Actions: Physical Discovering
Description
For instances when a character literally discovers someone or something -- Mrs. Gant finding her daughter with a boy lying together in a blanket, for instance. Distinct from the MENTAL act of discovery (which is also a keyword in this database). -JBP
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambush
- Apprehending
- Bathing
- Being pursued
- Building
- Burial
- Burning
- Camping
- Capture
- Carrying
- Chase
- Chopping wood
- Clearing land
- Climbing
- Climbing stairs
- Climbing tree
- Confining
- Cooking
- Crawling
- Crowding
- Cuddling
- Curtsy
- Dancing
- Delivering
- Digging
- Dragging
- Drawing
- Dreaming
- Dressing
- Driving
- Eating
- Embrace / hugging
- Escape from confinement
- Escaping
- Evasion
- Extinguishing fire
- Fasting
- Finding
- Freeing
- Gardening
- Getting water
- Hammering
- Hanging
- Hiding
- Hitting
- Holding
- Inaction / Not doing something
- Intrusion
- Jumping
- Kicking
- Kissing
- Lifting
- Loading
- Locking a door
- Meddling
- Mimicking
- new item
- Nodding
- Nonverbal taunting or teasing
- Obeying / obedience
- Panting
- Pointing
- Praying
- Probing
- Protection
- Pursuit
- Pushing away
- Race
- Reading
- Repair
- Rescuing
- Restraining
- Riding
- Rolling / wallowing
- Running
- Saluting
- Sawing
- Screaming
- Searching
- Showing
- Sitting
- Sleeping
- Stalking
- Starting over
- Taking
- Throwing
- Touching
- Trampling
- Transporting
- Travel
- Trembling
- Tripping
- Turning away
- Undressing
- Wagon|Car maintenance
- Waiting
- Walking
- Washing clothes
- Watching
- Wave / waving
- Whittling
- Winking
Tagged Events
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Economic›Scamming | Physical›Digging | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Stereotype lower intelligence
Themes and Motifs: Money›Silver dollar | Objects›Coin | Psychological›Manipulation
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Natural›Woods | Place›Lonelier parts of town
Actions: Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Sexuality›Appearance of | Sexuality›Puberty
Environment: Olfactory›Evoking memory
Actions: Mental›Imagining | Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Newspaper
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race | Slavery›Revolt
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Mental›Dreaming | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Door
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Buzzards | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Actions: Physical›Burial | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Mason | Ritual›Funeral arrangements
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Physical›Discovering
Themes and Motifs: Community›Social life | Values›Propriety
Environment: Place›Decayed house | Time of Day›Night