--- title: When you want what others have — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «When you want what others have», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: At a party in Toronto, Leo slipped a second goody bag into his coat while nobody was looking. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/) [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/) / When you want what others have # When you want what others have Lesson 353 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/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/0/) — At a party in Toronto, Leo slipped a second goody bag into his coat while nobody was looking. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/1/) — Nobody caught him — but at the door the last little girl got nothing, and her mum had to say «sorry, sweetheart, they've run out». - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/2/) — On the way home the bag felt heavy in his pocket. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/3/) — He did not eat any of it. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/5/) — Chloe's sister came home with a gold certificate for spelling. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/6/) — Chloe, who had got a sticker that week, felt hot and jealous and tore the certificate in half. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/7/) — Her sister cried and showed Mum. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/8/) — Chloe lost her pocket money for two weeks and stamped upstairs shouting «you always love her more». - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/10/) — Envy whispers that someone else's good thing is taken from you. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/11/) — It is not: your sister's good mark does not lower yours, and your cousin's holiday does not shorten your summer — call it boring, and you only miss his happy stories. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/12/) — Feeling envy is normal; acting on it to hurt someone is the wrong part. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/13/) — Greed for more and more things hides what you already have. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/14/) — Saying thank you, sharing and saving up turn wanting into something good. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/15/) — Feeling jealous is a normal feeling; what matters is what you do with it. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/16/) — Someone else's success does not take anything away from you. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/17/) — Saying thank you for a present tells the giver their care was noticed, which often means more to them than the present. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/18/) — Making someone hand something over because they are scared of you is bullying, not a fair swap. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/19/) — Fair does not always mean the same: an older child may get more pocket money for doing more jobs, and a younger one can ask for a job to earn a little more. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/20/) — Sharing food with a friend who has none is one of the simplest kindnesses. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/22/) — Even when nobody sees a wrong, the person who did it often feels guilty, and the guilt lasts until it is put right. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/23/) — Losing pocket money for damaging something is a consequence, not a sign that you are loved less. - ← previous: [Taking too much](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/) - next →: [Rude words at the table](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)