--- title: Chores you skipped — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Chores you skipped», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Laziness rarely hurts only the lazy one. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/) [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/) / Chores you skipped # Chores you skipped Lesson 350 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 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/350-chores-you-skipped/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/0/) — Laziness rarely hurts only the lazy one. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/1/) — Ruby in Christchurch didn't feed her rabbit because it was raining, and told Mum she had. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/2/) — Mum saw the empty bowl and the hungry rabbit. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/3/) — Ruby cleaned the hutch on Saturday, said sorry, and fed him every day after. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/4/) — Pets can't tell you they're hungry, so you must remember for them. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/5/) — Homework went three ways. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/6/) — The first time Ruby didn't start it, the teacher never asked, and she thought she always could skip it. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/7/) — The second time she got four out of twenty in spellings and her planner came home to be signed. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/8/) — The third time the teacher called her parents in; there was a row at home and the console went away for a week. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/9/) — Ruby sulked — «It's not fair, everyone forgets sometimes!» — and wouldn't speak to Dad at tea. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/10/) — The next day she said sorry, and Dad helped her make a homework plan: same time every day, before screens. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/11/) — Getting away with it once had not made it safe; the bad mark and the lost console were consequences, not revenge. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/12/) — When Gran was away, Ruby forgot to water her plants and then didn't bother. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/13/) — Gran was sad, and Ruby felt it all week. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/14/) — She confessed it at church, felt the weight lift, and then did what the priest said: told Gran herself and bought her a new plant with her own money. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/15/) — A pet depends on you every day for food and water; it can't remind you. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/16/) — Hiding mess, like dirty socks under the bed, makes it grow, not vanish. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/17/) — Practice is often boring, but it is what makes you better. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/18/) — A bike left in the rain can rust, which costs more than putting it away. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/19/) — Skipping homework once without being asked does not mean it is safe to skip it again. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/20/) — A bad mark, a signed planner or a lost console are consequences meant to teach, not revenge. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/21/) — Feeling cross after a consequence is normal, but making a plan to do better is still your job. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/22/) — Toys left on the floor can trip someone, especially little children. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/24/) — Starting is usually the hardest part of a job. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/25/) — When one tired person clears up alone, the jobs take longer and the family loses time together, like reading before bed. - ← previous: [Going where you're not allowed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/) - next →: [Homework, practice and the team counting on you](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)