--- title: The rule "fewer for things you can count" became popular in the late… — Is there one proper English? The big arguments · tree and pragmatics description: The rule "fewer for things you can count" became popular in the late 1700s; some supermarkets were reported to have changed "10 items or less" signs to "Up to 10 items" to avoid the argument. Who acts: you, rule. A sentence of the lesson «Is there one proper English? The big arguments» of the langua --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/) / [Is there one proper English? The big a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/) / 15 # Is there one proper English? The big arguments, sentence 15 The rule "fewer for things you can count" became popular in the late 1700s; some supermarkets were reported to have changed "10 items or less" signs to "Up to 10 items" to avoid the argument. **Who acts:** you, rule · **What happens:** count, become, report, change, avoid · **To what, where:** things, late 1700s, supermarkets, 10 items, argument This is a sentence of the lesson «Is there one proper English? The big arguments» of the language course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, rule), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:020-is-there-one-proper-english.lesson:15 # text = The rule "fewer for things you can count" became popular in the late 1700s; some supermarkets were reported to have changed "10 items or less" signs to "Up to 10 items" to avoid the argument. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 020-is-there-one-proper-english.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×4, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 4 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 appos _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=11:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 11 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 1700s 1700 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 11 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:obl 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 supermarkets supermarket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=11:conj 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 xcomp _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=24:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 26 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 items item NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=31:amod 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 31 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Up Up PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 items item NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=21:obl 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=21:advcl 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** *in a quote* | can | you | things *not said here* | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past | the rule | | | | | in the late 1700s *result*; popular *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1700=Result | | 3 | **report** | past · passive | | some supermarkets | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **change** | to-infinitive · perfect | | 10 items or signs | | | | to 10 items | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Patient | | 5 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | | the argument | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent argument=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:language:020-is-there-one-proper-english.lesson:15`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×4, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Is there one proper English? The big a…, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/14/) - next →: [Is there one proper English? The big a…, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/16/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/)