Actions: Bodily Laughing
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Alimentary
- Asthma
- Barefooted
- Bathing and/or personal hygiene
- Birth / Being born
- Bleeding
- Blinking
- Blushing
- Breastfeeding
- Breathing
- Caressing
- Chewing
- Childbirth
- Choking
- Confessing without words
- Coughing
- Crying
- Decomposition
- Defecation
- Dipping snuff
- Dismemberment
- Drinking
- Drooling
- Dying
- Eating
- Eating breakfast
- Eating supper
- Ejaculating
- Fainting
- Falling
- Fasting
- Feeling pain
- Flatulence
- Gaining weight
- Going to bed
- Grinning
- Groaning
- Healing
- Heart beating
- Hiccups
- Hiding
- Hungering
- Idleness
- Inject
- Insomnia
- Jumping
- Kissing
- Kneeling
- Limping
- Looking
- Losing consciousness
- Losing weight
- Menstruation
- Miscarriage
- Nausea
- Panting
- Playing music
- Pregnancy
- Recoiling
- Regaining consciousness
- Retching
- Running
- Shaking
- Shaving
- Shivering
- Singing
- Sitting
- Sleeping
- Sleeplessness
- Sleepy
- Smelling
- Smoking
- Snoring
- Spitting
- Squatting
- Standing
- Staring
- Starvation
- Stretching
- Swallowing
- Sweating
- Tension
- Thirsting
- Trembling
- Urinating
- Vomiting
- Waking
- Watching
- Weakness
- Work song
Tagged Events
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Smoking | Emotional›Bewilderment | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Mourning | Mental›Skepticism | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Giving advice
Themes and Motifs: Death›Afterlife | Recurring Tropes›Searching
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Marital›Husband-wife
Cultural Issues: War›Irregular troop
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Shaking | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Hallucinating | Physical›Escaping | Verbal›Shouting | Verbal›Warning
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Haunted by past
Cultural Issues: Labor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Tone›Humorous
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Hierarchical›Master-servant | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Anticipation
Cultural Issues: Class›Status, low | Race | Religion›Apotheosis | Slavery›Slaves vs poor whites
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Drawing room
Cultural Issues: Race›Mixed race
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Body›Skin | Character›Naivety | Home›Homecoming | Story-telling›Collaborative | Values›Love
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Laughing | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Community›Opinion | Death›Dying wish | Death›Respect | Morals›Honor | Morals›Hypocrisy | Psychological›Madness | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Parents-children
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self | Sexuality›Fantasy | Sexuality›Incest
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Car | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Smoking | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Flirting | Verbal›Reading aloud
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Hysteria | Movement›Car | Movement›Traffic | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Ordering
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Place›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Deduction | Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Violent›Lynch mob | Violent›Murder
Relationships: Friendship›Interracial | Interracial›Child-adult
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Auditory›Tree / leaves | Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Falling | Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Singing | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Hitting | Physical›Panting | Physical›Sleeping | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Asphyxiation | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Vs human agency | Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Menstruation | Bodily›Vomiting | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Bodily›Sitting | Moral›Stealing | Movement›Horse | Physical›Climbing stairs | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Taunt
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Evening
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Detachment
Cultural Issues: Religion›Episcopal | Religion›Preacher / Minister | Religion›Presbyterian
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Verbal›Questioning
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Curious | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homesickness_Longing for home
Cultural Issues: Food›Ginger snaps
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Middle Ages | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Environment: Natural›Hills | Place›Decayed house
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Economy›Rural sales | Education›Illiteracy
Themes and Motifs: Money›Promissory note
Relationships: Familial›Extended family
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Economy›Banking | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi
Environment: Domestic Space›Parlor | Natural›Trees
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Laughing | Interaction, Social›Celebration | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Champagne | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Community›Wedding | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Curious | Moral›Deception | Physical›Nonverbal taunting or teasing | Physical›Running | Physical›Throwing | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Objects›Flashlight
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Self-correction | Tone›Humorous
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim throughout section
Environment: Atmospheric›Night | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Eating supper | Bodily›Laughing | Communication›Telephone | Domestic›Sewing | Movement›Car | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Play›Checkers | Play›Chess | Verbal›Arguing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Coffee | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Marital›Conflict | Social›Homosocial rivalry
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Public›Court | Time of Year›January
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Government›Municipal meeting
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Father said
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Stable | Olfactory›Flowers
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Character›Coward | Character›Reputation | Death›Response to
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger