--- title: Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Liam's friends in Dublin dared him to call the lollipop lady a rude name as they crossed. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry # Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry Lesson 355 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/0/) — Liam's friends in Dublin dared him to call the lollipop lady a rude name as they crossed. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/1/) — He did, and they all ran off laughing. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/2/) — She told the school, and Liam had to write her a letter. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/3/) — The letter was done, but the bad feeling was not: every morning he crossed with his eyes on the ground. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/4/) — On Saturday the family went to confession. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/5/) — Liam whispered «Bless me, Father, for I have sinned» and told the priest about the name. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/6/) — The priest listened, said that God forgives him, gave him a small penance — a short prayer and one kind thing for the lollipop lady — and said «Now go and say sorry to her face». - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/7/) — Liam came out feeling light, as if he had put down a heavy bag. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/9/) — Confession lifted the weight, but it did not replace the sorry to the person he had hurt; he did both. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/10/) — A dare does not make rude words fine — the one who says them chooses to. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/11/) — Rudeness to adults comes in many forms: shouting at the coach, mocking an accent, muttering, slamming a door. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/12/) — Each one needs the same fix: own it, say sorry, change the words next time. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/13/) — When Ben called his uncle a name after his uncle teased him, Dad sent Ben to the car for five minutes; when Ben came back and said sorry, his uncle said sorry too for the teasing. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/14/) — A dare does not make a rude act acceptable; the person who does it is still responsible. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/15/) — In confession, a Catholic or Anglican tells their sins to a priest, who gives God's forgiveness (absolution) and often a small penance. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/16/) — Many people feel real relief after confession, like a weight lifted. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/17/) — Confession does not replace saying sorry and putting things right with the person you hurt. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/18/) — Shouting at a referee or coach does not change the decision, and can get you benched or sent off. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/19/) — Muttering rude words under your breath is still being rude if the other person hears. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/20/) — An accent shows where someone grew up or learned the language; mocking it is unkind. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/21/) — Slamming a door ends a talk but does not solve the problem. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/22/) — When both people did something wrong, two apologies often fix it best. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/23/) — Saying sorry quickly, and explaining you were upset, usually makes forgiveness easier. - ← previous: [Rude words at the table](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you/) - next →: [Peeking at presents and secrets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)