Sentence:  In a series of fairy tales and fantasies , Melies demonstrated that the film is superbly equipped to tell a straightforward <WSD>story</WSD> , with beginning , middle and end , complications , resolutions , climaxes , and conclusions . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program