main line, and then to add the 
switch +s"[+ trn]", but this did not work (it made CLAN look at *only* null 
utterances, but still not counting them as turns). 

Would anyone be able to assist? I would really appreciate the help! Thanks 
in advance!

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