--- title: Giggles, skipping and the collection plate — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: As the collection plate went past in church in Boston, Matthew slipped out a coin to buy sweets after the service. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/) [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/) / Giggles, skipping and the collection p… # Giggles, skipping and the collection plate Lesson 364 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 28 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/0/) — As the collection plate went past in church in Boston, Matthew slipped out a coin to buy sweets after the service. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/1/) — But he did not buy the sweets: the coin felt heavy in his pocket all week, and the next Sunday he could not look at the plate. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/2/) — On Saturday he went to confession and told the priest. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/3/) — The priest said he was forgiven, gave him a short prayer as penance, and asked him to put the coin back. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/4/) — Matthew put it back with one of his own, and walked home feeling light, as if he had put down a rucksack full of stones. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/5/) — At her first confession Grace was so ashamed of one thing — she had pinched her little brother hard and made him cry — that she left it out. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/6/) — She felt worse afterwards, not lighter. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/7/) — A few days later she went back and told the priest everything. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/8/) — He said gently «Thank you for being brave. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/10/) — She said sorry to her brother too. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/11/) — Church is a place where people pray, listen and keep quiet together. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/12/) — Giggling, kicking the pew, playing on a phone or running up the aisle spoils it for others, and can even be dangerous near candles. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/13/) — Other Sundays went wrong in smaller ways. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/14/) — Lily giggled all through the prayers at her friend's funny face, so she was moved to sit next to Dad, away from her friend. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/15/) — Ben ate the sweets saved for the Sunday school prize, then owned up and brought a new bag from his pocket money. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/16/) — Sam ran up the aisle and knocked over the candles: someone could have been burnt, and the cloth was spoiled with wax; he said sorry to the vicar (the priest in some churches) and helped scrape off the wax. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/17/) — Noah kicked the pew all through the sermon (the priest's long talk); next time he tried to listen for one thing the vicar said. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/18/) — Confession brings forgiveness and real relief, but it works only when you are honest, and it does not replace putting it right with the people you wronged. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/19/) — The collection plate gathers money given to the church, often for people who need help and for running the church. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/20/) — In confession a person tells their sins honestly to a priest, who gives absolution and usually a small penance, like a prayer. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/21/) — Leaving out a sin on purpose in confession usually leaves the guilt in place. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/22/) — Many people feel real relief and lightness after an honest confession. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/23/) — After confession, you still give back what you took and say sorry to the person you hurt. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/24/) — Giggling during prayers can disturb people who are praying around you. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/25/) — Lit candles and running children are a fire and burn risk. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/26/) — Making fun of how someone sings hurts them, even if they sing loudly. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/27/) — Treats saved for a whole group belong to the group, not to whoever finds them. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/28/) — Hiding from where you are meant to be makes adults worry and adds a lie to the skipping. - ← previous: [Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/) - next →: [Confession, prayer and making amends at church](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)