--- title: Friends who get it — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Friends who get it», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: After the Father's Day joke, Corey sits alone at lunch, picking at his chips. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/) [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 who get it # Friends who get it Lesson 525 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 46 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/525-friends-who-get-it/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/0/) — After the Father's Day joke, Corey sits alone at lunch, picking at his chips. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/1/) — His mate Bilal plonks his tray down next to him. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/2/) — He doesn't make a speech. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/3/) — He just says, «My dad's a nightmare anyway, you're not missing much,» and nicks a chip. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/4/) — Corey laughs for the first time that day. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/5/) — Friends who get it don't need to fix anything. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/6/) — They turn up, sit down, and make it normal. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/8/) — She says it's like having two families.» Sienna-Rae's shoulders drop. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/9/) — Knowing someone else is in the same boat helps. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/10/) — Good friends say the good bits out loud. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/12/) — Darius grins all evening. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/13/) — Ffion's friend Megan says, «Mine split up too. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/15/) — They laugh, and Ffion doesn't have to explain a thing. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/17/) — He's alright now, he coaches our footy.» Jamal feels less ashamed. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/18/) — Elijah's friend asks, «Can I come over? - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/19/) — Your dads are so chill.» «Sure.» Aziza's friend Chloe says, «Your mum's scarf is so pretty, that colour's lush.» Aziza smiles. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/20/) — Some help is quiet. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/21/) — Holly-Mae's friend Jodie brings a jumper in a carrier bag. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/22/) — «Me mam said you can have it, it's too small for us.» No fuss, no audience. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/25/) — «Cheers, pal.» Liam-Jay doesn't need it that week, but he knows where to go. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/26/) — Kwesi's friend Tom invites him round for tea every Friday. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/27/) — «That boy's a good friend,» Kwesi's mum says, and she sends Tom home with a tub of her jollof rice. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/28/) — Some friends just see your family the way you do. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/29/) — Minnie's friend Ava says, «That's so cool, you've got two families.» «Yeah, kinda,» says Minnie, which is exactly right. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/30/) — Not every day is happy, and friends who get it don't pretend it is. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/31/) — And then there's Shay, who lives in a children's home. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/32/) — His friend Niall asks Bríd, Shay's key worker, «Can Shay come to my party? - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/33/) — Is there, like, a form or somethin'?» Bríd laughs. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/35/) — Niall didn't make it weird. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/37/) — Think back over all these families: one mum, two dads, Nana, Aunt Denise, foster mums, a key worker called Bríd, a dad in Dubai, a mam in prison, a mum who died and a dad who never calls. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/38/) — Every one of them is a real family, because a family is the people who look after you and love you, whatever shape they make. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/39/) — Some stories end happily, some don't, and most are still going. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/40/) — What every child needs from the people around them is the same: respect, a seat at lunch, and nobody making it weird. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/41/) — Be the Bilal. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/42/) — Friends who get it don't need to fix things; just being there helps. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/43/) — Knowing someone in a similar situation helps a child feel less alone. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/44/) — Saying good things about a friend's family makes them proud. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/45/) — Lots of children have separated parents, a relative in prison, or a family that looks different. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/46/) — Quiet help, without an audience, protects a friend's pride. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/47/) — Knowing a safe place to go, like a friend's house with a parent's okay, helps a child feel safe. - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/48/) — Sharing what you can, like tea on Fridays, is part of being a good friend. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/49/) — Seeing adoption or foster care as normal, or even cool, helps a friend. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/50/) — Children in care sometimes need a permission form for parties and sleepovers; it's a small thing, and friends shouldn't make it weird. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/51/) — A family is the people who look after you and love you, whatever shape it has. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/52/) — Every family deserves respect, and not every family story has a happy ending. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/53/) — «No cap» means no lie, «lush» is Welsh for lovely, «inside» can mean in prison, «ta» means thanks, «tae» is Scots for to, «bussin'» means really good, and «buzzing» means thrilled. - ← previous: [«Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)