--- title: What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: For weeks Maddie had been shoving boys in her class. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/) [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/) / What fights cost: bruises, noses and t… # What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth Lesson 374 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 29 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/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/0/) — For weeks Maddie had been shoving boys in her class. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/1/) — Then she shoved Connor, who always says he is «all for equality». - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/3/) — For a second he felt proud; then he saw the blood and felt sick. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/5/) — Connor was excluded (sent home from school) for two days, Maddie got a detention for the shove, and both sets of parents were called in. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/6/) — Equality means nobody hits anybody, not that everybody may hit everybody. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/7/) — The nose cost more the next week: the swelling spread and Maddie had two black eyes for the school photo. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/8/) — The photo ended up on Gran's mantelpiece, and every time Maddie saw it she remembered that the shove came first. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/9/) — Jake pushed a boy over during a scrap, and the boy hit his head on the pavement and went very quiet. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/11/) — Someone called 999, an ambulance came, and the boy had a concussion; he was fine after a week, but Jake could not sleep for nights. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/12/) — One push can do far more harm than anyone means. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/13/) — The list of costs goes on. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/14/) — Jake got a black eye that swelled shut for two days and missed the class football final, where he would have been in goal. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/15/) — A boy Jake was pinning down bit him, and the bite got infected. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/16/) — Maddie punched a boy's arm, sprained her fingers and could not hold a pen for the spelling test; Lily helped her kindly, without saying «I told you so». - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/17/) — Another time a bigger boy pushed Maddie off a wall after she called him names, and she fractured (cracked) her wrist. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/18/) — Her mum said «he shouldn't have pushed you» and «you started it» were both true, and neither made it OK. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/19/) — Real fights are messy and ugly, not like on TV. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/20/) — Jake chipped his front tooth over a football card that was not even rare, and the dentist cost his parents money. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/21/) — Kieran split his chin on the kerb and needed four stitches. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/22/) — Sam was not even fighting, just watching, and a flying elbow gave him a fat lip for his cousin's wedding photos. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/23/) — A punch to the nose often causes bleeding and swelling that can spread into two black eyes. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/24/) — A head that hits the ground can cause a concussion, an injury to the brain that needs a doctor. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/25/) — If someone hits their head and goes quiet, sleepy or confused, call 999 or 911 and get an adult straight away. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/26/) — Adult teeth do not grow back; a chipped tooth needs a dentist to repair it. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/28/) — The small bones in the fingers and hand break or sprain easily when they punch something. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/29/) — Human bites easily get infected and often need antibiotics (medicine that kills germs). - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/30/) — People watching a fight can get hurt by accident too. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/31/) — Saying who «started it» does not make anyone's injury hurt less or heal faster. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/32/) — Nobody deserves to be hurt, and starting trouble with words or shoves still has a cost. - ← previous: [Jake and the head teacher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/373-jake-and-the-head-teacher/) - next →: [What fights cost at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)