--- title: Forgiving — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Forgiving», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: After Chloe spilled Mia's secret and lied about it, she came to Mia with a real sorry — not a mumbled «soz», but «I told your secret and then lied about it, an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/) [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/) / Forgiving # Forgiving Lesson 454 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 50 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/454-forgiving/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/0/) — After Chloe spilled Mia's secret and lied about it, she came to Mia with a real sorry — not a mumbled «soz», but «I told your secret and then lied about it, and that was horrible. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/1/) — I'm sorry.» A real sorry names what happened. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/2/) — Mia said, «Okay. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/3/) — I forgive you. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/4/) — But I'm not telling you secrets for a while.» «Fair,» said Chloe. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/5/) — A month later they were friends again. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/6/) — Liam's teacher put it this way: «Forgiving isn't saying it was okay. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/7/) — It's saying you won't keep punishing them for it.» - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/8/) — Forgiving doesn't cancel what's fair. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/9/) — Aisha forgave the friend who pretended she'd paid back £5 — and asked her to pay it back. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/11/) — «I forgive you, but you have to come to the next one.» She came, with a cake. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/12/) — Sophie lied to her mum about where she'd been. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/13/) — Mum said, «I forgive you. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/14/) — But you'll text me every time for a month.» Sophie grumbled, but did it, and after a month Mum said «Thank you — I trust you again.» Rules after a lie aren't revenge; they're rebuilding. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/15/) — Late truth is still truth. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/16/) — Leo's big brother said Leo broke the telly, and Leo got grounded. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/17/) — A week later the brother couldn't stand it and confessed. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/18/) — Leo was raging («raging» means furious), then his brother gave him his Xbox time for a week and said sorry to Mum and Dad too. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/19/) — Leo forgave him. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/20/) — In Kai's class a girl lied about Kai to the teacher out of jealousy. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/21/) — When it came out, she cried and said sorry. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/22/) — Kai said, «It's okay. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/23/) — Just don't do it again.» By the end of the year they were friends. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/24/) — People who've done wrong can change; forgiving gives them the chance. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/25/) — Forgiving can take time, and you don't always have to feel it straight away. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/26/) — Jack's dad said, «I let you down and lied about it. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/28/) — Saying «I'm still upset, but I'm trying» is honest. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/29/) — Callum's mate in Glasgow kept telling lies — about his games, his dad, his football. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/30/) — Callum forgave him every time. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/31/) — Then one day: «Mate, I'll stay pals, but I'm no believing anything you say till you stop.» His mate went quiet, then slowly stopped. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/32/) — Sometimes there's no sorry at all. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/33/) — Theo's friend lied about him in a group chat and never apologised. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/34/) — Theo stopped being friends with him. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/35/) — Months later, Theo said hi in the corridor; he felt lighter, though they never became close again. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/36/) — Forgiving can mean letting go for yourself. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/37/) — And in Kirsty's family in Aberdeen the rule was: «Tell the truth straight away — half the trouble.» Her brother broke a lamp, told Mum at once, and only had to help clean up. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/38/) — Forgiveness comes easier when the truth comes fast. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/39/) — You can forgive and still remember the lesson; that isn't a grudge, it's being wise. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/40/) — Forgiving means choosing not to keep punishing someone; it does not mean saying what they did was okay. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/41/) — A real apology names what happened, for example «I told your secret and then lied about it». - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/42/) — You can forgive someone and still be careful about trusting them for a while. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/43/) — Forgiving does not cancel what is fair; money borrowed should still be paid back. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/44/) — Rules or conditions after a lie, like texting home for a month, are for rebuilding trust, not for revenge. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/45/) — Owning up late is better than never owning up; making things right helps forgiveness. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/46/) — Forgiveness can take time; it is honest to say «I'm still upset, but I'm trying». - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/47/) — You can forgive a friend who lies often and still tell them you won't believe them until they stop. - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/48/) — Forgiving can mean letting go of anger for your own sake, even without a sorry. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/49/) — Telling the truth quickly usually means smaller trouble and easier forgiveness. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/50/) — People who have done wrong can change, and forgiveness gives them the chance. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/454-forgiving/51/) — You can forgive and still remember what happened; remembering the lesson is not the same as holding a grudge. - ← previous: [Lied to by someone you love](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/453-lied-to-by-someone-you-love/) - next →: [Trusting again](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/455-trusting-again/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)