--- title: Friends, teams and fair play — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Friends, teams and fair play», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A good friend is kind and honest, shares, keeps promises, sticks up for you, and says sorry after a mistake; friendship works both ways, so --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/) [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/) / Friends, teams and fair play # Friends, teams and fair play Lesson 52 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/0/) — A good friend is kind and honest, shares, keeps promises, sticks up for you, and says sorry after a mistake; friendship works both ways, so you try to be that kind of friend too. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/2/) — A team works best when everyone has a job, everyone's ideas are heard, and the team shares both the success and the mistakes instead of blaming one person. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/3/) — Fair play means following the rules, not cheating, winning without showing off and losing without sulking, because a game is only fun if everyone trusts it. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/4/) — For a school poster in Toronto, Liam is good at drawing and Ava at writing; working together, they make a poster that neither of them could have made alone. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/5/) — A boy in Texas kept cheating in games at break time; soon nobody wanted to play with him, and he spent lunchtimes alone. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/6/) — A girl in Sydney got angry after losing a netball match and threw the ball at another player's head; the girl was hurt and the team was banned from the next game. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/7/) — A good friend is kind, honest and trustworthy. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/8/) — Friendship works both ways: both friends care about each other. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/9/) — Friends can disagree and still stay friends. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/10/) — Including someone who is alone can make their whole day better. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/11/) — Leaving someone out on purpose hurts their feelings. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/12/) — In a good team, every member has a part to play. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/13/) — A team listens to everyone's ideas before deciding. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/14/) — Good teams share the credit for a win and do not blame one person for a loss. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/15/) — Fair play means following the rules of the game. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/16/) — Cheating spoils a game, because nobody can trust the result. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/17/) — A good sport congratulates the winner and does not show off after winning. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/18/) — You can have many friends, and your friend can have other friends too. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/19/) — People who cheat or are bad losers often find that others stop wanting to play with them. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/20/) — Throwing things or hitting out in anger in sport can seriously injure someone. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/21/) — Parties often have to be kept small, so not being invited does not always mean someone dislikes you. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/23/) — When people say an adult has a new lady friend or boyfriend, they mean a new girlfriend or partner, and that is the adult's private business. - ← previous: [Manners and kindness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/) - next →: [Feelings and calming down](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)