Figure 1. Three ordinary nodes and their in- and out-links in the sparse W.

For every node (word), the strongest 6 and the weakest 1 in- and out-links are presented, which shows the sharply descending strengths and the most forceful restraints of the meanings of the nodes. (a) “hands” (noun, 164 in-links and 141 out-links in total) is characterized by the forceful links of modifiers (his, her, your), corresponding verbs (shook, shake, shaking), and associates (pockets, knees, hips). (b) “live” (verb, 129, 153) is characterized by the links of subjects (who, people, we, they), syntactic restraints (to, in, with, here, alone, happily, where) and associates (births). (c) “scientific” (adjective, 70, 185) is characterized by the links of the words composing phrases (research, knowledge, method, interest, journals), near-synonyms (technological, mathematical), and syntactic restraints (of, the, a). The unbalanced link strengths can be seen, for example, by the contrasting strong in-links of “hands” and the weak in-links of “scientific”. Note that the coloured strengths are at exponential scales.