--- title: Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In Wakefield, Brandon and Kyle, 9 and 10, fight every single day: kicks under the table, «you're a div» (a div is an idi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/) [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/) / Fighting, ignoring each other and shar… # Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room Lesson 508 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/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/0/) — In Wakefield, Brandon and Kyle, 9 and 10, fight every single day: kicks under the table, «you're a div» (a div is an idiot), «you're adopted» (he isn't, and being adopted wouldn't be an insult anyway). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/1/) — Their dad drives a lorry and is often away, and one night Mum puts her head in her hands: «I'm done, I'm proper done with you two.» Brothers and sisters close in age often fight a lot, and it usually gets better. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/2/) — But fighting that hurts someone every day is not okay, and a grown-up has to step in. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/3/) — Sharing a room means rows and midnight laughs. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/4/) — In Hull, Wren snores, Tilda throws a pillow, Wren throws a slipper, and by midnight it's full war until Dad shouts up the stairs, «Pack it in, the pair of yer!» Five minutes later they are giggling under the covers. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/5/) — In Liverpool, twins Kieron and Kaden have bunk beds; every night Kaden kicks the top bunk from below. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/7/) — Pranks are fine while both are laughing. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/8/) — Rooms need rules. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/10/) — Then Priya-Lee needs to get out, and the door is on Shanaya's side. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/11/) — They argue, then laugh at how daft it is, and leave a gap by the door. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/12/) — In Ohio, Cooper and Hayes fight over the bathroom every morning, so Mom buys a kitchen timer: «Four minutes each, then you're out, no cap.» They grumble, but the fights stop. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/13/) — A fair rule is boring, and it works. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/14/) — Some fights are about privacy. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/15/) — In Belfast, Cara, 11, reads her sister Orla's messages on the shared iPad. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/16/) — Orla screams, «That's PRIVATE!» Even in families that share everything, people need things that are only theirs. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/17/) — In East London, Ibby and Yusuf fight over the PlayStation until Yusuf throws a controller. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/18/) — Dad takes the console away for a whole week. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/19/) — «Bare long,» moans Ibby (London slang: a massive pain). - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/20/) — Fighting over a thing often means losing the thing. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/21/) — And sometimes siblings drift. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/22/) — In Llanelli, Gethin, 9, and Owain, 12, used to be best mates; now Owain is on his phone all the time, and they walk to school without a word. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/23/) — It hurts, and it often comes back later; one film night they both still like can help. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/26/) — Both ways are real. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/27/) — Brothers and sisters close in age often fight a lot, and it usually gets better as they grow. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/28/) — Fighting that hurts someone every day is not okay; a grown-up has to step in. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/29/) — When a row heats up, walking away is a strong move, not a weak one. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/30/) — Sharing a room brings rows about noise, mess and lights, and also midnight laughs. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/31/) — Room rules made together, like lights-out time and whose shelf is whose, help a lot. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/32/) — A boundary in a shared room has to be fair to both, so both can still reach the door. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/33/) — Simple rules like a timer for the bathroom stop many fights; a fair rule is boring but it works. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/34/) — Privacy matters even in families; reading someone else's messages without asking is a betrayal. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/35/) — Pranks are fine only while both people are laughing. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/36/) — Fighting over a thing, like a console, often means losing it. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/37/) — Siblings often drift apart when one becomes a teenager, and they can grow close again later. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/38/) — Many siblings act differently at school and at home; both are real. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/39/) — «Div» and «divvy» mean idiot; «pack it in» means stop it; «cactus» is Aussie for done for; «bare long» is London slang for a big pain; «nah yeah» means yes. - ← previous: [Siblings as best mates and as rivals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/) - next →: [The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)