--- title: Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A visit ends well with a goodbye: you find the host and say thank you, you walk a visitor to the door, and you go without a fuss whe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry # Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry Lesson 126 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 18 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/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/0/) — A visit ends well with a goodbye: you find the host and say thank you, you walk a visitor to the door, and you go without a fuss when your parent says it is time. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/1/) — "Please" and "thank you" are for everyone, not only family: the café worker, the dinner lady, the bus driver and the parent who cooks dinner every day. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/2/) — A real apology takes responsibility: "Sorry I called you stupid" is real, "Sorry if you were upset" is not, and sorry means you try not to do it again. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/3/) — When someone says sorry to you, you say "That's okay" or "Thank you for saying sorry" and try to forgive, so the friendship can go on. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/4/) — A boy in Brisbane yells at his sister when angry; later he says "Sorry I shouted at you", and he really does stop shouting, so she believes him the next time. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/5/) — When you leave a party you find the host and the birthday child and say goodbye and thank you. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/6/) — When your parent says it is time to go, you finish quickly, say goodbye and go without a fuss. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/7/) — People say goodbye in many ways, like "See ya", "Cheers", "Take care" or "Catch you later". - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/8/) — Saying goodbye or thank you to the bus driver or teacher thanks them for looking after you. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/9/) — Walking a visitor to the door shows they were welcome. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/10/) — You say "please" when you ask and "thank you" when you get something, also to staff in shops and cafés. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/11/) — Jobs done every day, like cooking dinner, take time and love and deserve thanks. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/13/) — Sorry means you will try not to do the same thing again. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/14/) — When someone apologises, you say "That's okay" or "Thank you for saying sorry" and try to forgive. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/15/) — When you are late to class, you say "Sorry I'm late" and sit down quietly. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/16/) — A boy in Leeds never said sorry after he knocked his friend's tower down on purpose; his friend stopped playing with him, and the fight lasted for weeks. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/17/) — A girl in Texas left a party without saying goodbye or thanks; the host's mum thought something was wrong and phoned around worried until she was found at home. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/19/) — Telling the adult in charge when you leave a place helps keep you safe, because they know where you are. - ← previous: [More greetings and making introductions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/125-greetings-and-introductions/) - next →: [Excuse me, and good manners at the table](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)