The Emergence Machine

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to get something by moving it from its place into your own

take.acquisition · forms: take, taken, takes, taking, took

Examples

Emergence

from: get motion put space
through: the motion of an object from its current place into the actor’s own place results in acquisition

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placemakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.takeL6 take.acquisition: to get something by moving it from its place into your ownpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
as tree

Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt frombasedL7based.foundation — having its pattern taken from another thingeditL7edit.process — to change a piece by adding parts or taking away partsselectL7select.choice — to take one part from many that differoffersL8offers.proposal — to give something to a person so they may take itsampleL11sample.material — a piece taken from a whole to act as an exampledrugL13drug.chemical — a substance that when taken causes a change in a body's conditionliquidL15liquid.state — A fluid substance that maintains constant volume while adapting to the shape of its container.portL15port.harbor — a place where land touches water for others to be put on or taken off the watertakeL6take.acquisition — to get something by moving it from its place into your owngetL5get.acquisition — you make a thing come to youmotionL2motion.movement — Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.putL3put.placement — to move something into a placespaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (10)

basedL7editL7selectL7offersL8sampleL11drugL13liquidL15portL15window exit versus removed partL15regretL16

Relations

is-aget.acquisitionis-a

Provenance

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