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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

informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencessaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities gettouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.previousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in timesmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityfollowsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happensinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.receiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placesetsL3 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.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchgivenL7 given.premise: a thing that is information in a settinggetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is ineventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timeseeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentgiveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to otherschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.knowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeportionL3 portion.share: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryorderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarystoryL13 story.narrative: a series of events about people that are said in language to share meaningpatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.languageL12 language.communication: a structure of signs with meaning arranged in regular patternspieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryvisualL7 visual.perceptual: information that is a set of marks on a surfacesettingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.signL11 sign.symbolic: A visual mark that conveys meaning through regularity of form.seriesL10 series.ordered: a set that is ordered so each part follows the previousspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.meaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a stateoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.showL7 show.visual: to make something be seenmeanL9 mean.signify: to be a significance of a thingnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternshareL8 share.distribution: a portion of a thing that is given to othersputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placesaidL8 said.speech: to make a message for othersothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt from — 1 more not shownrationalizationL15rationalization.backfill — a cause made after the act so that the act reads as inside the self-model's window, a story that edits the event rather storyL13story.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