--- title: Boys who look at Maddie oddly — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Boys who look at Maddie oddly», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Lately boys from both streets had started looking at Maddie «oddly». --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/) [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/) / Boys who look at Maddie oddly # Boys who look at Maddie oddly Lesson 389 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 32 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/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/0/) — Lately boys from both streets had started looking at Maddie «oddly». - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/1/) — Kieran from her own street stared at her in class and went red as a postbox whenever she looked back. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/2/) — Maddie felt puzzled and a bit self-conscious; she checked her face for jam. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/3/) — Lily whispered, «I think he likes you.» Maddie said «ew!» and then giggled. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/4/) — At home her mum explained that people sometimes stare and go red when they like someone, and that it is perfectly normal. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/5/) — Then a boy from Station Road, the street that was supposed to be «at war» with hers, asked Maddie to the cinema. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/6/) — She was surprised and secretly pleased, and said she'd go if they bought popcorn for both streets. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/7/) — Kieran, meanwhile, wrote her a note and then lost his nerve and hid it. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/8/) — Lily found it under a desk and gave it back to him without reading a word. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/9/) — A crush can stay in a pocket, and that's fine. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/10/) — The most awkward moment was with Connor, the boy who once punched Maddie's nose because he was «all for equality». - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/11/) — After he had said sorry, he admitted he had done it partly because he liked her and felt silly about it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/12/) — Maddie was angry and confused all at once. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/13/) — «That's the worst way to like someone,» she told him. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/14/) — Liking someone is never an excuse to hurt them. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/15/) — They agreed to just be friends, and Maddie did not have to like him back. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/16/) — Jake told her she was «all right for a girl». - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/17/) — «I'm all right for a person,» Maddie said, and Jake laughed and agreed. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/18/) — When her friends teased her about boys, she said «I'm ten, I like football», and they moved on. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/19/) — When Lily asked if she liked anyone, the two of them agreed to talk about crushes only when they wanted to, and never to push. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/20/) — And when Kieran showed off doing wheelies in front of her and went flying, Maddie laughed, but kindly, and helped him up. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/21/) — Crushes are normal, and they often make people act strangely: staring, blushing, showing off or going quiet. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/22/) — Being looked at «oddly» can simply mean someone likes you. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/23/) — You never have to like someone back. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/24/) — It is fine to not be interested in crushes yet. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/25/) — Liking someone is never an excuse to hurt them. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/26/) — Reading someone else's private note without asking is not respectful. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/27/) — A compliment with «for a girl» or «for a boy» attached is only half a compliment. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/28/) — Teasing friends about crushes makes them embarrassed and can push them into silly choices. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/29/) — Friends can talk about crushes, or not, whenever they choose. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/30/) — Showing off on a bike to impress someone often ends with a fall and a scraped elbow. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/31/) — Laughing kindly and then helping is different from laughing at someone. - ← previous: [How to say stop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/) - next →: [Showing off](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/390-showing-off/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)