Actions: Physical Pursuit
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Ambush
- Apprehending
- Bathing
- Being pursued
- Breaking
- Building
- Burial
- Burning
- Camping
- Capture
- Carrying
- Chase
- Chopping wood
- Clearing land
- Climbing
- Climbing stairs
- Climbing tree
- Climbing/descending rope
- Concealing
- Confining
- Cooking
- Crawling
- Crowding
- Cuddling
- Curtsy
- Cutting
- Dancing
- Delivering
- Digging
- Discovering
- Dragging
- Drawing
- Dreaming
- Dressing
- Driving
- Eating
- Embrace / hugging
- Emptying
- 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
- Pushing away
- Questing
- Race
- Reading
- Repair
- Rescuing
- Restraining
- Riding
- Rolling / wallowing
- Running
- Saluting
- Sawing
- Screaming
- Searching
- Showing
- Sitting
- Sleeping
- Squatting
- Stalking
- Starting fire
- Starting over
- Struggling
- Taking
- Throwing
- Touching
- Trampling
- Transporting
- Travel
- Trembling
- Tripping
- Turning away
- Undressing
- Wagon|Car maintenance
- Waiting
- Walking
- Washing clothes
- Watching
- Wave / waving
- Whistling
- Whittling
- Winking
- Wrestling
Tagged Events
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Economy›Evaluate exchange value
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules | Objects›Flashlight | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Atmospheric›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Objects›Flashlight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Behaving/becoming "black" | Race›Race as a form of behavior
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Emotional›Rage | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Torch-light | Natural›Creek bottom
Environment: Atmospheric›Light
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Objects›Gun
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Swimming | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Killing of animals
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Named bear Ben
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Injury | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Animal predatory behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion | Values›Courage | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Reported narration
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Place›Seedy parts of town
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman | Mass Media›Magazines | Mass Media›Movies
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Fate | Allusion, Mythical›Vestal
Environment: Place›Lonelier parts of town
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Control
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place
Environment: Time of Day›Evening
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Hunting›Slave hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Actions: Movement›Horse | Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Violence against civilians
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Auditory›Confused din
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos
Environment: Time of Day›Supper | Time of Year›Christmas Eve
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›As anaesthetic
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Non-human›Dog barking | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›New Year | Time of Year›Winter | Weather›Snow
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Food›Cannibalism | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Interracial›Master-slave
Cultural Issues: Race | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal | Slavery›Fugitive
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›White anxiety
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Horses | Memory›Remembering | Story-telling
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Health and Illness›Injury | Race›Stereotype cannibalism | Slavery›Fugitive | Slavery›Racialism
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Jewelry | Clothes›Sunday clothes | Gender›Southern woman | Slavery›Domestic labor
Relationships: Intergenerational›Grandparent-grandchild | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew | Romantic›Courtship
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Slavery›Fugitive
Aesthetics: Symbolism›Created by characters
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual | Slavery›Fugitive
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Recurring Tropes›Going fast
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Environment: Time of Year›Hunting season
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Pursuit
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Hunting metaphor / imagery
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Hunting›Fox hunting | Physical›Pursuit
Relationships: Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Past›Old days
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Pony | Past›Old days | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Intergenerational›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Repetition | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Moving a dead body | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Watching | Physical›Pursuit
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Style›Present tense
Environment: Public›Courthouse | Public›Town Square
Actions: Mental›Thinking | Movement›Bicycle | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Uniform | Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›House | Natural›Ditches
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Outrage | Movement›Car | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Castration | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›White race | Violence›Castration | Violence›Lynching | Violence›Shooting
Actions: Hunting›Tracking | Physical›Capture | Physical›Escape from confinement | Physical›Pursuit | Work›Architect
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Architect captured
Environment: Public›Post office
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence | Appearance›Cosmetics | Futility›Nothing to do
Actions: Movement›Running away | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Frustration
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Livestock
Themes and Motifs: Chaos/Order›Chaos | Chaos/Order›Creating order
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Houston murdered | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Education›Harvard | Government›Civic officials
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates
Cultural Issues: Politics›Campaigning
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Cultural Issues: Law›Sheriff's deputy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Absence/Loss›Missing | Philosophical›Freedom
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Hearing impairment
Relationships: Intergenerational›Hunting party
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Light | Atmospheric›Wetness | Auditory›Heartbeat | Auditory›Insect sounds | Auditory›Silence | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Creek | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›Sand | Natural›Sky | Natural›Water moving / flowing | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Oversweet organic | Olfactory›Rain | Time of Day›Night | Weather›Warmth
Actions: Bodily›Breathing | Bodily›Dying | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Heart beating | Bodily›Panting | Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Hate | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Love | Emotional›Pity | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Mental›Thinking | Moral›Lying | Movement›Running | Perceptual›Blurring | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Starting over | Physical›Touching | Play›Playing in water | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Skirt | Clothes›Wet clothes | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Experience | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Sensuality | Sexuality›Sex and death | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Insects crickets | Body›Eyes | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Body›Knee | Character›Impotence | Futility›Failure to defend honor | Morals›Honor | Objects›Fence | Objects›Willow tree | Objects›knife | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Romantic›Sexual | Sexual
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism | Allusion, Literary›Eliot, T. S. | Allusion, Literary›Poem "The Waste Land" | Description›Color gray | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Island of silence | Figures of Speech›Mirror | Figures of Speech›Negation | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Fragments | Language›no no | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Cleansing power of water | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Actions: Economic›Selling land | Emotional›Resentment | Movement›Chasing | Movement›Following | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Death from drinking | Cultural Identity›Country vs city | Economy›Economic speculation | Ethnicity›Jewish | Progress›Telegraph | Sexuality›Promiscuity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Gasoline | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Values›Family honor
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Technology›Car
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Ford, Henry
Environment: Place›Field | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Emotional›Self-pity | Movement›Sneaking | Physical›Evasion | Physical›Pursuit
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Headache | Sexuality›Promiscuity | Technology›Car | Technology›Car tire
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Values›Family honor
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Atmospheric›Wind | Olfactory›Gasoline
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Tie | Health and Illness›Headache
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person | Recurring Tropes›Destiny
Environment: Natural›Hills | Public›Filling Station | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Traveling show | Health and Illness›Injury
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Drawing of an eye
Environment: Atmospheric›Crowded | Domestic Space›Yard | Weather›Fog
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Money›As motive | Money›Owed | Objects›Broom | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Scientific | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Narrative›Reported narration
Environment: Domestic Space›Livestock pen | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Actions: Mental›Logically reasoning | Physical›Pursuit
Environment: Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›December | Weather›Cold | Weather›Rain
Environment: Atmospheric›Unfamiliar place | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›December | Time of Year›February | Time of Year›New Year | Weather›Cold | Weather›Frost | Weather›Snow
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Ducks | Animals›Geese | Animals›Mules | Time›Duration of time | Time›Measuring time
Environment: Place›Decayed house | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Emotional›Anticipation | Mental›Reinterpretation | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit
Actions: Movement›Hiding | Movement›Horse | Movement›Mule | Physical›Pursuit | Violent›Assault | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Race›Subverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Supernatural›Signs / Omen
Cultural Issues: Violence›Killing animal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Hog | Recurring Tropes›Revenge | Time›Awareness of time
Actions: Perceptual›Interpreting tracks | Physical›Ambush | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Race›Black stereotype | War›Destruction | War›Violence against civilians