His heart just give out. But she isn't thinking about the dear old woman who has died, but rather the grim task of breaking the news to young Doctor Turk, who had never lost a patient before. He grimaced at the sight of the bloated face and noted sadly that someone had hacked away the soldier's hands, had slit his belly to let his guts heap on the ground. And on and on and on. Now in each case the scene has told us something important about the story we are about to follow.
Action is more than physical activity.
Obviously, scenes are integral to the telling of a story. BUT A long series of connected scenes would be boring indeed. A newspaper article tells us what happened, but it is hardly dramatic. We also need sequel. This is no more than common sense.