Word denoting short description of the event

Question

Is there any English word having the meaning of short description of the event? It could be quote, saying, proverb or just simple sentence showing the real or hidden meaning of what happened.

For example, I would like to describe event of girl leaving my friend for other guy as "no woman, no cry" and say that "no woman, no cry" is appropriate _ for the event.

Is there word for that in English?

Answer 1

The closest is perhaps a tagline, but even that is not a great fit.

Answer 2

From Wiktionary, noun moral means

The ethical significance or practical lesson. [e.g.] The moral of the The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

Moral often is used to refer to "the real" (but usually not hidden) meaning of a story or event.

Answer 3

You can say "'no woman, no cry' is an appropriate commentary for the event."

commentary, noun : An apt explanation or illustration: a scandal that is a sad commentary on national politics. [AHED]

Answer 4

An idiomatic phrase to describe this is in a nutshell.

From Dictionary.com, sense 2:

nut·shell   [nuht-shel] noun
in a nutshell, in very brief form; in a few words: Just tell me the story in a nutshell.