--- title: The new kid and the first day — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The new kid and the first day», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Ada starts at Sam's school in March, halfway through the year. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/) [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/) / The new kid and the first day # The new kid and the first day Lesson 465 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/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/0/) — Ada starts at Sam's school in March, halfway through the year. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/1/) — Everyone already has a group. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/2/) — At break she stands by the wall pretending to read the fire notice for the fifth time. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/3/) — Sam remembers being new in Year 1, the way the playground looked as big as the sea. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/5/) — We need one more.» Ada's so relieved she can't even speak; she just nods and runs. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/6/) — One easy invite can change somebody's whole year. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/7/) — Being new is lonely, and nobody has to be mean for it to hurt. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/8/) — Connor's first day at a new school, nobody saves him a seat at lunch, so he eats his sandwiches in the toilets. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/9/) — The next day a dinner lady spots him alone and walks him to a table with a nice group, who shove up and make room. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/10/) — Mia's teacher gives her a buddy, Hannah, who shows her the toilets, the canteen and where not to sit («that's the Year 6 table, they're well territorial»). - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/11/) — By Friday they sit together by choice. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/13/) — New places have new words, and they can sound rude when they're friendly. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/17/) — Chloe, new from Belfast, gets asked «why d'you talk funny?» «Cos I'm Irish, so I am,» she says, and within a week she's teaching them «what's the craic?» — Irish for «what's going on?». - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/18/) — In Perth, Maddie gets called «Pom», Australian for an English person. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/20/) — Sometimes you have to go first. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/21/) — At a new swimming club Sam stands at the side until he asks a boy, «You doing the fifty metres?» They talk times, then Minecraft. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/22/) — Jake's teacher sits him next to quiet Zack; three days of silence, then Zack picks up Jake's dropped pencil case. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/24/) — When Kieran tells a new boy «you can't play, we've got enough», a teacher has a quiet word — and the new boy turns out better at football than all of them. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/26/) — By Christmas I had three best friends.» - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/28/) — A simple invitation to someone standing alone can change their whole year. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/29/) — If you are new and have nobody to sit with, tell a teacher or dinner lady; they can help you find a group. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/30/) — Being a buddy to a new pupil is an important job to take seriously. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/31/) — Local slang can sound rude to a newcomer when it is meant friendly; ask or laugh along before deciding someone is an enemy. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/32/) — Learning a word or two of a new pupil's language, like «cześć» (hello) and «dziękuję» (thank you) in Polish, makes them feel welcome. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/33/) — Turning new people away from a game is unkind and can mean missing out on a great friend. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/35/) — Nicknames for newcomers are often teasing rather than hate, but if one is nasty, tell a teacher. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/36/) — Some friendships start slowly; don't give up in the first week. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/37/) — Most new pupils settle in and make friends within a few months. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/38/) — In Liverpool «la» means lad; in Ireland «craic» means fun or news; in Australia «Pom» means an English person; «ta» is British for thanks. - ← previous: [Growing apart](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/464-growing-apart/) - next →: [Joining a game, and the shy kid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)