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a series of events about people that are said in language to share meaning

Story (noun) means: a series of events about people that are said in language to share meaning. It emerges from event, people, language, said: the events about people are said in language, forming an ordered series. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 13, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

story.narrative · forms: stories, story

Examples

Emergence

from: event people language said says series mean meaning share
through: the events about people are said in language, forming an ordered series

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowshareL8 share.distribution: a portion of a thing that is given to othersspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placevisualL7 visual.perceptual: information that is a set of marks on a surfacemeaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a stateknowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.settingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inseeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.signL11 sign.symbolic: A visual mark that conveys meaning through regularity of form.givenL7 given.premise: a thing that is information in a settinggiveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timesetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingsaidL8 said.speech: to make a message for othersreceiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placemeanL9 mean.signify: to be a significance of a thingoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarydistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.languageL12 language.communication: a structure of signs with meaning arranged in regular patternssaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getstoryL13 story.narrative: a series of events about people that are said in language to share meaningcomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchseriesL10 series.ordered: a set that is ordered so each part follows the previoushappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.followsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happensmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesportionL3 portion.share: a part of a thing that has its own boundarymakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timearrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.showL7 show.visual: to make something be seenpreviousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in time
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built from — 1 more not shownstoryL13story.narrative — a series of events about people that are said in language to share meaningeventL3event.occurrence — a change that occurs in a place during a timepeopleL6people.social — a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchlanguageL12language.communication — a structure of signs with meaning arranged in regular patternssaidL8said.speech — to make a message for otherssaysL8says.speech — to make a message that other distinct entities getseriesL10series.ordered — a set that is ordered so each part follows the previousmeanL9mean.signify — to be a significance of a thingmeaningL8meaning.significance — a pattern of knowledge that differs from a state

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6