--- title: Big feelings in big people — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Big feelings in big people», a lesson of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Grown-ups have all the same feelings children have: anger, sadness, fear, loneliness, jealousy, embarrassment and pride. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/) [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/) / Big feelings in big people # Big feelings in big people Lesson 36 of the adult life 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/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/0/) — Grown-ups have all the same feelings children have: anger, sadness, fear, loneliness, jealousy, embarrassment and pride. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/1/) — They are just better, most of the time, at keeping them in. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/2/) — Sometimes a feeling leaks out bigger than the problem, because other worries are piled up underneath it, and afterwards a good grown-up says sorry. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/3/) — Vivid example: in a house in Leeds, Dad sees muddy football boots on the new carpet and shouts so loudly the dog hides. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/4/) — At bedtime Mum explains he had an awful week at work, and Dad comes up and says, "Sorry, mate. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/5/) — The boots weren't worth all that shouting." - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/6/) — Tears are not always sad either: Mum can cry at the end of a film because it moved her, and Grandma can cry because she misses Grandad. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/7/) — Knowing what a grown-up is feeling helps you be kind, and it helps you see that the feeling is usually not your fault. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/8/) — Anger is a big, hot feeling adults have too, and the shouting can be bigger than the problem when other worries are piled underneath. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/9/) — Most grown-ups calm down quickly after shouting and feel bad about it; shouting does not mean they stop loving you. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/10/) — If a grown-up's anger ever makes you frightened for your safety, tell another trusted adult. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/11/) — When a parent says "I'm sorry I shouted", they know shouting was not fair, even if you had done something wrong; you can answer "That's OK" or "Thank you". - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/12/) — Grown-ups cry from sadness, stress, tiredness or relief; crying lets big feelings out and is normal and healthy, not a sign that everything is falling apart. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/13/) — A shaky voice before a hospital visit means a grown-up is scared; being brave means doing the scary thing anyway, not feeling no fear. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/14/) — Loneliness is missing people and company; an old person living alone after a husband or wife has died often feels it, and regular calls and visits help a lot. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/15/) — "Must be nice" said quietly about a friend's holiday is a small bit of jealousy; adults feel it too, and it is only a problem if it turns into unkindness. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/16/) — Embarrassment is the hot, awkward feeling of being seen making a mistake; laughing it off shrinks it, and other people forget it much faster than you do. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/17/) — Laughing kindly with someone who tripped is fine; laughing at them makes their embarrassment worse. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/18/) — Refusing to admit you are lost or wrong is pride; too much pride makes it hard to ask for help or say sorry. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/19/) — Saying "I was wrong" is a strength, not a weakness. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/20/) — Happy tears come when people are moved, touched or very happy; they pass quickly and leave people feeling warm. - ← previous: [Closed doors, whispers and secrets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/) - next →: [Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/)