(plead
  (pattern "<string>")
  (single
    (arguments
      (arguments mercy,frogs,lots of money,a Decstation 5000,
                 this stupid soul to go away,an X windows terminal,
                 creators,bil,pinkfish's sanity)
      (self "You plead for $arg$.")
      (rest "$mcname$ pleads for $arg$.")
    )
    (arguments
      (arguments miserably)
      (self "You plead miserably - you're a miserable pleader.")
      (rest "$mcname$ pleads miserably - $mpronoun$'s a miserable pleader.")
    )
    (arguments
      (arguments insanity,a momentary lapse of reason,the fifth)
      (self "You plead $arg$.")
      (rest "$mcname$ pleads $arg$.")
    )
  )
)