--- title: The secret that got told — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The secret that got told», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: At a sleepover Lily tells Maddie she has a crush on Kieran. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/) [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 secret that got told # The secret that got told Lesson 476 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 32 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/0/) — At a sleepover Lily tells Maddie she has a crush on Kieran. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/2/) — Maddie told «only Grace», and Grace told everyone. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/3/) — Lily doesn't speak to Maddie for a week. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/5/) — Secrets leak in sneaky ways. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/6/) — Sam tells Jake he still sleeps with a nightlight; Jake tells the football team for a laugh, and Sam is teased for a fortnight. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/7/) — Sam forgives him, but doesn't tell him anything private for a long time. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/8/) — Then Sam himself tells his big sister that Jake's parents are divorcing, thinking family doesn't count. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/9/) — She tells her best friend, whose little brother is in Sam's class. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/10/) — Jake knows within a week. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/11/) — Hana tells her mum that Chloe's parents are splitting up; her mum mentions it at the school gate, and soon the news has spread. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/12/) — At a sleepover Ellie reads out Maddie's diary, where Maddie had called her «a goose»; in the end both girls say sorry — Ellie for reading it, Maddie for the mean words. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/13/) — Gossip goes wrong too. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/14/) — Jake's mate tells him Sam called Jake's mum «just a cleaner»; Jake asks Sam straight, and Sam never said it — the mate made it up because he was jealous. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/15/) — And Grace tells the girls that Lily wets the bed. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/16/) — It's a lie about something private; Lily tells a teacher, and Grace has to say sorry. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/17/) — Some friends are a safe. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/18/) — Kieran tells Connor his dad lost his job and they might move. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/21/) — Kayla shows Mia a bruise and says her stepdad did it. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/24/) — First thing next morning she tells her teacher, and the school gets help for Kayla. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/25/) — Kayla is furious for a week, and months later she says thank you. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/26/) — If someone is being hurt, a promise to keep it secret doesn't count. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/27/) — A secret told in trust should stay secret; telling «just one person» is how secrets spread to everyone. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/28/) — Telling a friend's secret to family still breaks the secret; family members tell others too. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/29/) — Keeping a friend's secret is one of the main ways trust is built. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/30/) — After a secret is betrayed, trust takes a long time to come back; forgiving is not the same as forgetting. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/31/) — If someone is being hurt or is in danger, you must tell a trusted grown-up, even if you promised not to. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/32/) — Telling a grown-up about harm is not betraying a friend; it is getting them help. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/33/) — Family news, such as parents splitting up, is private and should not be passed on. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/34/) — Gossip is often untrue; check with the person directly before you react. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/35/) — Spreading a lie about something private, like bedwetting, is a kind of bullying; tell a teacher. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/36/) — Reading someone's diary is wrong, but mean words written down can still come out and hurt. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/37/) — A «pinky promise» is a children's promise made by hooking little fingers together. - ← previous: [The row over a game](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/) - next →: [Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)