What a real friend is Lesson 485 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 34 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 .
0 Sam's dad asks, «So what makes a real friend?» Sam thinks of Jake turning up with Monster Munch for a rematch, Tom swapping sleeping bags for Kieran, Mr Grimshaw with his tomatoes. 1 He writes a list: turns up, keeps secrets, says sorry and means it, is the same in front of everyone. 2 He sticks it inside his wardrobe door. 3 A real friend is shown by what they do, not by what they say. 4 Knowing who isn't a friend matters too. 5 Lily lists the people who make her feel small: Grace, Bella, queen_slay. 6 «I don't need any of you.» She still says hello to Grace and Bella, but stops trying to please them. 7 Kieran still doesn't like Jake, but he's seen him stand up for Sam and give back a ball that wasn't his: «He's alright, I s'pose. 8 Still a wasteman.» They nod in the corridor, and that's enough. 9 You don't have to be friends to treat someone with respect. 10 Some lessons were learned the hard way. 11 Connor plays online every Friday now, but only with school friends and his cousin, chat set to friends only; ShadowWolf feels like a lifetime ago. 12 Mia remembers her first day in Ohio, pretending to read the fire notice by the wall; now, when a new girl comes, she walks straight over: «Hey, wanna play four square? 13 We need one more.» The new girl's face lights up exactly like Mia's did. 14 And two years late, Jake catches Sam at the bike shed: «That time I told the team you were scared of the dark. 15 That was proper out of order. 16 Sorry, mate.» «Yeah, it was. 17 Cheers, though.» They ride home together. 18 Real friendships take many shapes. 19 Maddie in Perth and Lily at home are still best friends a year on; their calls are shorter, but Maddie still says «beanbag day» on the anniversary and Lily still eats a biscuit for it. 22 «obvs. bingo ladies.» Sam's dog Scout waits at the door at 3.40 every day, tail going like a windscreen wiper on full. 24 No footballs near it.» 25 A real friend turns up when it matters, keeps your secrets, says sorry and means it, and is the same in public and in private. 26 Friendship is shown by what people do, more than by what they say. 27 Frenemies and people who make you feel small can be let go; being polite to them is enough. 28 You can respect someone without being their friend. 29 Pets can be real friends, and they need looking after in return. 30 Remembering how it felt to be new helps you be the one who invites someone in. 31 Playing online only with people you know in real life, with friends-only settings, keeps you safe. 32 A proper sorry names what you did, and even a late one can heal. 33 Distance doesn't end a real friendship; small rituals and regular calls keep it alive. 35 An enemy can become a friend, sometimes because of one small kind act. 36 Respecting an animal's space, like a growly dog's, is a kind of friendship too. 37 «S'pose» means suppose, «obvs» means obviously, and «cheers» can mean thanks. ← previous Enemies who became friends, and ones who never didnext → Every family is different↑ back to Everyday This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/485-what-a-real-friend-is/