Frame reference within a clip within a clip

this seems to be an almost universally puzzling question as I've not gotten any responses from any of the forums that I've posted on...
Is it possible for me to have 1 movieclip consisting of multiple movie clips, in a .fla file, and reference specific frames of clips within a frame of the movie clip, from an outside .as file?
In a .fla file I have a movie clip that consists of several frames, each containing a different movie clip to perform different actions of a character I am attempting to animate. The basics of the code work fine, but now I'm trying to get into more detailed aspects of the characters actions and interactions and all the tutorials that I've come across thus far direct me to add various aspects of code throughout my animation which I feel would litter my program as this project grows. My basic code is as follows
class hero extends MovieClip
    variable definitions up here
    function onLoad()
        variable initializations here
    function onEnterFrame()
        if( Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) )
            _xscale = 200;
            if( Key.isDown(Key.SHIFT) )
                gotoAndStop("run");
                _x = _x + run_speed;
            } else {
                gotoAndStop("walk");
                _x = _x + walk_speed;
// more of that for the other carnal directions of the character's movement...
        } else if ( !Key.isDown() ){
            gotoAndStop("stand");
This works fine. Beyond this, I have a frame with the anchor lable "Punch" which contains a movie clip consisting of 5 frames. Is it possible for me to reference specific frames within the movie clip within this frame of the big movie clip?

you reference nested clips using dot notation BUT the parent clip must be on a frame where the child exists. for example, if the _currentframe of parentMC contains childMC, you could reference the frame number of childMC that's a child of parentMC using:
trace(parentMC.childMC._currentframe);
if childMC only exists on frame 2 of parentMC and parentMC is on its first frame, then you would need:
parentMC.gotoAndStop(2);
trace(parentMC.childMC._currentframe);

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> I have a movie clip (I'll call it B_mov) inside another
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> first baby step into AS, navigating a single timeline
via
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in
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