--- title: Sleep and school mornings — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Sleep and school mornings», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Leo built a secret den under his duvet: tablet, brightness turned down, sound off, one eye on the door. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/) [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/) / Sleep and school mornings # Sleep and school mornings Lesson 418 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/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/0/) — Leo built a secret den under his duvet: tablet, brightness turned down, sound off, one eye on the door. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/1/) — He played Minecraft until midnight and felt like a spy. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/3/) — Mrs Okafor phoned his mum that afternoon. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/4/) — The secret den did not last, and Leo found out that a tired brain in class costs more than the game ever gave. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/5/) — Other mornings went wrong too. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/7/) — Ollie played late and snapped at his little sister over the cereal, then felt bad all day and said sorry after school, promising to go to bed earlier. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/8/) — Theo's eyes felt scratchy and dry after a late game, and he was grumpy until he slept more and played less. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/9/) — Ruby played right up to bedtime and dreamt all night that she was being chased by a giant pickaxe. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/10/) — Mr Bell, Noah's teacher, says he can tell who played late from the yawns: «Front row, three yawns, all before register. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/11/) — Fortnite or Roblox?» The class laughed, and Noah decided to play less on school nights. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/12/) — Children of nine and ten need about nine to twelve hours of sleep a night. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/13/) — An exciting game keeps the brain switched on, and a bright screen close to the face can make it harder to feel sleepy. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/14/) — The fixes were simple. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/15/) — Priya's family charges every device in the kitchen overnight; she called it annoying, then noticed she fell asleep faster. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/16/) — Zara set her console to switch off at eight on its own and found a book series she loved instead. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/17/) — Ruby stops games an hour before bed now, and the giant pickaxe has gone. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/18/) — Jayden told his squad his bedtime, and they moved the big 10 pm game to Saturday afternoons. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/19/) — Mia keeps long games for Friday and Saturday nights and says weekend games are more fun when you have waited for them. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/20/) — Children aged nine and ten need about nine to twelve hours of sleep a night. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/22/) — Tired people are often grumpier and snap at others more easily. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/23/) — An exciting game keeps the brain alert, so it is harder to fall asleep straight after. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/24/) — Bright screens close to the face at night can make it harder to feel sleepy. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/25/) — Stopping screens about an hour before bed helps the brain calm down. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/26/) — Charging devices outside the bedroom removes the temptation to play at night. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/27/) — Many consoles and tablets have settings that switch them off at a set time, which helps when it is hard to make yourself stop. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/28/) — Games before school can make mornings rushed and make you late. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/29/) — Tired, dry or scratchy eyes are a sign that you need rest and sleep. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/30/) — Good friends will move a game to a time when everyone can play. - ← previous: [Just one more game](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/417-just-one-more-game/) - next →: [Homework first?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/419-homework-first/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)