--- title: Dates, engagements and weddings — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Dates, engagements and weddings», a lesson of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some couples get engaged, which is a promise to marry, then plan a wedding, and after it go away on a honeymoon; some couples never mar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/) [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/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/) / Dates, engagements and weddings # Dates, engagements and weddings Lesson 13 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 14 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/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/1/) — Some couples get engaged, which is a promise to marry, then plan a wedding, and after it go away on a honeymoon; some couples never marry but stay together, and all of these are normal. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/2/) — Picture a wedding in a hotel near Galway: your cousin is a bridesmaid in a matching dress, Uncle Dev shakes over his best man's speech, a guest whispers "about time, they've been together for years", and Mum dabs her eyes saying "happy tears". - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/3/) — Even married parents need time just for the two of them, so on date night a trusted babysitter comes, and that does not mean they want to get away from you. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/4/) — "Going out with someone" means two people are a couple who spend time together because they like each other a lot. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/5/) — Date night is when a couple goes out together, just the two of them, which keeps their friendship strong. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/6/) — A babysitter is a trusted person who looks after children while parents are out, and parents leave phone numbers and rules so the babysitter knows who to call. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/7/) — Older relatives often ask young people "Have you got a boyfriend or girlfriend yet?" because they are interested, but many people find it embarrassing, and "Not right now" is a fine answer. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/8/) — Many grown-ups meet partners through dating apps, which are for adults only; children should never meet anyone they only know from the internet. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/9/) — Being engaged means two people have promised to marry each other, and a ring is often given as a sign of the promise. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/11/) — "It's about time" at a wedding means the couple have been together a long time and people wondered when they would marry. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/12/) — The best man is usually the groom's closest friend or brother; he helps on the day and makes a speech, which makes many people nervous. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/13/) — Bridesmaids are friends or relatives who help the bride and walk with her, and children can be flower girls or page boys. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/14/) — Grown-ups sometimes cry "happy tears" when they feel strong happy feelings like love or pride. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/15/) — A honeymoon is a holiday a couple takes just after the wedding, to rest and celebrate, just the two of them. - ← previous: [Cars, chores and the shopping list](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/) - next →: [Grown-ups who argue and make up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/)