Systems and methods for generating concept-based search summaries from a plurality of documents are provided. In one embodiment, a system may include interfaces to receive information identifying a meaning taxonomy including a normalized term and a search query including search terms. The system may be configured to identify documents relating to the search terms and normalized terms and display a concept-based summary of the documents, the summary including a syntactic structure associated with the normalized terms and search terms. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving a meaning taxonomy including normalized terms and search terms, identifying at least one document including the search terms and syntactic structures associated with the normalized terms, and display a search summary including the search terms and syntactic structures.