Keywords

Vocabulary: Actions
Term ID Term Parent Description
2563 Losing job Work
2299 Losing weight Bodily
1225 Love Emotional
1882 Lust Emotional
1208 Lying Moral
2742 Lying Verbal
1436 Lynch mob Violent
2496 Making a bed Domestic
5649 Making coffee Domestic
1701 Making progress Interaction, Social
2259 Male gathering Interaction, Social

Added "Male gathering" to capture those moments where men gather in public spaces, like porches, stores, and on the street.--LW

2589 Marching Military
3489 Marching Movement
3581 Maritime / Marine Work
1683 Marketing Interaction, Social
949 Marriage Interaction, Social
1238 Marriage Legal
3288 Marriage announcement Communication
2641 Marriage proposal Verbal
3607 Matching / Paralleling Movement
2061 Mechanic Work
3751 Meddling Physical
5134 Mending Domestic
5174 Menstruation Bodily
348 Mental (First level term)
4305 Message Verbal
1502 Messenger Communication

Whenever someone comes to deliver a message verbally in person.

2701 Migration Movement
349 Military (First level term)
1207 Milking Domestic
5267 Milking a cow Agricultural
3797 Milling Work
2687 Mimicking Physical
3731 Miners / mining Work
3223 Miscarriage Bodily
4663 Miscommunication Communication
1563 Misreading Perceptual
4586 Missing work Work
3982 Misspeaking Verbal
2219 Misunderstanding Mental
2711 Mixed-race gathering Interaction, Social
2218 Moaning Emotional
4160 Moment of vision Perceptual

For moments when a character sees something charged with a sense of wonder or awe - created for the boy seeing the buck in "Race at Morning," but also appropriate for Sarty seeing De Spain's mansion or Ike seeing the bear. SR

3424 Monologue Verbal
350 Moral (First level term)
4405 Moralizing Verbal
3054 Mourning Emotional
351 Movement (First level term)
1128 Mule Movement
3152 Mumbling Verbal
819 Murder Violent
4846 Mutilation Violent
1057 Naming self Verbal
5152 Nausea Bodily
1033 Negotiation Verbal
2726 new item Physical
726 News Verbal
1146 Newspaper article Communication
2175 Newspaper columns and notices Communication

For references to items in newspapers that aren't exactly news articles - "agony advice columns," for instance (in "Miss Zilpha Gant"), or obituaries, or similar items. JBP

2564 Night watchman Work
2499 Nightmare Mental
2011 Noblesse oblige Interaction, Social

Any time of social contract that is maintained that relies on implied class differences. The term is a bit murky, but Faulkner refers to it explicitly and implicitly on a number of occasions. The agreement between Maury Priest and John Powell, and the remission of Miss Emily's taxes are examples. JB

3963 Nodding Physical
459 Non-human (First level term)
4173 Non-human Communication

To capture when an animal "talks" - for example, when the narrator of "Race at Morning" says the lead dog Eagle "said, 'There he goes'" when he saw the deer. Here the narrator translates the dog's baying into words, but that isn't necessary with this term. It's for when communication occurs between species, probably always between an animal and a person. SR

3072 Nonverbal taunting or teasing Physical
1363 Nosiness Perceptual
2118 Nostalgia Emotional
5126 Note Communication
5585 Numbness Emotional
1206 Nursing Domestic
677 Nurturing Emotional
2918 Obeying / obedience Physical
4191 Observing Perceptual
4035 Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer Legal
3366 Offering to buy Economic
3048 Offering to sell Economic
5015 Office Work
4017 Omission Verbal
3265 Ordering Verbal
886 Outrage Emotional
1383 Overhearing Perceptual
4334 Overwhelmed Emotional
2541 Ox Movement
2292 Packing Domestic
2160 Painting|Drawing Work
4883 Panic Emotional
2793 Panther hunting Hunting
1586 Panting Bodily
4069 Panting Physical
1766 Pardon Legal
2147 Parenting Interaction, Private
3190 Partnership Economic
2431 Partying Interaction, Social
3532 Passing from sight Perceptual
2264 Passivity Emotional
2029 Patience Emotional
4764 Patrol Military
686 Paying Economic
1117 Peace Emotional

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