<def-root>The <fen>Sleeper</fen> stays in an altered state of consciousness with greatly reduced external awareness.
<ex><fex name="Sleeper">We</fex> <t>slept</t>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The entity that is sleeping.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Duration</fen> of time for which a state holds or a process is ongoing.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Time</fen> when the sleep occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>Where the event takes place.</def-root>
<def-root>The degree to which the <fen>Sleeper</fen> is asleep.</def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the sleeping event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), secondary effects (quietly, noisily), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way).
<ex>Fitzhume <t>slept</t> <fex name="Manner">soundly</fex></ex></def-root>
Process_continue
Sleep_wake_cycle
Waking_up
Fall_asleep
COD: Sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day.
COD: sleep lightly.
COD: have a snooze.
COD: have a catnap.
COD: sleep.
COD: (of an animal or plant) spend the winter in a dormant state.
COD: sleep
COD: no obj. be half asleep; doze.
COD: rest in a regularly recurring condition of body and mind in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.
COD: sleep.
FN: some (small amount of) sleep.
COD: a short light sleep.
COD: 1. a short sleep during the day.
FN: an instance of drowsing
FN: a dormant state that helps animals or plants conserve resources during the winter.
COD: 1. a sleep; a nap.
COD: 1. a short sleep of this [light, brief, or diurnal] type.
COD: 1. a regularly recurring condition of body and mind in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.
COD: 1. a sleep.
COD: 1. a short, light sleep.
COD: in or into a state of sleep.
COD: unconscious.
FN: quantity of time spent sleeping.
FN: asleep or unconscious.
FN: deeply unaware of surroundings (generally) due to circumstances such as a head-blow, intoxication, or being overcome by pain.