--- title: Snooping on phones, diaries and letters — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Ruby in Perth watched her big brother type his phone code and later unlocked it to look at his games and messages. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/) [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/) / Snooping on phones, diaries and letters # Snooping on phones, diaries and letters Lesson 357 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/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/0/) — Ruby in Perth watched her big brother type his phone code and later unlocked it to look at his games and messages. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/1/) — He saw his apps had moved and asked who had been on it. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/2/) — She owned up; he changed his code and would not lend her anything for weeks. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/3/) — She promised not to watch people type their codes again. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/4/) — Three weeks later, bored on a wet afternoon, Ruby did it again with Mum's tablet. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/6/) — The guilt was worse than the first time, because she had promised. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/7/) — She told Mum, and Mum said: «Everyone slips. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/8/) — I forgive you. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/9/) — But a habit changes slowly — so when you're bored, come and find me, and we'll find you something to do.» Ruby put a list of rainy-day things on the fridge. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/10/) — Knowing someone's code is not the same as being allowed to use it. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/11/) — When a friend hands you his phone to play a game, he trusts you with the game, not with his messages. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/12/) — Other snoops end the same way. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/13/) — Grace looked in her friend's bag while he was at the toilet; he saw her, was upset and did not want to sit with her. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/14/) — Ava read Mum's emails and found out about a surprise trip: the surprise was gone, and so was Mum's trust for a while. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/15/) — Dad caught Ben at the keyhole looking at hidden presents and simply moved them somewhere else. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/16/) — Each slip back needs the same honest steps — own up, say sorry, put it right — and a plan to make the next slip less likely. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/17/) — Knowing a password or code does not give you permission to use it. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/18/) — Watching someone type their code so you can use it later is a kind of snooping. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/19/) — When someone lends you their phone for one thing, it is only for that thing. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/20/) — Listening in on someone else's phone call is snooping, even inside your own home. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/21/) — A bag is private; looking in it while the owner is away is snooping. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/22/) — Report cards and important letters are usually meant for parents to read first. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/23/) — Reading the end of a story first often spoils the fun of the waiting. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/24/) — Slipping back into a bad habit after a promise is common; changing habits takes many tries. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/25/) — A plan for the moment of temptation, such as a list of things to do when bored, helps habits change. - ← previous: [Peeking at presents and secrets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/) - next →: [Promises to family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)