Keywords
| Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5680 | Thanking | Verbal | ||
| 2006 | Theatricality | Emotional | ||
| 2973 | Thinking | Mental | ||
| 1597 | Thirsting | Bodily | ||
| 563 | Threat | Verbal | ||
| 1750 | Threatening | Violent | ||
| 1861 | Throwing | Physical | ||
| 3749 | Throwing downstairs | Violent | ||
| 2922 | Tickling | Perceptual | ||
| 2720 | Tirade | Verbal | ||
| 4687 | To pay for education | Work | ||
| 2437 | Tolerance | Emotional | ||
| 2976 | Touching | Physical | ||
| 1618 | Tracking | Hunting | ||
| 1195 | Trading | Economic | ||
| 4793 | Traffic | Movement | ||
| 3834 | Tragic / tragedy | Emotional | ||
| 1763 | Train | Movement | ||
| 4015 | Training | Military | ||
| 3686 | Trampling | Physical | ||
| 4487 | Transactional | Economic | ||
| 3212 | Transcribing | Communication | ||
| 869 | Transporting | Physical | ||
| 3091 | Travel | Physical | ||
| 4194 | Traveling salesman | Work | ||
| 1443 | Trembling | Physical | ||
| 1445 | Trembling | Bodily | ||
| 2523 | Trial | Legal | ||
| 3808 | Tripping | Physical | ||
| 3391 | Triumph | Emotional | ||
| 2048 | Truck | Movement | ||
| 1626 | Turkey hunting | Hunting | ||
| 3989 | Turning away | Physical | ||
| 2605 | Ultimatum | Verbal | ||
| 2349 | Unaware | Mental | ||
| 575 | Uncertainty | Mental | ||
| 981 | Understanding | Mental | ||
| 1367 | Undressing | Physical | ||
| 2067 | Unknowable | Perceptual |
This term is intended to refer to when a character looks at but cannot fathom what a character (or animal) is thinking. (Keyed originally to refer to Lion in "Lion.") -JBP |
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| 2428 | Unsent message | Communication | ||
| 4629 | Urinating | Bodily | ||
| 943 | Vengeance | Violent | ||
| 1277 | Vengeful | Emotional | ||
| 355 | Verbal | (First level term) | ||
| 2188 | Vindictive | Emotional | ||
| 3260 | Violence against animals | Violent | ||
| 356 | Violent | (First level term) | ||
| 1539 | Visiting | Interaction, Social | ||
| 4986 | Visualize | Mental | ||
| 1293 | Vomiting | Bodily | ||
| 2524 | Voting | Interaction, Social | ||
| 2519 | Vowing | Verbal | ||
| 552 | Voyeurism | Perceptual | ||
| 497 | Wagon | Movement | ||
| 3264 | Wagon|Car maintenance | Physical | ||
| 5651 | Waiter | Work | ||
| 1616 | Waiting | Hunting | ||
| 1879 | Waiting | Physical | ||
| 2854 | Waiting | Emotional | ||
| 4621 | Waitress | Work | ||
| 2180 | Waking | Bodily | ||
| 704 | Walking | Movement | ||
| 2735 | Walking | Physical | ||
| 1269 | Warning | Verbal | ||
| 5216 | Warrant | Legal | ||
| 1189 | Washing | Domestic | ||
| 630 | Washing clothes | Physical | ||
| 658 | Washing clothes | Work | ||
| 1482 | Watching | Bodily | ||
| 1726 | Watching | Perceptual | ||
| 4722 | Watching | Physical | ||
| 4071 | Wave / waving | Physical | ||
| 5166 | Weakness | Bodily | ||
| 5293 | Weaving | Work | ||
| 4647 | Whimper | Verbal | ||
| 2482 | Whipping | Violent | ||
| 1077 | Whispering | Verbal | ||
| 5147 | Whistling | Physical | ||
| 5079 | Whittling | Physical | ||
| 4014 | Wildcat hunting | Hunting | ||
| 4571 | Will | Legal | ||
| 4080 | Winking | Physical | ||
| 3127 | Wishing | Verbal | ||
| 5518 | Withdrawal from public | Interaction, Social | ||
| 868 | Withholding | Verbal | ||
| 1570 | Without words | Communication |
When someone communicates by means of something other than words (written or spoken); for example, the envelope full of money Boyd wants Ike to give his mistress, or the verbena that Drusilla leaves on Bayard's pillow. |
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| 357 | Work | (First level term) | ||
| 4431 | Work song | Bodily | ||
| 825 | Worry | Emotional | ||
| 5800 | Wrangling | Agricultural | ||
| 5628 | Wrestling | Physical | ||
| 1900 | Writing | Communication | ||
| 5224 | Writing | Verbal | ||
| 4832 | Wrong direction | Movement | ||
| 5497 | Yard work | Work | ||
| 2752 | Yelling | Verbal |
| Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1202 | "Wait" | Recurring Tropes |
Spoken by a character to pause or slow down narration by another character so s/he can process the significance or take over the narration. The classic examples are from ABSALOM, but it's a signature verbal formula across Faulkner. JW |
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| 910 | Abandonment | Absence/Loss | ||
| 2880 | Abrupt shift in time | Time |
For when a narrative makes an abrupt or unexpected shift in time - as in Benjy's narrative in S&F. |
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| 1327 | Absence | Absence/Loss |