--- title: Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Lottie lives in a big house in Surrey. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/) [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/) / Rich families: the big house, the nann… # Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad Lesson 491 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 37 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/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/0/) — Lottie lives in a big house in Surrey. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/1/) — Her dad works in finance in London and is hardly ever home before she's asleep. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/2/) — Her nanny, Gabi, picks her up every day, plaits her hair and knows her favourite biscuit. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/3/) — «Gabi knows me better than Dad does,» Lottie says one night, and it's true. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/5/) — Money can buy help, but it can't buy time with Dad, and grown-ups don't always notice that, so Lottie can tell him: «I miss you.» - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/6/) — Rich kids have feelings like everyone else. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/7/) — In Los Angeles, Monty has a pool and a cinema room, and his friends love coming over, until he hears one kid say, «I only go to Monty's for the pool, he's mid, no cap» («mid» means boring, «no cap» means no lie). - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/8/) — Monty is gutted. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/9/) — Real friends like you, not your pool. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/10/) — In New York, Clementine's parents miss her school play because of a work trip; they send flowers and a video call. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/11/) — She smiles on the call, then cries in the restroom. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/12/) — Money can't replace being there, and she can tell them what matters to her. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/13/) — Being rich can feel awkward too. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/14/) — In London, Anya mentions skiing in Switzerland and a girl says, «Stop flexing» («flexing» means showing off). - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/15/) — Anya didn't mean to brag; she just didn't realise how different her holidays are. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/16/) — She can still share, and ask about other people's holidays too. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/18/) — Neither of them is to blame, and an honest chat can fix it. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/19/) — Some rich kids just want to fit in. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/20/) — A driver collects Arnav from school in a black car, and kids ask, «Is he a prince or what?» He'd rather walk home with his mates, and he can ask his parents if he sometimes may. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/22/) — She hasn't: it's her party, and the best thing she can do is be a kind host. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/23/) — And in London, Felix's mate says, «You're spoilt, bruv.» Getting lots of stuff doesn't make you a bad person; saying thank you, sharing and being kind is what matters. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/24/) — Money can also mean missing out on ordinary things. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/25/) — Henry in Gloucestershire hears he's going to boarding school next year: he'll live at school in the week and come home at weekends. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/26/) — He's scared and doesn't want to leave his dog, and the wise move is to tell his parents how he feels and ask lots of questions. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/27/) — At a sleepover in Kent, Leo-Ray burns the toast because at home staff always made it, and everyone laughs; he laughs too, then asks his friend's mum to show him. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/28/) — Everyday skills are worth learning, whatever your house is like. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/29/) — Some rich families have parents who work very long hours; money can pay for help but not for time together. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/30/) — A nanny is a person paid to look after children at home; children often love their nanny, and that's fine. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/31/) — Telling a busy parent «I miss you» helps, because grown-ups don't always notice. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/32/) — Some kids visit a rich child only for their things; real friends like the person, not the pool. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/33/) — Children from rich families sometimes don't realise how different their life is, so others may hear bragging; sharing is fine if you also ask about others. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/34/) — Different amounts of money can make a friendship awkward, but neither friend is to blame, and talking honestly helps. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/35/) — Many rich kids just want to fit in, like walking home with their mates. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/36/) — A boarding school is a school where pupils live during term and go home at weekends or in the holidays; children feel all kinds of things about it. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/38/) — Getting lots of things doesn't make someone a bad person; gratitude, sharing and kindness matter. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/39/) — Children whose staff do everyday jobs may never learn to cook or clean, so it's worth asking to learn. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/40/) — Teasing a child for being rich is as unkind as teasing a child for being poor. - ← previous: [Comfortable families: enough, but not everything](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/) - next →: [Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)