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A thing whose reach a self model reads as working with its own against the same walls.

Ally (noun) means: A thing whose reach a self model reads as working with its own against the same walls. It emerges from reach, self-model, read, work: Two reaches read as pointed at the same walls add up; the alliance lasts as long as the reading of a shared wall does, and ends when that wall is gone. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

ally.aligned · forms: alliance, alliances, allied, allies, ally

Emergence

from: reach self-model read work against wall
through: Two reaches read as pointed at the same walls add up; the alliance lasts as long as the reading of a shared wall does, and ends when that wall is gone.

Chain to foundations

closeL5 close.spatial: having little space between two thingsbigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.actL3 act.deed: do somethingactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesdirectionL11 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goeschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsprocessL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.lineL10 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacedifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placesaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getholdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.againstL13 against.opposition: a thing that is different from another and does not go toward itoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingcurrentL1 current.present: Of the time that is now.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarynumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeenterL3 enter.spatial: to move into a placereachL10 reach.spatial: to go to pointparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statemodelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingshappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityreachL13 reach.action: Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.readL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.setL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timecrossL4 cross.pass: To go through a boundary from one place to another.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timegetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youtouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.point of no returnL9 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placenoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinglikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionpossibilityL12 possibility.potential: A window that can be reached from the current window without crossing a wall that is closed.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.setsL3 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.subjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventallyL15 ally.aligned: A thing whose reach a self model reads as working with its own against the same walls.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.
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Neighborhood

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

built fromallyL15ally.aligned — A thing whose reach a self model reads as working with its own against the same walls.reachL13reach.action — Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.self-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.readL7read.information — when entities sees and makes informationworkL3work.effort — a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceagainstL13against.opposition — a thing that is different from another and does not go toward itwallL8wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.

Relations

contrasts-withenemy.againstan enemy's reach is read as set against one's own walls

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-09-29 · confidence: 0.85 · source: schema/power-agency-phase.md