--- title: The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape», a lesson of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Losing a fight in front of people hurts the pride much more than the body: Connor got pinned down by Liam behind the b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/) [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/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/) / The fight I lost and the bullying I ca… # The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape Lesson 18 of the reflection course of Mova's primary school: 19 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/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/0/) — Losing a fight in front of people hurts the pride much more than the body: Connor got pinned down by Liam behind the bike sheds while kids chanted, and on the bus home his head ran hot: "I got battered in front of the whole year. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/1/) — I should've hit him harder. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/2/) — Next time I'll get him." - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/3/) — That night he was fuming and planning revenge; for a week every laugh in the corridor felt like it was about him; after two weeks the revenge plan looked stupid and he was mostly just embarrassed; a month later he and Liam nodded at each other in the corridor. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/4/) — What he slowly understood: the crowd that chanted forgets fast, revenge would only start round two, and being strong is not the same as winning a fight; his older cousin told him, "Real hard men walk away," and a boxing club, where fighting has rules, helped more than the night-time plans. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/5/) — Bullying is different from one fight: it is being hurt on purpose again and again by someone with more power, in the corridor, in a group chat or even at home, and it lasts until a grown-up who can stop it finds out. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/6/) — Bullies rely on silence, and the mean words often stick and start to feel true; they are not true, and telling a trusted adult is the strongest move, not snitching. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/7/) — Losing a fight usually hurts pride more than the body, and the crowd that watched tends to forget within days. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/8/) — Revenge usually starts another round of fighting rather than ending it; walking away is often the stronger choice. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/9/) — "Got battered" is UK slang for got beaten up; a "scrap" is a fight; "beef" is a quarrel; to "squash it" is to end a quarrel. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/11/) — Cruel names about someone's body are bullying called body shaming; the words can stick and feel true, but they say more about the bullies than about the person. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/12/) — Bullies often rely on their target staying silent; telling a trusted adult is the best way to stop it, and schools must keep pupils safe. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/13/) — Telling a grown-up about bullying is not snitching or grassing; it is keeping someone safe. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/14/) — Cyberbullying is bullying online; taking screenshots, blocking and reporting, and showing a grown-up can help stop it. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/15/) — Hitting back, even when someone else started it, makes you part of the trouble; "two wrongs don't make a right". - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/16/) — Bullies often do not see how much they hurt someone; seeing it clearly can change them, and making amends helps. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/18/) — An accent shows where you or your family come from; teasing someone for it is unkind, and many classes have lots of accents. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/19/) — Bullying can happen at home too, from brothers, sisters or their friends; it is not "just teasing" if it scares you, and a parent needs to know. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/20/) — Standing up for someone is brave; it can make you a target, so telling a grown-up and sticking together with friends is safest. - ← previous: [Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/17-old-guilt-secrets-that-grow-and-how-to-let-them-go/) - next →: [Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/19-picked-on-freeze-outs-robberies-and-standing-up/) - ↑ back to [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/)