--- title: Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Real friends are kind to you all the time, not only when nobody else is around; most friendships survive arguments if bo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/) [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/) / Friendship troubles, being left out an… # Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying Lesson 98 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 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/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/0/) — Real friends are kind to you all the time, not only when nobody else is around; most friendships survive arguments if both cool down, talk and say sorry, and you do not have to stay close to someone who treats you badly. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/1/) — Everyone deserves someone to play with: if children say you cannot play, or you are always picked last, an adult on duty or a teacher can help, for example by choosing teams in a fairer way. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/3/) — Online, do not reply to mean messages; save them as evidence and tell an adult; and never join in being mean to fit in, because you can belong to a group without hurting anyone. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/4/) — A girl in Brisbane gets nasty messages in a game chat; she does not answer, takes screenshots, shows her dad, and the next day the school and the game's moderators (the people who keep the chat safe) stop it. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/6/) — Real friends are kind all the time, not only when no one else is around. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/7/) — Talking about a party in front of people who were not invited can make them feel left out. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/8/) — You do not have to stay close to someone who is unkind; you can be polite but spend less time with them. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/10/) — If children say you cannot play, ask an adult on duty or find another group. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/11/) — Teachers can choose teams in fair ways so nobody is always picked last. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/12/) — Bullying is never the fault of the person being bullied. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/13/) — Bullies rely on silence, so telling a trusted adult is the way to stop it. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/14/) — Online, do not reply to mean messages; save them and tell an adult. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/15/) — You can be part of a group without hurting others. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/16/) — Teasing about someone's looks, skin colour, religion or family is not allowed, and adults must stop it. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/17/) — When a parent has a serious illness, keeping up your normal activities and talking to a trusted adult helps you and your parent. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/18/) — A boy in Ohio was bullied for months and told no one; he began to fake illness to stay home, until his teacher found out and the bullying was stopped. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/19/) — A group of girls in Leeds shared a mean photo of a classmate in a group chat; it spread to the whole school, the girl was very upset, and the girls who shared it were suspended, which means sent home from school for some days. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/20/) — Bullying that is kept secret usually goes on, while telling a trusted adult helps to stop it. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/21/) — In British slang, to «fancy» someone means to like them as a boyfriend or girlfriend. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/22/) — «A new fella» is slang for a new boyfriend or man friend. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/23/) — Sharing a mean message or photo hurts the person each time it is passed on, and people who share it can get in serious trouble. - ← previous: [Moving, new schools, change and grief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/) - next →: [Mistakes, asking for help and saying no](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)