Actions: Bodily Sleeping
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
- Laughing
- Limping
- Looking
- Losing consciousness
- Losing weight
- Menstruation
- Miscarriage
- Nausea
- Panting
- Playing music
- Pregnancy
- Recoiling
- Regaining consciousness
- Retching
- Running
- Shaking
- Shaving
- Shivering
- Singing
- Sitting
- 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›Sleeping | Perceptual›Observing
Cultural Issues: Race›Playing to racial expectations / stereotypes
Relationships: Interracial›Boss-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Social›Homoerotic
Actions: Bodily›Playing music | Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Premarital
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Recurring Tropes›Door
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Uncertainty | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Whippoorwills | Arrivals/Departures›Desertion-family | Arrivals/Departures›Run away | Character›Maturity | Money | Values›Greed
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Institutional›Military
Aesthetics: Narrative›Temporal projection | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Themes and Motifs: Body›Physical disability
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Deer hunting | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Social›Leadership | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Poker game | Identity, Personal›Hunter | Religion›Godhead
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named dog Lion | Animals›Ownership
Relationships: Interracial›Competitive | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-dog
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Violent›Animal predatory behavior | Violent›Destructive behavior
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bear | Animals›Named bear Ben | Naming›Importance of naming | Naming›Nickname
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Shooting | Movement›Train | Verbal›Talking
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Named bear Ben | Animals›Named dog Lion
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculine woman
Themes and Motifs: Home›Home as prison
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Environment: Olfactory›Smelling water
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Hearth | Domestic Space›Yard
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
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Child-rearing
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Verbal›Storytelling
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Education›Primary school | Global›Pacific Ocean
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Cultural Issues: Mass Media›Radio | War›World War II
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›MacArthur, Douglas | Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Worry | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Work›Chopping wood
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Age›Youth | Nationality›Japanese | War›Patriotism
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Separation | Home | Values›Loyalty
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling
Environment: Place›Farm | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Arrivals/Departures›Run away
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Hunting | Interaction, Social›Greeting | Interaction, Social›Withdrawal from public | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Respectability | Clothes›Hat | Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Summary
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Environment: Atmospheric›Moonlit | Olfactory›Decay
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ambiguous | Identity, Personal›Emptying oneself | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Metaphysics
Relationships: Familial›Dissolution
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Progress›Tractor | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Free indirect discourse
Environment: Atmospheric›Stillness | Auditory›Quietness | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Fear | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Reading aloud | Verbal›Swearing
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Convalescence
Relationships: Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Slavery›Fugitive
Environment: Place›Yoknapatawpha Beat
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Tennessee
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hunting camps
Relationships: Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Race›Race as a form of behavior
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
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›Voices | Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Shoes | Clothes›Underclothes, male
Environment: Domestic Space›Stable | Domestic Space›Yard | Natural›Dew | Time of Day›Dawn
Environment: Natural›Dew | Natural›Spring | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Morning
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Nine o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Despair | Mental›Planning | Mental›Submission / Acquiescence | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Undressing | Verbal›Discussion | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness | Values›Misogyny
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Standing | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Dread | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Religion
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Pregnancy | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Snoring | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Mule | Movement›Running
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Terror | Mental›Thinking | Physical›Holding
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Breakfast
Actions: Bodily›Eating breakfast | Bodily›Shaving | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Proud | Emotional›Triumph | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Physical›Dressing
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Environment: Domestic Space›Apartment | Time of Day›Ten o'clock p.m. | Time of Year›March
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit | Health and Illness›Sleeping pill
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Hitch-hiking | Movement›Running away | Movement›Truck | Movement›Walking
Themes and Motifs: Home›Trying to go home
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Environment: Atmospheric›Night
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smelling | Bodily›Snoring | Emotional›Fear | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Bodily›Insomnia | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Sleeplessness | Perceptual›Listening
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Two o'clock p.m.
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smoking | Movement›Running away | Perceptual›Spying | Perceptual›Watching
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dots
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Handbag | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Suit
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Objects›Bed | Objects›Cigarette | Objects›Gun | Objects›Perfume
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Environment: Time of Day›Morning | Time of Day›Wee hours
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Auditory›Silence | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Decayed house
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Housekeeping
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Environment: Time of Day›Sunrise | Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Sleeping
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Environment: Public›Town Square
Cultural Issues: Law›Regulation
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Auditory›Unseen voice | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Waking | Communication›Telegraph | Emotional›Regret | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation | Work›Railroad workers
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Race›Racial resentment
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Train | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness
Environment: Auditory›Train sound | Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Communication›Telegraph | Verbal›Conversation
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Dinner
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Objects›Hoe
Relationships: Familial›Dysfunctional
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Themes and Motifs: Death›Anticipation of death | Supernatural›Superstitions
Environment: Natural›Trees | Time of Day›Two o'clock p.m.
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Progress›New replacing old | Religion›Religious faith | Slavery›As cause of Civil War | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Superstitions
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies | Government›Civic officials
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Deafness
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Physical›Protection
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Movies
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters | Animals›Cows | Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Lean-to | Olfactory›Food
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Interracial›White-black
Relationships: Interracial›Child-adult
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Environment: Place›Spring | Time of Day›Afternoon
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Breakfast | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Washing | Legal›Locking up | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Clean | Clothes›Dirty | Entertainment›Horse race | Gender›Sexual Harassment | Law›Abuse of office
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Place name | Objects›Car
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Labor›Racialized
Environment: Natural›Creek | Olfactory›Oversweet organic
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Futility›Failure to defend honor
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Natural›Body of water | Olfactory›Gasoline
Themes and Motifs: Body›Eyes | Death›Anticipation of death | Death›Suicide | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Peace | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Time›Watch
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn | Domestic Space›Servants' home
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Milking | Play›Children playing
Cultural Issues: Migration›Intraregional migration | Migration›Movement to city
Themes and Motifs: Death | Naming›Change over time | Naming›Not knowing person or thing's name | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Precognition / Something to happen | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Supernatural›Signs / Omen | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Familial | Interracial›White-black
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Age›Maturing
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Smelling | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Nurturing | Perceptual›Smelling
Themes and Motifs: Character›Comforter | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Gate | Olfactory›Smelling trees | Olfactory›Trees | Weather›Cold
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Running | Movement›Walking | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Complaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Coat | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Shoes | Health and Illness | Religion›Divine judgment
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Squirrel | Body›Hand / Palm | Home›Home as prison | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Booksatchel | Objects›Bottle | Recurring Tropes›Hands in pockets | Recurring Tropes›Smelled like trees | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew | Hierarchical›Caretaker-mentally challenged person | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Nightgown | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Measles
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Tree / leaves | Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Sick room | Olfactory›Smelling death
Actions: Bodily›Bathing and/or personal hygiene | Bodily›Going to bed | Bodily›Kissing | Bodily›Sleeping | Domestic›Child care | Domestic›Cleaning | Emotional›Caring | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Seeing | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Obeying / obedience
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Clothes›Undressing | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Sexuality›Female
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to | Death›Wake | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Father-son | Familial›Sibling | Interracial›Domestic
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Place›Haystack | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Time of Day›Dawn
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: Class›Homelessness | War›Homefront
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Mental›Understanding
Relationships: Friendship›Childhood friends | Friendship›Racial
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect