Actions: Bodily Sitting
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
- 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
Environment: Time of Year›Spring
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Monument | Figures of Speech›Water
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation
Relationships: Hierarchical›Employer-employee
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Atmospheric›Peaceful | Atmospheric›Stillness | Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Veranda | Natural›Flowers | Olfactory›Cigar | Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Lawns | Time of Day›Evening | Time of Day›Twilight | Time of Year›Summer
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Anticipation | Perceptual›Smelling | Physical›Waiting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Fireflies | Animals›Lightning bugs | Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Cigar | Objects›Wisteria | Time›Anticipation
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Synesthesia | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Tone›Nostalgic | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Domestic Space›Drawing room
Themes and Motifs: Past›Past in present | Story-telling›Collaborative | Time›Simultaneity of time
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Haunting | Auditory›Quietness | Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Watching | Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing the past | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Silence | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Femininity | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Body›Voice | Objects›Chair | Objects›Windows | Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Repression | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Odor | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Description›Character portrait | Description›Color black | Description›Color yellow | Description›Grotesque | Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Paint | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Empty room | Domestic Space›Garden | Domestic Space›Home | Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Plantation house | Natural›Swamp | Place›Plantation
Actions: Agricultural›Planting | Agricultural›Plowing | Bodily›Drinking | Bodily›Sitting | Domestic›Camping | Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Lending Money | Hunting›Deer hunting | Mental›Calculation | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Building | Physical›Clearing land | Physical›Wrestling | Play›Card playing | Play›Gambling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Alcohol›Whiskey | Class›Respectability | Economy›Dowry | Gender›All-male space | Gender›Marriage | Gender›Women | Slavery›Ownership | Slavery›Violence | Violence›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion | Home›Improvements | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Values›Decorum
Relationships: Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Master-slave | Intergenerational›Hunting party
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Withholding
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Place›Jefferson | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Communication›Listening | Communication›Speaking | Communication›Writing | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Resentment | Mental›Predicting | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Monologue | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Generation gap | Age›Old age | Age›Youth vs age | Class›Professional | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Education›Harvard | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Women | Identity, Cultural›South vs North | Mass Media›Magazines | Region›The South
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving home | Objects›Chair | Objects›Magazine | Philosophical›Power of literature | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Explaining | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Time›Anticipation | Time›Future
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Grandiloquence | Metafictional›Projection | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Temporal projection | Tone›Ironic | Tone›Sarcastic
Environment: Public›Store | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mockingbird | Objects›Still
Environment: Public›Town Square
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
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: Domestic Space›Kitchen | Domestic Space›Porch | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Demanding | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Withholding | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Olfactory›Bad smell | Olfactory›House | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Tuesday
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Gate | Domestic Space›Study
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Natural›Woods | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Perceptual›Reading / Researching
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Tennyson, Alfred | Style›Present tense
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions: Bodily›Looking | Bodily›Sitting | Economic›Buying | Movement›Train | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Hushing | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Environment: Auditory›Music | Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Cultural Issues: Religion
Themes and Motifs: Time›Being outside of time
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
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
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Running away | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Lying
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Metaphorical
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Twilight
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Time of Day›Dusk
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Hamlet | Style›Present tense
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daytime
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Standing | Emotional›Calm | Emotional›Proud | Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Riding | Physical›Waiting
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Official office | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m. | Time of Year›March
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Alps | Allusion, Geographical›Mount Vernon
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Gender›And marriage | Sexuality›Puberty
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Life as repetition
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Economic›Buying a shop or store
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Uncle-niece
Environment: Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Clock ticking | Auditory›Train sound | Natural›Body of water | Natural›Grass | Natural›Hills | Natural›River | Natural›Trees | Otherworldly›Earth / the world | Place›Road | Place›Rural | Public›Church steeple | Public›Clock tower | Time of Day›Noon
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Imagining | Movement›Walking | Physical›Trampling | Play›Sports Crew / rowing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Infinity | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Social›Homoerotic
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Gull | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›Pencil | Figures of Speech›Stencil | Language›Fragments
Environment: Auditory›Rain on roof | Auditory›Rodent sounds | Domestic Space›Barn | Weather›Rain
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Holding | Physical›Lifting | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Orgasm
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Disapproval | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Dancing | Physical›Pushing away | Physical›Touching | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Age›Adolescence | Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Dress | Gender›Dirty girl | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Leaving | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Hips | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic | Sexual
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
Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Domestic Space›Kitchen