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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 17, 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

knowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingvisualL7 visual.perceptual: information that is a set of marks on a surfaceothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.saysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryorderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowgiveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersshareL8 share.distribution: a portion of a thing that is given to othersstoryL17 story.narrative: a series of events about people that are said in language to share meaningspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchsignL15 sign.symbolic: A visual mark that conveys meaning through regularity of form.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timegetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitymakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placemeaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a statelanguageL16 language.communication: a structure of signs with meaning arranged in regular patternscomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timeentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternreceiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placeportionL3 portion.share: a part of a thing that has its own boundarynarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placegivenL7 given.premise: a thing that is information in a settingboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinginsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarytimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.meanL9 mean.signify: to be a significance of a thingshowL7 show.visual: to make something be seeninteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingsetsL3 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.seriesL10 series.ordered: a set that is ordered so each part follows the previouspieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryfollowsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happenspreviousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in timeparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencessizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.saidL8 said.speech: to make a message for othersinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placesettingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt from — 1 more not shownnarrativeL18narrative.self-story — A story a self model tells about its own past and future, which sets which actions read as its own.rationalizationL18rationalization.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 american dreamL19american-dream.upward-reach — A collective self's story that each member, from any window it starts in, can enter a wider one by its own action.asian centuryL19asian-century.claimed-future — A story giving a coming period to one collective self, as the time in which its reach will set most walls on others.right side of historyL19right-side-of-history.destined — A story reading history as moving toward one final state already set, so current acts are read by whether they move withstoryL17story.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 touchlanguageL16language.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

Used by (5)

narrativeL18rationalizationL18american dreamL19asian centuryL19right side of historyL19

Relations

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Provenance

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