--- title: What everyone learned about fights — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «What everyone learned about fights», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: At the end of the summer, Sam walked past the corner by the bus shelter and only noticed halfway that his stomach hadn't gone tight. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/) [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 everyone learned about fights # What everyone learned about fights Lesson 395 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 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/395-what-everyone-learned/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/0/) — At the end of the summer, Sam walked past the corner by the bus shelter and only noticed halfway that his stomach hadn't gone tight. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/1/) — He hadn't won a fight — he had never had one. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/2/) — What changed was that he had told people, walked with friends, and found out that the boys at the corner were just bored teenagers waiting for a bus. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/3/) — Fear shrinks when you keep facing it with help. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/5/) — Maddie became captain of the girls' football team, where her toughness was finally useful, and she made a team rule: «we tackle the ball, not people». - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/6/) — Connor, who once punched her nose «for equality», said sorry properly in the spring; now they argue about football instead. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/7/) — And Lily's ponytail was left alone by everyone, because the boys had worked out that tugging it made her think less of them, not more. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/8/) — Kieran joined the cadets, where he learned rules, teamwork and how to march in a straight line, which he claims is harder than it looks. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/9/) — His uncle came to watch the passing-out parade and was so proud that he forgot all about «if you don't hit back, you'll be a target forever». - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/10/) — In class, Mrs Okafor asked everyone to write «what I learned about fights». - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/11/) — Jake wrote: «Fights are short, but what comes after is long.» Sam wrote: «Being scared is normal. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/12/) — Telling someone is brave.» - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/13/) — The two streets finished the summer with one last football match and a barbecue, where the community officer burned all the sausages and blamed the wind. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/15/) — Nobody won the war between the streets. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/16/) — It simply stopped, because enough people chose to stop it. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/17/) — Fear of a place or of people often shrinks when you face it with support from friends and adults. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/18/) — Courage is not only fighting; telling, walking away, apologising and being kind are also brave. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/19/) — Fights end quickly, but their consequences, like injuries, punishments and lost trust, last much longer. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/20/) — Someone who fights a lot can change, especially with help, clear rules and something good to do instead. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/21/) — Clubs and teams, like football or cadets, give energy and toughness a useful, safe place to go. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/22/) — A real apology can mend a friendship, even after someone has been hurt. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/23/) — Teasing or tugging someone to get their attention usually makes them like you less, not more. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/24/) — Writing down what you learned helps you remember it and understand it better. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/25/) — A long quarrel between groups usually ends because many people choose to stop, not because one side wins. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/395-what-everyone-learned/26/) — People who used to be enemies can become friends. - ← previous: [Making peace between the streets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/394-making-peace-between-the-streets/) - next →: [Mia gets the newest console](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)