--- title: Homework, practice and the team counting on you — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Homework, practice and the team counting on you», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Josh in Leeds was meant to take the bins out on Thursday night, but it was cold and he stayed on the sofa. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/) [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/) / Homework, practice and the team counti… # Homework, practice and the team counting on you Lesson 351 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 27 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/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/0/) — Josh in Leeds was meant to take the bins out on Thursday night, but it was cold and he stayed on the sofa. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/1/) — The bin men came and went; for two weeks the full bin stank by the back door and the whole family smelled it. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/2/) — Nobody shouted much, but Dad said quietly «That was your one job, mate». - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/3/) — Josh said sorry and took the bins out for the next two weeks without being asked. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/4/) — Ava in Ohio did not do her part of the group project on volcanoes because she thought the others would cover it. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/5/) — They could not finish the poster, and all four of them got a lower mark. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/6/) — Two friends did not sit with her at lunch for a few days. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/7/) — She said sorry to the group, stayed in at break to make the missing part, and asked the teacher if they could hand in the finished poster late. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/8/) — Laziness rarely hurts only the lazy one. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/9/) — A missed turn, a part not learned, a dog not walked — someone else pays: the family, the team, the animal. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/10/) — More skipped jobs: Leo could not be bothered to hang up his wet towel, so it lay damp and smelly on the floor. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/11/) — Mia played her game instead of walking the dog, and the dog had an accident on the kitchen floor; she cleaned it up herself. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/12/) — Noah did not make his bed for a week and could not find his school things. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/13/) — Lily did not learn her lines and froze on stage; she said sorry and learned them for the next show. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/14/) — The consequences are not always the same. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/15/) — Sometimes nobody notices and the child thinks it is fine; sometimes there is a bad mark, a row at home or a lost treat. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/16/) — Getting away with it once does not make it right — the job was still not done. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/17/) — When one person in a team does not do their part, the whole team usually suffers. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/18/) — A dog that is not walked may have an accident in the house, because it cannot wait forever. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/19/) — A wet towel left on the floor stays damp, and damp carpet and cloth start to smell and can grow mould. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/20/) — Reading the instructions first usually saves time, because mistakes made early can mean starting again. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/21/) — Pretending to be asleep to get out of a job is a kind of lie, even without words. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/22/) — Small jobs done every day, like making your bed, are easier than a big mess cleaned once a week. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/23/) — Actors in a play rely on each other's lines; if one forgets, the others are left stuck on stage. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/24/) — Saying sorry is the start; doing the missed job, or extra, is what puts it right. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/25/) — Getting away with skipping a job does not mean it was fine; someone else often did it for you. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/26/) — A punishment like losing screen time is a consequence of what you did, not revenge from your parents. - ← previous: [Chores you skipped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/) - next →: [Taking too much](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)