--- title: Siblings as best mates and as rivals — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Siblings as best mates and as rivals», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In Bristol, Mo, 10, gets told off for being late for school. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/) [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/) / Siblings as best mates and as rivals # Siblings as best mates and as rivals Lesson 507 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 36 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/0/) — In Bristol, Mo, 10, gets told off for being late for school. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/2/) — In Houston, Tunde, 12, helps his brother Dayo with math every night at the kitchen table, and Dayo, who can draw anything, helps Tunde with his art project. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/3/) — «We're a two-man team, bro.» Some brothers and sisters are best mates who back each other up and share what they're good at. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/4/) — Others are rivals. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/5/) — In Glasgow, Jago and Lewis race everything: who finishes his cornflakes first, who gets to the bus stop first, who scores more in the back green. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/6/) — «I'm the best,» says Jago. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/8/) — It's a laugh until someone ends up crying. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/10/) — Elowen goes to her room feeling useless. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/11/) — Being compared to a sibling hurts, and she is allowed to tell Mum so: «I'm not Rosa, I'm me.» - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/12/) — On a sheep farm near Brecon, Gwil, 11, wins every game of everything, so Wynne, 9, just stops playing. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/13/) — Gwil notices and starts «accidentally» missing his shots. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/15/) — Wynne is half insulted and half chuffed that Gwil cares, but a fake win feels like pity. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/16/) — So they try a real handicap instead: Gwil plays football left-footed and gives Wynne a head start in races. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/17/) — Now when Wynne wins, it's a proper win. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/18/) — Loyalty can go wrong. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/19/) — In Bradford, Hussain cracks Dad's phone screen. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/20/) — Zainab says, «I was there, I pushed him.» She didn't. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/21/) — Now they're both in trouble, and Dad can't work out what really happened. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/22/) — The braver loyalty is standing next to your brother while he tells the truth. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/23/) — In Grimsby a boy calls Pete a loser, and his sister Dilly, a whole head shorter, marches up: «Say that again, I dare yer.» The boy backs off laughing. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/24/) — Pete, red and secretly grateful: «I could've handled it, our Dilly» («our» before a name is how people up North say «my family's»). - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/25/) — Rivals can turn into a team. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/26/) — In Brisbane, Kirra and Jai start a YouTube channel reviewing servo pies (a servo is a petrol station). - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/27/) — Every week they row about who edits, until they split the jobs: one films, one edits, and they swap each week. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/29/) — Bram goes red, then buys her a box of Timbits, little doughnut balls from Tim Hortons. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/30/) — Some siblings are best friends who stick up for each other. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/31/) — Siblings with different strengths can help each other, like maths for art. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/32/) — Rivalry can make you try harder, but competing to crush someone hurts. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/33/) — Comparing one child with another («Why can't you be like Rosa?») hurts, and a child may say so calmly. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/34/) — When a big sibling always wins, the younger one may give up; letting them win on purpose often feels like pity. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/35/) — A real handicap, like playing with the weaker foot or a head start, makes the game fair and the win real. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/36/) — Taking the blame for something you didn't do is still a lie, and it makes it harder for parents to be fair. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/37/) — Loyalty without lying means standing beside your sibling while they tell the truth. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/38/) — Siblings often defend each other; you can thank them and still say when you'd rather sort it yourself. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/39/) — Working together on a project, with jobs split fairly, can turn rivals into a team. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/40/) — Being proud of a sibling's win, and saying so, usually comes back to you. - ← previous: [A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home/) - next →: [Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/) - 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