--- title: Every family is different — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Every family is different», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: On «draw your family» day in Cardiff, Tegan draws herself, Mum and the cat, and worries her picture looks too small. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/) [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/) / Every family is different # Every family is different Lesson 486 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 30 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/486-every-family-is-different/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/0/) — On «draw your family» day in Cardiff, Tegan draws herself, Mum and the cat, and worries her picture looks too small. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/1/) — Then she looks round the table. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/2/) — Jethro has drawn two dads, a sister and a dog. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/3/) — Ruaridh has drawn his nan, because he lives with her. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/4/) — Three pictures, three different shapes, and every one of them is a real family. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/5/) — A family is the people who look after you, whatever shape it is. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/6/) — Every family has its own normal. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/7/) — Arlo, an only child in Leeds, goes to tea at Dougie's, who has four brothers: it's bare noisy («bare» is London slang for very), someone's crying and someone's nicking his chips. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/8/) — «Is it always like this?» «Nah, it's quiet today.» Ravi in Leicester counts on his fingers: Mum, Dad, Grandad, an uncle, an aunt, three cousins and him make nine, then his gran and baby sister make eleven, «twelve if you count the fish». - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/10/) — Some children don't live with a mum or dad at all. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/11/) — Shay lives in a children's home in Dublin with five other kids and the staff. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/12/) — When the class makes Mother's Day cards, his teacher quietly says he can make one for anyone he likes. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/14/) — In Birmingham, Ifeoma, the oldest of five, gets two little brothers dressed, finds a lost shoe and still beats the bell: «Proper bostin' morning, miss, no one cried.» «Bostin'» is Black Country for brilliant. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/15/) — Helping is good, but she skipped her own breakfast, and a child still needs food, sleep and time to herself. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/16/) — Wren in Bristol has two mums. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/18/) — Money comes in all sizes too. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/19/) — Kwesi's family is staying home at half-term because Dad lost his job, and when his mate Seb asks where he's going, Kwesi mumbles «dunno yet». - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/22/) — Nobody should be judged by their family's money, rich or poor. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/23/) — A family is the people who look after you and love you, whatever shape it is. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/25/) — In many families grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins live under one roof; this is common in China, India, Ukraine and many other places, and in lots of British and Canadian homes too. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/26/) — A key worker in a children's home is the grown-up who looks after one child especially closely. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/27/) — A card on Mother's Day or Father's Day can go to anyone who looks after you: a carer, a gran, an aunt. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/28/) — Big families are often loud and crowded, and a quiet house can feel strange to a child from a big family; neither is wrong. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/29/) — Older children in big families often help a lot, but they still need breakfast, sleep and time for themselves; if it gets too much, tell a parent or a teacher. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/30/) — Every house has its own rules, like bedtimes and which games are allowed; different rules don't mean anyone is loved less. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/31/) — A stepmum or stepdad is a parent's partner who is not your birth parent, and can be a real, loving part of your family. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/32/) — Lots of families can't afford holidays, and you don't have to explain your family's money to anyone. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/33/) — Teasing a child for being rich, or for being poor, is unkind either way. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/34/) — A child asked a nosy question about their family can answer short and move on, and a good friend backs them up. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/486-every-family-is-different/35/) — Words in this lesson: «bare» (London) means very, «grand» (Ireland) means fine, «bostin'» (Black Country) means brilliant, «gurt» (Bristol) means very, «sound» (Manchester) means good, «salty» means sulky and bitter, «heaps» means lots, «Nainai» is Chinese for your dad's mum. - ← previous: [What a real friend is](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/485-what-a-real-friend-is/) - next →: [Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)