--- title: Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: On Tuesday Freddie calls Sam «Scaredy-Sam» as a joke. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/) [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/) / Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels # Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels Lesson 367 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/0/) — On Tuesday Freddie calls Sam «Scaredy-Sam» as a joke. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/1/) — By lunchtime half the class is saying it. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/2/) — By Wednesday somebody has drawn a chicken on Sam's pencil case in felt tip, and when the cold wind makes his eyes water, Jake yells «Sam's crying!» across the whole playground. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/4/) — The labels pile up. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/5/) — Sam won't climb the fence into the building site, so Jake calls him a wimp. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/9/) — That one hurts the most, because grown-ups are meant to be fair and kind. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/10/) — But Sam is not the only one with a label. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/11/) — Jake gets called «Thicko» because he can't sit still and reads slowly. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/12/) — A Station Road boy calls Maddie «a boy in a skirt», which is funny only because she has never worn a skirt in her life. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/13/) — Some girls sneer «Princess Lily» because her hair is neat and her books are tidy. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/14/) — Each label is one small thing stretched over a whole person. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/16/) — In the end Sam gives it to Maddie, who, to everyone's surprise, wears it all winter. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/17/) — A label is a name that squeezes a whole person into one small thing about them. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/18/) — A nickname spreads fast when other people repeat it, even if it started as a joke. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/19/) — Saying no to climbing into a building site is wise: building sites are dangerous and children must stay out. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/20/) — Calling someone names over and over, or getting others to join in, is a form of bullying. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/21/) — Wind, cold, dust and onions make eyes water; that is not crying. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/22/) — Liking a quiet hobby like knitting, reading or drawing does not make anyone weird or weak. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/23/) — Reading slowly or finding it hard to sit still is not the same as being stupid; many clever people learn differently. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/24/) — Name-calling often says more about the person doing it than about the person being called names. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/25/) — Not joining in when a nasty name goes round is a simple way to stop it spreading. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/26/) — Telling a teacher about names that won't stop is getting help, not being a baby. - ← previous: [Sam is scared: fear is normal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/) - next →: [Speaking up is bravery too](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)