--- title: Reading faces and voices — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Reading faces and voices», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: People show feelings with their faces, voices and bodies, often before they say a word. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/) [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/) / Reading faces and voices # Reading faces and voices Lesson 14 of the everyday 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/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/0/) — People show feelings with their faces, voices and bodies, often before they say a word. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/1/) — A smile that crinkles the eyes usually means happy; a frown and tight lips may mean angry; a quiet voice and eyes looking down may mean sad or worried. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/2/) — Signals can be mixed up: people cry when they are very happy, and some people hide their feelings, so the kind thing is to ask: «Are you okay?» - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/3/) — If an adult is shouting, very angry, or acting strangely or confused, the safe choice is to keep your distance and tell an adult you trust. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/5/) — A boy in Manchester did not notice his friend's clenched jaw and quiet voice and kept teasing him; the friend finally shoved him, he fell, and they did not speak for weeks. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/6/) — A girl in Toronto saw that her friend looked pale, would not talk and stared at the floor; she told a teacher, and the friend got help for a problem she had been hiding. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/7/) — Faces show basic feelings such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/9/) — A red face, clenched fists or a tight jaw and a loud voice are signs of anger. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/10/) — A real smile usually crinkles the skin around the eyes, not just the mouth. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/11/) — The tone of a voice — loud, quiet, shaky or flat — can show how someone feels. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/12/) — Nervousness can make the voice shake and the hands fidget or tremble. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/13/) — Body language includes how people stand, how they move their hands and where they look. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/14/) — People sometimes cry when they are very happy, proud or relieved. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/15/) — Words and body can say different things; then the body is often closer to the truth. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/16/) — Asking «Are you okay?» is a simple and kind way to check how someone feels. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/17/) — If someone is upset with you, staying calm and speaking quietly helps them calm down too. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/18/) — An adult who is very angry, shouting or acting strangely may be unsafe to be near. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/19/) — When an adult seems unsafe, move away and tell a trusted adult instead of trying to fix it yourself. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/20/) — Everyone misreads faces sometimes, so it is fair to check by asking. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/21/) — Missing the signs that someone is angry or upset can turn a small joke into a real fight. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/22/) — A friend who goes quiet, stops eating or avoids everyone may need help from a trusted adult. - ← previous: [Smells that warn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/13-smells-that-warn/) - next →: [Weather signs and the 30-30 rule](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)