--- title: The kid who has it in for you — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The kid who has it in for you», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In Year 2 Sam knocked over Dean's Lego tower by accident. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/) [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 kid who has it in for you # The kid who has it in for you Lesson 471 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 27 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/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/0/) — In Year 2 Sam knocked over Dean's Lego tower by accident. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/1/) — Three years later Dean still «has it in for him», which means he keeps picking on him on purpose: «Oi, Sam-wise, still crying?», a shove in the line, Sam's bag kicked under the radiator. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/2/) — The day the bag ends up in a puddle, Sam tells his teacher. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/3/) — The teacher talks to Dean and his parents. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/4/) — It doesn't stop overnight, but it gets much better. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/5/) — An enemy at school can look bigger than he is. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/7/) — She's being horrible.» Insults are often lies. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/8/) — Bella tells the class that Chloe's dad is in prison; really he works on oil rigs in the North Sea and is away for weeks at a time. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/9/) — Mean rumours grow as they spread. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/10/) — Arjun keeps staring at Lily and whispering, and Lily is sure he's plotting, until his mate says, «He fancies you, he's just a bit of a muppet about it.» Not every starer is an enemy. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/11/) — Revenge makes two people wrong. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/13/) — Both go to the head, both get a phone call home. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/15/) — Telling about a threat isn't grassing (telling tales), it's safety. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/16/) — The strangest turns come last. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/17/) — Dean falls off the climbing frame holding his wrist, everyone stares, and Sam helps him up and walks him to the office. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/18/) — Next day Dean mutters «ta» (thanks) and leaves him alone. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/19/) — Jake and Kieran have been enemies since nursery, and neither of them can remember why. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/20/) — Kieran's grandad says, «Hate's heavy, son. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/21/) — Too heavy for a lad your size to carry about.» And when her rival Ellie wins the writing prize, Maddie wants to say «you only won 'cos Miss likes you» — but she tells Ellie, «Well done, it was good.» Ellie blinks: «Yours was good too.» - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/22/) — A grudge is a bad feeling kept for a long time; some grudges start with a tiny accident and last for years. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/23/) — When a child keeps picking on you, telling a teacher or parent is not telling tales; it is how it gets stopped. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/25/) — Not everyone who stares or whispers is an enemy; it is wise not to assume the worst. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/26/) — Getting your own back usually lands both children in trouble, and someone can really get hurt. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/29/) — Helping someone who is hurt is always right, even if that person has been unkind to you. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/30/) — Kindness to an enemy can change how they treat you, though it does not always work. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/31/) — Hating someone mostly weighs on the person doing the hating; you can dislike someone without thinking about them all day. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/32/) — Being polite to a rival who wins, saying «well done», is a sign of strength, not weakness. - ← previous: [The friend who only calls when they need something](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something/) - next →: [Rival teams and the older bully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)