--- title: Anger and fears — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Anger and fears», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Anger and fear are normal feelings that protect us, but we choose what we do with them. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/) [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/) / Anger and fears # Anger and fears Lesson 212 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/212-anger-and-fears/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/0/) — Anger and fear are normal feelings that protect us, but we choose what we do with them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/1/) — Anger is easiest to calm when you catch it early: a tight chest or a hot face is your signal to pause, and a calm, clear reason is heard far better than a shout. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/2/) — Fear shrinks with facts, plans and small steps: counting between the flash and the bang shows how far away a storm is, and a meeting place agreed in advance means you know what to do if you get lost. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/3/) — A girl in Auckland is scared of her vaccination; she tells the nurse, looks away, breathes out slowly and holds her dad's hand, and the sting is over in a second. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/4/) — When fear comes from a film or the news, talking with an adult helps: films are made up with special effects, and the news shows the worst things, often not the helpers. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/5/) — Slamming a door can trap fingers, break things and frighten others, so you close it gently and talk once you are calm. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/6/) — When something is truly unfair, you say calmly what is unfair and what you would like instead. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/7/) — People listen to a calm, clear reason much more than to a shout. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/8/) — A tight chest or a hot face are early warning signs of anger, and a signal to pause. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/9/) — The earlier you catch anger, the easier it is to calm down. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/10/) — After a frightening film, talking with a parent and doing something calm before bed helps; films are made up with special effects. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/11/) — Before a vaccination (in Britain often called a «jab») you can tell the nurse you are scared, look away, breathe out slowly and hold a hand; the sting lasts a second and the vaccine protects you from serious illness. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/12/) — In a thunderstorm you stay indoors away from windows; inside a house you are safe. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/13/) — Counting the seconds between the flash and the bang shows whether the storm is coming closer or moving away. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/14/) — Most spiders and insects are harmless; you keep your distance and ask an adult to move one outside, and in Australia some spiders need an adult. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/15/) — Courage to swim in the deep end grows step by step with a teacher, and only where an adult is watching. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/16/) — If the news scares you, you ask an adult to explain and limit how much news you watch. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/17/) — Agreeing a meeting place with your family before a crowd means you know what to do if you get lost; you can ask a staff member or a parent with children for help. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/18/) — A boy in Birmingham lost his temper and threw a heavy toy at his brother; it hit him by the eye and he needed stitches, and the boy felt terrible for weeks. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/19/) — A girl in Vancouver was so afraid of the dentist that she hid her toothache for months; by the time she told anyone the tooth had to come out. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/20/) — Hitting or throwing things in anger can cause real injuries in a second, even when you did not mean to. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/21/) — Hiding a fear or a pain usually makes the problem bigger; telling someone early makes it easier to fix. - ← previous: [Growing, seeing and hearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/) - next →: [Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)