--- title: The row over a game — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The row over a game», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Sam and Jake are playing Mario Kart. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/) [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 row over a game # The row over a game Lesson 475 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/475-the-row-over-a-game/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/0/) — Sam and Jake are playing Mario Kart. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/2/) — Controllers hit the sofa. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/4/) — Two days of silence. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/5/) — Then Jake turns up at the door with a packet of Monster Munch: «Rematch? - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/6/) — No shortcuts?» Sam is so relieved he laughs. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/7/) — Most rows over games are about winning, not about the friend. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/8/) — Some game rows hide another feeling. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/10/) — Maddie says, «You did it on purpose, you're well jel» («jel» is short for jealous). - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/11/) — Lily admits she was annoyed Maddie's tower was better, and helps rebuild it, bigger. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/12/) — Owning up to the real feeling fixes it faster than «it was an accident». - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/13/) — Rows get worse with hands and with phones. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/14/) — Connor pushes Kieran off the trampoline in a row over turns, and Kieran bangs his elbow; Connor is sent home and apologises next day, red-faced, his mum behind him. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/15/) — Raj rage-quits FIFA (leaves the game in a temper) when he's losing 5–0, and Connor messages «L + ratio», a meme way of saying «you lost and nobody's on your side». - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/16/) — Raj blocks him. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/18/) — At Christmas Mia's cousin flips the Monopoly board across the room, so the aunties ban Monopoly at Christmas for good. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/19/) — Chloe switches the dance game off mid-song when she's losing to Aisha, then later texts: «sorry, I was being a sore loser». - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/21/) — Some rows are tiny. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/22/) — Jake and Kieran each swear they touched the lamppost first, and don't speak for a week, until Kieran's little sister says, «You both touched it at the same time, you eejits.» Lily and Maddie shout about whether tig-backs (tagging straight back the person who tagged you) are allowed, while the other kids wander off to play football. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/23/) — Next time they write the rules down first. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/25/) — Arguments over games usually come from wanting to win, not from hating the friend. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/26/) — Cooling off first and coming back with something small, like a snack and a «rematch?», often mends a game row. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/27/) — Saying the real feeling, such as «I was jealous», mends a row faster than pretending it was an accident. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/28/) — Pushing someone during a row can really hurt them; walk away when you are angry. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/29/) — A sore loser gets upset or angry about losing; everybody loses sometimes. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/30/) — Agreeing the rules before a game starts leaves less to fight about. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/31/) — Teasing someone after beating them online can turn a game into a real fall-out. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/32/) — Blaming a teammate for a loss splits the team; teams win and lose together. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/33/) — Very small rows can often be ended with a laugh. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/34/) — If a friend's «joke» hurts, it is fair to tell them; a good friend listens. - ← previous: [Feuds between families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/474-feuds-between-families/) - next →: [The secret that got told](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)