--- title: My dad could lift a car: playground boasting — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting», a lesson of the language course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In the playground, boasts fly like footballs. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/) / My dad could lift a car: playground bo… # My dad could lift a car: playground boasting Lesson 48 of the language course of Mova's primary school: 12 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/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/1/) — In the playground, boasts fly like footballs. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/2/) — Most are not lies meant to trick you: they show pride, love, or the wish to sound interesting to a new friend. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/3/) — So there are two traps: believing every boast, or calling the boaster a liar and starting a fight. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/4/) — The wise way is in the middle: enjoy the pride, and let the facts settle it — the chessboard, the score, a photo, a visit. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/5/) — And when the boaster corrects himself — «a MILLION Robux, well, 500» — the corrected number is the one that counts. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/6/) — A boast is a big claim about yourself, your family or your things, made to sound impressive; it is usually hyperbole, not a careful lie. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/8/) — When someone corrects a boast, the corrected number counts: «a MILLION Robux, no cap, well, 500» means 500. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/9/) — «I'm the fastest kid in the whole world» after winning one race means «I'm fast and happy I won»; there is no world ranking for Year 5, and «Nice run!» is enough. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/10/) — «My house has like a hundred rooms» may mean a big house with perhaps five bedrooms; children boast to look interesting, and a visit will show you. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/11/) — «I've been to Disneyland like fifty times» might mean twice, and that he loved it; asking about his favourite ride is a friendly reply. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/16/) — In young people's slang «rizz» means charm, «aura» means cool points, «mid» means just average and «fr» means «for real». - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/48-my-dad-could-lift-a-car-playground-boasting/17/) — Facts can check a boast: a team that won 3–2 scored 3 goals, so no player in it scored 10. - ← previous: [The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/47-the-best-ever-and-shocking-adverts-and-headlines/) - next →: [A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/)