--- title: Staying up, screens and coming home late — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Staying up, screens and coming home late», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Isla in Phoenix kept playing on the tablet after Mum said «screens off». --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/) [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/) / Staying up, screens and coming home late # Staying up, screens and coming home late Lesson 348 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 24 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/0/) — Isla in Phoenix kept playing on the tablet after Mum said «screens off». - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/1/) — For a whole week nobody noticed, and she began to think nobody ever would. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/2/) — Then Mum saw the glow under her door. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/3/) — No tablet for three days. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/4/) — Isla slammed her door, shouted «It's not fair!» and didn't speak to Mum all evening. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/5/) — By breakfast the sulk had faded. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/6/) — Mum explained that the three days were a consequence to help her sleep, not revenge, and Isla said sorry. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/7/) — After that she turned it off the first time she was asked — and found she wasn't so tired at school. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/8/) — Coming home late is worse than it feels. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/9/) — Isla lost track of time at her friend's house and came home an hour late. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/10/) — Mum had been phoning everyone, really frightened. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/11/) — Isla had to come home early for two weeks, said sorry, and now sets an alarm on her watch. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/12/) — Many rules that feel annoying are about safety and sleep: waiting for the green man, not going to the park alone, coming in when told, knocking before going into a neighbour's garden. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/13/) — A car beeping at you or a bump on the head from the sofa teaches the same lesson the hard way. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/14/) — Children need plenty of sleep (about 9 to 12 hours a night at this age) to learn and grow. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/15/) — Screens at bedtime can make it harder to fall asleep. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/16/) — Getting away with breaking a rule for a while doesn't mean it is safe or fine. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/17/) — When a child doesn't come home on time, parents can become very frightened. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/18/) — Telling your parents where you are going keeps you safe. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/19/) — Crossing at the green signal and waiting for it keeps you safe from cars. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/20/) — Jumping on furniture can lead to falls and head bumps. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/21/) — Climbing a tall tree on a dare can leave you stuck or hurt. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/22/) — A consequence like losing a tablet for a few days is meant to help, not to take revenge. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/23/) — Going into a neighbour's garden without asking is entering their property; knock and ask first. - ← previous: [Leaving someone out](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/347-leaving-someone-out/) - next →: [Going where you're not allowed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)